Bibliometric analysis and evaluation of the journal Medicina Oral Patología Oral y Cirugía Bucal (2008-2018)

Abstract

Background: In 2008 the journal Medicina Oral Patología Oral y Cirugía Bucal was included in Journal Citation Reports. To appraise its evolution and current status, this study carried out a bibliometric analysis and evaluation of the journal for the period 2008-2018. Material and Methods: From the Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports we obtained the indicators Journal Impact Factor (JIF), 5-year JIF, JIF without self-cites, Eigenfactor score and Article Influence score (2010-2017); and from the Core Collection database the following variables: number and article types, institutions and countries of origin of the authors (2008-2018), and the variable cited and citing journal data in 2017. Twelve articles/ year (n=132) were randomly selected to gather: the time between submittal and acceptance of an article, number of authors/article, representation of each section, gender of first author, and funding. Results: The journal occupied the third quartile of the JCR from 2010 to 2017, when it moved up to the second quartile. From 2008 to 2018 it published a total of 1,518 documents, 90% articles and 9.5% reviews. Sixty countries were represented, 48.68% of the documents coming from Spain, and overall 1,293 institutions were involved. Between submittal and acceptance of articles, the average time was 134.42 days, without differences between years. The mean of authors/article was 5.15, increasing over time. The sections most represented were Oral Medicine and Pathology, and Oral Surgery. There were no differences regarding the gender of the first author, and in general the authors did not provide information about funding received. Conclusions: The bibliometric results indicate a steadily improving position of this journal, along with a tendency to reduce self-citation. The time between reception of an article and its acceptance was very stable, the number of authors per article showed an increase, and there was a nearly equal representation of males and females as the first author.

Bibliometric analysis of cerebral palsy and oral health in PubMed (1956-2021)

“…Since this is the first study that evaluated Bibliographic information of publications about oral health and cerebral palsy, no other study was found to compare to the 31 Case-report found in this study. Liu et al (2020) evaluated traumatic dental injuries in a bibliometric analysis over two decades (1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017)(2018), and found that most articles were case reports. However, it should be noted that the conclusions of case-reports could not be applied directly in clinical practice (Hurd 2014).…”

“…After ten years of scientific production published in Acta Stomatologica Croatica, regarding the affiliation of the corresponding author, there was a higher frequency of publications of foreign origin (53.0%), Brazil had a greater contribution in these publications (25.9%) (de Araújo et al 2020). In the journal Medicina Oral Patología Oral y Cirugía Bucal (2008Bucal ( -2018 authors from 70 countries published 1,518 documents; Spain represents 48.68%, followed by Brazil (15.55%) and Turkey (7.38%) (Valderrama et al, 2020). It is possible to notice that Brazil stands out in the publications of dentistry nationally and internationally.…”

“…Bibliometric methods have been used in several fields of dentistry (Patil et al 2020;Ahmad et al 2020;Liu et al 2020) and specific dentistry journals (Valderrama et al 2020;Bhalla and Chockattu, 2020). The aim of this study was to assess bibliometric characteristics and the worldwide tendency of all articles on cerebral palsy and oral health.…”

Bibliometric Study of the Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in Dentistry

“…When studying temporal evolution, there is an increasing trend in scientific production as the years go by. This tendency toward exponential growth of publications can be observed in bibliometric studies on scientific production in areas such as Implantology [5] , Periodontics [8] , Dental Pathology and Therapeutics [15], and Oral Medicine [16] . This trend has also been observed in reviews [2].…”