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Network Analysis of Citation in Hypertension Clinical Guidelines
Youjin Park1, Hyung Woo Kim2, Seng Chan You3
1Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ajou University Graduate School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Insights
Bibliometric analysis of cited articles in hypertension guidelines reveals factors influencing their similarities and differences. This method helps understand the impact of countries, authors, and studies on clinical recommendations.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Clinical Guidelines
- Bibliometrics
Background:
- Two major hypertension guidelines were published: the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) and the 2018 European Society of Cardiology/European Society of Hypertension (ESC/ESH).
- Clinical practice has been confused by the detailed differences between these influential guidelines.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explain the similarities and differences between the ACC/AHA and ESC/ESH hypertension guidelines.
- To analyze the evidence-based literature cited within these guidelines using bibliometric methods.
Main Methods:
- Bibliometric analysis was employed to quantify and analyze the cited literature.
- Co-citation network analysis was specifically used to examine the relationships between cited articles.
Main Results:
- Bibliometrics can effectively analyze the influence of countries, authors, and specific studies on the content of clinical guidelines.
- This analysis provides insights into the underlying reasons for convergence and divergence in hypertension management recommendations.
Conclusions:
- Bibliometric analysis offers a quantitative approach to understanding the development and disparities in major clinical guidelines.
- The findings can help clinicians better interpret and apply hypertension treatment recommendations from different international bodies.
Abstract:
Recently the two most influential clinical guideline were published for diagnosing and treating hypertension in US and Europe: 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) and 2018 European Society of Cardiology/European Society of Hypertension (ESC/ESH) Guideline. Though both of them have most in common, the differences in details between guidelines have confused many clinicians in the world. Because guidelines were evidence- based literature, through the analysis of articles cited in guidelines, these similarities and differences could be explained. Bibliometric analysis is a method of quantifying the contents of literature to analyze literature. So using the bibliometric analysis including co-citation network analysis, articles cited in guideline were analyzed. As a result, we figured out that bibliometrics can analyze the influence of the countries, authors and studies on the guidelines, which might affect on the similarities and the differences between both guidelines.
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