Maxillary Sinus Lift: A Bibliometric and Altmetric Analysis of the 100 Most Cited Articles

To analyze the scientific profile of the 100 most cited articles on maxillary sinus lift.

A search was conducted in the Web of Science Core Collection database in February 2024. Two reviewers retrieved the 100 most cited articles. The number of citations for the articles was compared in the Scopus and Google Scholar databases. The VOSviewer software was employed to generate collaborative network maps for authors and keywords. Dimension was consulted to measure altimetry data. Google Trends was used to explore the global popularity of research on maxillary sinus lift.

The number of citations ranged from 120 to 1259. The articles were published between the years 1991 and 2017. The most frequent study design was observational (21%), and the surgical technique was the lateral window (76%). The most used bone graft was autogenous (15%). The journal with the highest number of articles was Clinical Oral Implants Research (29%). The United States was the most prevalent country (27%), and New York University had the highest number of publications (8%). However, the European continent stood out (66%). Froum SJ was the author with the highest number of publications (6%). The most common keywords were "dental implants" (38%). Intense mentions were identified primarily on Mendeley. According to Google Trends, Ukraine was the country that researched maxillary sinus lift the most.

It can be concluded that the 100 most cited articles on sinus elevation were observational studies that evaluated the lateral window technique for sinus elevation.