Global Dental Research Productivity and Its Association With Human Development, Gross National Income, and Political Stability.

Allareddy, Veerasathpurush; Allareddy, Veeratrishul; Rampa, Sankeerth; Nalliah, Romesh P; Elangovan, Satheesh

Allareddy, Veerasathpurush; Allareddy, Veeratrishul; Rampa, Sankeerth; Nalliah, Romesh P; Elangovan, Satheesh.

Afiliação

Allareddy V; Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. Electronic address: Veerasathpurush-Allareddy@uiowa.edu.
Allareddy V; Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Oral Medicine, College of Dentistry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Rampa S; College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Nalliah RP; Office of Global Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Elangovan S; Departments of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.

J Evid Based Dent Pract ; 15(3): 90-6, 2015 Sep.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26337576

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to examine the associations between country level factors (such as human development, economic productivity, and political stability) and their dental research productivity. METHODS: This study is a cross-sectional analysis of bibliometric data from Scopus search engine. Human Development Index (HDI), Gross National Income per capita (GNI), and Failed State Index measures were the independent variables. Outcomes were "Total number of publications (articles or articles in press) in the field of dentistry" and "Total number of publications in the field of dentistry per million population." Non-parametric tests were used to examine the association between the independent and outcome variables. RESULTS: During the year 2013, a total of 11,952 dental research articles were published across the world. The top 5 publishing countries were United States, Brazil, India, Japan, and United Kingdom. "Very High" HDI countries had significantly higher number of total dental research articles and dental research articles per million population when compared to the "High HDI," "Medium HDI," and "Low HDI" countries (p < 0.0001). There was a significant linear relationship between the GNI quartile income levels and outcome metrics (p ≤ 0.007). Countries which were highly politically stable were associated with significantly higher dental research productivity (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: There appears to be a regional concentration of articles with just five countries contributing to over 50% of all articles. The human development and economic development of a country are linearly correlated with dental research productivity. Dental research productivity also increases with increasing political stability of a country.

Assuntos

Bibliometria; Pesquisa em Odontologia/estatística & dados numéricos; Produto Interno Bruto/estatística & dados numéricos; Desenvolvimento Humano; Política; Brasil; Estudos Transversais; Desenvolvimento Econômico; Humanos; Renda; Índia; Internacionalidade; Japão; Reino Unido; Estados Unidos

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Bibliometrics; Dental research; Global research; Human development; Journal metrics; Journal publishing; Political stability

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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Política / Bibliometria / Pesquisa em Odontologia / Produto Interno Bruto / Desenvolvimento Humano Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Structured_summary_of_systematic_review Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do norte / America do sul / Asia / Brasil / Europa Idioma: En Revista: J Evid Based Dent Pract Assunto da revista: ODONTOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Estados Unidos

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