Background: Korea citation index (KCI) enhances the quality of journals by securing a management system for domestic journals and strengthening the international competitiveness of excellent domestic journals. Errors in studies, papers, and investigations of statistical methods have been reported worldwide in the medical field. However, there is a lack of studies on statistical methods and error investigations in physical therapy journals in Korea. Objectives: To investigated the frequency of statistical methods and research errors in physical therapy journal articles evaluated by KCI. Design: Review. Methods: Ten journals classified as physical therapy journals by December 2021, which are candidate journals or higher, were targeted. The study focused on original articles published from 2017 to 2021 and investigated the frequency of statistical methods used, sample size calculations, result tables, effect sizes, and confidence intervals. Results: Statistical methods used in physical therapy studies in Korean journals mainly employed group comparative analysis. However, in most cases, the basis for sampling, effect size, and confidence interval were not presented, even though most of the results tables were included. Conclusion: This study allowed us to examine the most frequently used statistical methods in Korean physical therapy studies and assess the reporting status of sample size calculations, result tables, effect sizes, and confidence intervals. Efforts are needed to publish high-quality papers to improve the quality of Korean physical therapy journals.

이 연구는 W. B. 예이츠에 대한 연구 동향을 살펴보고 그에 대한 연구 방향을 설정하는데 필요한 정보를 제공하는 데 목적이 있다. 2021년 8월 KCI에서 ‘yeats’를 키워드로 910편의 논문이 검색되었고 최종 854개 논문의 제목을 연구대상으 로 선정하였다. Excel, TEXTOM 및 UCINET/NetDraw 프로그램을 활용하여 분석을 실시하였으며 예이츠 관련 연구의 연도별 및 학술지별 게재 현황, 예이츠 관련 연구의 주요 키워드, 주요 키워드 간의 연결중심성과 네트워크 분석을 시행하였다.