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

ABSTRACT:

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 stomatologist

SUBMITTER: Zhang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11259611 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature