title: World dental research production: an ISI database approach (1999-2003).
abstract: The objective of this study was to obtain a geographic world map of scientific production in dentistry by analysing published papers. Articles and reviews in the Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine category published from 1999 to 2003 were accessed through the ISI database. The data were analyzed quantitatively (number of documents, number of researchers, productivity, interannual variation rate and relative specialization index), qualitatively (weighted impact factor, relative impact factor, citation rate per document and top 5 publications) and socioeconomically (number of documents per inhabitant and per dentist and in relation to the country's GDP). The USA, UK, Japan and Scandinavian countries were found to be the most productive countries (number of publications). Publications from Scandinavian countries were also of high quality as measured by Impact Factor and Citation Rate, while the UK had one of the highest productivity rates (number of documents per researcher).
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, Granada University, Spain. jagil@ugr.es
authors.forename: Jose Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gil-Montoya
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Navarrete-Cortes
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pulgar
authors.forename: Samaly
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Santa
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moya-Anegón
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D019992:Databases as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018865:Dental Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003813:Dentistry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004282:Documentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce