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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
Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.99992
Table 1 Publications and citations of the top-contributing countries
| Country | Documents | Citations |
| United States | 379 | 4948 |
| Germany | 58 | 574 |
| Italy | 58 | 461 |
| France | 46 | 387 |
| Canada | 43 | 294 |
| China | 39 | 560 |
| India | 35 | 136 |
| Spain | 33 | 401 |
| Brazil | 29 | 99 |
| England | 23 | 137 |
| Austria | 22 | 272 |
| Poland | 22 | 38 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 111 |
| Belgium | 18 | 142 |
Table 2 The most publishing journals
| Journal | Documents | Citations |
| Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | 168 | 811 |
| American Journal of Transplantation | 50 | 956 |
| Clinical Transplantation | 29 | 186 |
| Transplantation Proceedings | 29 | 49 |
| Transplant Infectious Disease | 25 | 172 |
| Transplantation | 25 | 254 |
| Transplant International | 16 | 18 |
| American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 11 | 1 |
| European Journal of Heart Failure | 11 | 72 |
| Chest | 10 | 20 |
| Circulation | 9 | 979 |
| Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 8 | 34 |
| Esc Heart Failure | 8 | 24 |
| Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 8 | 56 |
| Lancet Respiratory Medicine | 8 | 280 |
Table 3 List of the top-ten most cited articles
| Ref. | Year | Title | Journal | Cited by |
| Nalbandian et al[9] | 2021 | Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome | Nature Medicine | 1357 |
| Clerkin et al[10] | 2020 | Covid-19 and Cardiovascular disease | Circulation | 946 |
| Li et al[11] | 2020 | Progression to fibrosing diffuse alveolar damage in a series of 30 minimally invasive autopsies with COVID-19 pneumonia in Wuhan, China | Histopathology | 135 |
| Bharat et al[12] | 2020 | Successful recovery of COVID-19 pneumonia in a Lung transplantation for patients with severe COVID-19 | Science Translational Medicine | 133 |
| Latif et al[13] | 2020 | Characteristics and Outcomes of Recipients of Heart Transplant With Coronavirus Disease 2019 | JAMA Cardiology | 121 |
| Raja et al[14] | 2021 | COVID-19 in solid organ transplant recipients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of current literature | Transplantation Reviews | 117 |
| Chen et al[15] | 2020 | Lung transplantation as therapeutic option in acute respiratory distress syndrome for coronavirus disease 2019-related pulmonary fibrosis | Chinese Medical Journal | 104 |
| Coll et al[16] | 2021 | COVID-19 in transplant recipients: The Spanish experience? | American Journal of Transplantation | 104 |
| Bharat et al[17] | 2021 | Early outcomes after lung transplantation for severe COVID-19: A series of the first consecutive cases from four countries | The Lancet | 97 |
| Marinaki et al[18] | 2021 | Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine in solid organ transplant recipients | American Journal of Transplantation | 83 |
- Citation: Yaghmour N, Alramini D, Alsarayrah M, Abuassi M, Al-Rameni A, Aladaileh M, Al-Abdallat H, Rawashdeh B. COVID-19's impact on heart and lung transplantation: Citation-based analysis of research output. World J Transplant 2025; 15(2): 99992
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3230/full/v15/i2/99992.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.99992