Xu Wenhua, Li Chenxi, Liu Qingqing, Liu Wei, Wang Xiao
Department of Periodontology and Oral Mucosa, Changsha Stomatological Hospital, School of Dental Medicine, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China.
College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National Center for Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
J Dent Sci. 2024 Oct;19(4):2157-2162. doi: 10.1016/j.jds.2024.03.014. Epub 2024 Mar 22.
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: South Asia and Southeast Asia are the regions with relatively high and increased disease burden of oral cancer. The purpose of this study was to analyze the scientometric characteristics of oral cancer research in these regions.
There are 8 countries from South Asia and 11 countries from Southeast Asia. All the articles on oral cancer from these countries were retrieved in the Scopus database.
A total of 5660 articles originated from South Asia (n = 4718) and Southeast Asia (n = 942). India (n = 4302; 91.2%) was the country publishing most articles on oral cancer in South Asia, and Malaysia (n = 355; 37.7%) was first in Southeast Asia. Tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, and areca nut as risk factors were common keywords, attention should be paid to them while developing polices for oral cancer control. In India, the most topic including distinctive keywords was diagnostics (sensitivity/specificity, saliva, and predictive value), followed by molecular biology (antioxidants, lipid peroxidation, and glutathione), experimental in vivo (hamster and cheek pouch), and risk factor (smokeless tobacco). In Malaysia, the most topic containing keywords was molecular biology followed by epidemiology and drug research.
This study for the first time reported the scientometric characteristics of oral cancer research in South Asia (India) and Southeast Asia (Malaysia). It is essential to improve the public awareness of risk factors control to reduce the oral cancer burden, especially in low-and middle-income countries.
背景/目的：南亚和东南亚是口腔癌疾病负担相对较高且呈上升趋势的地区。本研究旨在分析这些地区口腔癌研究的科学计量学特征。
南亚有8个国家，东南亚有11个国家。在Scopus数据库中检索了这些国家所有关于口腔癌的文章。
共有5660篇文章来自南亚（n = 4718）和东南亚（n = 942）。印度（n = 4302；91.2%）是南亚发表口腔癌文章最多的国家，马来西亚（n = 355；37.7%）在东南亚排名第一。吸烟、饮酒和槟榔作为危险因素是常见关键词，在制定口腔癌控制政策时应予以关注。在印度，包含独特关键词的最热门主题是诊断（敏感性/特异性、唾液和预测价值），其次是分子生物学（抗氧化剂、脂质过氧化和谷胱甘肽）、体内实验（仓鼠和颊囊）以及危险因素（无烟烟草）。在马来西亚，包含关键词的最热门主题是分子生物学，其次是流行病学和药物研究。
本研究首次报告了南亚（印度）和东南亚（马来西亚）口腔癌研究的科学计量学特征。提高公众对危险因素控制的认识对于减轻口腔癌负担至关重要，尤其是在低收入和中等收入国家。
