Current Status and Trends in Research on Caries Diagnosis: A Bibliometric Analysis

María Melo, José Luis Sanz, Leopoldo Forner, Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Lozano and Julia Guerrero-Gironés
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María Melo: Department of Stomatology, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
José Luis Sanz: Department of Stomatology, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Leopoldo Forner: Department of Stomatology, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Lozano: Gerodontology and Special Care Dentistry Unit, Morales Meseguer Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Julia Guerrero-Gironés: Gerodontology and Special Care Dentistry Unit, Morales Meseguer Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 9, 1-13

Abstract: There are a wide variety of devices for the detection and diagnosis of caries from the initial stages. The purpose of this study was to perform a bibliometric study on research regarding caries diagnosis by identifying the contributing researchers, organizations, countries or regions, journals, and to provide an analysis of keyword co-occurrence and co-authorship networks. An advanced search was performed in Web of Science (WOS) Core Collection database, using the terms “caries diagno*” and “caries detect*” in the “topic” field, from 2013 to 2021. Bibliometric parameters were extracted using WOS’s analyze results tools and VOSviewer software. A total of 816 documents were identified. Most of them, (61.3%) are included in “Dentistry Oral Surgery & Medicine” category within WOS. The largest scientific production on the subject is observed between 2018 and 2021, with a total of 344 records. The most productive author is Mendes FM, followed by Braga MM. The journal with the most articles published on caries diagnosis is Caries Research , with 55 articles (6.74%). The terms with the highest co-occurrence refer to the validity of diagnostic methods, tools or principles used in diagnosis or general aspects related to caries detection and diagnosis.

Keywords: bibliometric; scientometric analysis; caries diagnosis; caries detection; citations (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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