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OBJECTIVES: To explore temporal trends, geographic distribution, and
socioeconomic determinants of scientific production in the field of
cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease (CCD) rehabilitation. DATA SOURCES:
Citations from 1967 to 2008 were downloaded from the PubMed database. Core of the
search strategy was the key word cardiovascular diseases in the Medical Subject
Headings major field with the subheading rehabilitation. Journal Citation Reports
was used to assign an impact factor (IF). Demographic and economic data were
retrieved from the International Monetary Fund. STUDY SELECTION: All articles
retrieved were included in the bibliometric analysis. DATA EXTRACTION: The search
strategy was validated on a random sample of the articles retrieved. The search
quality reflected the level of error of the PubMed database. DATA SYNTHESIS:
Publications retrieved were 10,379 and have grown 8.6 times in 40 years, faster
than the all-diseases rehabilitation field (7.8 times), with a particularly steep
growth for cerebrovascular diseases in the last 15 years (5 times). However, in
the last decade, the articles' quality (IF) decreased. From 1994 to 2008, 3466
citations were retrieved; 44.4% came from the European Union and 30.3% from the
United States. The highest mean IF was reported for France (4.127). The United
Kingdom and some relatively small northern European Union countries had the best
ratio of IF (sum) to resident population or to gross domestic product. The most
frequently used key word was stroke, and 3 journals (Archives of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation, Clinical Rehabilitation, and Stroke) published one
quarter of the articles. CONCLUSIONS: The overall scientific production in the
field of CCD rehabilitation showed a steep growth in the last decade, especially
because of cerebrovascular research. In the same period,
a decrease in the
overall IF was observed. The European Union and the United States contributed 3
of every 4 articles in the field, although some Asian countries showed promising
performance.
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