title: Redundant publications in the orthopedic literature.
abstract: Rates of redundant publications in the general surgery literature are approximately 14%. This article identifies the rate of redundant publications in the orthopedic literature. All original articles published during the year 2000 in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume), Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Journal of Spinal Disorders, and Spine were searched using PubMed. Redundancy rate was 4 (3.15%) of 127 for The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American volume), zero (0%) of 70 for Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 2 (2.90%) of 69 for Journal of Spinal Disorders, and 11 (3.12%) of 353 for Spine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Memorial Hospital, 325 S Belmont, Box 129, York, PA 17403, USA.
authors.forename: Jason C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Eck
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nachtigall
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Hodges
authors.forename: S Craig
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Humphreys
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D015713:Duplicate Publications as Topic; D009985:Orthopedics; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*