Oral health: global research performance under changing regional health burdens
- Objectives: Inadequate oral hygiene still leads to many serious diseases all over the world. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze scientific research in the field of oral health in order to be able to comprehend their relevant subject areas, research connections, or developments. Methods: This study aimed to assess the global publication output on oral hygiene to create a world map that provides background information on key players, trends, and incentives of research. For this purpose, established bibliometric parameters were combined with state-of-the-art visualization techniques. Results: This study shows the actual key players of research on oral hygiene in high-income economies with only marginal participation from lower economies. This still corresponds to the current burden situations, but they are more and more shifting to the disadvantage of the low-income countries. There is a clear North–South and West–East gradient, with the USA and the Western European nations being the most publishing nations on oral hygiene. As an emerging country, Brazil plays a role in the research. Conclusions: The scientific power players were concentrated in high-income countries. However, the changing epidemiological situation requires a different scientific approach to oral hygiene. This requires an expansion of the international network to meet the demands of future global oral health burdens, which are mainly related to oral hygiene.
Author: | Salim Ahmadi, Doris KlingelhöferORCiD, Christina ErbeORCiDGND, Fabian Christian HolzgreveORCiDGND, Jan David Alexander GronebergORCiDGND, Daniela Maren OhlendorfORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-613365 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115743 |
ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
Parent Title (English): | International journal of environmental research and public health |
Publisher: | MDPI AG |
Place of publication: | Basel |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2021/05/27 |
Date of first Publication: | 2021/05/27 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2021/07/05 |
Tag: | bibliometrics; oral health; oral health burden; publication output; socio-economic influences |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 11, art. 5743 |
Page Number: | 13 |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 13 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 484966987 |
Institutes: | Medizin |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Open-Access-Publikationsfonds: | Medizin |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 |