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Review
. 2020 Apr;36(2):89-99.
doi: 10.1111/edt.12534. Epub 2019 Dec 19.

A bibliometric analysis of the top 50 most cited articles published in the Dental Traumatology

Paras Ahmad  1 , Paul Vincent Abbott  2 , Mohammad Khursheed Alam  3 , Jawaad Ahmed Asif  4
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Review

A bibliometric analysis of the top 50 most cited articles published in the Dental Traumatology

Paras Ahmad et al. Dent Traumatol. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

Background/aims: The impact of a scientific article in its respective field is reflected by its citation count. The purpose of this review was to conduct a citation analysis in order to identify and analyze the top 50 most cited articles published in Dental Traumatology since its inception in order to highlight the contribution of the journal to the field of Dental Traumatology.

Methods: Elsevier's Scopus was used to search and analyze the 50 most frequently cited scientific papers. After the screening process, two reviewers arranged the articles in a descending order based on their citation counts. Each article was then cross-matched with Google Scholar. The articles were analyzed, and information including citation counts, citation density, publication year, authorship, contributing institutions and countries, article topic, study design, and keywords was extracted.

Results: The literature search identified 2421 articles. The citation counts of the 50 selected articles varied from 117 to 580 (Scopus) and 206 to 1130 (Google Scholar). The year in which most top 50 articles were published was 2002 (n = 5). Among 105 authors, the greatest contribution was made by JO Andreasen (n = 12). Most of the articles originated from the United States (n = 12) with the greatest contributions from the University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, Denmark (n = 6). Original research article was the most frequent study design (n = 34). The majority of the top 50 articles were focused on traumatic dental injuries. Among 131 unique key words, root resorption (n = 6) was the most frequently used. A non-significant correlation occurred between citation count (correlation coefficient = 0.127, P = .378), citation density (correlation coefficient = 0.654, P = 2.493), and publication age.

Conclusions: This study identified the top 50 most cited articles published in this journal in the specialty of Dental Traumatology. The publication year of an article was not significantly associated with citation count nor citation density.

Keywords: 50 most cited; Dental Traumatology; bibliometric analysis; citation analysis; classic article.

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