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Bibliometric analysis of the scientific production in implantology (2009-2013)
Beatriz Tarazona1, Antonio Vidal-Infer1, Adolfo Alonso-Arroyo1
1Universitat de Valencia Facultat de Medicina i Odontologia, Valencia, Spain.
Objectives:
To quantify, using bibliometric indicators, the scientific productivity of researchers, organizations, and countries, publishing articles on implantology in dental journals indexed in Journal Citation Reports between 2009 and 2013.
Materials And Methods:
Published texts were identified by applying the truncated search term "implant*." Document type was limited to "Article." Records were manually refined and normalized to unify terms and to remove typographical, transcription, and/or indexing errors.
Results:
A total of 6088 articles were located. A progressive increase in the rate of publication was observed, especially between 2010 and 2012. This increase was clearly linked to increased collaboration between authors, institutions, and countries. Keywords appeared at a frequency of 3.1 per document. The journals Clinical Oral Implants Research and International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants published the highest numbers of articles.
Conclusions:
This study revealed a significant growth in implant dentistry literature in terms of the total number of journals, number of authors, organizations, and author collaborations. Most key bibliometric indicators demonstrated upward trends.
