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A bibliometric review on the top 20 cited articles in the Jackson heart study
Mohammad Abrar Shareef1, Abdulhadi A AlAmodi2
1Department of Internal Medicine, Sebasticook Valley Hospital, Pittsfield, Maine, USA.
Insights
The Jackson Heart Study
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular disease research
- Public health
- Genetics
Background:
- African Americans experience higher cardiovascular disease rates.
- Health disparities led to the Jackson Heart Study (JHS), a major investigation into cardiovascular disease causes in this population.
- JHS examines cardiovascular disease in African Americans, addressing observed mortality trends.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the most impactful publications from the Jackson Heart Study (JHS).
- To identify trends and key research areas within JHS publications.
- To inform future research directions for cardiovascular disease in African Americans.
Main Methods:
- Downloaded publication list from jacksonheartstudy.org (1999-2018).
- Obtained citation frequency for 455 articles using Google.com.
- Characterized the top 20 cited articles by author, publication date, journal, and impact factor.
Main Results:
- The top 20 JHS articles received 282 to 5545 citations (average 1045.60).
- These highly cited articles were published across 8 different peer-reviewed journals.
- The most cited works focused on genetics and were observational in nature.
Conclusions:
- The most cited JHS research emphasizes cardiovascular genetics.
- Future JHS research should incorporate interventional studies.
- This analysis highlights the impact of JHS genetics research and suggests a shift towards interventional approaches.
Background:
Cardiovascular diseases are higher in African American population, and in the past three decades, less decline in mortality was observed in African Americans compared with white Americans American health disparities resulted in establishing one of the largest single-site investigations to examine causes of cardiovascular diseases in African American population, namely the Jackson Heart Study (JHS).
Methods:
In January 2020, we used the jacksonheartstudy.org website to obtain the list of publications produced by the JHS from 1999 to 2018. The citation's frequency was obtained for 455 articles using the search engine "google.com". The top 20 cited articles were characterized based on the first author's name, the month and year of publication, and the journal's name and its impact factor.
Results:
The frequency of citations for the 20 most-cited articles in the Jackson heart study ranged from 282 to 5545. The average number of citations was 1045.60. The top 20 articles were represented in 8 different peer-reviewed journals.
Conclusion:
The top 20 cited articles in the JHS were in the genetics field and were all observational in type. Future direction of the JHS should be directed toward well established interventional studies.
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