Bibliometric analysis of the literature on von Willebrand disease: Research status and trends

Nada Jaber Aldossary; Ahmed Mustafa Rashid; Abu Waris; Nadeem Siddique; Muhammad Ajmal Khan; Syed Sarmad Javaid; Omar I. Al-Rubaish; Shamim Shaikh Mohiuddin; Savita Lasrado; Ritesh G. Menezes

doi:10.23750/abm.v94i1.14086

Bibliometric analysis of the literature on von Willebrand disease: Research status and trends

Authors

Nada Jaber Aldossary College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2058-474X
Ahmed Mustafa Rashid Department of Medicine, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6394-1540
Abu Waris Deanship of Library Affairs, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4465-2903
Nadeem Siddique Gad and Birgit Rausing Library, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1769-7997
Muhammad Ajmal Khan Deanship of Library Affairs, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0069-6311
Syed Sarmad Javaid Department of Medicine, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9304-7200
Omar I. Al-Rubaish College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9934-5399
Shamim Shaikh Mohiuddin College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1007-1534
Savita Lasrado Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9261-9238
Ritesh G. Menezes College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2135-4161

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v94i1.14086

Abstract

Background and aim: Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is considered the most prevalent inherited bleeding disorder. The current study aims to demonstrate the research status and trends on VWD worldwide. Methods: Bibliometric analysis was used to investigate the global research productivity and trends on VWD. The publications on VWD from 1956 to 2021 were extracted using the Web of Science database. In the VWD domain, a total of 3,643 records were analyzed for authorship and collaboration patterns, yearly productivity, highly cited documents, relevant source of publication, most prolific scholars, productive countries, and organizations. Results: The most productive journal, author, organization, and country were 'Haemophilia' with 439 publications, 'Favaloro EJ' with 119 publications, the 'University of Milan' with 192 publications, and the United States of America (USA) with 1,048 publications, respectively. The document with the highest citations was 'Srivastava A, 2013, Haemophilia,' which received 1,154 citations in total. In 2016, the highest number of publications shared by two author patterns was 28. With 199 publications, the year 2021 remained on the top, while the citation-wise analysis identified 2006 as the top year with 5,379 citations. Conclusions: Research productivity and publication trends on VWD revealed that the USA emerged as the most significant contributing country. The 'University of Milan' was the most significant contributing organization, while ‘Favaloro EJ’ was the most significant author. 'Hemophilia' was found to be the most significant journal in the field of VWD. It is recommended that researchers from countries with significant contributions to the field should collaborate with researchers from Asian countries and other countries that lack behind in research in the domain of VWD.(www.actabiomedica.it)

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