The scientometric characteristics of cheilitis researched by multidisciplinary specialists: A comparative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background/purpose

Cheilitis is a relatively common lip disease with many etiologies and causes including concomitant mucocutaneous or systemic diseases, which needs multidisciplinary communication. The purpose of this study was to compare the scientometric characteristics of cheilitis publications by multidisciplinary specialists.

Materials and methods

All the papers on cheilitis were comprehensively retrieved from the Scopus database, and divided into three groups (dermatologists, stomatologists, and other scholars).

Results

There were 478 and 241 papers on cheilitis published by dermatologists and stomatologists, respectively. The total citation count was 5838 and the h index was 36 for cheilitis publications by dermatologists, and the total count was 2983 a

SUBMITTER: Gao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10829663 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature