Name: List of Top Departments of Orthopedic Surgery sorted by peer-reviewed citations
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Published: 2026-09-29T14:33:47Z
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63.6K(top 5%)

PR articles

1.5M(top 5%)

PR citations

297(top 5%)

PR h-index

348(top 5%)

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79.3K

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2.0M

doc citations

Top Departments (by peer-reviewed citations)

#	Department	Articles	Citations	A pos	C pos
1	Surgery	19,598	637.8K	23	23
3	Orthopedics	7,498	176.5K	3	3
4	Orthopedic Surgery	4,859	123.5K	3	4
5	Sports Medicine	1,884	59.3K	5	8
7	Radiology	1,444	32.9K	119	174
9	Pathology	951	21.9K	300	422
10	Trauma Surgery	853	20.9K	6	7
11	Biostatistics	463	20.7K	279	272
12	Epidemiology	434	19.3K	442	399
13	Oncology	675	18.6K	209	254
14	Anatomy	535	17.5K	164	211
15	Biomedical Engineering	548	17.4K	186	230
16	Public Health	554	16.8K	563	618
17	Education	897	15.6K	577	839
19	Rheumatology	382	14.8K	106	107
20	Dentistry	429	13.2K	200	252
21	Diagnostic Radiology	273	11.8K	47	45
22	Bioengineering	275	10.9K	226	258
23	Biology	210	10.5K	1,188	967
24	Physical Therapy	330	10.3K	83	87
25	Mechanical Engineering	333	10.1K	535	506
26	Hand Surgery	460	10.0K	8	12
27	Neurosurgery	420	8.8K	147	203
28	Statistics	181	7.9K	693	568
29	Biotechnology	109	6.5K	948	668
30	Health Policy	106	6.4K	271	180
31	Plastic Surgery	294	5.8K	50	77
32	Physiology	202	5.7K	662	756
33	Nursing	262	5.3K	398	464
35	Pharmacy	282	4.9K	597	785
36	Microbiology	186	4.8K	630	733
37	Immunology	124	4.5K	680	639
38	Biomedical Sciences	195	4.3K	417	563
39	Pediatrics	195	4.0K	616	770
41	Histology	60	3.7K	279	174
42	Health Economics	44	3.7K	261	123
43	Endocrinology	133	3.1K	403	507
44	Geriatrics	121	3.0K	179	254
45	Nuclear Medicine	130	3.0K	230	277
46	General Surgery	126	2.9K	172	184
47	Neuroscience	145	2.8K	595	809
48	Physics	65	2.4K	1,421	1,235
49	Neurology	149	2.3K	553	805
50	Biochemistry	105	2.2K	1,106	1,240
51	Radiation Oncology	66	2.1K	305	305
52	Pediatric Surgery	71	1.9K	121	110
53	Cell Biology	75	1.8K	674	821
55	Critical Care	94	1.8K	231	331
56	Kinesiology	44	1.8K	364	331
57	Genetics	41	1.6K	1,256	1,119
60	Occupational Therapy	64	1.5K	160	189
61	Psychiatry	93	1.5K	860	1,142
62	Biophysics	36	1.5K	945	843
63	Nutrition	42	1.5K	1,255	1,134
64	Metabolism	53	1.5K	619	657
65	Hematology	68	1.4K	514	597
66	Molecular Biology	50	1.3K	996	1,049
67	Pharmacology	82	1.3K	891	1,120
68	Computer Science	62	1.3K	1,239	1,421
69	Occupational Health	31	1.2K	451	422
71	Clinical Chemistry	32	1.2K	377	376
72	Materials Engineering	39	1.1K	559	555
73	Dermatology	54	1.1K	498	639
75	Chemistry	61	1.0K	1,674	1,916
76	Psychology	60	1.0K	1,458	1,793
77	Interventional Radiology	74	946	128	213
78	Embryology	44	939	273	378
79	Medical Technology	55	935	215	355
80	Materials Science	45	887	852	969
81	Chemical Engineering	22	870	1,381	1,257
82	Medical Oncology	42	866	416	501
83	Medical Microbiology	37	826	356	459
84	Mathematics	47	793	1,577	1,894
85	Sports Science	44	792	126	179
86	Nephrology	49	790	490	612
87	Obstetrics	65	789	771	1,028
88	Theater	77	783	25	53
89	Critical Care Medicine	60	761	395	604
90	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	41	752	196	264
91	Clinical Pathology	22	740	338	324
92	Ophthalmology	36	722	644	781
93	Higher Education	120	715	233	642
94	Urology	42	704	530	659
95	Computer Engineering	11	690	1,503	1,092
96	Pathophysiology	19	679	584	561
97	Aerospace Engineering	30	673	642	756
98	Electrical Engineering	31	655	1,240	1,269
99	Chemotherapy	8	630	274	165
100	Vascular Surgery	51	623	188	314
