Alrubaig Naif A, Haq Ikram U, Alfouzan Khalid, Iyer Kiran, Bijai Laliytha K
Department of Restorative and Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Administrative affairs, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2023 Apr 28;13(2):96-105. doi: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_13_23. eCollection 2023 Mar-Apr.
Endodontics is a subdivision of dentistry that deals with diseases and injury of the soft tissues inside the teeth. The current study aimed to investigate the bibliometric properties of endodontics publications contributed by Saudi Arabia from 2010 to 2022. The quantitative bibliometric research method was applied to the meta-data retrieved from the Web of Science on December 7, 2022. The word Endodonti* was written in the main search bar, and from the year's filter, selected starting year 2010 to the date of data collection. In the first phase, to access the global publication growth of endodontics, no country/region filter was used. After getting the summary of the global intellectual landscape, we selected Saudi Arabia from the country/region filter to analyze certain characteristics of endodontics documents. Periodical growth, accessibility modes, collaboration patterns, influential institutions, frequently used sources, international research collaboration, and most-cited documents were analyzed by using Microsoft Excel (v.16) and SPSS (v.20). The authors affiliated with Brazil contributed the highest number of documents and Saudi Arabia stood in the eighth rank in endodontics research. The growing tendency was observed in Saudi Arabia from 1.29% in 2010 to 7.60% in 2022 from a global perspective. The quality of nonopen-accessed documents was higher than open-accessed as per citation impact, similarly, the documents written on international collaboration got a higher ratio of citations compared with national collaboration. King Saud University was found the most prolific institution and the was the most preferred source of publications. The maximum research collaboration at the international level was performed with the authors of the United States. Fifteen most-cited papers obtained 21.42% of the citations. The findings show that endodontics research in Saudi Arabia has increased significantly over the years. The research collaboration at the national level has increased, which shows that teams of national researchers in endodontics have been prepared and conducting valuable research in a national context.
牙髓病学是牙科学的一个分支，主要研究牙齿内部软组织的疾病和损伤。本研究旨在调查2010年至2022年沙特阿拉伯贡献的牙髓病学出版物的文献计量学特征。采用定量文献计量研究方法，对2022年12月7日从Web of Science检索到的元数据进行分析。在主搜索栏中输入“Endodonti*”，并从年份筛选器中选择起始年份2010年至数据收集日期。在第一阶段，为了了解牙髓病学的全球出版物增长情况，未使用国家/地区筛选器。在获得全球学术格局的总结后，我们从国家/地区筛选器中选择沙特阿拉伯，以分析牙髓病学文献的某些特征。使用Microsoft Excel（v.16）和SPSS（v.20）分析期刊增长、获取模式、合作模式、有影响力的机构、常用来源、国际研究合作和被引用次数最多的文献。巴西的作者贡献的文献数量最多，沙特阿拉伯在牙髓病学研究中排名第八。从全球角度来看，沙特阿拉伯的增长趋势明显，从2010年的1.29%上升到2022年的7.60%。根据被引影响，非开放获取文献的质量高于开放获取文献，同样，与国内合作相比，关于国际合作的文献获得的被引率更高。沙特国王大学是产出最多的机构， 是最受欢迎的出版物来源。在国际层面上，与美国的作者开展的研究合作最多。15篇被引用次数最多的论文获得了21.42%的引用。研究结果表明，沙特阿拉伯的牙髓病学研究多年来显著增加。国内层面的研究合作有所增加，这表明牙髓病学领域的国内研究团队已经组建，并在国内背景下开展有价值的研究。
