Department of Surgical Sciences, CIR Dental School, Università degli Studi di Torino, and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS), Politecnico di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Department of Surgical Sciences, CIR Dental School, Università degli Studi di Torino, and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS), Politecnico di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2021 Apr;159(4):e343-e362. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2020.11.029. Epub 2021 Feb 27.
Research on clear aligner treatment (CAT) has increased in recent years. In this study, we aimed to perform a bibliometric and visualized analysis to identify and critically assess the 50 most highly cited articles on CAT.
Web of Science was selected as a data source and consulted until March 2020 to identify all articles potentially relevant to the analysis. All the eligible articles were collected until 50 manuscripts were listed. Article-based parameters, journal-based parameters, and author-based parameters were registered to perform the bibliometric analysis. Keywords were automatically harvested from the selected articles to implement the visualized analysis.
The search identified a total of 378 articles; the total number of citations of the selected articles varied from 15 to 112. The average number of citations per year varied from 1.15 to 13.83. The predominant study design was clinical (31.7%). Over the 15 journals in which the most cited articles were published, the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics published the majority of those included in the list (14) and also received the greatest number of citations (671). A total of 195 authors contributed to the 50 most cited articles; a significant portion of them (26) were unaffiliated with academic institutions. A total of 184 keywords were gathered from the article list.
The number of citations on CAT is expected to grow steadily in parallel with the rising number of research projects. The present work identifies the most influential articles on CAT and their characteristics, placing emphasis on the journals, the authors, and the topics addressed.
近年来，有关透明矫正器治疗（Clear Aligner Treatment，CAT）的研究有所增加。本研究旨在进行文献计量学和可视化分析，以确定和批判性评估 50 篇关于 CAT 的高被引文章。
选择 Web of Science 作为数据源，并咨询至 2020 年 3 月，以确定所有可能与分析相关的文章。收集所有符合条件的文章，直到列出 50 篇论文。对基于文章的参数、基于期刊的参数和基于作者的参数进行登记，以进行文献计量学分析。从选定文章中自动提取关键词，以实施可视化分析。
搜索共确定了 378 篇文章；所选文章的总引用次数从 15 次到 112 次不等。每年的平均引用次数从 1.15 次到 13.83 次不等。主要的研究设计是临床（31.7%）。在发表最多被引文章的 15 种期刊中，《美国口腔正畸学和牙颌面正畸学杂志》（American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics）发表了名单上的大多数文章（14 篇），并获得了最多的引用（671 次）。共有 195 位作者为这 50 篇最具影响力的文章做出了贡献；其中相当一部分（26 位）与学术机构无关。从文章列表中总共收集了 184 个关键词。
随着研究项目数量的增加，CAT 的引用数量预计将稳步增长。本研究确定了 CAT 方面最具影响力的文章及其特点，重点关注期刊、作者和讨论的主题。
