Shifting Paradigms: The Top 100 Most Disruptive Papers in Core Pediatric Surgery Journals

This bibliometric analysis identifies the 100 most disruptive publications in pediatric surgery journals using the disruption score, a novel metric measuring paradigm-shifting research. The study found these papers were more disruptive than 99.5% of PubMed literature, with weak correlation between citations and disruption, highlighting technical innovations and key historical moments in the specialty.