A Bibliometric Analysis of Top 100 Cited Articles on Dental Caries during 2000-2019

The citation count of an article plays a vital role to indicate its' impact on the particular specialty. The main aim of the study was to identify the top 100 cited articles published in relation to dental caries during last twenty years from January 2000 to December 2019. The Scopus database was searched to retrieve top 100 cited articles and ranked according to the number of citations. Further analysis was conducted to determine the altmetric score, study type, impact factor of the journals, year of publication, authors' name, affiliated institute and the country of origin. The authors agreed on two keywords 'Caries' and Dental caries' to perform online search. The data were analyzed using SPSS software version 20 (IBM, USA). The citation count for top 100 cited articles ranged between 560-123. The journals publishing highest number of articles on dental caries included Journal of Dental Research (n=25) and Caries Research (n=14). During the first five year interval 2000-2004 highest number of articles were published (n=51) majorly from various institutes of USA (n=35) and UK (n=14). In preponderance studies published included literature reviews (n=45) and randomized controlled trials (n=15). This bibliometric analysis helps to identify the trends and research progress in cariology in addition, serve as an aid for future researches.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Mymensingh medical journal : MMJ - 30(2021), 1 vom: 05. Jan., Seite 243-256

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Qamar, Z [VerfasserIn]
Alturki, O Y [VerfasserIn]
Aljarallah, A F [VerfasserIn]
Zeeshan, T [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article

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Date Completed 06.01.2021

Date Revised 06.01.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319618137