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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2024; 72(04): 300-310
DOI: 10.1055/a-2161-0420
Original Thoracic

Bibliometric Analysis of Scientific Output Growth in the Field of Lung Transplantation

Murat Emre Tokur 
1   Department of Chest Diseases, Department of Intensive Care, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
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Sevil Alkan 
2   Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Faculty of Medicine, Çanakkale, Turkey
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Abstract

Background Lung transplantation (LT) has recently emerged as a scientifically validated curative therapeutic modality for patients afflicted with end-stage lung disease. This study aimed to conduct a global bibliometric analysis of research articles on LT between 1983 and 2021.

Methods Employing the Web of Science database, a bibliometric analysis was conducted to assess the expansion of scientific output within the field of LT. We searched specific bibliometric characteristics such as language, and year of publication, first author, institutional affiliation, main publishing journals, and highly cited articles. Additionally, we made comparisons of the most productive countries. The VOSviewer program and the open-source visualization software Biblioshiny (version 2.0) were used to perform the bibliometric analysis.

Results We identified 10,467 articles on LT published between 1983 and 2021, of which 94.898% were published in the Science Citation Index Expanded. The articles were from 101 different research areas. The publications were from 81 different countries globally, and mostly from the United States (41.196%), Germany (7.118%), and Canada (6.372%). The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation was the most published journal. Four thousand seven hundred and ninety three of the publications were published in the last 10 years with a 78,781 citation number in total. The highest number of publications and citations was in 2021.

Conclusion The majority of cutting-edge research findings are focused on only a few developed nations, and exchanges with emerging nations are still in their infancy. The United States has a strong, commanding position among the active countries in LT.

Keywords

lung transplantation - heart–lung transplantation - benign or congenital lung lesions

Note

This study was performed in the Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Faculty of Medicine Library.




Publication History

Received: 15 July 2023

Accepted: 25 August 2023

Accepted Manuscript online:
28 August 2023

Article published online:
25 September 2023

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