The top 50 most‐cited articles published in the International Endodontic Journal

Abstract

Aim

To analyze the main characteristics of the top 50 most‐cited articles published in the International Endodontic Journal from 1967 to 2018.

Methodology

The Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science "All Databases", Elsevier's Scopus, Google Scholar and PubMed Central were searched to retrieve the 50 most‐cited articles in the IEJ published from April 1967 to December 2018. The articles were analyzed and information including number of citations, year of publication, contributing authors, institutions and countries, study design, study topic, impact factor, and keywords was extracted.

Results

The number of citations of the 50 selected papers varied from 575 to 130 (Web of Science), 656 to164 (Elsevier's Scopus), 1354 to 199 (Google Scholar), and 123 to 3 (PubMed). The majority of papers were published in the year 2001 (n=7). Among 102 authors, the greatest contribution was made by four contributors that included Gulabivala K (n=4), Ng YL (n=4), Pitt Ford TR (n=4) and Wesselink PR (n=4). The majority of papers originated from the United Kingdom (n=8) with most contributions from King's College London Dental Institute (UK) and Eastman Dental Hospital, London. Reviews were the most common study design (n=19) followed by Clinical Research (n=16) and Basic Research (n=15). The majority of topics covered by the most‐cited articles were Outcome Studies (n=9), Intracanal medicaments (n=8), Endodontic microbiology (n=7) and Canal instrumentation (n=7). Among 76 unique key words, Endodontics (n=7), Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) (n=7) and Root Canal Treatment (n=7) were the most frequently used.

Conclusion

This is the first study to identify and analyze the top 50 most‐cited articles in a specific professional journal within Dentistry. The analysis has revealed information regarding the development of the IEJ over time as well as scientific progress in the field of Endodontology.

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