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: Received: 11 May 2023 / Approved: 12 May 2023 / Online: 12 May 2023 (12:29:53 CEST)
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Tarazona Álvarez, B.; López Roldán, A.; Vidal-Infer, A.; Alonso-Arroyo, A. Bibliometric Study of the Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in Dentistry. Preprints2023, 2023050946. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0946.v1
Tarazona Álvarez, B.; López Roldán, A.; Vidal-Infer, A.; Alonso-Arroyo, A. Bibliometric Study of the Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in Dentistry. Preprints 2023, 2023050946. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0946.v1
Tarazona Álvarez, B.; López Roldán, A.; Vidal-Infer, A.; Alonso-Arroyo, A. Bibliometric Study of the Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in Dentistry. Preprints2023, 2023050946. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0946.v1
APA Style
Tarazona Álvarez, B., López Roldán, A., Vidal-Infer, A., & Alonso-Arroyo, A. (2023). Bibliometric Study of the Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in Dentistry. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0946.v1
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Tarazona Álvarez, B., Antonio Vidal-Infer and Adolfo Alonso-Arroyo. 2023 "Bibliometric Study of the Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in Dentistry" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0946.v1
Abstract
Objective: To carry out a bibliometric analysis study of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in dentistry, divided into different thematic areas.
Material and method: A search was conducted in the Science Citation Index-Expanded on the core collection of Web of Science, they were selected from the area of Dentistry and Oral Surgery and Medicine categories, the data was downloaded on April 20, 2022 and The 100 most cited articles from each of the thematic areas were selected.
Results: An increase in this type of articles was observed in the last decade in the areas of pediatric and medical dentistry and oral pathology. The thematic area that received the most citations was periodontics. The two authors with the most citations are Zwahlen, Marcel and Pjetursson, Bjarni Eluar.
The countries that receive the most citations are European, along with the USA and China. The topics that are most published in this type of article deal with Cancer with 50 publications, caries treatment with 25 and fluoridation with 1. The entities that finance this type of articles the most are private companies (26.76%).
Conclusions: Together with an exponential increase in the number of publications in dentistry, there has been an increase in the number of publications in systematic reviews. The areas publishing the most articles and having the most citations are Periodontics and Implantology, despite the fact that the most studied topic is cancer.
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