A Bibliometric Analysis of the Articles Focusing on the Subject of Brain Death Published in Scientific Citation Index-Expanded Indexed Journals: Analysis of 3487 Articles Published Between 1995-2019

• Published in: Transplantation proceedings Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 706 - 711
• Main Authors: Ferhatoglu, S. Yılmaz, Yapici, N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2020
• ISSN: 0041-1345; 1873-2623; 1873-2623
• DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.01.034

Although the topic of brain death (BD) has been increasing in popularity considerably in recent years by the snowballing number of patients suffering from end-organ failure and waiting for organ transplantation, the literature indicates insufficient information regarding the comparison of scientific articles focusing on BD, authors’ and nations', even governments’ tendency about this issue. In the present study, we aimed to make a bibliometric analysis of the articles focusing on the subject of BD, which is one of the most trendy topics in organ transplantation. The terms "brain death," were searched in Thomson Reuters, Web of Science search engine for the years between 1995 and 2019. All the articles found were subjected to bibliometric analysis. Web of Science database included 3487 articles. The United States was found to be the most productive country in all methods, and Transplantation Proceedings was the journal that contributed most to the literature on the subject of BD. A positive correlation between publication productivity and gross domestic product/gross domestic product per capita and human development index was found (r = 0.470, P < .05; r = 0.359, P < .05; r = 0.603, P < .001, respectively). Also, there was a negative correlation between the number of published articles and the population of the country (r = –0.083, P < .001). Although the top country focusing on the subject of BD was the United States in terms of bibliometrics, we found that there is a correlation between the indices measuring the welfare and development level of the country and publication productivity about BD, which means developed countries show more tendency about BD, which is the main component of the definitive treatment of end-organ failure.