Bibliometrics Evaluation of Scientific Journals and Country Research Output of Dental Research in Latin America Using Scimago Journal and Country Rank

• Published in: Publications (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 3; p. 26
• Main Authors: Vaccaro, Gustavo, Sánchez-Núñez, Pablo, Witt-Rodríguez, Patricia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2022
• Subjects: Author productivity; Bibliometrics; Decision making; Dental care; Dental research; Dentistry; Evaluation; Forecasts and trends; Hirsch index; Information sources; informetrics; Innovations; Latin America and the Caribbean; Peer review; Professionals; Publication output; research evaluation; scientometrics; Technology adoption; Trends; Latin America

Innovations in dental sciences are potentially disruptive; however, the language barrier in the case of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) limits access to scientific studies. There is a necessity to measure the development of dental research across the LAC region, where economic power and postgr...