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Review
. 2024 May 17:19:Doc29.
doi: 10.3205/dgkh000484. eCollection 2024.

Post-operative infections after cardiothoracic surgery and vascular procedures: a bibliometric and visual analysis of the 100 most-cited articles in the past 2 decades

Mohsan Ali  1 , Bisma Akram  2 , Masooma Zainab Bokhari  2 , Aleena Ahmed  2 , Amar Anwar  1 , Muhammad Talha  3 , Rawal Alias Insaf Ahmed  4 , Areeba Mariam Mehmood  5 , Bisal Naseer  1
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Post-operative infections after cardiothoracic surgery and vascular procedures: a bibliometric and visual analysis of the 100 most-cited articles in the past 2 decades

Mohsan Ali et al. GMS Hyg Infect Control. .

Abstract
in English, German

Aim: To recognize and analyze the 100 most-cited articles on post-operative infections following cardiothoracic surgery and vascular procedures in the past 20 years.

Methods: Articles published on post-operative infections following cardiothoracic surgery and vascular procedures from inception 1986 till 2020 were reviewed and selected by two authors, based on their number of citations using the Scopus database. Their characteristics were recorded, i.e., title, authors, publication date, total no. of citations, citations per year (CPY), country of research, institutional affiliation, journal, research subject, and article type.

Results: The top 100 most influential articles were published between 1968 and 2017, with the peak in 2002. The mean number of total citations was 236.79 (range: 108-1,157). Areas with a medical focus were predominant in the studied research articles on the researched topic. The top-most journals in which these articles were published include Annals of Thoracic Surgery (14), followed by Circulation (8), and the New England Journal of Medicine (8). The number of publications affiliated with an institution were highest in the United States, with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (6) having the most.

Conclusion: These findings highlight that there is a great potential to conduct research and publish the prevalence, causes, risk factors, pathogenesis and molecular biology of post-cardiac and -vascular surgery infections to prevent their adverse effects. The results can be taken into consideration for policy making to improve post-cardiac-surgery outcomes.

Zielsetzung: Erfassen und analysieren der 100 meist zitierten Artikel über postoperative Infektionen nach kardiothorakalen und vaskulären Eingriffen in den letzten Jahren.

Methode: Artikel über postoperative Infektionen nach kardiothorakalen Operationen und vaskulären Eingriffen, die von 1986 bis 2020 veröffentlicht wurden, wurden von zwei Autoren anhand der Anzahl der Zitate in der Scopus-Datenbank gesichtet, ausgewählt, und ihre Merkmale erfasst wie Titel, Autoren, Veröffentlichungsdatum, Gesamtzahl der Zitate, Zitate pro Jahr, Land der Forschung, institutionelle Zugehörigkeit, Zeitschrift, Forschungsthema und Art des Artikels.

Ergebnisse: Die 100 wichtigsten Artikel wurden zwischen 1968 und 2017 veröffentlicht, wobei der Höhepunkt im Jahr 2002 lag. Der Mittelwert der Gesamtzitationen betrug 236,79 (Spanne: 108–1.157). Bei den analysierten Artikeln überwiegen medizinisch ausgerichtete Bereiche. Zu den wichtigsten Zeitschriften, in denen die Artikel veröffentlicht wurden, gehören Annals of Thoracic Surgery (14), gefolgt von Circulation (8) und New England Journal of Medicine (8). Die Zahl der Veröffentlichungen, die mit einer Einrichtung verbunden sind, ist in den Vereinigten Staaten am höchsten mit der Cleveland Clinic Foundation (6) an der Spitze.

Schlussfolgerung: Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass ein großes Potenzial für die Erforschung der Prävalenz, Ursachen, Risikofaktoren, Pathogenese und Molekularbiologie von postoperativen Wundinfektionen nach herz- und gefäßchirurgischen Eingriffen besteht, um deren nachteilige Auswirkungen zu verhindern.

Keywords: bibliometric analysis; cardiothoracic surgery; surgical site infections; vascular surgery; visual analysis.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Table 1
Table 1. List of the top 100 most-cited publications in descending order of their citations
Table 2
Table 2. Authors with more than 2 publications
Table 3
Table 3. Institutions with more than 2 publications
Figure 1
Figure 1. Trends in papers published per year
Figure 2
Figure 2. Journals with more than 3 publications
Figure 3
Figure 3. Countries with more than 3 publications
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Figure 4. Subject area distribution
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