Table 4.
Comparison between American journal of sports Medicine® and Arthroscopy® for continuous bibliometric variables.
| AJSM® | Arthroscopy® | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n | 814 | 656 | - |
| Author number | 4.6 ± 2.0 (4.0) | 4.3 ± 2.1 (4.0) | 0.038 |
| Corresponding author position | 2.2 ± 2.0 (1.0) | 2.1 ± 1.9 (1.0) | 0.39 |
| Number of institutions | 2.1 ± 1.7 (2.0) | 1.9 ± 1.2 (2.0) | 0.084 |
| Number of countries | 1.2 ± 0.5 (1.0) | 1.1 ± 0.4 (1.0) | 0.12 |
| Number of citations | 74.4 ± 77.5 (53.5) | 43.8 ± 50.5 (28.0) | <10−9 |
| Year adjusted citation rate | 5.16 ± 6.15 (3.07) | 3.14 ± 3.76 (2.00) | <10−9 |
| Number of references | 32.2 ± 18.5 (30.0) | 23.9 ± 14.4 (22.5) | <10−9 |
| Number of pages in manuscript | 7.1 ± 2.8 (7.0) | 6.8 ± 2.8 (6.0) | 0.002 |
Reported as the mean ± 1 standard deviation; median noted in parentheses.