EXPLORING THE PROSTHODONTIC PUBLICATIONS AND AUTHORSHIP CHARACTERISTICS FROM INDIAN INSTITUTIONS IN FOUR MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PROSTHODONTIC JOURNALS- A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TEN-YEAR PERIOD
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 44
Abstract
BACKGROUND Over the past decade, several studies have evaluated the quantity and quality of biomedical research publications produced around the world. Specific bibliometric analyses have been conducted on published research in several biomedical fields. However, there has been limited application of the technique to assess trends in global oral health research. Global trends in prosthodontics research activity have not been evaluated. The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in the amount, the research type of articles reported by authors from Indian institutions (Indian articles) over 10-year time span and to analyse the types of articles and authorship characteristics of Indian authors among four prosthodontics journals published in 2006 and 2015. MATERIALS AND METHODS This descriptive study articles published in the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry (JPD), International Journal of Prosthodontics (IJP), Journal of Prosthodontics (JP) and Gerodontology in 2006 and 2015 were reviewed. Abstracts, Letters to the Editor and Book Reviews were not included in the investigation. The authorship characteristics included number of authors, educational qualification, academic ranks of first and last author and their geographic origin to be included. For each article, number of authors, degrees of all authors, academic ranks of first and last authors and geographic origin were recorded. Descriptive analyses was used as appropriate. RESULTS A total of 464 articles met the inclusion criteria from the 4 selected journals for the years studied. A total of 2 articles for the year 2006 and 17 articles for the year 2015 were published by Indian authors. It was found that 0.75% and 3.6% belonged to Indian institutes among the total publications in the year 2006 and 2015 respectively. Publications tripled in ten years from 2006 to 2015. However, in the International Journal of Prosthodontics in both years studied, no publications written by Indian authors was found. Across all 3 journals, the mean number of authors per article increased significantly from 2006 to 2015. The mean number of authors per article increased steadily from few states of India. A steady increase of authors with higher degrees was observed. There was a significant increase in the proportion of senior-ranking faculty as last author over time. The contributions from Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra increased over time. CONCLUSION The number of articles by Indians increased in 2015 compared to 2006. Among them, rate of original research and case reports increased in the same period, while technical reports and reviews decreased. The number of authors per article, the number of authors with higher educational degrees and the percentage of senior-ranked faculty as last authors steadily increased in the prosthodontic literature from 2006 to 2015.
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Anupama Aradya, Sowmya S, Dhakshaini M. R, Raghavendra Swamy K. N, Ramesh Chowdhary
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