Thrombosis in pregnancy: Scientometric analysis of thrombotic diseases in pregnancy between 1975-2019

Aim : Thrombosis and embolism during pregnancy have bad obstetric results, and diagnosis and treatment are diffiult. The numberof publications published about thrombosis and embolism in pregnancy has been increasing gradually. Our aim is to make acomprehensive bibliometric analysis of the literature on thrombosis and embolism during pregnancy.Method and Methods: In this study, we downloaded the data of the publications from the Web of Science Core Collection. All itemsindexed in these databases between 1975 and 2019 were included. Documents produced in 2020 are excluded. While searching thedatabase, the words 'pregnancy or pregnant', 'thrombosis or embolism' were used as keywords.Results: We found a total of 6885 documents between 1975-2019. The documents obtained were written in 18 different languages,90.8% of them were produced in English, followed by German with 3.4% and French with 3.1%. The majority of the documents foundwere original articles. The USA has made tremendous progress in the study of thrombosis and embolism during pregnancy and isstill an effective country. The most prolifi writer Khamastra M.A. with 85 articles from England. and the most productive universitywas Mcmaster University, Canada.Conclusion: The issue of thrombosis and embolism should be considered as a widely published and cited study area in bothobstetrics and cardiovascular system practice. Clinicians and researchers will be able to easily identify which articles are strong incardiovascular system diseases and pregnancy, and in which subjects there are more citations

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