Mapping out the bibliometric characteristics of published in a Taiwanese academic journal in dentistry: A scopus-based analysis.

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Since its inception, the (JDS) has aimed to publish quality articles relevant to all fields in dentistry. The purpose of this study was to analyze the bibliometric characteristics and dissected associated factors correlated with citation counts of published in the J.

MATERIALS AND METHOD

Scopus® database was used to search the qualified articles published in from 2009 to 2021. The bibliometric parameters, including journal impact factor (JIF), self-citation, study design, research field, geographic, country and institute of origin, inter-institute, inter-nation collaboration, keywords hotness and associated factors correlated with citation counts of were analyzed.

RESULTS

One hundred and eight articles from Scopus® database were eligible for analysis. The citation counts of ranged from 12 to 192, the average citation was 22.02. The most common study design was the /, followed by the cross-sectional study, and the major research field were Dental Materials. The most productive country and institute is Taiwan, and Chung Shan Medical University, respectively. The trend of inter-institute (71.03%) and inter-nation (11.22%) collaboration steadily increased since 2009. By using the multivariable linear regression model, Preventive and Community Dentistry in the research field significantly increased the citation counts.

CONCLUSION

Despite its limitations, the escalating trends in JIFs, and JIFs without self-citations, and inter-nation and inter-institute collaboration of were noticed. Of all the dissected associated factors, Preventive and Community Dentistry in the research field significantly increased the citation counts of .