Bibliometric analysis of articles published in journal of dental sciences from 2009 to 2020

Fu-Hsuan Liu; Chuan-Hang Yu; Yu-Chao Chang

doi:10.1016/j.jds.2021.08.002

Bibliometric analysis of articles published in journal of dental sciences from 2009 to 2020

J Dent Sci. 2022 Jan;17(1):642-646. doi: 10.1016/j.jds.2021.08.002. Epub 2021 Aug 20.

Authors

Fu-Hsuan Liu¹, Chuan-Hang Yu^{1

2}, Yu-Chao Chang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dentistry, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
² School of Dentistry, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.

Abstract

The bibliometric analysis was conducted to evaluate the publication characteristics of Journal of Dental Sciences (JDS) from ScienceDirect Online between 2009 and 2020. The most common published article type in JDS was original articles. The top four highest number of published articles were related to oral and maxillofacial surgery, periodontology, endodontology, and oral pathology. The most productive geographic region for articles was Asia. Taiwan ranked in the highest country in terms of successful publication in JDS. The impact factor of JDS ranged from 0.107 in 2009 to 2.080 in 2020. As compared with years between 2009 and 2014, there was a significant increase in impact factor during 2015-2020 (P = 0.026). By this bibliometric analysis, JDS needs to attract more audience outside the Asia to gain the higher international influence.

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis; Impact factor; Journal of dental sciences.