A scientometric study on research trends and characteristics of oral leukoplakia and oral lichen planus.

ABSTRACT:

Background/purpose

Oral leukoplakia (OLK) and oral lichen planus (OLP) represent two common oral potentially malignant disorders. It would be interesting to know scientific output and characteristics of studies on OLK and OLP.

Materials and methods

This study aimed to investigate and compare scientometric characteristics of articles on OLK and OLP in the Scopus database, with emphasis on the analysis of the keywords that can reflect research directions and topics of concern.

Results

A total of 1,191 and 2,288 papers on OLK and OLP were retrieved in the Scopus database, respectively. The total citation count was 31,859 and the h index was 75 for articles on OLK, and the total count was 55,491 and the h index was 93 for articles on OLP. For OLK research, o

SUBMITTER: Liu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11763191 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature