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Clinical Oral Investigations
H-index 40

Clinical Oral Investigations

1432-6981

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/784

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 559 74 268 33

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 276
Documents by Best Scientists*: 603
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 108
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.983
Impact Factor: 3.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Clinical Oral Investigations?

The journal primarily tackles Dentistry, Internal medicine, Orthodontics, Molar and Randomized controlled trial. The Dentistry works featured in Clinical Oral Investigations incorporate elements from Clinical trial and Implant. While Internal medicine is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology.

The research on Orthodontics discussed in Clinical Oral Investigations draws on the closely related field of Cone beam computed tomography. It explores research in Dentin and the adjacent study of Adhesive. The majority of Adhesive studies are focused on the issues of Bond strength.

The featured Bond strength research is covered under the field of Composite material.

  • Dentistry (44.46%)
  • Internal medicine (12.42%)
  • Orthodontics (10.87%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • State-of-the-art on cone beam CT imaging for preoperative planning of implant placement. (297 citations)
  • Basic Erosive Wear Examination (BEWE): a new scoring system for scientific and clinical needs (284 citations)
  • In vitro and in vivo studies on the toxicity of dental resin components: a review (271 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Clinical Oral Investigations:

The most cited papers primarily focus on research topics in Dentistry, Orthodontics, Composite material, Molar and Enamel paint. Issues in Dentistry were discussed in the published articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Randomized controlled trial and Implant. The Composite material research presented in the published papers places emphasis on topics like Composite number, Bond strength, Ceramic and Curing (chemistry).

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:

Dentistry, Internal medicine, Orthodontics, Periodontitis and Randomized controlled trial are the subjects of interest in the journal. The journal facilitates discussions on Dentistry that incorporate concepts from other fields like Clinical trial, Implant and Clinical significance. The studies in Saliva under the umbrella field of Internal medicine overlap with concepts in In patient.

The Orthodontics study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Cone beam computed tomography. Periodontitis research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Bleeding on probing. Randomized controlled trial study tackled is connected to the field of Meta-analysis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Effectiveness of a nutraceutical agent in the non-surgical periodontal therapy: a randomized, controlled clinical trial (46 citations)
  • Efficacy of platelet-rich fibrin compared with triamcinolone acetonide as injective therapy in the treatment of symptomatic oral lichen planus: a pilot study. (18 citations)
  • Artificial intelligence-driven novel tool for tooth detection and segmentation on panoramic radiographs (14 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.

The top authors publishing in Clinical Oral Investigations (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Anton Sculean (101 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Gottfried Schmalz (67 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Reinhard Hickel (54 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Adrian Lussi (52 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Thomas Attin (51 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Clinical Oral Investigations (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Bern (228 papers) published 43 papers at the last edition, 18 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of São Paulo (205 papers) published 58 papers at the last edition, 34 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (181 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sao Paulo State University (134 papers) published 31 papers at the last edition, 21 more than at the previous edition,
  • State University of Campinas (116 papers) published 39 papers at the last edition, 22 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, 3.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.51% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.26% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.93% of all publications and 51.29% 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.

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Top Publications

  • Is the oral cavity relevant in SARS-CoV-2 pandemic?

    David Herrera;Jorge Serrano;Silvia Roldán;Mariano Sanz

    (2020)
    226 Citations
  • Secondary caries: what is it, and how it can be controlled, detected, and managed?

    Haitham Askar;Joachim Krois;Gerd Göstemeyer;Peter Bottenberg

    (2020)
    130 Citations
  • Artificial intelligence-driven novel tool for tooth detection and segmentation on panoramic radiographs

    André Ferreira Leite;André Ferreira Leite;Adriaan Van Gerven;Holger Willems;Thomas Beznik

    (2021)
    127 Citations
  • Use of platelet-rich fibrin for the treatment of periodontal intrabony defects: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Richard J. Miron;Vittorio Moraschini;Masako Fujioka-Kobayashi;Yufeng Zhang

    (2021)
    124 Citations
  • Deep learning for cephalometric landmark detection: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Falk Schwendicke;Akhilanand Chaurasia;Lubaina Arsiwala;Jae-Hong Lee

    (2021)
    105 Citations
  • Intraoral scanning reduces procedure time and improves patient comfort in fixed prosthodontics and implant dentistry: a systematic review.

    Rafael Siqueira;Matthew Galli;Zhaozhao Chen;Gustavo Mendonça

    (2021)
    103 Citations
  • The clinical association between Periodontitis and COVID-19.

    Shipra Gupta;Ritin Mohindra;Mohita Singla;Sagar Khera

    (2021)
    80 Citations
  • Use of platelet-rich fibrin for the treatment of gingival recessions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Richard J. Miron;Vittorio Moraschini;Massimo Del Fabbro;Adriano Piattelli;Adriano Piattelli

    (2020)
    78 Citations
  • The assessment of stress, depression, and inflammation as a collective risk factor for periodontal diseases: a systematic review.

    Ann Decker;Houssam Askar;Mustafa Tattan;Russell Taichman

    (2020)
    69 Citations
  • Comparison of platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) produced using 3 commercially available centrifuges at both high (~ 700 g) and low (~ 200 g) relative centrifugation forces

    Richard J Miron;Richard J Miron;Hudi Xu;Jihua Chai;Jiaolong Wang

    (2020)
    67 Citations

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