School of Dentistry, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, China; Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
School of Dentistry, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, China; Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Int Dent J. 2024 Dec;74(6):1197-1204. doi: 10.1016/j.identj.2024.06.007. Epub 2024 Jul 14.
This study aimed to examine the global research trend and frontiers in the field of root caries.
Two independent investigators searched the Web of Science Core Collection to include journal articles published on root caries from 1994 to 2023. They examined citation trends of the selected publications and performed bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer. Cooccurrence and cocitation analysis were used to calculate the burst strength of the most cited keywords and the most cited publications.
This study included 1144 publications (1004 scientific research articles and 140 review articles) for bibliometric analysis. The number of publications from 2018 to 2023 was 404, accounting for 35% (404/1144) over the last 30 years. The annual citation count showed a gradual upward trend with a surge from 2018. The cooccurrence analysis classified the publications into four clusters which were in vitro studies, prevention, microbiology, and epidemiology. Cocitation analysis revealed silver diamine fluoride, systematic review, and randomized clinical trial were the three main keywords; and their citation burst strength (period) were 17.2 (2017-2023), 9.4 (2015-2023), and 6.9 (2018-2023), respectively. Noninvasive treatment of root caries (narrative review), aetiology of root caries (narrative review), and use of silver diamine fluoride in arresting root caries (clinical trial) were the topics (publication type) of the three most cited publications; and their burst strength (period) were 8.9 (2017-2020), 5.9 (2017-2021), and 4.7 (2015-2018), respectively.
This study highlights the recent growing research interest in root caries, particularly on its microbiology, prevention, and the use of silver diamine fluoride.
本研究旨在考察根面龋领域的全球研究趋势和前沿。
两名独立的研究者在 Web of Science 核心合集上检索了 1994 年至 2023 年发表的有关根面龋的期刊文章，分析了所选文献的引文趋势，并使用 Vosviewer 进行了文献计量分析。共现和共被引分析用于计算最具引用力的关键词和最具引用力文献的突发强度。
本研究共纳入 1144 篇文献（1004 篇科学研究文章和 140 篇综述文章）进行文献计量分析。2018 年至 2023 年的文献发表数量为 404 篇，占过去 30 年的 35%（404/1144）。年度引文数呈逐渐上升趋势，2018 年出现激增。共现分析将文献分为四个聚类，分别是体外研究、预防、微生物学和流行病学。共被引分析显示，银胺氟化物、系统评价和随机临床试验是三个主要关键词；其引文突发强度（时间段）分别为 17.2（2017-2023 年）、9.4（2015-2023 年）和 6.9（2018-2023 年）。非侵入性治疗根面龋（叙述性综述）、根面龋的病因（叙述性综述）和银胺氟化物在阻止根面龋方面的应用（临床试验）是三篇最具引用力文献的主题（文献类型）；其突发强度（时间段）分别为 8.9（2017-2020 年）、5.9（2017-2021 年）和 4.7（2015-2018 年）。
本研究强调了最近人们对根面龋研究兴趣的增长，特别是对其微生物学、预防和银胺氟化物的应用。
