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ArticleNPJ cardiovascular health2025

A century of cardiac rehabilitation research: Bibliometric review of publication history, keyword trends, and citations.

Deborah Manandi, Karice Hyun, Dion Candelaria, Matthew Hollings, Qiang Tu, Sarah Gauci, Adrienne O'Neil, Georgia K Chaseling, Ling Zhang, Tom Briffa and 3 more

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Article in NPJ cardiovascular health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Deborah ManandiSusan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. deborah.manandi@sydney.edu.au.
Karice HyunSydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Dion CandelariaSusan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Matthew HollingsSydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Qiang TuSusan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Sarah GauciIMPACT-The Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation, Food & Mood Centre, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
Adrienne O'NeilIMPACT-The Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation, Food & Mood Centre, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
Georgia K ChaselingSusan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Ling ZhangSusan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Tom BriffaSchool of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Sherry L GraceSchool of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Robyn GallagherSusan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Julie RedfernSusan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Funding

Australian Government SC3229National Health and Medical Research Council GNT1182301National Health and Medical Research Council GNT1196724National Health and Medical Research Council GNT2007946National Health and Medical Research Council GNT2033061
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research into cardiac rehabilitation (CR), a key model for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, has evolved since first described in 1927. This review aimed to explore this evolution by identifying CR-related publications from the Web of Science Core Collection and summarizing CR research publication history, trends in publication keywords, and citations over time. A total of 8729 CR publications appeared across 1441 journals (median impact factor: 2.6) and were cited 315,819 times, with over 85% (7455/8729) published in the past two decades. These publications involved contributions from 26,909 authors across 120 countries, despite disproportionate domination by high-income countries. Publication keywords have consistently focused on exercise but have evolved from evaluating clinical events, quality-of-life, and return-to-work outcomes to improving accessibility using digital interventions. However, a broader focus on other cardiovascular risk factors, comorbidities, and various research designs may be needed to modernize CR, particularly in lower-income countries.

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PMID41776046
PMCPMC12912429

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