101	Medical Genetics	26	622	541	604
102	Environmental Health	33	621	844	1,094
103	Cytology	9	612	473	262
104	Economics	38	610	2,000	2,254
105	Otolaryngology	18	604	656	608
106	Medical Physics	44	594	275	517
107	Clinical Trials	23	588	324	393
108	Logistics	57	532	198	451
109	Head and Neck Surgery	20	513	551	558
110	Law	34	496	1,089	1,260
111	Geriatric Medicine	40	492	231	449
112	Mechatronics	19	491	354	343
113	Mental Health	25	484	1,048	1,169
114	Electronics	18	456	1,322	1,278
115	Clinical Biochemistry	14	455	545	514
116	Literature	5	442	970	253
117	Neurobiology	14	441	979	983
118	Industrial Engineering	15	431	1,233	1,170
119	Data Science	26	430	713	749
120	Morphology	24	428	316	497
121	Applied Physics	13	422	957	904
122	Translation Studies	1	413	160	11
123	Developmental Biology	10	411	965	902
124	Applied Mathematics	6	410	1,540	1,018
125	Clinical Immunology	14	400	559	563
126	Surgical Oncology	43	392	167	368
127	Prosthodontics	14	391	224	226
128	Robotics	30	380	403	592
129	Toxicology	17	375	1,215	1,281
129	Artificial Intelligence	22	375	721	833
131	Tribology	6	364	272	189
132	Transfusion Medicine	12	344	341	407
133	Civil Engineering	19	342	1,269	1,352
136	History	3	321	2,698	1,182
139	Clinical Genetics	9	308	416	419
140	Clinical Pharmacology	14	303	811	932
141	Cardiothoracic Surgery	12	291	367	392
142	Human Genetics	16	290	772	969
143	Information Technology	12	286	1,808	1,831
144	Neuropsychiatry	3	282	758	438
146	Health Education	17	270	561	736
147	Oral Pathology	14	269	191	274
148	Sleep Medicine	4	253	717	487
149	Metallurgy	9	249	728	643
150	Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	18	247	222	388
151	Philosophy	5	240	1,830	1,068
152	Machine Learning	1	233	859	301
153	Anthropology	9	232	1,552	1,528
155	Automation	19	222	903	1,188
156	Health Communication	4	216	121	76
158	Orthodontics	16	211	254	398
159	Pediatric Hematology	11	209	317	391
160	Kinetics	7	188	346	404
161	Immunohematology	2	186	346	219
163	Sports Physical Therapy	4	182	20	10
164	Global Health	16	178	916	1,277
165	Polymers	7	175	473	476
166	Computational Biology	6	165	832	882
167	Clinical Nutrition	7	151	549	653
168	Hypertension	6	148	651	698
169	Ergonomics	7	146	256	308
170	Quality Management	13	144	227	471
172	Systems Engineering	16	142	1,235	1,774
173	Exercise Physiology	8	141	263	337
174	Molecular Genetics	4	138	1,387	1,274
175	Clinical Pharmacy	12	137	607	841
177	Telemedicine	5	125	217	267
178	Veterinary Pathology	6	123	381	461
179	Microelectronics	3	121	806	652
181	Zoology	10	120	1,382	1,721
182	Health Informatics	16	116	278	693
183	Oral Medicine	8	115	391	572
184	Neonatology	9	114	665	847
185	Computer Vision	4	113	290	317
186	Molecular Pharmacology	5	112	730	866
187	Polymer Science	3	111	602	557
188	Pharmaceutical Technology	3	110	786	706
189	Palliative Care	10	109	400	588
189	Psychosomatic Medicine	4	109	443	496
191	Periodontics	4	106	331	396
192	Pulmonology	5	103	625	669
195	Pediatric Rheumatology	6	93	100	161
196	Diabetology	5	91	390	481
197	Quality Control	5	87	634	757
198	Food Science	9	77	1,359	1,888
199	Allergology	4	75	584	683
200	Radiation Protection	2	72	480	385
201	Ethics	10	70	738	1,245
202	Risk Management	4	69	716	932
203	Animal Physiology	2	66	929	871
204	Performing Arts	4	65	188	242
204	Applied Mechanics	3	65	908	935
207	Pharmacognosy	2	62	906	853
207	Biochemical Engineering	4	62	685	864
209	Information Systems	7	61	1,377	2,104
209	Inorganic Chemistry	3	61	867	926
211	Mechatronics Engineering	7	60	537	836
213	Genomics	6	59	1,519	1,920
214	Econometrics	2	57	748	703
215	Dietetics	5	56	758	1,041
216	Software Engineering	2	54	1,057	975
217	Pharmaceutical Chemistry	1	52	1,263	1,039
