Hyperprolific Authors in Sports Medicine Research, 2020-2024

A 2020-2024 analysis of 16,983 articles from top sports medicine journals identifies 222 extremely productive authors publishing over 61 papers annually. The dataset, created by Serena Uppal, includes metadata on publication counts, authorship positions, institutional affiliations, and citation metrics like h-index and total citations. It characterizes the geographic distribution and scientific impact of these high-output researchers.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the correlation between publication volume and citation impact based on h-index and total citation counts.
• Mapping the geographic concentration of high-output researchers based on institutional affiliation data.
• Studying authorship order patterns (first, middle, last author) among hyperprolific authors.
• Investigating the sustainability of high-volume publishing practices in a specific medical subfield.

Strengths

• Data covers a defined five-year period from 2020 to 2024.
• Analysis is based on 16,983 articles and 68,209 unique authors from top-ranked journals.
• Includes specific metrics for the 222 identified authors, such as mean h-index (79.9) and mean total citations (35,654).
• Provides clear geographic breakdowns for author affiliations (e.g., 42.3% in Europe).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the underlying dataset is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The 76.3 KB file size suggests a very limited scope, likely containing summary statistics rather than the full raw publication data.

Provenance

Source

Scopus database, filtered to the top 20 CiteScore-ranked journals in sports medicine and musculoskeletal health.

Collection Method

Publication metadata extraction and author classification based on annual publication volume thresholds.

Time Range

2020-2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 17:23:01; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global, with concentrations noted in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, specifically Germany, Japan, China, and the United States.