A bibliometric analysis of the dental scientific literature on COVID-19.

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 scient

SUBMITTER: Jacimovic J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8022306 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature