A scientometric and comparative study of Sjogren's syndrome research by rheumatologists and stomatologists

Zuohao Zhang; Hanyi Zhu; Zhenhu Ren; Huan Shi; Wei Liu

Journal of Dental Sciences (Jul 2024)

A scientometric and comparative study of Sjogren's syndrome research by rheumatologists and stomatologists

Zuohao Zhang,
Hanyi Zhu,
Zhenhu Ren,
Huan Shi,
Wei Liu

Affiliations

Zuohao Zhang: Department of Periodontology and Oral Mucosa, Changsha Stomatological Hospital, School of Dental Medicine, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China
Hanyi Zhu: 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; Department of Oral Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Zhenhu Ren: 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; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial-Head and Neck Oncology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Huan Shi: 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; Department of Oral Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Corresponding author. Department of Oral Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, 500 Quxi Road, Shanghai 200011, China.
Wei Liu: 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; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial-Head and Neck Oncology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Corresponding author. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial-Head and Neck Oncology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, 639 Zhizao Road, Shanghai 200011, China.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 3
pp. 1499 – 1505

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Background/purpose: The diagnosis and treatment of Sjogren's syndrome (SS) are commonly conducted by rheumatologists and stomatologists. The purpose of this study was to compare the scientometric characteristics of SS publications by rheumatologists and stomatologists. Materials and methods: All the papers on cheilitis were comprehensively retrieved from the Scopus database, and divided into rheumatologists and stomatologists groups. Results: There were 3245 and 1209 papers on SS were published by rheumatologists and stomatologists, respectively. For the most-cited top-200 papers, the total citation count was 29,764 and the h index was 108 for SS publications by rheumatologists; whereas the count is 19,891 and h index is 81 for publications by stomatologists. Interestingly, we observed that accumulated citations of the publications by stomatologists cooperated with rheumatologists were larger than those by stomatologists alone during 2012–2022. The more common keywords such as saliva, salivation, minor salivary glands, parotid gland, submandibular gland, sialography, lip, dental caries, and hyposalivation were reported by stomatologists. The more frequent keywords such as rheumatoid factor, fatigue, lymphoma, interstitial lung disease, arthralgia, Raynaud phenomenon, lymphadenopathy, and vasculitis were reported by rheumatologists. Conclusion: This study firstly reports the scientometric characteristics of SS publications by rheumatologists and stomatologists. The scale and citations of rheumatologists' publications greatly outweigh those of stomatologists, suggesting stomatologists can cooperate more with rheumatologists regarding SS 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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