Chen Yifan, Wang Liuding, Ma Dan, Cui Zhijie, Liu Yanjiao, Pang Qinghua, Jiang Zhonghui, Gao Zhuye
Department of Cardiology, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100091, China.
Department of Neurology, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100091, China.
J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Dec 20;19(1):659. doi: 10.1186/s13019-024-03175-y.
The aim of this bibliometric analysis was to highlight potential future areas for the practical application of research on rheumatic heart disease (RHD), considering past and current research efforts.
A systematic search was conducted in the WoSCC to find articles and reviews focused on RHD published between 2013 and 2024. Microsoft Excel 2019 was used to chart the annual productivity of research relevant to RHD, while ArcGIS (version 10.8) was employed to visualize the global distribution of publications. Analysis tools such as CiteSpace (version 6.1.R6) and VOSviewer (version 1.6.18) were utilized to identify the most prolific countries or regions, authors, journals, and resource-, intellectual-, and knowledge-sharing in RHD research, and to perform co-citation analysis of references and keywords. Additionally, the Bibliometrix R Package was used to analyze topic dynamics.
From the search, a total of 2,428 publications were retrieved. In terms of countries or regions, the United States was the most productive country (566, 23.31%). As for institutions, most publications have been contributed by the University of Cape Town (149, 6.14%). Regarding authors, Jonathan R. Carapetis produced the most published works, and he received the most co-citations. The most prolific journal was identified as the International Journal of Cardiology (70, 2.88%). The study published in Circulation received the most co-citations. Keywords with ongoing strong citation bursts included "surgical treatment" and "valvular heart disease".
Despite the rapid advancements in the field of RHD research, future efforts should prioritize strengthening collaboration among national institutions to facilitate information dissemination. Current research on RHD mainly focuses on prognosis of patients. While, the emerging research trends in RHD encompass treatment strategies for complications, including atrial fibrillation (AF), heart failure (HF), and infective endocarditis, as well as screening strategies for RHD and surgical interventions for patients with rheumatic mitral valve disease.
本文献计量分析旨在结合过去和当前的研究工作，突出风湿性心脏病（RHD）研究在未来可能的实际应用领域。
在科学引文索引扩展版（WoSCC）中进行系统检索，以查找2013年至2024年间发表的聚焦于RHD的文章和综述。使用Microsoft Excel 2019绘制与RHD相关研究的年度产出情况，同时运用ArcGIS（版本10.8）可视化出版物的全球分布。利用诸如CiteSpace（版本6.1.R6）和VOSviewer（版本1.6.18）等分析工具，确定RHD研究中最多产的国家或地区、作者、期刊以及资源、知识和信息共享情况，并对参考文献和关键词进行共被引分析。此外，使用文献计量学R包分析主题动态。
通过检索，共获取2428篇出版物。在国家或地区方面，美国是产出最多的国家（566篇，占23.31%）。就机构而言，大多数出版物由开普敦大学贡献（149篇，占6.14%）。关于作者，乔纳森·R·卡拉佩蒂斯发表的作品最多，且共被引次数最多。最多产的期刊被确定为《国际心脏病学杂志》（70篇，占2.88%）。发表在《循环》杂志上的研究共被引次数最多。具有持续强烈引用爆发的关键词包括“外科治疗”和“心脏瓣膜病”。
尽管RHD研究领域取得了快速进展，但未来的工作应优先加强国家机构之间的合作以促进信息传播。目前对RHD的研究主要集中在患者的预后方面。同时，RHD的新兴研究趋势包括并发症的治疗策略，如心房颤动（AF）、心力衰竭（HF）和感染性心内膜炎，以及RHD的筛查策略和风湿性二尖瓣疾病患者的外科干预措施。
