Open AccessPublication trends in spine research from 2007 to 2016: Comparison of the Orthopaedic Research Society Spine Section and the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
Author(s) -
Martin John T.,
Gullbrand Sarah E.,
Fields Aaron J.,
Purmessur Devina,
Diwan Ashish D.,
Oxland Thomas R.,
Chiba Kazuhiro,
Guilak Farshid,
Hoyland Judith A.,
Iatridis James C.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jor spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
0ISSN - 2572-1143
DOI - 10.1002/jsp2.1006
Subject(s) - spine (molecular biology) , lumbar spine , medicine , workforce , library science , medical education , political science , surgery , computer science , law , bioinformatics , biology
Current trends in spine publications have been a frequent topic of discussion at meetings of spine researchers. To investigate, the PubMed database was probed to identify publication trends of the Orthopaedic Research Society Spine Section (ORS3) and the more global and clinically focused International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS). The data suggest that existing spine journals do not fully serve the diverse publication needs of ORS3 and ISSLS members and highlight an unmet need for consolidating the premiere basic and translational spine research in an open access spine‐specific journal.