A bibliometric analysis of orthodontics articles in periodical dentistry journals in Turkey

The aim of this study was to make a bibliometric analysis of orthodontics articles in national periodical dentistry journals in last 15 years. In this study, orthodontics articles in periodical journals of dentistry faculties in Turkey, Turkish Journal of Orthodontics (TJO) and Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Dental Sciences of the years 2005-2019 were analysed in a bibliometric way. It was determined that almost half of the orthodontics articles had been published in TJO and the highest number in the distribution of the total number of articles by years was in 2010-2014. When the articles were examined in terms of genre, it was seen that the articles were published as original research the most and case report the least in all journals. When the articles were examined in terms of title of the responsible author, it was determined that while the ratio of authors whose titles were Assoc. Prof. and DDS. was lower, the ratio of authors whose titles were Asst. Dr. was higher in articles published in TJO. It was identified that the universities which contributed to the orthodontics articles the most were Gazi University, Ankara University and Hacettepe University and the authors who published the most were from India, the USA, Azerbaijan and Brazil succeeding Turkey. When the total number of orthodontics articles were examined by years, it was seen that the number of orthodontics articles increased as the years increased. It was determined that the departments which study the most with orthodontics were oral and maxillofacial surgery, pedodontics and prosthodontics in interdepartmental multidisciplinarity and in articles in TJO between orthodontists prefer studying with the orthodontists from different institutions. As a result, a bibliometric analysis of national and international orthodontics articles are needed in order to examine the essays in the field of orthodontics in terms of different characteristics.