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A bibliometric analysis of the 50 most influential publications on distal biceps repair
Binyamin R Abramowitz1, Steven M Koehler1, William R Aibinder2
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave, MSC 30, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, USA.
Purpose:
The purpose of this bibliometric study was to identify and analyze the most cited publications on acute distal biceps repair.
Methods:
Using the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database, we searched for the top 50 most cited publications on acute distal biceps repair and analyzed them based on various metrics.
Results:
The top 50 publications were cited a total of 3171 times and approximately 151 times per year. However, although the literature on the topic is quite extensive, most publications only contain low-level evidence. In fact, 74% of the 50 most cited publications on the topic contain either level IV or V evidence.
Conclusion:
This study, through bibliometric analysis, demonstrates that the most often cited studies about acute distal biceps tendon repair are low level of evidence designs. This common injury and study design are ripe for larger randomized or prospective cohort studies.

