Brazilian Dental Science

Top Research Topics at Brazilian dental science?

Brazilian dental science primarily tackles Dentistry, Composite material, Orthodontics, Composite number and Bond strength. While Brazilian dental science focused on Dentistry, it was also able to explore topics like Significant difference and Radiography. Topics like Ceramic, Universal testing machine and Flexural strength are tackled as part of the discussions on Composite material.

Bond strength research presented falls under the umbrella topic of Adhesive.

• Dentistry (25.97%)
• Composite material (11.64%)
• Orthodontics (10.13%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Durable bonds at the adhesive/dentin interface: an impossible mission or simply a moving target? (48 citations)
• Escola: um espaço importante de informação em saúde bucal para a população infantil (25 citations)
• Agentes antimicrobianos e seu potencial de uso na Odontologia (24 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Brazilian dental science:

The most cited publications explore disciplines such as Dentistry, Placebo, Propolis, Randomized controlled trial and Chlorhexidine. The most cited papers link adjacent topics like Dentistry with Orthodontics. The works on Propolis tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Gingivitis and Clinical trial.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Internal medicine
• Surgery
• Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Brazilian dental science mostly deals with topics like Dentistry, Composite material, Orthodontics, Ceramic and Significant difference. Issues in Dentistry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Patient satisfaction, Clinical trial and Statistical significance. The work on Patient satisfaction tackled in Brazilian dental science brings together disciplines like Randomized controlled trial and Implant.

The presented Orthodontics research focuses mostly on Sagittal plane and, on occasion, topics in Mandible. While Ceramic is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Dentin, Veneer, Stress (mechanics), Laser and Hydrofluoric acid. Brazilian dental science deals with Significant difference in conjunction with Clinical evaluation and similar fields in Anterior teeth.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Surgical and Prosthetic Outcomes of 967 Implants Under Immediate or Delayed Loading in Full-Arch Rehabilitation: a Retrospective Study With up To 5 Years of Follow-Up (1 citations)
• Estimation of salivary ferritin in children with childhood caries – a cross sectional study (1 citations)
• Standardized Approach in Leakage Studies: Sealing Ability of Endodontic Sealers (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Brazilian dental science (based on the number of publications) are:

• Sérgio Eduardo de Paiva Gonçalves (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Marco Antonio Bottino (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Antonio Olavo Cardoso Jorge (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Ivan Balducci (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Alexandre Luiz Souto Borges (24 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Brazilian dental science (based on the number of publications) are:

• Sao Paulo State University (334 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 15 less than at the previous edition,
• University of São Paulo (105 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• State University of Campinas (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Zurich (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Ain Shams University (18 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 20.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 42.19% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.94% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.50% of all publications and 34.38% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.