TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing the impact of publications
T2 - A bibliometric analysis of the top-cited articles from The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
AU - Castro-Varela, Alejandra
AU - Schaff, Hartzell V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
PY - 2023/5
Y1 - 2023/5
N2 - Objective: After 90 years, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (JTCVS) remains one of the most influential and widely read journals in our specialty. This study analyzes the characteristics of its top-cited articles over the past 6 decades. Methods: Using Elsevier's Scopus database, we identified all papers published in JTCVS since 1959. After exclusion of expert consensus guidelines, articles were grouped by decade and ranked by the total number of citations. We included the field-weighted citation impact (FWCI) when available. We analyzed the characteristics of the 10 most cited documents overall and per decade. Results: The Journal published a total of 32,335 papers, of which 14,052 were published between 2010 and 2021. The order of the top-cited articles differs when ranked by citations versus FWCI. During the last 6 decades, the 10 most cited articles per decade have a mean number of 604 citations (range, 240-1670) and a mean FWCI of 13.1 (range, 4.3-24.7). There is no overlap in positions when articles are ranked by citations versus FWCI. The majority of the 60 top 10 cited articles over the past 6 decades were presented at a major meeting (n = 38, 63%), most commonly the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Topics in adult cardiac surgery and general thoracic surgery predominated among the most-cited papers, which originated most often from the United States followed by Japan, Canada, France, England, and Germany. Conclusions: JTCVS continues to provide a global platform to share impactful knowledge related to surgery for thoracic diseases. The use of citations to determine an article's impact has limitations and nontraditional metrics may prove to be an excellent complementary tool for more equitable evaluations.
AB - Objective: After 90 years, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (JTCVS) remains one of the most influential and widely read journals in our specialty. This study analyzes the characteristics of its top-cited articles over the past 6 decades. Methods: Using Elsevier's Scopus database, we identified all papers published in JTCVS since 1959. After exclusion of expert consensus guidelines, articles were grouped by decade and ranked by the total number of citations. We included the field-weighted citation impact (FWCI) when available. We analyzed the characteristics of the 10 most cited documents overall and per decade. Results: The Journal published a total of 32,335 papers, of which 14,052 were published between 2010 and 2021. The order of the top-cited articles differs when ranked by citations versus FWCI. During the last 6 decades, the 10 most cited articles per decade have a mean number of 604 citations (range, 240-1670) and a mean FWCI of 13.1 (range, 4.3-24.7). There is no overlap in positions when articles are ranked by citations versus FWCI. The majority of the 60 top 10 cited articles over the past 6 decades were presented at a major meeting (n = 38, 63%), most commonly the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Topics in adult cardiac surgery and general thoracic surgery predominated among the most-cited papers, which originated most often from the United States followed by Japan, Canada, France, England, and Germany. Conclusions: JTCVS continues to provide a global platform to share impactful knowledge related to surgery for thoracic diseases. The use of citations to determine an article's impact has limitations and nontraditional metrics may prove to be an excellent complementary tool for more equitable evaluations.
KW - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
KW - citations
KW - field-weighted citation impact
KW - impact
KW - relative citation ratio
KW - research
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.09.031
DO - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.09.031
M3 - Article
C2 - 37032579
AN - SCOPUS:85140576515
SN - 0022-5223
VL - 165
SP - 1901
EP - 1916
JO - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
JF - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
IS - 5
ER -