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. 2024 Dec 7;16(12):e75300.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.75300. eCollection 2024 Dec.

A Bibliometric Analysis of the 100 Top-Cited Articles on Vertical Root Fractures

Pillai Arun Gopinathan  1 , Ikram Ui Haq  2 , Nawaf Alfahad  3 , Saleh Alwatban  3 , Abdullah Alghamdi  3 , Amal Alamri  3 , Kiran Iyer  4
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A Bibliometric Analysis of the 100 Top-Cited Articles on Vertical Root Fractures

Pillai Arun Gopinathan et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

The aim of this study was to perform a meticulous analysis and bibliometric evaluation of the top 100 most cited articles in vertical root fractures (VRFs). The bibliometric research method included 100 top-cited articles on VRFs retrieved from the Web of Science database. The key terms "vertical root fracture" OR "vertical root fractures" were used to retrieve the required dataset. The salient bibliometric indicators were analyzed. Microsoft Excel version 16 (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA), VOSviewer (v.1.6.10, Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands), and the SPSS Statistics version 20 software (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY) were used for data analysis. The top 100 cited articles on VRFs were published between 1977 and 2022, and these articles were cited with an average of 69 citations. A slight rise (27%) in top-cited articles on VRFs was shown in the first half (1977-1999), but a substantial increase (73%) was recorded in the second half (2000-2022). The Journal of Endodontics published around half of the articles (n = 47). The United States contributed the most cited articles, followed by Brazil and Israel, whereas The Netherlands produced the most influential articles. The top-ranked author (Avaid Tames) and the university (Tel Aviv University) belonged to Israel. The most often occurring keywords were also analyzed to identify potential research subjects. There has been a notable increase in the number of highly cited publications (n = 52) about VRFs within the past 13 years (2010-2022). The United States stands out among the top countries due to its dominant overall research output. In the fields of endodontics, oral surgery, and restorative dentistry, this information would be helpful to researchers, practitioners, and academics.

Keywords: bibliometric; citation analysis; endodontics; research productivity; vertical root fractures.

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Conflicts of interest: In compliance with the ICMJE uniform disclosure form, all authors declare the following: Payment/services info: All authors have declared that no financial support was received from any organization for the submitted work. Financial relationships: All authors have declared that they have no financial relationships at present or within the previous three years with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work. Other relationships: All authors have declared that there are no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

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Figure 1. Methodology flowchart
WOS: Web of Science Image credit: This is an original image created by the author Pillai Arun Gopinathan
Figure 2
Figure 2. Break down of articles and citation by yearwise distribution
Image credit: This is an original image created by the author Ikram UI Haq
Figure 3
Figure 3. Co-occurrence network of keywords
MTA: mineral trioxide aggregate Image credit: This is an original image created by the author Ikram UI Haq
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