Level of Evidence in Orthopaedic Journals

by William T. Obremskey, Nick Pappas, Emad Attallah-Wasif, Paul Tornetta, and Mohit Bhandari

J Bone Joint Surg AmVolume 87(12):2632-2638

December 1, 2005

©2005 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

The 2003 journal impact factors of the orthopaedic journals included in our study.

William T. Obremskey et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2005;87:2632-2638

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Distributions of the percentages of Level-I and II articles (purple) and Level-III and IV articles (blue) in orthopaedic journals included in our study.

William T. Obremskey et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2005;87:2632-2638

©2005 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Scatterplot comparing each journal's impact factor with the percentage of Level-I and II studies published in that journal.

William T. Obremskey et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2005;87:2632-2638

©2005 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.