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. 2025 Apr 1;12(2):e70175.
doi: 10.1002/jeo2.70175. eCollection 2025 Apr.

The top 100 most-cited knee osteotomy publications

Matthieu Ollivier  1 , Jean-François Gonzalez  2 , Axel Machado  2 , Sachin Tapasvi  3 , Raghbir Khakha  4 , Ronald van Heerwaarden  5 , Grégoire Micicoi  2
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The top 100 most-cited knee osteotomy publications

Matthieu Ollivier et al. J Exp Orthop. .

Abstract

Purpose: To objectively identify the 100 most influential scientific publications in knee osteotomy and provide an analysis of their main characteristics.

Methods: The Clarivate Analytics Web of Knowledge database was used to obtain data and metrics on knee osteotomy research. The search list was sorted by the number of citations, and articles were included or excluded based on relevance to knee osteotomy. The information extracted for each article included the author's name, publication year, country of origin, journal name, article type and the level of evidence.

Results: These 100 studies generated a total of 16,246 citations, with an average of 162.5 citations per article. The most-cited article was cited 752 times. The 100 studies included in this analysis were published between 1976 and 2015. Twenty-one different journals published these 100 publications. The majority of the publications were from the United States (n = 30), followed by Germany (n = 17) and Japan (n = 11). The most prevalent study designs were case series (n = 55) and cohort studies (n = 19).

Conclusion: The 100 most influential publications in knee osteotomy were cited a total of 16,246 times. The study designs most used were case series and cohort studies with low-level evidence. This publication serves as a reference to direct orthopaedic practitioners to the 100 most influential studies in knee osteotomy and target future research directions.

Clinical relevance: This analysis of the 100 most influential (or cited) scientific publications in osteotomy around the knee will provide a comprehensive inventory of the most impactful academic contributions to a field that has recently regained interest among medical students, residents, fellows and attending physicians.

Level of evidence: N/A.

Keywords: 100 most‐cited articles; bibliometric; distal femoral osteotomy; high tibial osteotomy; knee osteotomy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Matthieu Ollivier is educational consultant for Newclip, Stryker and Arthrex. Raghbir Khakha, Sachin Tapasvi and Ronald van Heerwaarden are consultants for Newclip. Jean‐François Gonzalez is consultant for Amplitude. The other authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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The number of most‐cited 100 osteotomy around the knee publications per year.
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The percentage of the top 100 osteotomy around the knee publications originating from each country.
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Figure 3
Categorization of the top 100 most‐cited knee osteotomy publications by level of evidence.
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