Table 3.

The top 10 cited articles on ACLR.

Rank	Year	Authors	Title	Journal	Citations
1	2016	Sanders T L	Incidence of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears and Reconstruction: A 21-Year Population-Based Study	The American Journal of Sports Medicine	422
2	2016	Kyritsis P	Likelihood of ACL Graft Rupture: Not Meeting Six Clinical Discharge Criteria Before Return to Sport is Associated With a Four Times Greater Risk of Rupture	British Journal of Sports Medicine	363
3	2015	Sonnery-Cottet B	Outcome of a Combined Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Anterolateral Ligament Reconstruction Technique With a Minimum 2-Year Follow-up	The American Journal of Sports Medicine	342
4	2014	Mall N A	Incidence and Trends of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the United States	The American Journal of Sports Medicine	320
5	2014	Paterno M V	Incidence of Second ACL Injuries 2 Years After Primary ACL Reconstruction and Return to Sport	The American Journal of Sports Medicine	315
6	2014	Webster K E	Younger Patients Are at Increased Risk for Graft Rupture and Contralateral Injury After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction	The American Journal of Sports Medicine	279
7	2012	Magnussen R A	Graft Size and Patient Age Are Predictors of Early Revision After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Hamstring Autograft	Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery	266
8	2012	Paterno M V	Incidence of Contralateral and Ipsilateral Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury After Primary ACL Reconstruction and Return to Sport	Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine	259
9	2011	Kim S	Increase in Outpatient Knee Arthroscopy in the United States: A Comparison of National Surveys of Ambulatory Surgery, 1996 and 2006	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Volume	248
10	2011	Ardern C L	Return to the Preinjury Level of Competitive Sport After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery Two-thirds of Patients Have Not Returned by 12 Months After Surgery	The American Journal of Sports Medicine	235