Scientific trends on research on denture stomatitis based on Scopus database: A bibliometric analysis

Abstract

Background Denture stomatitis is a clinical condition that affects people who wear removable maxillary dentures. It causes redness, soreness, and erythema and ultimately affects the general condition of the patient. The objective of this study was to analyze the leading countries, journals, organizations, and authors and the frequently used keywords associated with denture stomatitis. Material and Methods A bibliometric analysis of publications indexed in the Scopus database was conducted, and the article titles, abstracts, and keywords were analyzed using the VOSviewer software. Denture stomatitis-related publications from 1960 to 2021 were collected. This study included only research papers published in English with “article” as the paper type and dentistry as the subject area. Results Data from a total of 461 articles and 10 different journals were obtained. The papers were published in 64 different countries. Brazil and the United States of America were the top contributing countries, and the University of Sydney was the leading organization. Papers published in the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation received the highest number of citations, while author Gordon Ramage from the University of Glasgow received the highest number of citations. Conclusions The bibliometric analysis revealed that the number of denture stomatitis-related publications indexed in the Scopus database is increasing globally. Since 2007, there has been an increase in research interest regarding denture stomatitis, with more publications from several countries expected to be published in different journals. Key words: Bibliometric analysis, denture, candida, VOSviewer, maxilla.

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“…Nonetheless, our reason behind the selection of the Scopus database was due to the notion that it has been proven to comprise a larger and more diverse coverage of the scientific literature, and from a wider range of disciplines, including international and non‐English language publications, and more comprehensive citation data (Anker et al., 2019; Pranckutė, 2021). Indeed, for the same reason most bibliometric reports and analysis in medicine and dentistry are also based on the Scopus database (Alam et al., 2023; Li et al., 2023; Nichols et al., 2023; Zakaria et al., 2023). In addition, we did our best to reduce potential biases which have traditionally been associated with the nature of bibliometric studies (Patel et al., 2013), by blinding examiners and encoding the names, affiliations, journals, and countries of the bibliographic data.…”