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Bibliometric Analysis of 50 Most Cited Articles on Odontomas

Abstract

Objective:

To identify the citation features and review articles on odontomas using bibliometric analysis.

Material and Methods:

A list of studies about odontoma was obtained by searching using the Scopus database. Abstracts or full texts were read and evaluated. After then, 50 most cited articles were achieved. Studies were categorized as citation numbers, citation density, journal name, article type, the affiliation of the first author and publication year. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the results.

Results:

The most frequently cited article received 358 citations, while the least frequently cited article received 42 with a mean of 94.3 citations per article. The mean citation density was 5.13. The study with the highest citation density (12.31) was published in 2006. The highest citation number was found in the 2000s following the 1990s. The 50 most cited articles were published from 1971 to 2011, with 84% (42 of 50) published after 1990. USA (n = 9) and Brazil (n = 6) were the two most contributing countries. According to article type, there were eight (16%) review articles.

Conclusion:

The USA found to have a strong influence on research about odontoma, followed by Brazil. All researches were reported in English, and most of them were published in good quality journals.

Keywords:
Information Science; Bibliometrics; Dentistry; Publications

Introduction

Odontoma is a developmental anomaly arising from the completely differentiated epithelial and mesenchymal cells growth that cause ameloblasts and odontoblasts. It is composed of enamel and dentin but may also have various amounts of cement and pulp [1[1] Neville BW, Damm DD, Allen CM, Bouquot JE. Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. Philadelphia: Saunders; 1995. pp. 531-533.]. During the development of odontoma, enamel and dentin may be deposited and structure resembles a normal tooth. At that time, the tumor is termed as compound odontoma. If dental tissues form an irregular mass, it is termed as a complex odontoma [2[2] Cawson RA, Binnie WH, Eveson JW. Color Atlas of Oral Disease. Clinical and Pathological Correlations. Hong Kong: Mosby-Wolfe; 1993. pp. 6-19.].

In the field of evidence-based medicine, decisions in clinical medicine should be based on sufficient research and analysis of the literature [3[3] Rosenberg W, Donald A. Evidence based medicine: an approach to clinical problem solving. BMJ 1995; 310(6987):1122-6. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.310.6987.1122
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]. Currently, there are excessive published articles, so researchers don’t always evaluate the publication quality for easily accessing the source. They also might have difficulties to identify the major research fields. A bibliometric analysis allows scientists to describe important research points and to find the current information in a particular area [4[4] Snyder AZ, Raichle ME. A brief history of the resting state: the Washington University perspective. Neuroimage 2012; 62(2):902-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.01.044
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].

In scientific technology, the indicators have an important role in determining the way of activities in a region or country. New techniques to collect and analyze data develop, and can be used as a basis of reliable data. Related to the scientific journals, the bibliometric indicators are useful to evaluate the journal's internal situation, its relative position regarding the debate for article publication, and the basis for strategic editorial policies [5[5] Ferriols R, Santos B, Artacho S, Clopés A, Guerrero MD, Ordovás MJ, et al. A bibliometric analysis of the Farmácia Hospitalaria Journal (2001-2006). Farm Hosp 2007; 31(3):141-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1130-6343(07)75361-8
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].

Bibliometric analysis of odontoma was not found in the literature. This has been our source of enthusiasm when planning this study. The aim of this study was to identify and review 50 most cited articles on odontoma using bibliometric analysis.

Material and Methods

In August 2019, a title search was started in the Scopus library database (www.scopus.com) using the Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) terms “odontoma”. There were no limitations except document type. Research articles and reviews were included in this study. The choice “Cited by (Highest)” was applied to have the detailed list of most-to-least cited articles for further analysis. In the light of this strategy, a list of the 50 most cited odontoma articles was prepared.

