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Ravindran K, Kurda D, Maingard J, Phan K, Kok HK, Thijs V, Hirsch JA, Lee MJ, Chandra RV, Brooks DM, Asadi H. The 100 most cited articles in the endovascular management of acute ischemic stroke. J Neurointerv Surg 2019; 11:785-789. [PMID: 30655361 DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2018-014600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) has revolutionized the management of acute ischemic stroke. Landmark clinical trials have shown EVT to be one of the most efficacious interventions in clinical medicine over the past 5 years. A method of recognition for an article in the scientific community is to use a citation rank list, in order to identify the seminal works in the academic medical literature. The objective of this study was to characterize the 100 most highly cited articles assessing endovascular management of acute ischemic stroke. METHODS We conducted a retrospective bibliometric analysis using the Web of Science Citation Index Expanded database for the most cited works in the endovascular management of acute ischemic stroke. Citation count was used to rank the top 100 articles, which were then analyzed for authorship, year of publication, subject, study type, level of evidence, and subject. RESULTS The mean number of citations was 245 (range 65-1726) and 394 on Google Scholar. The top 100 articles were cited an average of 43.9 times per year and published in 21 journals in the past two decades. The majority of papers (62) were classified as constituting levels 1, 2, or 3 evidence, and included 17 randomized controlled trials. Approximately two-thirds of the top 100 articles originated from the USA. CONCLUSIONS This study details the most cited articles in the endovascular management of acute ischemic stroke, and furthermore shows that a high proportion of level I evidence exists for this intervention.
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Affiliation(s)
| | - Dylan Kurda
- Department of Radiology, Austin Health, Interventional Radiology Service, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Radiology, Interventional Neuroradiology Service, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Julian Maingard
- Department of Radiology, Austin Health, Interventional Radiology Service, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Radiology, Interventional Neuroradiology Service, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
| | - Kevin Phan
- NeuroSpine Surgery Research Group (NSURG), Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| | - Hong Kuan Kok
- School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.,Interventional Radiology Service, Northern Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Vincent Thijs
- Department of Neurology, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.,Stroke Division, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health-Austin Campus, Heidelberg, Victoria, USA
| | - Joshua A Hirsch
- NeuroEndovascular Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Michael J Lee
- Interventional Radiology Service, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.,School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
| | - Ronil V Chandra
- Interventional Neuroradiology Unit, Monash Imaging, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Imaging, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
| | - Duncan Mark Brooks
- Department of Radiology, Austin Health, Interventional Radiology Service, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Radiology, Interventional Neuroradiology Service, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.,Stroke Division, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health-Austin Campus, Heidelberg, Victoria, USA.,Department of Radiology, Interventional Neuroradiology Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Hamed Asadi
- Department of Radiology, Austin Health, Interventional Radiology Service, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Radiology, Interventional Neuroradiology Service, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.,Stroke Division, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health-Austin Campus, Heidelberg, Victoria, USA.,Department of Imaging, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Radiology, Interventional Neuroradiology Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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