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World dental research production: an ISI database approach (1999–2003)
Author(s) -
GilMontoya Jose Antonio,
NavarreteCortes Jose,
Pulgar Rosa,
Santa Samaly,
MoyaAnegón Felix
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2006.00244.x
Subject(s) - impact factor , productivity , citation , production (economics) , science citation index , bibliometrics , quality (philosophy) , dentistry , medicine , demography , library science , political science , computer science , economics , sociology , economic growth , law , macroeconomics , philosophy , epistemology
The objective of this study was to obtain a geographic world map of scientific production in dentistry by analysing published papers. Articles and reviews in the Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine category published from 1999 to 2003 were accessed through the ISI database. The data were analyzed quantitatively (number of documents, number of researchers, productivity, interannual variation rate and relative specialization index), qualitatively (weighted impact factor, relative impact factor, citation rate per document and top 5 publications) and socioeconomically (number of documents per inhabitant and per dentist and in relation to the country's GDP). The USA, UK, Japan and Scandinavian countries were found to be the most productive countries (number of publications). Publications from Scandinavian countries were also of high quality as measured by Impact Factor and Citation Rate, while the UK had one of the highest productivity rates (number of documents per researcher).