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Journal of Dental Education

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 613 14 30 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 66
Documents by Best Scientists*: 95
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 83
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.496
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Dental Education?

Journal of Dental Education is organized to address concerns in the fields of Medical education, Dental education, Curriculum, Family medicine and Dentistry. Topics in Medical education were tackled in line with various other fields like Pedagogy, MEDLINE, Nursing, Higher education and Response rate (survey). The journal connects the study in Nursing with the closely related area of Health care.

While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Higher education, it also covered topics in Professional development and Curriculum development. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Curriculum as it also encompasses Teaching method. The in-depth study on Dentistry also explores topics in the intersecting field of Orthodontics.

  • Medical education (40.84%)
  • Dental education (17.33%)
  • Curriculum (16.07%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Development of the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (764 citations)
  • Understanding peri-implant endosseous healing. (761 citations)
  • Pain and the neuromatrix in the brain. (513 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Dental Education:

The journal papers facilitate discussions on Medical education, Curriculum, Dentistry, MEDLINE and Family medicine. The most cited articles facilitate discussions on Medical education that incorporate concepts from other fields like Nursing, Higher education and Teaching method. While work presented in the journal papers provide substantial information on Curriculum, it also covers topics in Graduation, Health care, Program evaluation and Problem-based learning.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Law
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily tackles Medical education, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), MEDLINE, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. Dental education is a focus of the presented Medical education works and it dives deep in Dental education. Journal of Dental Education focused on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) research but expanded to cover Family medicine.

MEDLINE study tackled is connected to the field of Medical physics. Journal of Dental Education addresses concerns in Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Virology and Medical emergency.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Student perceptions of distance learning strategies during COVID-19. (27 citations)
  • In an era of uncertainty: Impact of COVID-19 on dental education. (20 citations)
  • A nationwide survey of online teaching strategies in dental education in China (16 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 Journal of Dental Education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Richard W. Valachovic (101 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nadeem Y. Karimbux (59 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marita R. Inglehart (55 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • David W Chambers (53 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Lisa A. Tedesco (49 papers) absent at the last 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 Journal of Dental Education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Michigan (204 papers) published 29 papers at the last edition, 22 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (144 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 13 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Iowa (134 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (131 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • American Dental Education Association (126 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 9 less 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, 4.19% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.99% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.08% of all publications and 38.82% 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.

Careers in Dental Education

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The field of dental education is expanding and evolving, with an increasing focus on interdisciplinary approaches. By choosing a career in this area, you'll be part of an important effort to improve oral health and overall well-being.

Top Publications

  • YouTube use among dental students for learning clinical procedures: A multi‐institutional study

    (2020)
    66 Citations
  • ADEA-ADEE Shaping the Future of Dental Education III: Assessment in competency-based dental education: Ways forward.

    Ingrid Tonni;Cynthia C Gadbury-Amyot;Marjan Govaerts;Olle Ten Cate

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Sense of belonging predicts persistence intentions among diverse dental education students: A multi-institutional investigation.

    Terrell L. Strayhorn

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Exploring predoctoral dental student use of YouTube as a learning tool for clinical endodontic procedures

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Attaining interprofessional competencies by connecting oral health to overall health

    Judith Haber;Erin Hartnett;Jessamin Cipollina;Kenneth Allen

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Assessing the pipeline: Perceived barriers to applying to dental school among pipeline program alumni

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • A 3-year quantitative evaluation of interprofessional team-based clinical education at an Australian dental school.

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Visual interpretation of panoramic radiographs in dental students using eye‐tracking technology

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • Junior faculty perspectives on the academic environment: A call for development and onboarding

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • The association of dental education with pediatric Medicaid participation.

    Leighton Ku;Xinxin Han;Candice Chen;Marko Vujicic

    (2021)
    5 Citations

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