title: Citation classics in neurointerventional research: a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most cited articles.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The number of citations that an article has received can be used to evaluate its impact on the scientific community. This study aimed to identify the 100 most cited articles in the field of neurointervention and to analyze their characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  We selected the 669 journals that were considered potentially to publish neurointervention articles based on the database of Journal Citation Reports. Using the Web of Science citation search tool, we identified the 100 most cited articles relevant to neurointervention within the selected journals. Each article was evaluated for several characteristics including publication year, journal, journal category, impact factor, number of citations, number of citations per year, authorship, department, institution, country, type of article, and topic.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The number of citations for the top 100 articles ranged from 1912 to 170 (mean 363.4) and citations per year ranged from 271.0 to 4.1 (mean 40.0). The majority of articles were published in clinical neurology journals (63%), were published in 2000-2009 (39%), originated in the USA (45%), were original articles (95%), and dealt with endovascular treatment of cerebral aneurysm (42%). The Department of Radiology, University of California School of Medicine (n=12) was the leading institution and Viñuela F (n=11) was the most prolific author.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study presents a detailed list and analysis of the 100 most cited articles in the field of neurointervention and provides a historical perspective on the scientific progress in this field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Soo
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Dae Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hye Jeong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hong Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jong Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Byung-Moon
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kwanseop
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D009462:Neurology / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D011871:Radiology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends
keywords: History; Intervention