Table 1

Overview on the 12 selected peer-reviewed journals analyzed in this study. Journal ranking1 and journal impact factors2 are derived from the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) database from 2006. Journal ranking was determined by the specific subject categories of Surgery* and Orthopedics§. The numbers of articles analyzed in this study are shown as the overall publications3 (including non-original articles) and as original articles exclusively4. Articles were assessed in all individual journals' volumes from 01/2000 to 12/2006.

Journal title
Journal ranking1
Impact factor2
Total number of articles analyzed3
Number of original papers analyzed4

Annals of Surgery
1*
7.678
1,835
1,277
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American)
4§
2.444
3,012
1,501
British Journal of Surgery
5*
4.092
2,607
1,258
Spine
5§
2.351
4,357
2,860
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (British)
11§
1.790
2,364
1,415
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
13§
1.670
1,270
494
Archives of Surgery
14*
3.058
2,254
1,026
Surgery
15*
2.977
2,714
1,404
Journal of the American College of Surgeons
16*
2.813
2,437
866
Journal of Trauma
38*
2.035
3,316
1,979
World Journal of Surgery
45*
1.765
2,144
1,326
Injury
76*
1.067
1,887
991
All journals


30,197
16,397

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