Research Contribution of Indian Dental Scientists During 2010-2019: A Scientometric Analysis

Abstract

The paper focuses on the growth and development of dental science literature in India through publication analysis during 2010-2019 in dental science or dentistry in India. The total number of 12,830 research articles downloaded from Scopus along with 57,793 citations with h-index 55. The aim of the study is to find out core authors and productive journals in the field. The visualization trend, keyword growth analysis and authorship study made using SciMAT and bibliometrix R. The findings of the study revealed that Indian dental scientist published nearly 64% of their articles in top twenty reputed journals in dental science. A few of them are Indian Journal of Dental Research with (9.66%), Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology (6.96%) and Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery (6.33%). Department of Periodontics, College of Dental Sciences; Karnataka published the highest number of articles (n=24). The relative growth (RG) rate, doubling time (Dt) and citation pattern were calculated to show the growth rate. The study found that Bradford’s law on journal productivity does not fit into the dental science research in India.

Keywords: Research Contribution; Dental Sciences; Dentist; Bradford’s Law, SciMAT; Bibliometrix R, Relative Growth, Doubling Time, Citation Distribution.