title: A bibliometric analysis of two PubMed-indexed high-impact factor endodontic journals: A comparison of India with other countries.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study was conducted with an aim to determine the number and trends of published articles in the International Endodontic Journal (IEJ) and Journal of Endodontics (JOE) from 2009 to 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective observational study was conducted for IEJ and JOE.
  
  
  METHODS
  All issues of IEJ and JOE were electronically and hand searched for the following parameters: Amount of papers, publication year, affiliated organizations, and countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data were organized and analyzed using software SPSS version 21.0; descriptive statistics was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 872 articles were analyzed in the IEJ and JOE with 1606 papers. Brazil had the largest number of articles (170) mainly in IEJ, and the USA (350) in JOE. Indians published more of their research in JOE than IEJ.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Original articles in endodontic publication from different universities in India have considerably increased, showing that research is becoming more important.
authors: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, S'O'A University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
authors: Lora
authors: L
authors: Mishra
authors: Department of Conservative Dentisty and Enodontics, Institute of Dental Scienes, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
authors: Prajna
authors: P
authors: Pattnaik
authors: Department of Periodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, S'O'A University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
authors: Manoj
authors: M
authors: Kumar
authors: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, S'O'A University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
authors: Sonia
authors: S
authors: Aggarwal
authors: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Scienes, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
authors: Satya Ranjan
authors: SR
authors: Misra
keywords: Bibliometry; Scientometric; endodontics; impact factor