Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Cardiol Young. 2021 Dec;31(12):1975-1983. doi: 10.1017/S1047951121001256. Epub 2021 Apr 12.
The citation history of a published article reflects its impact on the literature over time. We conducted a comprehensive bibliometric analysis to identify the most cited papers on CHD in children.
One-hundred and ninety journals listed in Journal Citation Reports were accessed via Web of Science. Publications with 250 or more citations were identified from Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-2020), and those relating to structural CHD in children were reviewed. Articles were ranked by citation count and the 100 most cited were analysed.
The number of citations ranged from 2522 to 309 (median 431, IQR 356-518), with 35 published since 2000. All were written in English, most originated from the United States (74%), and were published in cardiovascular journals, with Circulation (28%) the most frequent. There were 86 original research articles, including 50 case series, 14 cohort studies, and 10 clinical trials. The most cited paper was by Hoffman JI and Kaplan S on the incidence of CHD. Thirteen authors had 4 or more publications in the top 100, all of whom had worked in Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, or Dallas, and the most prolific author was Newburger JW (9 articles).
Citation analysis provides a historical perspective on scientific progress by assessing the impact of individual articles. Our study highlights the dominant position of US-based researchers and journals in this field. Most of the highly cited articles remain case series, with few randomised controlled trials in CHD appearing in recent years.
已发表文章的引文历史反映了其随时间推移对文献的影响。我们进行了全面的文献计量分析，以确定儿童 CHD 领域被引用最多的论文。
通过 Web of Science 访问了期刊引文报告中列出的 190 种期刊。从科学引文索引扩展版（1900-2020 年）中确定了引用次数达到 250 次或以上的出版物，并对与儿童结构性 CHD 相关的出版物进行了回顾。根据引用次数对文章进行排名，并对前 100 名进行了分析。
引文数量范围为 2522 至 309（中位数 431，IQR 356-518），其中 35 篇发表于 2000 年以后。所有文章均为英文撰写，作者主要来自美国（74%），发表于心血管期刊，其中《循环》（Circulation）杂志的发表频次最高（28%）。共纳入 86 篇原始研究文章，包括 50 篇病例系列研究、14 篇队列研究和 10 篇临床试验。被引频次最高的文章是 Hoffman JI 和 Kaplan S 撰写的关于 CHD 发病率的文章。有 13 位作者的 4 篇或以上文章进入前 100 名，这些作者均曾在波士顿、费城、旧金山或达拉斯工作，其中最有影响力的作者是 Newburger JW（9 篇文章）。
引文分析通过评估单篇文章的影响，为评估科学进展提供了历史视角。本研究突出了美国研究人员和期刊在该领域的主导地位。大多数高被引文章仍然是病例系列研究，近年来，CHD 领域的随机对照试验较少。
