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Review
. 2023 Jun 21;15(6):e40741.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.40741. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Bibliometric Analysis of Dental Caries Detection

Ganesh C  1 , Victor Samuel A  2 , Deenadayalan Purushothaman  3 , Magesh K T  4 , Vivek N  5
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Bibliometric Analysis of Dental Caries Detection

Ganesh C et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

The main purpose of this bibliometric analysis is to conduct a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the publications on dental caries. Research productivity can be measured with the use of bibliometric analysis. In this study, we conducted a bibliometric analysis using the Scopus database to identify dental caries research trends and patterns over the years. The search yielded 1630 scientific articles. The data was analysed using bibliometric indicators such as the h-index, the total number of citations and the number of publications. An analysis of the data highlighted that the United States of America (USA) and Brazil have the highest number of single-country publications. Top authors were listed based on the h-index and the total number of citations. Top cited countries, institutions etc. were also analysed using this bibliometric study. This bibliometric evaluation provides a wide area of literature carried out to date. The existing knowledge can be used to direct future research.

Keywords: dental caries; dentistry; etiology; h index; risk factors.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

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Figure 1. Most cited countries
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Figure 2. Institutions with the most relevant articles
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Figure 3. Most relevant keywords
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Figure 4. Trending topics over time
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Figure 5. Frequency of words used over time
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Figure 6. Sources production over time
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Figure 7. Annual scientific production
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Figure 8. Top 10 authors based on h-index
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Figure 9. Corresponding authors and their affiliated countries
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Figure 10. Keywords with the most co-occurrence
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Figure 11. Image obtained from the vos-viewer denotes the co-occurrence of author keywords of different domains
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Figure 12. Author Bibliographic Coupling
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