Munaga Swapna, Alaqla Ali, Alfadley Abdulmohsen, Alfouzan Khalid, Ui Haq Ikram, Chitumalla Rajkiran
Department of Restorative and Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Riyadh, SAU.
College of Dentistry, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, SAU.
Cureus. 2025 Jun 13;17(6):e85946. doi: 10.7759/cureus.85946. eCollection 2025 Jun.
Endodontic surgery (ES) includes numerous methods for treating teeth with a history of failed root canal treatment. This 49-year bibliometric analysis aimed to identify the 100 most-cited papers on ES published during 1976-2024 and examine their bibliometric properties. The top 100 cited publications from the Web of Science (WoS) database on ES were used as the dataset for the bibliometric research. Information regarding the publication year, single or multiple authorship, clinical or non-clinical research, mode of accessibility, level of evidence (LOE), geographic location, institution, authors, and keywords was extracted for each article. The VOSviewer (v.1.6.10; https://www.vosviewer.com) was used for co-author, co-citation, and keyword analysis. SPSS version 27 was used for data analysis. Most papers (n = 88) were original research articles, in contrast to review articles (n = 12). Articles authored by multiple authors gathered higher citations. LOE II exhibited the greatest number of publications (25%). Cohort (22%) and cross-sectional studies (14%) were the most common research designs. Over one-third of publications came from the United States, with the University of Pennsylvania being the top producer. The Journal of Endodontics published more than half of the articles. Euiseong Kim authored the majority of the papers, followed by Syngcuk Kim. The most influential keywords were healing, MTA (mineral trioxide aggregate), and periapical surgery. This research reveals a vibrant and growing academic environment worldwide, with a notable uptick in the past 20 years. The results of this study show how important international collaboration is to the advancement of ES and allow readers to identify the prolific authors, countries, organizations, and journals working in this area. Among all fields of study, outcomes of ES have the most-cited articles, followed by root-end filling materials. Clinical studies were more prevalent, with cohort studies being the most preferred study design.
牙髓外科手术（ES）包括多种治疗根管治疗失败牙齿的方法。这项为期49年的文献计量分析旨在识别1976年至2024年期间发表的关于ES的100篇被引用次数最多的论文，并研究它们的文献计量学特征。来自科学网（WoS）数据库中关于ES的前100篇被引用出版物被用作文献计量研究的数据集。提取了每篇文章的出版年份、单作者或多作者、临床或非临床研究、获取方式、证据水平（LOE）、地理位置、机构、作者和关键词等信息。使用VOSviewer（v.1.6.10；https://www.vosviewer.com）进行合著者、共被引和关键词分析。使用SPSS 27版进行数据分析。与综述文章（n = 12）相比，大多数论文（n = 88）是原创研究文章。多作者撰写的文章获得了更高的引用次数。证据水平II的出版物数量最多（25%）。队列研究（22%）和横断面研究（14%）是最常见的研究设计。超过三分之一的出版物来自美国，宾夕法尼亚大学是主要产出机构。《牙髓病学杂志》发表了超过一半的文章。大多数论文由金义星撰写，其次是金相旭。最具影响力的关键词是愈合、MTA（矿物三氧化物凝聚体）和根尖手术。这项研究揭示了全球充满活力且不断发展的学术环境，在过去20年中有显著增长。本研究结果显示了国际合作对牙髓外科手术进展的重要性，并使读者能够识别在该领域多产的作者、国家、组织和期刊。在所有研究领域中，牙髓外科手术的成果拥有被引用次数最多的文章，其次是根尖充填材料。临床研究更为普遍，队列研究是最受欢迎的研究设计。
