A Bibliometric Analysis of Articles Published by Indian Orthodontists in Medline Database during 1990 to 2011

Abstract

Aims and objectives:The study was undertaken to estimate the availability of literature on PubMed-Medline by Indian orthodontists from 1990 to 2011 by using bibliometric analysis. Materials and methods:Articles available on PubMed-Medline database in time span of 1st January 1990 to 31st December 2011, where authors' affiliation had the words 'Dental' and 'India' were selected. The information collected were: Name of the journal, year of publication, specialty of first author, number of authors, reach of the journal, status of the journal, , state of origin, and type of article. From this data, the performance of specialty of orthodontic was analyzed.Results: Out of total of 242 articles, 189 got published in international journals and 53 in Indian journals. 50 (20.6%) were published in Journal of Clinical Orthodontics followed by 37(15.2%) in American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. 102 (42.1%) were original research done by authors. 91(37.6%) articles were from institutes in Karnataka, followed by Tamil Nadu (12.8%), Delhi (11.1%) and Maharashtra(9.5%). There seems to be boom in the publication trend since 2006. Conclusion:The results of this study could be used by various professional societies, individual scientists, scholarly institutions and funding organizations to frame essential policies regarding the improvement of the science of orthodontists and to the benefit of common Indians.