217	Colorectal Surgery	4	52	345	455
219	Communication Studies	3	51	689	764
220	Probability	1	50	721	563
221	Clinical Psychology	4	49	1,016	1,242
221	Theoretical Computer Science	1	49	210	189
225	Industrial Design	1	46	862	648
226	Molecular Immunology	1	45	867	766
227	Teratology	1	44	394	343
228	Medicinal Chemistry	3	43	1,012	1,182
229	Project Management	2	42	569	652
230	Economic Development	5	41	539	1,056
230	Telecommunications	4	41	1,360	1,690
232	Health Services Administration	2	40	398	426
232	Evolutionary Biology	3	40	1,095	1,405
234	Traffic Engineering	2	39	492	505
235	Environmental Engineering	2	36	2,647	2,647
235	Pediatric Neurology	3	36	477	618
237	Film	3	34	864	955
237	Transplant Surgery	3	34	336	511
239	Analytical Chemistry	2	32	1,457	1,592
239	Manufacturing Engineering	2	32	1,250	1,407
241	Nanotechnology	3	30	1,529	1,925
241	Pediatric Endocrinology	3	30	468	672
241	Demography	2	30	694	898
241	History of Medicine	3	30	337	463
245	Public Policy	2	29	2,023	2,134
245	Food Engineering	3	29	979	1,293
247	Optics	2	28	1,315	1,478
248	Epigenetics	3	27	650	929
248	Ceramics	2	27	685	775
248	Radiography	4	27	149	350
248	Public Administration	1	27	1,988	1,638
253	Drama	3	25	264	370
253	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	1	25	1,135	1,145
255	Marine Engineering	1	24	705	675
255	Community Health Nursing	1	24	379	352
255	Naval Architecture	1	24	911	873
258	Special Education	3	21	798	1,132
258	Educational Psychology	2	21	1,125	1,364
260	Computer Architecture	1	20	386	427
261	Sustainable Engineering	1	19	481	558
261	Molecular Epidemiology	1	19	701	815
261	Aesthetics	2	19	216	300
264	Structural Engineering	1	17	894	966
264	Gynecologic Oncology	1	17	703	748
266	Geotechnical Engineering	1	16	635	659
266	Ecology	2	16	3,158	3,605
266	Endodontics	2	16	457	735
269	Developmental Psychology	1	15	782	922
269	Geriatric Psychiatry	1	15	319	432
269	Neuroimaging	1	15	933	1,063
269	Animal Science	2	15	1,654	1,950
273	Architecture	4	14	2,418	3,359
273	Agricultural Machinery	1	14	334	375
273	Pharmaceutical Engineering	1	14	847	944
276	Neuropathology	1	13	963	1,079
277	Agronomy	1	12	1,482	1,626
280	Genetic Engineering	3	11	1,117	1,584
280	Applied Linguistics	1	11	418	491
282	Botany	1	10	2,024	2,206
282	Geometry	1	10	447	578
282	Clinical Laboratory Science	1	10	402	540
285	Cybernetics	2	9	936	1,478
285	Functional Genomics	1	9	1,159	1,381
285	Chemical Physics	1	9	1,183	1,361
285	Telecommunications Engineering	1	9	458	560
289	Adolescent Medicine	1	8	1,176	1,380
289	Forensic Anthropology	1	8	76	106
289	Educational Research	3	8	577	1,223
293	Audiology	2	7	636	1,009
293	Neuropsychology	2	7	856	1,299
293	Journalism	1	7	1,367	1,587
293	Physical Chemistry	1	7	1,588	1,853
298	Sociology	1	6	3,338	3,595
298	Paramedicine	1	6	535	746
301	Hydrology	1	5	1,138	1,441
301	Animal Behavior	1	5	359	525
301	Cybersecurity	1	5	474	656
305	Cultural Studies	2	4	825	1,530
305	Actuarial Science	2	4	716	1,303
305	Dynamics	1	4	3,262	3,810
305	Health Psychology	1	4	1,176	1,492
305	History of Science	2	4	443	909
305	Applied Arts	1	4	412	641
312	Astronomy	1	3	2,074	2,548
312	Energy Conversion	1	3	784	1,009
312	Experimental Psychology	1	3	1,068	1,449
312	Solid State Physics	1	3	814	1,089
312	Photonics	1	3	1,435	1,830
312	International Law	1	3	371	487
318	Public Health Nursing	1	2	342	493
318	Mineralogy	1	2	766	1,054
318	Petrology	1	2	355	524
323	Organic Chemistry	2	1	1,335	1,896
323	Geophysics	1	1	1,366	1,765
323	Computational Mathematics	1	1	911	1,370
323	Behavioral Neuroscience	1	1	810	1,185
327	Music	1	0	1,431	2,094
327	Operations Research	2	0	1,142	2,133

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