Academic Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
Department of Dentistry, Universidad Cientifica del Sur and Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru, Phone: +511214-2500, e-mail:
J Contemp Dent Pract. 2022 Apr 1;23(4):447-452.
To perform a 10-year scientometric analysis of the characteristics of the worldwide publication on the toxic effects of fluoride.
A bibliometric study of the worldwide scientific production on the toxic effects of fluoride during the years 2011-2020 was performed. All metadata from the Scopus database were evaluated. These were then exported to SciVal (Elsevier) for analysis of quantity, collaboration, and impact indicators.
We found that the "Biological Trace Element Research" was the most productive journal with 22 published manuscripts and that the most productive universities on the systemic toxic effects of fluoride on the body were Shanxi Agricultural University, Guizhou Medical University, and Huazhong University of Science and Technology with 31, 11, and 10 manuscripts, respectively. In addition, it was found that most of the world scientific production on the toxic effects of fluoride was published in Q1 level journals (top 25%).
Finally, it was concluded that most of the total production on this topic was published in high-impact Q1 journals, with China being the leading country in terms of number and impact of publications. Finally, there was evidence of collaboration between the United States, China, and India, being the countries that led in co-authorship by country.
This research is of clinical importance as it allows the identification of the most productive institutions, authors, and countries in this field. In this way, strategic alliances can be established to enhance the development of research.
对全球氟化物毒性作用研究文献进行 10 年的科学计量学分析。
对 2011 年至 2020 年全球氟化物毒性作用的科学文献进行了文献计量学研究。评估了 Scopus 数据库中的所有元数据，然后将其导出到 SciVal（Elsevier）中，以分析数量、合作和影响力指标。
我们发现，“生物微量元素研究”是发表文章最多的期刊，共发表了 22 篇文章；在氟化物对全身系统毒性作用方面，最具生产力的大学是山西农业大学、贵州医科大学和华中科技大学，分别发表了 31、11 和 10 篇文章。此外，还发现世界上关于氟化物毒性作用的大部分科学研究成果都发表在 Q1 级期刊（前 25%）。
最后得出结论，该主题的大部分研究成果都发表在高影响力的 Q1 期刊上，中国在出版物数量和影响力方面处于领先地位。最后，美国、中国和印度之间存在合作证据，这三个国家在国家合著方面处于领先地位。
这项研究具有临床意义，因为它可以确定该领域最具生产力的机构、作者和国家。通过这种方式，可以建立战略联盟，以促进研究的发展。
