Abstract
Objective Giant cell arthritis (GCA) is a type of vasculitis which is more common in female gender and is closely associated with Polymyalgia rheumatic. One of its important complication include visual impairment. The burden of disease is expected to be very high by 2050 and there is a need to compile the data on most influential studies on GCA to define future strategy to deal with this dangerous disease. Bibliometrics is a statistical analysis of published literature that reflects the value and impact of a particular publication within the specific field. Aim of our study is identify the most significant contributors and their quality of contribution in the field. Method We conducted this analysis utilizing SCOPUS database using different related MeSH terms. After a detailed screening, the list of top-50 articles were presented in the results in descending order of their ranks on the basis of their total number of citation. Most of our data comprises of publications from 1971–2012. Result The top-50 most cited articles on GCA were published between 1971 and 2012 with the median number of citations 274 ranging from 598–187. Annals of Internal Medicine was the top ranked journal with 13 publications from the list. The highly ranked author based on the number of publications was Hunder GG (20 publications) with h-index of 40, retaining affiliation with Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States. Mayo Clinic was the most frequently mentioned institute among the affiliations. The United States was found to be the most productive country rendering most of the articles (64%). Conclusion Our bibliometric analysis on Giant cell arteritis identifies the information which may direct future research contributions, identify field experts, guide researchers to fill knowledge gaps, and assist in research fund allocation.
Highlights
Giant-cell arteritis (GCA), known as temporal arteritis, can be defined as an inflammatory vasculopathy of large to medium-size arteries
Giant cell arthritis (GCA) is a type of vasculitis which is more common in female gender and is closely associated with Polymyalgia rheumatic
This disease is most prevalent in Northern Europe and Minnesota-USA (≥20/100,000 people aging more than 50 years) with Japan being a territory with lowest rates of GCA (1.47/100,000 people aging more than 50 years) [1, 2]
Summary
Giant-cell arteritis (GCA), known as temporal arteritis, can be defined as an inflammatory vasculopathy of large to medium-size arteries. According to a disease burden study conducted by Smit ED et al and company, it is predicted that there will be an expected increment of around 3 million more cases of GCA by the year 2050. Out of these 3 million new cases, at least half a million will be presenting with the complication of visual impairment [3]. Due to a high anticipated disease burden in three decades, there is a need to compile and assess the most influential studies that has been done on GCA and redefine future strategies to prevent it
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