Table 2.
Top 10 most productive institutions in the field of endoscopic discectomy research
| Rank | Institutions | Country | No. | Citations | Average no. of citations | H-index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wooridul Spine Hospital | South Korea | 57 | 2,895 | 50.79 | 32 |
| 2 | Tongji University | China | 48 | 461 | 9.6 | 13 |
| 3 | The Catholic University of Korea | South Korea | 31 | 673 | 21.71 | 12 |
| 4 | Army Medical University | China | 30 | 526 | 17.53 | 15 |
| 5 | Brown University | USA | 27 | 408 | 15.11 | 12 |
| 6 | Southern Medical University | China | 24 | 101 | 4.21 | 6 |
| 7 | Chongqing Medical University | China | 23 | 244 | 10.61 | 9 |
| 8 | Leon Wiltse Memorial Hospital | South Korea | 22 | 503 | 22.86 | 12 |
| 9 | Capital Medical University | China | 21 | 54 | 2.57 | 4 |
| 10 | Gachon University | South Korea | 21 | 206 | 9.81 | 8 |