A bibliometric analysis of publication trends in UK plastic surgery

Published Date: 27th April 2023

Publication Authors: Khalil K

Introduction
Publication is seen as the pinnacle of academia and is actively encouraged from an early stage in a junior doctor's career. It forms the bedrock of evidence-based practice, allowing clinicians and researchers to share experiences which may lead to an improvement in patient outcomes. High quality research with robust methodology is a significant undertaking and is increasingly being used as a measure of competency for higher surgical training and fellowship applications. With training programmes putting greater emphasis on publications, research opportunities have become increasingly competitive in recent years with 17% of the total portfolio score for plastic surgery in the United Kingdom (UK) reserved for publications.1,2

There is international variation in the contribution to plastic surgery literature, with the UK being the largest contributor per capita according to a worldwide bibliometric analysis.3 This is the most up to date bibliometric analysis describing differences in publication trends in high impact plastic surgery journals across training deaneries in the UK. This data also sought to compare output from training deaneries whilst considering the number of consultants within the deanery.

 

Khalil, K; Sooriyamoorthy, T. (2023). A bibliometric analysis of publication trends in UK plastic surgery. JPRAS Open. 36(June), pp.85-88. [Online]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2023.04.003 [Accessed 11 July 2023]

 

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