Worldwide trends of forensic dentistry: a 20-year bibliometric analysis in Pubmed

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the worldwide research productivity of forensic dentistry during the past 20 years (1996-2015) by bibliometric analysis. ‘‘Forensic Dentistry’’ was searched as the Medical Subject Headings term in PubMed and a total of 665 articles were retrieved. There were mainly 56 countries contributing to publications on forensic dentistry and the United States of America was the most productive country. 188 different journals were found and three journals were identified as core journals according to Bradford’s law. Personal identification was the most popular topic. The basic and recognized methodology applied in the present study provides a relative wide view on scientific productivity of forensic dentistry and allows us to understand this field better.