According to the previously reported method [6[6] Lim KJ, Yoon DY, Yun EJ, Seo YL, Baek S, Gu DH, et al. Characteristics and trends of radiology research: a survey of original articles published in AJR and Radiology between 2001 and 2010. Radiology 2012; 264(3):796-802. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.12111976
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], two independent authors (GS) and (MS) reviewed all the selected articles and noted these information: journal name and impact factor (2018 Journal of Citation Reports - JCR: Science Edition), Scopus citation number and density (mean number of citations per year = total number of citations/years since publication of the article), publication year, article title and country of the first author. Articles were classified as primary research studies (basic, clinical, or epidemiological) or secondary research (narrative review, systematic review, or meta-analysis) [7[7] Rohrig B, du Prel JB, Wachtlin D, Blettner M. Types of study in medical research: part 3 of a series on evaluation of scientific publications. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106(15):262-8. https://doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2009.0262
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]. Any disagreement between the two authors about the data extraction was resolved by consensus.

Data Analysis

Descriptive statistics were used to calculate the absolute and relative frequencies and mean.

Results

Citation Numbers and Density

In the literature, search articles were found in the Scopus database library from 1893 to the present. The details of the 50 most cited publications [8[8] Regezi JA, Kerr DA, Courtnex RM. Odontogenic tumors: analysis of 706 cases. J Oral Surg 1978: 36:771-8.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(94)902...

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[46] Eversole LR, Tomich CE, Cherrick HM. Histogenesis of odontogenic tumors. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1971; 32:569-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(71)90322-7
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[49] Osterne RLV, Brito RGM, Alves APNN, Cavalcante RB, Souza FB. Odontogenic tumors: A 5-year retrospective study in a Brazilian population and analysis of 3406 cases reported in the literature. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2011; 111(4):474-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tripleo.2010.10.018
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] are shown in Table 1.

Table 1
List of the 50 most cited articles on odontoma.

The number of citations of 50 most cited articles was between 42 and 358, with a mean of 94.3 citations per article. The most cited article with 358 citations belonged to Regezi et al. [8[8] Regezi JA, Kerr DA, Courtnex RM. Odontogenic tumors: analysis of 706 cases. J Oral Surg 1978: 36:771-8.], published in 1978. This article was followed by the articles reported by Daley et al. [9[9] Daley TD, Wysocki GP, Pringle GA. Relative incidence of odontogenic tumors and oral and jaw cyst in a Canadian population. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1994; 77(3):276-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(94)90299-2
https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(94)902...
] with 257 citations and Miller and Rubenstein [10[10] Miller RW, Rubinstein JH. Tumors in Rubinstein Taybi syndrome. Am J Med Genet 1995; 56:112-5. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.1320560125
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.1320560125...
] with 210 citations. These three most cited articles were research articles.

The mean citation density was 5.13. The study of Buchner et al. [14[14] Buchner A, Merrell PW, Carpenter WM. Relative frequency of central odontogenic tumors: a study of 1,088 cases from Northern California and comparison to studies from other parts of the world. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2006; 64(9):1343-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joms.2006.05.019
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joms.2006.05.0...
] had the highest citation density (citation density: 12.31) and was published in 2006. The lower citation density was calculated in the study of Eversole et al. [46[46] Eversole LR, Tomich CE, Cherrick HM. Histogenesis of odontogenic tumors. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1971; 32:569-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(71)90322-7
https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(71)903...
] (citation density: 1.08), which was published in 1971. The highest citation number was found in the 2000s following the 1990s (Figure 1).

Figure 1
Distribution of the 50 top-cited articles on odontoma by citation number.

The Feature of the Journals, Authors, and Publications

The 50 most cited articles were published in 19 journals (Table 2). The journal with the highest contributions was Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology (16 articles). Of 19, eight (42.1%) journals contributed a single article each in the most 50 cited articles list.

Table 2
List of the most cited journals.

The impact factor of the journals was between 1.164 and 6.155 (mean = 2.09). The journal, which had the highest impact factor, was the American Journal of Surgical Pathology. One journal (5.26%) of all selected journals had the five or more impact factor.

