Top 100 cited publications in the field of third molar surgery: A bibliometric analysis - 01/08/22

Doi : 10.1016/j.jormas.2022.07.007

Saulo Gabriel Moreira Falci ^a,^⁎ , Marco Túllio Becheleni Ávila Guimarães ^a, Essam Ahmed Al-Moraissi ^b, Parsa Firoozi ^c,^d, Endi Lanza Galvão ^a
^a Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Dentistry, Faculty of Biological Science and Health, Federal University of Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, Brazil
^b Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Thamar University, Thamar, Yemen
^c Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
^d Student Research Committee, School of Dentistry, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran

^⁎Corresponding author at: Dentistry - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, UFVJM: Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Rua da Glória, 187, 160, Diamantina, MG 39100-000, Brazil.Dentistry - Oral & Maxillofacial SurgeryUFVJM: Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e MucuriRua da Glória, 187, 160DiamantinaMG39100-000Brazil

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aimed to identify and rank the top 100 cited papers related to third molar surgery

Methods

This bibliometric analysis was performed through the Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science database intended to find the top 100 most cited papers. The search was conducted on 18^th November 2021 with MeSH terms related to the third molar surgery. Extracted Data included title, main author, institution, publication year, a total of citations, citation average per year, country, the journal paper was published, journal impact factor, the number of citations of the three most-cited journals, study design, and field related to third molar surgery

Results

The top-cited paper was a retrospective cohort related to complications after the third molars surgery, published in 2003 in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. The total number of citations was 9026. Thirty-nine percent of the papers included were randomized clinical trials. The USA is the main country responsible for the best publications in the field of third molar surgery. European researchers had the main expressive citation score, and “surgery” related to the third molar was the most critical field of research

Conclusions

1) The United States of America was the leading country that contributed to third molar field research 2) The Universities of Barcelona and the University of North Carolina were the most productive institutions regarding this research field; 3) Complications after third molar surgery was the most researched field. Compared to the other fields in dentistry such as Oral pathology and Cariology, the number of citations regarding third molar surgery was low.

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Keywords : Molar, Third, Surgery, Oral, Maxillofacial surgery, Exodontics, Bibliometrics