Bibliometric Analysis of Dental Erosion (2011–2020)

During the past decade, an increase in the number of studies about dental erosion has been observed. The aim of the present study was to describe the current trends in published scientific articles related to dental erosion between 2011 and 2020. Data of the authors, year and language of publication...

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Published inApplied sciences Vol. 11; no. 22; p. 10971
Main Authors Marqués Martínez, Laura, Borrell García, Carla, Guinot Barona, Clara, Boo Gordillo, Paula, García Miralles, Esther
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2021
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altmetric
bibliometric
Bibliometrics
Boolean algebra
citation analysis
Classification
Dental erosion
Dentistry
Disease prevention
Documents
EU membership
Gender
Language
Nutrition
Obesity
Observational studies
Oral hygiene
Scientific papers
Teeth
tooth erosion
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Summary:During the past decade, an increase in the number of studies about dental erosion has been observed. The aim of the present study was to describe the current trends in published scientific articles related to dental erosion between 2011 and 2020. Data of the authors, year and language of publication were analyzed. A bibliometric analysis of the articles published in PubMed was conducted using the MeSH terms (dental erosion) and (tooth erosion) using the Boolean operator OR/AND. A sample of n = 1090 articles published during the past ten years (2011–2020) was obtained. The variables analyzed were the language of the article, the year of publishing, the number of authors, the affiliations of the first and last author and the relationship between them. The countries of origin of the first and last author were ranked according to the number of publications, led by Brazil, the UK, and the USA. During the analysis of the type of article, we observed that 79.4% of all publications were research articles. In recent years, a significant increase in research articles on dental erosion has been observed, especially in Brazil and the UK, with a high number of publications of translational articles in humans and cross-sectional observational studies. The main findings in this article will help researchers, academics and students to characterize scientific results regarding dental erosion, to evaluate management strategies and to identify important topics and issues that will help design future research.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app112210971