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. 2025 Jun 13;17(6):e85946.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.85946. eCollection 2025 Jun.

Bibliometric Analysis of the 100 Most-Cited Articles on Endodontic Surgery

Swapna Munaga  1 , Ali Alaqla  1 , Abdulmohsen Alfadley  1 , Khalid Alfouzan  1 , Ikram Ui Haq  2 , Rajkiran Chitumalla  1
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Bibliometric Analysis of the 100 Most-Cited Articles on Endodontic Surgery

Swapna Munaga et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Endodontic surgery (ES) includes numerous methods for treating teeth with a history of failed root canal treatment. This 49-year bibliometric analysis aimed to identify the 100 most-cited papers on ES published during 1976-2024 and examine their bibliometric properties. The top 100 cited publications from the Web of Science (WoS) database on ES were used as the dataset for the bibliometric research. Information regarding the publication year, single or multiple authorship, clinical or non-clinical research, mode of accessibility, level of evidence (LOE), geographic location, institution, authors, and keywords was extracted for each article. The VOSviewer (v.1.6.10; https://www.vosviewer.com) was used for co-author, co-citation, and keyword analysis. SPSS version 27 was used for data analysis. Most papers (n = 88) were original research articles, in contrast to review articles (n = 12). Articles authored by multiple authors gathered higher citations. LOE II exhibited the greatest number of publications (25%). Cohort (22%) and cross-sectional studies (14%) were the most common research designs. Over one-third of publications came from the United States, with the University of Pennsylvania being the top producer. The Journal of Endodontics published more than half of the articles. Euiseong Kim authored the majority of the papers, followed by Syngcuk Kim. The most influential keywords were healing, MTA (mineral trioxide aggregate), and periapical surgery. This research reveals a vibrant and growing academic environment worldwide, with a notable uptick in the past 20 years. The results of this study show how important international collaboration is to the advancement of ES and allow readers to identify the prolific authors, countries, organizations, and journals working in this area. Among all fields of study, outcomes of ES have the most-cited articles, followed by root-end filling materials. Clinical studies were more prevalent, with cohort studies being the most preferred study design.

Keywords: bibliometrics; citation analysis; endodontic surgery; periapical lesion; root end filling material.

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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
Figure 1. Flowchart illustrating the screening process of articles.
WOS: Web of Science database
Figure 2
Figure 2. Annual distribution of top-cited publications and citations.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Co-authorship network of publications.
The size of the nodes is proportional to the number of publications by the author represented by the node, and the thickness of the edges between nodes reflects the strength of the collaboration between the authors.
Figure 4
Figure 4. Journal co-citation network of the journals with the highest number of publications on endodontic surgery.
The size of the nodes is proportional to the number of times the journal has been cited, and the thickness of the edges is proportional to the strength of the co-citation relationship between the journals.
Figure 5
Figure 5. Co-occurrence network of authors’ keywords.
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