Citation analysis of the 100 top-cited articles on discectomy via endoscopy since 2011 using alluvial diagrams: bibliometric analysis

Table 2 Distribution of cited articles in journals over the years

Journal	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	n	ci	IF
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)	192	136	465	67	58			33	23	951	41.3
J Neurosurg Spine	143	73	228	77	54	73		33	16	681	42.6
Eur Spine J	144	96	213		29	33			13	515	39.6
Spine J	64		30	243	119			27	11	483	43.9
J Bone Joint Surg Am	115		43		48		36	14	6	256	42.7
Neurosurgery	76	23			52				4	151	37.8
Neurosurg Focus					32	81			3	113	37.7
World Neurosurg				73		38			3	111	37.0
Cochrane Database Syst Rev				92					2	92	46.0
Expert Rev Med Devices		56		61					2	117	58.5
J Spinal Disord Tech					87				2	87	43.5
Pain Physician			48			38			2	86	43.0
PLoS One		27				30			2	57	28.5
Acta Orthop			37						1	37	37.0
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg					32				1	32	32.0
BMC Musculoskelet Disord		42							1	42	42.0
Clin Neurol Neurosurg			39						1	39	39.0
Clin Orthop Relat Res					61				1	61	61.0
Int J Surg						49			1	49	49.0
Int Orthop			36						1	36	36.0
J Am Acad Orthop Surg			31						1	31	31.0
J Clin Neurosci							36		1	36	36.0
J Orthop Sci								42	1	42	42.0
Singapore Med J	21								1	21	21.0
n	755	453	1170	613	572	342	72	149	100	4126	100

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