Bibliometric analysis of the Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry from 2014 to 2020

Abstract

Background: The scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research, bibliometric methods are used to evaluate the standard of journal. Objective: The objective of the study is to analyze the publication trends of articles in the Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry (JIAPHD) over a period of 7 years from 2014 to 2020 (till Vol 18, Issue 2) and describe quantitatively the number of articles published in each issue, type of articles, and place of the institution and to assess the quality of the journal and compare that with bibliometric analysis of JIAPHD from 2002 to 2013. Methodology: A retrospective observational study was conducted, and all issues of JIAPHD were electronically searched for the parameters: study design, area of interest of research, state/college where research was conducted, authorship pattern, source of articles published each year, changing study trends, and publication bias and compared with bibliometric analysis of JIAPHD from 2002 to 2013. Results: Total 411 articles were retrieved and compared to 676 articles of previous bibliometric analysis, of which 430 articles from 2002-2013 issues and 344 from 2014 to 2020 issues were descriptive studies,341 and 352 articles were questionnaire studies, 420 and 340 articles were from South zone respectively. Conclusion: Fields such as descriptive, analytical, experimental, laboratory research studies, letter to editor dominated the publications; participation from East zone was also visible; studies with non-significant results were also improved in the present analysis.

Keywords

• bibliometric analysis
• public health dentistry
• study designs
• trends