COVID-19's impact on heart and lung transplantation: Citation-based analysis of research output

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World J Transplant. Jun 18, 2025; 15(2): 99992
Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.99992

COVID-19's impact on heart and lung transplantation: Citation-based analysis of research output

Nisreen Yaghmour, Dina Alramini, Mohammad Alsarayrah, Mohammad Abuassi, Awn Al-Rameni, Mohammad Aladaileh, Haneen Al-Abdallat, Badi Rawashdeh

Nisreen Yaghmour, Department of Cardiology, MercyOne Iowa Heart Center, Des Moines, IO 52302, United States

Dina Alramini, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85702, United States

Mohammad Alsarayrah, Department of Vascular Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States

Mohammad Abuassi, Department of Internal Medicine, Jordan Hospital, Amman 00962, Al jamaimah, Jordan

Awn Al-Rameni, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman 11698, Al jamaimah, Jordan

Mohammad Aladaileh, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32605, United States

Haneen Al-Abdallat, Department of Medicine, Jordan University Hospital, Amman 11263, Al jamaimah, Jordan

Badi Rawashdeh, Department of Transplant Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53202, United States

Author contributions: Yaghmour N contributed to the data collection and initial analysis; Alramini D assisted in data interpretation and manuscript editing; Alsarayrah M, Al-Rameni A and Aladaileh M contributed to literature review; Abuassi M led the methodological design and data analysis; Al-abdallat H assisted in the visualization of data and contributed to manuscript preparation; Rawashdeh B Oversaw the entire project, from conception to execution, and was involved in manuscript writing; all of the authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript to be published.

Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no conflict of interest in publishing the manuscript.

PRISMA 2009 Checklist statement: The authors have read the PRISMA 2009 Checklist, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the PRISMA 2009 Checklist.

Corresponding author: Badi Rawashdeh, Doctor, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Transplant Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, No. 9200 W Wisconsin Ave Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53202, United States. brawashdeh@mcw.edu

Received: August 4, 2024
Revised: December 26, 2024
Accepted: January 11, 2025
Published online: June 18, 2025
Processing time: 200 Days and 16.6 Hours

Core Tip

Core Tip: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which started on March 11, 2020, has had a huge impact on heart and lung transplant programs. We performed an extensive search in the Web of Science database, utilizing keywords associated with transplantation and COVID-19, encompassing publications from March 11, 2020, to February 9, 2023. We analyzed data on authors, journals, countries, institutions, and different types of publications using VOSviewer 1.6.18 and Excel for visualization and data manipulation. The study encompassed a total of 847 research items, consisting of a substantial number of articles and reviews. The average citation rate per article was 9.17. The majority of publications were from United States institutions, which also had the highest citation count, followed by Germany, Italy, and France. This bibliometric study is the first to give a full picture of how COVID-19 has affected heart and lung transplants, showing where more research is needed and where it should go in the future.