INVESTIGATION OF THE GLOBAL OUTCOMES OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME WITH THE EFFECT OF COVID-19 IN PUBLICATIONS: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS BETWEEN 1980 AND 2020

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Objective: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is regarded as a serious complication with high mortality rates and constitutes an important health problem during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, a thorough bibliometric study on ARDS is needed. In this study, it was aimed to holistically summarize the articles published on ARDS between the years 1980 and 2020 using statistical methods and bibliometric analyses.Material and Methods: The literature was scanned using the Web of Science (WoS) database. Keywords used on WoS included “acute respiratory distress syndrome”, “adult respiratory distress syndrome” and “ARDS”. The search was carried out on the “titles” of the publications, and the articles obtained were bibliometrically analyzed. Linear and non-linear regression analysis was used in order to estimate the number of future studies.Results: A total of 11.934 publications were found. Of these publications, 5402 were articles (45.3%) on which the bibliometric analysis was performed. A high increase trend was observed in the number of publications during COVID-19. Most articles were published in the field of Critical Care Medicine (1965, 36.4%). The top four countries contributing to the literature were the USA (1967, 36.4%), Germany (534, 9.9%), France (534, 9.9%), and China (534, 9.9%). The most active 4 institutions were confirmed as theUniversity of Toronto (154), University of California San Francisco (153), University of Washington (153) and University of Harvard (151). The first 2 journals with the most publications were Critical Care Medicine (394) and Intensive Care Medicine (248).Conclusion: In this comprehensive bibliometric study on ARDS on which the number of research increases day by day with the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, a summarized information of 5402 articles published between 1980 and 2020 was reported. This study will be a guide for scientists and clinicians regarding the global output of ARDS.