Bibliometric Analysis of Top 100 Most Cited Articles Related To “Liver Transplantation” in Anesthesia Literature

Abstract

Objective: For treatment of acute liver failure, end-stage liver diseases and liver-sourced malignant tumors, liver transplantation is a treatment method applied as a last resource. In our study, the aim was to assess 100 articles with most citations about liver transplantation in the anesthesia literature. Methods: Our study used the “advanced mode” feature of the “Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Science (WOS)” search engine. The search was performed on 11.12.2018 and 100 articles with most citations related to liver transplantation were determined. For each article, total citation number, annual citation number, authors, and catalogue information for the study and journal were determined using Web of Science (WOS) and PubMed. Results: The total mean number of citations for 103 studies with most citations was determined as 75.87±68.48. The annual citation numbers for the studies varied from 34.18 to 1.15, with mean of 4.98±4.60. When the areas of focus of the studies are investigated, the first three areas were transfusion practice in 17 articles (16.5%), thromboelastography in14 (13.6%) and hemodynamic monitoring in 10 (9.7%). The mean number of citations of authors from the European continent was significantly higher than authors from other continents (p<0.01). Conclusion: Our study is the first to evaluate and analyze the top 103 articles receiving most citations related to liver transplantation in the anesthesia literature. Bibliographic studies created using scientific search engines are illustrative of the topics of focus for authors and researchers.