A bibliometric and subject analysis of 3300 most‐cited articles in dentistry

Abstract

Objectives This study aims to analyze the publications that have studied top‐cited articles in dentistry. Material and Methods The study is applied research in terms of the purpose and scientometrics descriptive in terms of type, which has been done using the Retrospective Bibliometric Analysis. To retrieve the 100 most‐cited studies in Scopus, an advance search was used. The search results indicate that 33 articles focused on analyzing the 100 most‐cited publications on oral and dental subjects. The bibliographic information, including author, journal, country, institution, citation count, and citation density was analyzed. Then the full text of the articles was reviewed to identify the most productive journal, country, and institute in publishing the 100 most‐cited articles and also article type, study design, level of evidence, and the most important subjects among the 100 most‐cited papers. Results In these 33 articles, the topics of 3300 most‐cited articles were introduced, as well as the introduction of the core journals, countries, and institutes in publishing top‐cited articles. The most common research topics in the field of dentistry cover a range of dental public health and pediatric dentistry to adhesive restorative dentistry and implantology. Dental materials, oral medicine, and pathology seem like inseparable topics of common research in dentistry. J Dent Res, which was mentioned in nine articles, was introduced as the journal with the publication of articles of highest citation. J Clin Periodontol and Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, and Oral Radiology were in the second place, being mentioned in five articles. The USA, and two institutions the University of Texas, and the University of Michigan are orderly core country and institute for the production of most‐cited articles. Conclusion Researchers and specialists can get familiar with the most productive author, journals, countries, and different institutes for publishing high‐quality articles in the field of oral and dental subjects by the means of the results of this article. Furthermore, the results of this study ranked the most cited article topics, which are of interest for publication, demonstrating the future map road oral and dental research.

Bibliometric analysis and visualization of top papers in dentistry from 2012 to 2022 based on essential science indicators

“…Some studies have also evaluated highly cited articles on various dental topics, including prosthetics (Praveen et al, 2020), orthodontics (Hui et al, 2013), root canals (Fardi et al, 2011), periodontology (Ahmad, Asif, et al, 2020), and oral leukoplakia (Liu et al, 2019). The evaluation of 33 articles, in each of which 100 highly cited articles from different fields of dentistry have been evaluated, is another study in this connection (Daryakenari & Batooli, 2022).…”

“…The field of dentistry and related sciences are directly connected to the lives and health of humans. Given the high cost of education and research in this field, proper planning is necessary (Daryakenari & Batooli, 2022). Dentistry encompasses ten branches, which include oral and dental disease diagnosis, oral pathology, oral and facial imaging, restorative dentistry, root canal treatment, oral and facial prosthetics, pediatric dentistry, orthodontics, gum surgery, and oral and facial surgery.…”

“…Measuring various aspects of research in these subject areas can be effective in planning future studies and facilitating extensive development in various fields of dental sciences. It can also aid in optimizing the allocation of budget and resources, ultimately improving the quality and quantity of the products in this field (Daryakenari & Batooli, 2022).…”

“…It can also aid in optimizing the allocation of budget and resources, ultimately improving the quality and quantity of the products in this field (Daryakenari & Batooli, 2022).…”

Growing Global Research Interest in Antimicrobial Peptides for Caries Management: A Bibliometric Analysis

“…These data, among other purposes, can be used for obtaining an overview of current research to assess the scientific impact, detect the top area of a research field, explore the research trends and discover the leading researchers and institutions [ 23 ]. To date, bibliometric analyses have been widely used in various disciplines, including dentistry, to analyse research trends [ 24 , 25 ]. Although attention to antimicrobial peptides for caries management is increasing [ 8 ], there is no bibliometric study on this topic.…”