Abstract
BackgroundEmergency Cardiac Surgery (ECS) is a component of cardiothoracic training. Citations are considered to represent a papers influence. Bibliometric analyses allow us to identify the most influential work, and future research. We aim to highlight the key research themes within ECS and determine their potential impact on cardiothoracic training.MethodsThomas Reuters Web of Science was searched using terms [Emergency AND Card* AND Surg*]. Results were ranked by citation and reviewed by a panel of cardiac surgeons to identify the top 100 cited papers relevant to ECS. Papers were analysed by topic, journal and impact. Regression analysis was used to determine a link between impact factor and scientific impact.Results3823 papers were identified. Median citations for the top 100 was 88. The paper with the highest impact was by Nashef et al. focusing on the use of EuroSCORE (2043 citations). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery published most papers (n = 18:1778 citations). The European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery coveted the most citations (n = 2649). The USA published most papers (n = 55).The most ubiquitous topics were; risk stratification, circulatory support and aortic surgery. A positive relationship between journal impact fact and the scientific impact of manuscripts in ECS (P = 0.043) was deduced.ConclusionThis study is the first of its kind and identified the papers which are likely to the contribute most to training and understanding of ECS. A papers influence is partially determined by journal impact factor. Bibliometric analysis is a potent tool to identify surgical training needs.
Highlights
There are significant concerns in relation to emergency cardiac surgery (ECS), especially in respect to high morbidity and mortality within thoracic aneurysm repair and re-repair [1,2]
The paper with the highest impact was by Nashef et al focusing on the use of EuroSCORE (2043 citations)
A papers influence is partially determined by journal impact factor
Summary
There are significant concerns in relation to emergency cardiac surgery (ECS), especially in respect to high morbidity and mortality within thoracic aneurysm repair and re-repair [1,2]. Citation rankings highlight publications with the greatest influence [3]. Bibliometric analysis or citation analysis are viewed as a marker of a papers influence. Such a process involves ranking an article or journal based on the number of received citations. In addition this tool is used to rank. Emergency Cardiac Surgery (ECS) is a component of cardiothoracic training. Bibliometric analyses allow us to identify the most influential work, and future research. We aim to highlight the key research themes within ECS and determine their potential impact on cardiothoracic training
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