All 50 most cited articles were published in English between the years of 1971 and 2011, with 84% (42 of 50) published after 1990. The oldest article was published by Eversole et al. [46[46] Eversole LR, Tomich CE, Cherrick HM. Histogenesis of odontogenic tumors. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1971; 32:569-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(71)90322-7
https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(71)903...
] in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology. The most recent article was reported by Osterne et al. [49[49] Osterne RLV, Brito RGM, Alves APNN, Cavalcante RB, Souza FB. Odontogenic tumors: A 5-year retrospective study in a Brazilian population and analysis of 3406 cases reported in the literature. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2011; 111(4):474-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tripleo.2010.10.018
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tripleo.2010.1...
] in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology in 2011.

The majority of the publications were primary research (n = 42), whereas 8 (16%) were review articles (secondary research). Epidemiological studies were found as the most designed study. Eight articles were found as narrative reviews. According to the address of the first author, authors from 18 different countries had contributed to the 50 most cited articles list. The USA had the highest number of publications (9 articles). Brazil (6 articles) was the second most productive countries following China (5 articles) (Figure 2). An institution with the highest representations in the 50 most cited articles was Tel Aviv University (Israel) following Peking University (China) (Table 3). The article number was highest in the 2000s (Figure 3).

Figure 2
Country of origin of the first author.

Table 3
Institutions with the highest representations in the 50 most cited articles.

Figure 3
Distribution of the 50 top-cited articles on odontoma by publication date

Discussion

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]. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first bibliographic study on odontomas in the literature.

Although the citation index is not accepted as a quality criteria, it is accepted as an identifiability measurement [62[62] Tsai YL, Lee CC, Chen SC, Yen ZS. Top-cited articles in emergency medicine. Am J Emerg Med 2006; 24(6):647-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2006.01.001
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2006.01.0...
]. So, we preferred to evaluate the journals in the Science Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded in this study. Journals with high impact factor are attracted by authors for deciding the journal that is submitted their manuscript [58[58] Sobhy H. Social influence and peer review - impact factor and citation. EMBO Rep 2016; 17(4):473. https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.201642041
https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.201642041...
]. Although the positive relationship is observed between the citations index and impact factor of the journals in the previous studies [63[63] Liu YH, Wang SQ, Xue JH, Liu Y, Chen JY, Li GF, et al. The 100 most-cited articles on cardiovascular diseases from Mainland China. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2015; 15:94. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-015-0083-4
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-015-0083-...
,64[64] Ping L, Liu Y, Xue J, Liu Y, Chen JY, Li GF, et al. The 100 most-cited articles on aortic dissection. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2017; 17:30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-016-0426-9
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-016-0426-...
], in this study, there was only one article published in the journals with an impact factor of more than five. This journal was the American Journal of Surgical Pathology.

This bibliographic analysis showed the features of 50 most cited articles on odontomas. All articles, which were analyzed in this study, were written in English. In the present study, the most recent article was published in 2011. This indicates that no articles have been included in the 50 most cited articles since 2011. This can be attributed to the fact that older articles have more time to receive citations.

