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Bibliometric Analysis of the English Musculoskeletal Literature over the Last 30 Years

Table 4

Author gender combinations.


	FF	FM	MF	MM	%FF	%FM	%MF	%MM	value

All	239	777	367	3,174	5.2	17.1	8.1	69.7	—
Journal type
Clinical	64	393	208	2,376	2.1	12.9	6.8	78.1	<10⁻¹⁵
Basic Science	175	384	159	798	11.5	25.3	10.5	52.6
Specific journal
ABME	12	44	21	140	5.5	20.3	9.7	64.5	<10⁻¹⁵
BONE	51	117	47	193	12.5	28.7	11.5	47.3
CTI	30	66	20	84	15.0	33.0	10.0	42.0
JBMR	59	93	37	191	15.5	24.5	9.7	50.3
JOR	23	64	34	190	7.4	20.6	10.9	61.1
AJSM	9	32	22	229	3.1	11.0	7.5	78.4
Arthroscopy	3	19	7	168	1.5	9.6	3.6	85.3
BJJ	2	25	14	164	1.0	12.2	6.8	80.0
FAI	5	17	13	135	2.9	10.0	7.6	79.4
Injury	7	32	22	179	2.9	13.3	9.2	74.6
JAR	3	30	28	269	0.9	9.1	8.5	81.5
JBJS	4	26	12	186	1.8	11.4	5.3	81.6
JHSA	4	26	12	186	1.8	11.4	5.3	81.6
JHSE	2	18	3	84	1.9	16.8	2.8	78.5
JOT	3	24	12	152	1.6	12.6	6.3	79.6
JPO	2	38	19	159	0.9	17.4	8.7	72.9
Spine	14	84	41	431	2.5	14.7	7.2	75.6
Decade
1985–1987	6	46	17	273	1.8	13.5	5.0	79.8	1.4 × 10⁻¹⁴
1995–1996	28	106	43	651	3.4	12.8	5.2	78.6
2005–2006	67	219	118	945	5.0	16.2	8.7	70.1
2015–2016	138	406	189	1,305	6.8	19.9	9.3	64.0
Geographic region
North America	127	455	225	2,016	4.5	16.1	8.0	71.4	1.1 × 10⁻⁷
Asia	22	88	40	447	3.7	14.7	6.7	74.9
Europe	69	138	88	604	7.7	15.4	9.8	67.2
Australia/New Zealand	17	34	10	90	11.3	22.5	6.6	59.6
Journal editorial office location
North America	198	636	308	2663	5.2	16.7	8.1	70.0	0.57
Europe	41	141	59	511	5.5	18.8	7.8	68.0

FF = both authors female, FM = first author female and corresponding author male, MF = first author male and corresponding author female, and MM = both authors male. ABME = Annals of Biomedical Engineering, CTI = Calcified Tissue International, JBMR = Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, JOR = Journal of Orthopaedic Research, AJSM = American Journal of Sports Medicine, BJJ = Bone and Joint Journal, FAI = Foot and Ankle International, JAR = Journal of Arthroplasty, JBJS = Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, JHSA = Journal of Hand Surgery American, JHSE = Journal of Hand Surgery European, JOT = Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, and JPO = Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.