Academic Footprint of Journal of Orthopedic Case Reports in the Past 5 Years - A Scientometric Analysis

Patient outcomes have been enhanced every day due to significant research, advances in clinical methods, and insights presented in case reports, which numerous contemporary journals now publish.1 The significance of accessing these case reports in our evolving and dynamic world remains acknowledged.2 While case reports might sometimes be overshadowed by more comprehensive, evidence-backed publications, their impact has been profound.3 Sharing such reliable information has catalyzed breakthroughs and the development of treatments for new diseases.4 This practice of sharing experiential insights has evolved into a respected academic publication mode, efficiently disseminating knowledge to the broader medical community. Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports (JOCR) is an international, online, scientific, peer-reviewed, monthly journal that started out publishing high-quality articles in 2011.5 The journal is the official publication of the Indian Orthopaedic Research Group. The journal is indexed in various journal indexing databases including the Directory of Open Access Journals, Index Copernicus, PubMed Central, and so. The articles published are under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License.6 In this article, the academic impact of the journal in the past 5 years has been analyzed. The scientometric analysis was performed using the metadata of the articles published in the journal and indexed in PubMed Central over the past 5 years (2018-2022). Visualization of the data is made using VOSviewer (version 1.6.19) software.7