Analysis of Six Orthodontic Journals in Science Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the article type, origin, main affiliation, number of publications, authors, and affiliations of six orthodontic journals during two intervals of 5 years each (2006-2010 and 2011-2015). Methods:In total, 4879 articles examined in this study were screened online at the individual journal's website. The types of articles and their authorship characteristics in the six orthodontic journals [three journals indexed by Science Citation Index (SCI) and the others indexed by Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)] were recorded. Parameters were tested using the Pearson chi-square for independence at a 0.05 level of significance.Results: Among all the article types, research articles were the most published in the orthodontic journals indexed by SCI and SCIE in the first (2006-2010; 88.1% and 77.6%, respectively) and second periods (2011-2015; 84.4% and 74.6%, respectively). In the first and second intervals, the European Union was the most common origin among articles accepted by the journals listed in SCI (30.1% and 29.2% respectively), whereas Asia/Oceania was the common origin among articles accepted by the journals listed in SCIE (44.1% and 43.4%, respectively). Conclusion:The articles published in the orthodontics journals listed under SCI and SCIE for 2006-2010 were significantly different in terms of numbers and characteristics.

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“…Similarly, in this study, it was determined that case reports related to fixed orthodontics were examined more frequently than the other subjects. As in our study, six orthodontic journals scanned in the WOS index were examined bibliometrically in the study by Bilgic et al [14] However, only the journals in the SCI were included in the cited study; the journals in the ESCI were not examined. In addition, the topics and research trends examined were not included in the study.…”

Scientometric analysis of vital pulp therapy studies

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“…Bibliometrics, a widely used systematic method for evaluating research output, analyses pertinent literature through the use of mathematical and statistical approaches. Bibliometric analyses have been utilized in various scientific fields to map the literature, reveal the historical development of research fields and evaluate the scientific research productivity of researchers, organizations, countries and journals (Gil-Montoya et al 2006, Zyoud et al 2015, Asgary et al 2016, Sweileh 2017, Tarazona et al 2017, Bilgic ß et al 2018, Yeung & Leung 2018, Ahmad et al 2019a,b, Shamszadeh et al 2019, Tarazona-Alvarez et al 2019, Ordinola-Zapata et al 2020. Nowadays, both terms, bibliometrics and scientometrics, are used almost as synonyms (Gl€ anzel 2003).…”

Analysis of the Type and Study Design of Publications in the Journal of Indian Orthodontic Society and the Changes in Trends Over 2 Decades

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