Key result
Top minimally invasive cardiac surgery articles yield ~101 citations, primarily covering valve and coronary procedures.
Why the study?
The study aimed to identify the top 100 cited articles in minimally-invasive cardiac surgery to determine fundamental areas of influence on clinical practice and academic knowledge.
This bibliometric analysis identifies the most influential publications in minimally-invasive cardiac surgery, highlighting valve surgery and coronary artery bypass surgery as the dominant topics.
Highlights dominant topics for clinician education in minimally invasive cardiac surgery; leaves open evolving priorities and impact metrics.
BACKGROUND: The number of citations an article receives is a marker of its scientific influence within a particular specialty. This bibliometric analysis intended to recognise the top 100 cited articles in minimally-invasive cardiac surgery, to determine the fundamental subject areas that have borne considerable influence upon clinical practice and academic knowledge whilst also considering bibliometric scope. This is increasingly relevant in a continually advancing specialty and one where minimally-invasive cardiac procedures have the potential for huge benefits to patient outcomes. METHODS: The Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) data citation index database was searched with the following terms: [Minimal* AND Invasive* AND Card* AND Surg*]. Results were limited to full text English language manuscripts and ranked by citation number. Further analysis of the top 100 cited articles was carried out according to subject, author, publication year, journal, institution and country of origin. RESULTS: A total of 4716 eligible manuscripts were retrieved. Of the top 100 papers, the median (range) citation number was 101 (51-414). The most cited paper by Lichtenstein et al. (Circulation 114(6):591-596, 2006) published in Circulation with 414 citations focused on transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation as a viable alternative to aortic valve replacement with cardiopulmonary bypass in selected patients with aortic stenosis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery published the most papers and received the most citations (n = 35; 3036 citations). The United States of America had the most publications and citations (n = 52; 5303 citations), followed by Germany (n = 27; 2598 citations). Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, published the most papers of all institutions. Minimally-invasive cardiac surgery pertaining to valve surgery (n = 42) and coronary artery bypass surgery (n = 30) were the two most frequent topics by a large margin. CONCLUSIONS: This work establishes a comprehensive and informative analysis of the most influential publications in minimally-invasive cardiac surgery and outlines what constitutes a citable article. Undertaking a quantitative evaluation of the top 100 papers aids in recognising the contributions of key authors and institutions as well as guiding future efforts in this field to continually improve the quality of care offered to complex cardiac patients.
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Karsan et al. (2022) studied Minimally-invasive cardiac surgery (n=100). Bibliometric analysis was evaluated on Citation number and characteristics of top 100 cited articles. A bibliometric analysis of the top 100 cited articles in minimally-invasive cardiac surgery found a median of 101 citations, with valve surgery and coronary revascularization being the most frequent topics.
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