Objectives
The rapid production of a large volume of literature during the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak created a substantial burden for clinicians and scientists. Therefore, this manuscript aims to identify and describe the scientific literature addressing COVID-19 from a dental research perspective, in terms of the manuscript origin, research domain, study type, and level of evidence (LoE).
Materials and methods
Data were retrieved from Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed. A descriptive analysis of bibliographic data, collaboration network, and keyword co-occurrence analysis were performed. Articles were further classified according to the field of interest, main research question, type of study, and LoE.
Results
The present study identified 296 dental scientific COVID-19 original papers, published in 89 journals, and co-authored by 1331 individuals affiliated with 429 institutions from 53 countries. Although 81.4% were single-country papers, extensive collaboration a...mong the institutions of single countries (Italian, British, and Brazilian institutions) was observed. The main research areas were as follows: the potential use of saliva and other oral fluids as promising samples for COVID-19 testing, dental education, and guidelines for the prevention of COVID-19 transmission in dental practice. The majority of articles were narrative reviews, cross-sectional studies, and short communications. The overall LoE in the analyzed dental literature was low, with only two systematic reviews with the highest LoE I.
Conclusion
The dental literature on the COVID-19 pandemic does not provide data relevant to the evidence-based decision-making process. Future studies with a high LoE are essential to gain precise knowledge on COVID-19 infection within the various fields of Dentistry.
Clinical relevance
The published dental literature on COVID-19 consists principally of articles with a low level of scientific evidence which do not provide sufficient reliable high-quality evidence that is essential for decision making in clinical dental practice.
TY - JOUR
AU - Jaćimović, Jelena
AU - Jakovljević, Aleksandar
AU - Nagendrababu, Venkateshbabu
AU - Duncan, Henry F.
AU - Dummer, Paul
PY - 2021
UR - https://smile.stomf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2575
AB - Objectives
The rapid production of a large volume of literature during the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak created a substantial burden for clinicians and scientists. Therefore, this manuscript aims to identify and describe the scientific literature addressing COVID-19 from a dental research perspective, in terms of the manuscript origin, research domain, study type, and level of evidence (LoE).
Materials and methods
Data were retrieved from Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed. A descriptive analysis of bibliographic data, collaboration network, and keyword co-occurrence analysis were performed. Articles were further classified according to the field of interest, main research question, type of study, and LoE.
Results
The present study identified 296 dental scientific COVID-19 original papers, published in 89 journals, and co-authored by 1331 individuals affiliated with 429 institutions from 53 countries. Although 81.4% were single-country papers, extensive collaboration among the institutions of single countries (Italian, British, and Brazilian institutions) was observed. The main research areas were as follows: the potential use of saliva and other oral fluids as promising samples for COVID-19 testing, dental education, and guidelines for the prevention of COVID-19 transmission in dental practice. The majority of articles were narrative reviews, cross-sectional studies, and short communications. The overall LoE in the analyzed dental literature was low, with only two systematic reviews with the highest LoE I.
Conclusion
The dental literature on the COVID-19 pandemic does not provide data relevant to the evidence-based decision-making process. Future studies with a high LoE are essential to gain precise knowledge on COVID-19 infection within the various fields of Dentistry.
Clinical relevance
The published dental literature on COVID-19 consists principally of articles with a low level of scientific evidence which do not provide sufficient reliable high-quality evidence that is essential for decision making in clinical dental practice.
PB - Springer
T2 - Clinical Oral Investigations
T1 - A bibliometric analysis of the dental scientific literature on COVID-19
DO - 10.1007/s00784-021-03916-6
ER -
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author = "Jaćimović, Jelena and Jakovljević, Aleksandar and Nagendrababu, Venkateshbabu and Duncan, Henry F. and Dummer, Paul",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Objectives
The rapid production of a large volume of literature during the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak created a substantial burden for clinicians and scientists. Therefore, this manuscript aims to identify and describe the scientific literature addressing COVID-19 from a dental research perspective, in terms of the manuscript origin, research domain, study type, and level of evidence (LoE).
Materials and methods
Data were retrieved from Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed. A descriptive analysis of bibliographic data, collaboration network, and keyword co-occurrence analysis were performed. Articles were further classified according to the field of interest, main research question, type of study, and LoE.
Results
The present study identified 296 dental scientific COVID-19 original papers, published in 89 journals, and co-authored by 1331 individuals affiliated with 429 institutions from 53 countries. Although 81.4% were single-country papers, extensive collaboration among the institutions of single countries (Italian, British, and Brazilian institutions) was observed. The main research areas were as follows: the potential use of saliva and other oral fluids as promising samples for COVID-19 testing, dental education, and guidelines for the prevention of COVID-19 transmission in dental practice. The majority of articles were narrative reviews, cross-sectional studies, and short communications. The overall LoE in the analyzed dental literature was low, with only two systematic reviews with the highest LoE I.
Conclusion
The dental literature on the COVID-19 pandemic does not provide data relevant to the evidence-based decision-making process. Future studies with a high LoE are essential to gain precise knowledge on COVID-19 infection within the various fields of Dentistry.
Clinical relevance
The published dental literature on COVID-19 consists principally of articles with a low level of scientific evidence which do not provide sufficient reliable high-quality evidence that is essential for decision making in clinical dental practice.",
publisher = "Springer",
journal = "Clinical Oral Investigations",
title = "A bibliometric analysis of the dental scientific literature on COVID-19",
doi = "10.1007/s00784-021-03916-6"
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Jaćimović, J., Jakovljević, A., Nagendrababu, V., Duncan, H. F.,& Dummer, P.. (2021). A bibliometric analysis of the dental scientific literature on COVID-19. in Clinical Oral Investigations
Springer..
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-021-03916-6
Jaćimović J, Jakovljević A, Nagendrababu V, Duncan HF, Dummer P. A bibliometric analysis of the dental scientific literature on COVID-19. in Clinical Oral Investigations. 2021;.
doi:10.1007/s00784-021-03916-6 .
Jaćimović, Jelena, Jakovljević, Aleksandar, Nagendrababu, Venkateshbabu, Duncan, Henry F., Dummer, Paul, "A bibliometric analysis of the dental scientific literature on COVID-19" in Clinical Oral Investigations (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-021-03916-6 . .
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