title: The 100 most-cited original articles in cardiac computed tomography: A bibliometric analysis.
abstract: Bibliometric analysis is the application of statistical methods to analyze quantitative data about scientific publications. It can evaluate research performance, author productivity, and manuscript impact. To the best of our knowledge, no bibliometric analysis has focused on cardiac computed tomography (CT). The purpose of this paper was to compile a list of the 100 most-cited articles related to cardiac CT literature using Scopus and Web of Science (WOS). A list of the 100 most-cited articles was compiled by order of citation frequency, as well a list of the top 10 most-cited guideline and review articles and the 20 most-cited articles of the years 2014-2015. The database of 100 most-cited articles was analyzed to identify characteristics of highly cited publications. For each manuscript, the number of authors, study design, size of patient cohort and departmental affiliations were cataloged. The 100 most-cited articles were published from 1990 to 2012, with the majority (53) published between 2005 and 2009. The total number of citations varied from 3354 to 196, and the number of citations per year varied from 9.5 to 129.0 with a median and mean of 30.9 and 38.7, respectively. The majority of publications had a study patients sample size of 200 patients or less. The USA and Germany were the nations with the highest number of frequently cited publications. This bibliometric analysis provides insights on the most-cited articles published on the subject of cardiac CT and calcium volume, thus helping to characterize the field and guide future research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency & Trauma Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, CA, Canada. Electronic address: dr.meokeeffe@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: O'Keeffe
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Radiology, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Tarek N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Hanna
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency & Trauma Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, CA, Canada.
authors.forename: Davis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency & Trauma Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, CA, Canada.
authors.forename: Olivia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Marais
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency & Trauma Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, CA, Canada.
authors.forename: Mohammed F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Mohammed
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency & Trauma Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, CA, Canada.
authors.forename: Sheldon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency & Trauma Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, CA, Canada.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency & Trauma Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, CA, Canada.
authors.forename: Savvas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nicolaou
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency & Trauma Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, CA, Canada.
authors.forename: Faisal
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khosa
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D015706:Bibliometrics; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002309:Cardiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012107:Research Design / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D061205:Vascular Calcification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: Bibliometrics; Calcium scoring; Cardiac CT; Citations; Computed tomography