A Scopus-Based Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research Contributions on Milk Fluoridation

Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi, Jacob Njideka Nwafor, Afeez Abolarinwa Salami, Eyinade Adeduntan Egbedina, Lawrence Achilles Nnyanzi, Temitope Oluwabukola Ojo, Ralph M. Duckworth and Fatemeh Vida Zohoori
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Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi: School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough TS1 3BX, UK
Jacob Njideka Nwafor: Cephas Health Research Initiative Inc., Ibadan 21605, Nigeria
Afeez Abolarinwa Salami: Cephas Health Research Initiative Inc., Ibadan 21605, Nigeria
Eyinade Adeduntan Egbedina: School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough TS1 3BX, UK
Lawrence Achilles Nnyanzi: School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough TS1 3BX, UK
Temitope Oluwabukola Ojo: School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough TS1 3BX, UK
Ralph M. Duckworth: School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough TS1 3BX, UK
Fatemeh Vida Zohoori: School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough TS1 3BX, UK

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 14, 1-16

Abstract: Fluoridated-milk schemes have been developed and implemented in many countries to prevent dental caries. This study aimed to evaluate the impact/influence of scientific publications, researchers, and institutions conducting research on milk fluoridation; to explore the international and inter-institutional collaboration and illustrate scientific output trends; and to pinpoint research hotspots in milk fluoridation research. This bibliometric analysis of original research articles on milk fluoridation includes all of the original articles published in peer-reviewed journals systematically extracted from the SCOPUS database. In total, 108 articles were included in this study, with a total of 11,789 citations. A majority (67.6%) of these articles were in the subject area of ‘dentistry’, 22.2% externally funded, 14.8% published in the journal, Caries Research, 7.4% authored/co-authored by Twetman S, 6.5% by authors from Universidad de Chile, and the UK had the highest output (24.1%). The network visualizations showed that those countries with current/past histories of implemented milk fluoridation programs were interconnected on the network visualization map, and they were predominantly the hotspots for original research on milk fluoridation. This study also identified inequalities in research outputs on the topic. With the current enormous global burden of dental caries in children, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, there is an urgent need for greater and more equitable funding of milk fluoridation research globally.

Keywords: milk; fluoride; fluoridation; bibliometric; analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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