International recognition of the Ilizarov bone reconstruction techniques: Current practice and research (dedicated to 100th birthday of G. A. Ilizarov)

Table 1 Number of authors per country that published their studies on bone reconstruction with the Ilizarov techniques or their modifications (PubMed search results for 2016-2020)

#	Country	Number of authors	%	#	Country	Number of authors	%
1	China	105	19.1	26	Spain	4	0.7
2	Russian Federation	52	9.5	27	Nigeria	4	0.7
3	United States	43	7.8	28	Belgium	3	0.5
4	United Kingdom	40	7.3	29	Canada	3	0.5
5	India	39	7.1	30	Indonesia	3	0.5
6	Egypt	39	7.1	31	Serbia	3	0.5
7	Japan	22	4.0	32	Singapore	3	0.5
8	Poland	21	3.8	33	Cameroon	3	0.5
9	Pakistan	18	3.3	34	Iran	2	0.4
10	Turkey	16	2.9	35	Netherlands	2	0.4
11	Italy	15	2.7	36	Finland	1	0.2
12	Germany	12	2.2	37	Iraq	1	0.2
13	Bangladesh	10	1.8	38	Ireland	1	0.2
14	Switzerland	9	1.6	39	Israel	1	0.2
15	Thailand	8	1.5	40	Kuwait	1	0.2
16	Australia	7	1.3	41	Mexico	1	0.2
17	Greece	7	1.3	42	Morocco	1	0.2
18	Tunisia	7	1.3	43	Philippines	1	0.2
19	France	6	1.1	44	Puerto Rico	1	0.2
20	South Korea	6	1.1	45	Saudi Arabia	1	0.2
21	Austria	5	0.9	46	Sudan	1	0.2
22	Brazil	5	0.9	47	Portugal	1	0.2
23	Denmark	5	0.9	48	Argentina	1	0.2
24	Malaysia	5	0.9	49	Lebanon	1	0.2
25	South Africa	4	0.7		Total of authors	550	100

Table 2 Publication of studies on the Ilizarov techniques or their modifications in the international journals of high scientific impact and specialized limb lengthening and reconstruction surgery journals in 2016-2020 (SCImago metrics and Scopus database)

#	Journal title	Society, institution or publishing company	SJR 2019	Number of articles	Origin country of the authors of the studies
Quartile Q1
1	Injury	British Trauma Society, Australasian Trauma Society, Saudi Orthopaedic Association in Trauma	0.904	40	Australia, Austria, China, Egypt, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, French Republic, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
2	Bone and Joint Journal	British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery, United Kingdom	2.375	14	Australia, Austria, China, Egypt, Germany, India, Italy, Kuwait, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom
3	International Orthopaedics	International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT)	1.533	14	Austria, China, Egypt, Ireland, Japan, Russia
4	Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma	Orthopaedic Trauma Association, AO Trauma North America, Belgian Orthopaedic Trauma Association, etc.	1.023	9	Egypt, Japan, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
5	Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery	Springer Verlag, Germany	1.152	8	Belgium, Egypt, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom
6	Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics	Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA)	1.19	7	Egypt, India, Iran, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, United States
7	Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research	Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons	1.487	5	Australia, China, United Kingdom
8	Knee	British Association for Surgery of the Knee, the Australian Knee Society, and the German Knee Society	1.083	4	China, Greece, Italy, Turkey
9	Scientific reports	Universities and research institutions, United Kingdom	1.341	4	China, Poland
10	HSS Journal	Hospital for Special Surgery, United States	0.76	3	Israel, Italy, Russia, United States
11	Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research	French Society for Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SoFCOT)	0.949	3	Egypt, France, United Kingdom
Quartile Q2
12	Journal of Orthopaedic Translation	Chinese Speaking Orthopaedic Society (CSOS) and the International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society (ICMRS)	0.73	16	China, Hong Kong, United Kingdom
13	BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders	BioMedCentral, part of Springer Nature	0.76	12	China, Japan, Mexico, Poland
14	Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B	International Federation of Paediatric Orthopaedic Societies (IFPOS)	0.411	12	China, Egypt, India, Poland, French Republic, Spain, United Kingdom, United States
15	Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery	American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons	0.619	11	China, Egypt, Greece, Japan, French Republic, United Kingdom, United States
16	Medicine (United States)	Medicine®, universities and research institutions in the United States	0.639	8	China, Japan, Poland, United States
17	Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research	BioMedCentral, part of Springer Nature	0.669	7	China, Denmark, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, United States
18	Journal of Orthopaedic Science	Japanese Orthopaedic Association	0.56	6	China, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom
19	Journal of Children's Orthopaedics	European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS)	0.597	5	Egypt, France, Italy, Russia, Switzerland
20	Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica	Turk Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Dernegi	0.442	4	China, Russia, Turkey
21	European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology	Springer-Verlag France SAS, part of Springer Nature	0.681	4	Egypt, Greece, Italy, Serbia, United Kingdom, United States
22	Orthopaedic Surgery	Chinese Orthopaedic Association and John Wiley and Sons Australia, Ltd.	0.618	4	China, Thailand
23	World Journal of Orthopaedics	Baishideng Publishing Group	0.798	4	Egypt, Russia
24	Foot and Ankle Surgery	European Foot and Ankle Society	0.716	3	China, Egypt
Quartile Q3
25	1Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction	British Limb Reconstruction Society	0.481	30	Australia, Denmark , Egypt, India, Italy, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
26	Indian Journal of Orthopaedics	Indian Orthopaedic Association (IOA)	0.39	10	Greece, India, Italy, Russia
27	Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma	Delhi Orthopaedic Association	0.469	10	India, Italy, Russia, Thailand
28	Journal of Orthopaedics	Prof. PK Surendran Memorial Educational Foundation and Indo Korean Orthopaedic Foundation	0.2	10	China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
29	Ortopedia Traumatologia Rehabilitacja	Foundation of Medical Education, Poland	0.195	6	India, Italy, Poland
30	Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia	Brazilian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology	0.437	6	Brazil, China, India, Russia
31	Chinese Journal of Traumatology	Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University	0.385	5	Brazil, India, Russia, Singapore
32	Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery	Clinics series, ELSEVIER	0.326	5	United States
33	Acta Orthopaedica Belgica	The Belgian Orthopaedic Trauma Association	0.31	4	Egypt, India, Russia, United States
34	Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal	Malaysian Orthopaedic Association and ASEAN Orthopaedic Association	0.25	4	India, Pakistan
Quartile Q4
35	1Genij Ortopedii	Association of Study and Application of Methods of Ilizarov (Russia)	0.151	109	Bangladesh, France, India, Russia, Switzerland, United States, Uzbekistan
36	Trauma Case Reports	Affiliated to Injury Journal	0.15	4	Japan
37	Mymensingh Medical Journal	Bangladesh Academy of Sciences	0.159	3	Bangladesh
38	2Journal of Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction	Association of Study and Application of Methods of Ilizarov and the International Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society	-	80	India, United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, Brazil, Japan, Egypt, Canada, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Russia, Italy, Germany, Lebanon, Greece, Israel, Argentina, Australia

¹Specialized limb lengthening and reconstruction surgery (LLRS) journals.

²Specialized LLRS journals not included in Scopus. SJR: Scientific Journal Ranking (SCImago Journal and Country Rank).