The top 100 most cited articles in cardiovascular research: A bibliometric perspective

IF 3.3 3区医学 Q2 CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS

Current Problems in Cardiology Pub Date : 2025-08-25 DOI:10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2025.103153

Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab , Manal Mohamed Elhassan Taha , Abdullah Farasani , Jobran M Moshi , Ahmad Assiri , Saeed Alshahrani , Khaled A Sahli , Hussam M. Shubaily , Waseem Hassan

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Abstract

Objective

The aim is to analyze the citation dynamics, and research focus of the top 100 most cited cardiovascular research.

Methods

Data were retrieved from the Scopus database in January 2025, focusing on journals containing the term “cardio” in their title. Only original research articles and reviews were included. The data were analyzed using VOSviewer and R Studio to assess co-authorship networks, keyword co-occurrence, citation mapping, and citation impact indicators.

Results

A total of 100 articles, published between 1967 and 2020, were included in the analysis. These articles had an average of 2,285 citations each. The growth rate of publications was 3.74 %, with an average document age of 20.8 years. Collaboration was extensive, with 1,653 authors contributing to these papers, and 25 % of publications involved international collaboration. Citation analysis showed increasing citation rates over time, with recent papers achieving significant impact in a short period. The top authors, universities, countries, and sources of publication were identified, revealing the global nature of cardiovascular research and its collaborative nature. The title co-words analysis was also performed to understand the main focus of the most cited papers.

Conclusions

This study offers a deeper understanding of the most cited cardiovascular research papers, addressing gaps in previous bibliometric studies by providing insights into citation dynamics, author collaborations, and thematic shifts. Future studies should explore the quality of research and expand the scope of bibliometric analyses.

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心血管研究中被引用最多的100篇文章：文献计量学视角

目的分析被引频次前100位的心血管科学研究的被引动态及研究热点。方法于2025年1月从Scopus数据库中检索，重点检索标题中包含cardio一词的期刊。仅纳入原创研究文章和综述。使用VOSviewer和R Studio对数据进行分析，评估合著网络、关键词共现、引文映射和引文影响指标。结果共纳入1967 - 2020年间发表的100篇文献。这些文章平均每篇被引用2285次。发文量增长率为3.74%，平均文献年龄为20.8年。合作非常广泛，有1653位作者对这些论文做出了贡献，25%的出版物涉及国际合作。引文分析显示，随着时间的推移，被引率呈上升趋势，近期论文在短时间内产生显著影响。确定了顶级作者、大学、国家和出版物来源，揭示了心血管研究的全球性质及其合作性质。还进行了标题共词分析，以了解被引次数最多的论文的主要焦点。本研究提供了对被引用最多的心血管研究论文的更深入了解，通过提供对引用动态、作者合作和主题变化的见解，解决了以前文献计量学研究中的空白。未来的研究应探索研究的质量，并扩大文献计量分析的范围。

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Current Problems in Cardiology 医学-心血管系统

CiteScore

4.80

自引率

2.40%

发文量

392

审稿时长

6 days

期刊介绍： Under the editorial leadership of noted cardiologist Dr. Hector O. Ventura, Current Problems in Cardiology provides focused, comprehensive coverage of important clinical topics in cardiology. Each monthly issues, addresses a selected clinical problem or condition, including pathophysiology, invasive and noninvasive diagnosis, drug therapy, surgical management, and rehabilitation; or explores the clinical applications of a diagnostic modality or a particular category of drugs. Critical commentary from the distinguished editorial board accompanies each monograph, providing readers with additional insights. An extensive bibliography in each issue saves hours of library research.