Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Health Information Management 1735-7853 15 5 2018 12 22 Scientific Mapping of Chronic Heart Failure based on Co-citation Analysis Scientific Mapping of Chronic Heart Failure based on Co-citation Analysis 226 232 11655 10.22122/him.v15i5.3671 FA Faramarz Soheili Associate Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, School of Education and Psychology, Payame Noor University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 0000-0003-2581-7052 Parisa Hasanzadeh PhD, Knowledge and Information Science, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, School of Humanities, Hamadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan, Iran Afshin Mousavi-Chelak Assistant Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, School of Education and Psychology, Payame Noor University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-5614-1334 Ali Akbar Khasseh Assistant Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, School of Education and Psychology, Payame Noor University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2018 07 02 Introduction: Since chronic heart failure is considered as one of the main causes of death around the world, it is necessary to map the intellectual structure of studies in this area. This study attempted to map the knowledge structure of chronic heart failure using document co-citation analysis.Methods: Bibliometric methodology and social network analysis were used as the research methods. The study population comprised 11967 records in the field of chronic heart failure published during the period of 2000-2015, which were retrieved from Web of Science database. The correlation matrix and hierarchical clustering were used for document co-citation analysis.Results: “Anker SD”, with 194 papers, was the most productive researcher in chronic heart failure. Again, “Anker SD”, with 12820 citations, was the most cited scientist in this field in Web of Science. “Bristow M” and “Cleland J” were the most frequent co-citation pairs within chronic heart failure, with 634 co-occurrences.Conclusion: The intellectual structure of knowledge in chronic heart failure is an evolving structure, and the clusters identified in this study can be included in the curriculum of the field. Furthermore, these results can help policymakers to identify both unaddressed and matured topics. Introduction: Since chronic heart failure is considered as one of the main causes of death around the world, it is necessary to map the intellectual structure of studies in this area. This study attempted to map the knowledge structure of chronic heart failure using document co-citation analysis.Methods: Bibliometric methodology and social network analysis were used as the research methods. The study population comprised 11967 records in the field of chronic heart failure published during the period of 2000-2015, which were retrieved from Web of Science database. The correlation matrix and hierarchical clustering were used for document co-citation analysis.Results: “Anker SD”, with 194 papers, was the most productive researcher in chronic heart failure. Again, “Anker SD”, with 12820 citations, was the most cited scientist in this field in Web of Science. “Bristow M” and “Cleland J” were the most frequent co-citation pairs within chronic heart failure, with 634 co-occurrences.Conclusion: The intellectual structure of knowledge in chronic heart failure is an evolving structure, and the clusters identified in this study can be included in the curriculum of the field. Furthermore, these results can help policymakers to identify both unaddressed and matured topics. https://him.mui.ac.ir/article_11655_8541259db852d274c5de8d45fc29ea21.pdf