Global current research status and future hotspots in osteoporotic fracture based on bibliometric assessment and visualization techniques

Table 1 Statistics of research quantity and quality for the top 5 countries in global publication volume

Country	Research quantity	Total citation frequency	H index
United States	4107	99638	120
China	1756	18871	52
The Great Britain	1376	40580	89
Germany	1247	22494	65
Canada	1111	28347	75

Table 2 Statistics of the top 10 authors' research output in studies related to osteoporotic fracture

Author	Research Quantity	Institution
Cyrus Cooper	184	University of Southampton
Christian Roux	161	Paris Descartes University
William D Leslie	157	University of Manitoba
John A Kanis	140	University of Sheffield
Jonathan D Adachi	136	McGill University
Richard Eastell	105	University of Sheffield
Helena Johansson	89	University of Sheffield
Jane A Cauley	84	University of Pittsburgh
Steven Boonen	83	Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium)
Jean Yves Reginster	75	King Saud University (Saudi Arabia)

Table 3 Top five publications ranked by number of citations, intermediary centrality, and sigma values

Author	Journal	Top 5 in citation count	Top 5 in centrality	Top 5 in sigma value
Johnell and Kanis[3],2006	Osteoporos Int			Yes
Burge et al[12], 2007	J Bone Miner Res	Yes		Yes
Black et al[14], 2007	N Engl J Med	Yes
Lyles et al[15], 2007	N Engl J Med		Yes
Cummings et al[16], 2009	N Engl J Med	Yes	Yes
Kanis et al[17], 2013	Osteoporos Int		Yes	Yes
Cosman et al[18], 2014	Osteoporos Int	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shane et al[19], 2014	J Bone Miner Res			Yes
Kanis et al[36], 2008	Osteoporos Int	Yes	Yes

Table 4 Articles with significant breakthroughs since 2017

Author	Journal	Breakthrough time	Top 5 breakthrough
Silva et al[31], 2015	J Clin Densitom	2017	24.6367
Harvey et al[32], 2015	Bone	2017	25.6491
McCloskey et al[33], 2016	J Bone Miner Res	2017	36.2806
Ganda et al[34], 2013	Osteoporos Int	2017	24.095
Adler et al[35], 2016	J Bone Miner Res	2017	20.5926