Research Article

Bibliometric Analysis of Turkey-Affiliated International Publications in Pediatric Dentistry Using RStudio Package: A Cross-Sectional Research

Volume: 28 Number: 2 June 30, 2025
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Bibliometric Analysis of Turkey-Affiliated International Publications in Pediatric Dentistry Using RStudio Package: A Cross-Sectional Research

Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to perform a bibliometric analysis of studies published in international journals affiliated with Turkey in the field of pediatric dentistry and to determine the position of Turkish Pediatric Dentistry at the international level. Materials and Methods: The research was conducted using the 'Web of Science' and 'Scopus' databases. The search was performed by entering the following terms into the databases: 'pediatric dentistry' OR 'paediatric dentistry' OR 'pedodontics' and 'children' AND ('dentistry' OR 'teeth' OR 'tooth' OR 'dental' OR 'caries' OR 'oral health' OR 'oral hygiene'). Subsequently, publications were filtered by selecting 'Turkey' on a country basis. Using the 'bibliometrix' package in RStudio, data obtained from the two databases were merged. The analysis included a total of 1,949 publications. The identified publications were evaluated based on publication years, journals in which they were published, citation counts, authors, affiliated institutions, and preferred keywords. Analyses and visualizations from package in RStudio were utilized. Results: Turkey's international collaboration rate is 5%. The United States emerges as the most frequent collaboration partner, with the journal Dental Traumatology standing out among the sources. Hacettepe University is the most productive institution, with 390 publications. The thematic map reveals that 'pulpotomy,' 'mineral trioxide aggregate,' 'fluoride,' and 'remineralization' are the most actively researched topics. Conclusions: Based on data from the Web of Science and Scopus databases, there has been a significant scientific productivity in the field of Turkish Pediatric Dentistry between 1984 and 2024. In future studies, the comprehensiveness of the results can be expanded by analyzing different databases.

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Ethical Statement

Since it is a document review study and not a study conducted on animals or humans, ethics committee approval is not required.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Paedodontics

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 30, 2025

Submission Date

January 19, 2025

Acceptance Date

March 1, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 28 Number: 2

EndNote
Taşdemir T, Tassoker M (June 1, 2025) Bibliometric Analysis of Turkey-Affiliated International Publications in Pediatric Dentistry Using RStudio Package: A Cross-Sectional Research. Cumhuriyet Dental Journal 28 2 199–209.

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