Core Journal Analysis of the Literature in the Field of Prosthodontics: A Bibliometric Study

Abstract

This study analyzes the data in the field of Prosthodontics and used the bibliometric technique i.e. Bradford’s Law of Scattering to identify the core journals. The literatures in the field of Prosthodontics in the MEDLINE data which is covered in the PubMed are considered. This study is framed to identify the core journals and its subject-wise coverage of journals and country of publication in the discipline of Prosthodontics. A total of 41524 records covered in the field of Prosthodontics in the study period i.e. from the year 2010 to 2019. It is found that a total of 62.03% of records are journal articles. Sixty-Three journals in the Zone-1 and Zone-2 were identified as core journals in the field of Prosthodontics. It is also found that the United States published 20 core journals out of 63 core journals in the field of Prosthodontics. The United States is dominated in the first position in the study of core journal analysis and followed by the countries i.e. England, Germany, China, India, Brazil, etc. The most frequently cited journal articles are published in the Dentistry subject journals; followed by Prosthodontics subject journals, Oral & Maxillofacial Implants subject journals, etc.