Journal of Orofacial and Health Sciences
Official Publication of DJ College of Dental Sciences & Research
Official Publication of DJ College of Dental Sciences & Research
Background: Novel coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is being spread by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and had a huge impact on millions of people globally. Numerous articles related to COVID- 19 and its impact on dental practice have been published in different scientific journals in several languages. Aims & Objective: The aim is to conduct a descriptive bibliometric study of the main trends in dental research related to COVID-19, focusing on identifying the most productive journals, authors, institutions, and countries. Material &Method: The global literature about COVID-19 published between January 2020 and December 2022 was scanned using the Web of Science database. For the visualized study, bibliographic coupling analysis, co-authorship analysis, co-citation analysis, co-occurrence analysis and the analysis of publication trends were conducted by software tool, VOSviewer. Results: A total of 810 dentistry related to COVID-19 documents were identified, among which 480 (59.2%) were original articles, 137 (16.9%) review articles, 101 (12.5%) were editorials and 92 (11.4%) were letters to editors. The top three journals were the British Dental Journal, the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and the Journal of Dental Education, which accounted for 14.1% of all indexed literature. The USA (n=175, 21.6%) contributed the most to the research followed by Italy (n=114, 14.1%), the UK (n=92, 11.4%), China (n=74, 9.1%), and India (n=61, 7.5%). Conclusion: Using bibliometric analysis to identify scientific production is essential so that researchers can identify what has already been produced and is currently being researched thereby addressing knowledge gaps in the future.
: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus, Bibliometrics, dentistry