Analysis of Romanian National Publication Output in Orthopedics

(1) Aim: To analyze the publication output from Romania in Web of Science (WoS) category orthopedics. (2) Methods: We have used WoS Core Collection Advanced Search between 2009 and 2018. (3) Results: Under Orthopedics SCI-Expanded, we found 72 articles with as country origin, representing 0.105% total Romanian research output. Using journal rankings, distribution by quartile was: 1–12 (16.7%), 2–33 (45.8%), 3–9 (12.5%) 4–18 (25%). Average citations per year were: 1–22.6 range 1–91 (2.56), 2–8.85 0–30 (1.64), 3–8.44 1–30 (1.25), 4–4.11 0–16 (0.74). Thirteen published 1986 to 2008 were excluded limiting timespan. When searching for all document types core collection citation indexes, 107 items; increased 714 806. (4) Conclusions: Orthopedic publications last decade, but are still low compared averages; however, bibliometric qualitative patterns mostly resemble that comparators.