In bibliometric studies, geographic predispositions of a pathology certainly have an effect on article numbers published by the country [65[65] Gondivkar SM, Sarode SC, Gadbail AR, Gondivkar RS, Chole R, Sarode GS. Bibliometric analysis of 100 most cited articles on oral submucous fibrosis. J Oral Pathol Med 2018; 47(8):781-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/jop.12742
https://doi.org/10.1111/jop.12742...
]. The geographic distribution of odontogenic tumors is changeable, fundamentally due to the high genetic and cultural diversity [66[66] Avelar RL, Antunes AA, de Santana Santos T, de Souza Andrade ES, Dourado E. Odontogenic tumors: clinical and pathology study of 238 cases. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2008; 74(5):668-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1808-8694(15)31375-6.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1808-8694(15)31...
]. The etiology is uncertain and the greater part of them develops without an observable cause [67[67] Mamabolo M, Noffke C, Raubenheimer E. Odontogenic tumours manifesting in the first two decades of life in a rural African population sample: a 26 year retrospective analysis. Dentomaxillofac Radiol 2011; 40(6):331-7. https://doi.org/10.1259/dmfr/54585925.
https://doi.org/10.1259/dmfr/54585925...
]. In this study, the USA had the highest number of publications and Brazil was the second most productive country. We thought that this might be due to the high number of patients presenting and genetic factors. Additionally, there are similar results in previous bibliometric analyses showing a higher contribution of the USA in articles [64[64] Ping L, Liu Y, Xue J, Liu Y, Chen JY, Li GF, et al. The 100 most-cited articles on aortic dissection. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2017; 17:30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-016-0426-9
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-016-0426-...
,68[68] Pena-Cristobal M, Diniz-Freitas M, Monteiro L, Dios PD, Warnakulasuriya S. The 100 most cited articles on oral cancer. J Oral Pathol Med 2018; 47(4):333-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/jop.12686
https://doi.org/10.1111/jop.12686...
,69[69] Jafarzadeh H, Sarraf Shirazi A, Andersson L. The most-cited articles in dental, oral, and maxillofacial traumatology during 64 years. Dent Traumatol 2015; 31(5):350-60. https://doi.org/10.1111/edt.12195
https://doi.org/10.1111/edt.12195...
]. The USA has a strong effect on health sciences, a higher number of researchers, and higher financial support for the researchers [70[70] Fenton JE, O'Connor A, Ullah I, Ahmed I, Shaikh M. Do citation classics in rhinology reflect utility rather than quality? Rhinology 2005; 43(3):221-4.].

Except for the Scopus database, other databases such as Web of Science, Google Scholar supplies the bibliometric information about the published articles. There are alterations in the citation numbers to any specific article as allocated by Web of Science, Google Scholar, and Scopus. Generally, Google Scholar and Scopus assign higher citation numbers than Web of Science [71[71] Kulkarni AV, Aziz B, Shams I, Busse JW. Comparisons of citations in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar for articles published in general medical journals. JAMA 2009; 302(10):1092-6. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1307
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1307...
]. Scopus also provides approximately 20% more coverage than Web of Science, whereas Google Scholar provides results of inconsistent certainty [72[72] Falagas ME, Pitsouni EI, Malietzis GA, Pappas G. Comparison of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar: strengths and weaknesses. FASEB J 2008; 22(2):338-42. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.07-9492LSF
https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.07-9492LSF...
]. Although the Web of Science is well known and accepted database by the scientific community but does not always involve citations from textbooks and journals published in another language apart from English [73[73] Ponce FA, Lozano AM. Highly cited works in neurosurgery. Part I: the 100 top-cited papers in neurosurgical journals. J Neurosurg 2010; 112(2):223-32. https://doi.org/10.3171/2009.12.JNS091599.
https://doi.org/10.3171/2009.12.JNS09159...
]. So we preferred using the Scopus database in this study for these advantages. However, there are some limitations to this study. As well as the Scopus advantages, other indexes such as Web of Science and Google Scholar can not be evaluated.

Conclusion

The present study will be the first bibliographic study on odontoma in the literature. The USA found to have a strong influence on research about odontoma, followed by Brazil. All researches were reported in English, and most of them were published in good quality journals. However, this bibliometric analysis allows the journals to determine their current management strategy. So, we believe that this study will shed light on the literature, and it will be useful.

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Academic Editors: Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti and Wilton Wilney Nascimento Padilha

Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    10 Feb 2020
  • Date of issue
    2020

History

  • Received
    14 Oct 2019
  • Accepted
    27 Nov 2019
  • Published
    03 Dec 2019
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