Characteristics and trends of oral leukoplakia research: A bibliometric study of the 100 most cited articles.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bibliometric analysis highlights the key topics and studies which have shaped the understanding and management of a disease of interest. Here the top-cited articles on oral leukoplakia (OL) were characterized, and research patterns and trends were analyzed.

Methods

A comprehensive search was performed and identified in the Scopus database up to 22 February 2019 for the 100 most-cited articles on OL.

Results

The number of citations of the 100 selected articles varied from 116 to 1418, with a mean of 226.7 citations per article. Both Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine and Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology were journals with the most articles published (n = 10). Both Hong W.K. and Lippman S. were the most frequently contributing auth

SUBMITTER: Liu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6635245 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature