Pemphigus and pemphigoid research by dermatologists and stomatologists: A scientometric and comparative study

Shanxin Zhou; Qianqian Zhang; Yiwen Deng; Zhengyu Shen; Wei Liu

Journal of Dental Sciences (Oct 2023)

Pemphigus and pemphigoid research by dermatologists and stomatologists: A scientometric and comparative study

Shanxin Zhou,
Qianqian Zhang,
Yiwen Deng,
Zhengyu Shen,
Wei Liu

Affiliations

Shanxin Zhou: Department of Stomatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Zhejiang, China
Qianqian Zhang: Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National Center for Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Shanghai, China
Yiwen Deng: Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National Center for Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Shanghai, China
Zhengyu Shen: Department of Dermatology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Corresponding author. Department of Dermatology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, 639 Zhizaoju Road, Shanghai 200011, China.
Wei Liu: Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National Center for Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Shanghai, China; Corresponding author. Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, 500 Quxi Road, Shanghai 200011, China.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 4
pp. 1510 – 1516

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Background/purpose: Pemphigus and pemphigoid are systemic bullous autoimmune diseases affecting skin and/or mucosal membranes with the life-threatening nature, especially pemphigus vulgaris. The papers published by dermatologists and stomatologists preferentially represent their concerns of a mucocutaneous disease. Materials and methods: The objective of this study was to compare the scientometric characteristics of pemphigus and pemphigoid publications by dermatologists and stomatologists in the Scopus database. Results: There are 9276 and 760 papers published by dermatologists and stomatologists, respectively. The annual number of the publications by dermatologists stably raised from 218 to 526 during 2007–2022; while the number by stomatologists raised with a small amount from 18 to 51 during this period. For the most-cited top-200 papers, the total citation count is 42,766 and the h index is 148 for pemphigus publications by dermatologists; whereas the count is 14,689 and h index is 63 for publications by stomatologists. Notably, first signs of pemphigus often appear in oral mucosa, manifesting as erythema, blisters, as well as mouth ulcer, gingivitis, lichen planus-like pemphigus. Conclusion: This study firstly reports the scientometric characteristics of pemphigus publications by dermatologists and stomatologists. The scale and citations of dermatologists' publications greatly outweigh stomatologists’ ones, suggesting stomatologists can learn from and more cooperate with dermatologists regarding pemphigus research.

Published in Journal of Dental Sciences

ISSN: 1991-7902 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Taiwan, Province of China
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-dental-sciences/

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