Bibliometric analysis of international scientific production on salivary biomarkers during the period 2004-2018
Introduction: saliva protects the integrity of oral tissues, but also offers evidence of local and systemic diseases. Bibliometry in studies related to dentistry is uncommon in the literature. From this perspective, the objective of this study was to map the scientific landscape related to the research of salivary biomarkers around the world between 2004 and 2018.
Methods: This study adopted a bibliometric method. A documentary, observational, descriptive, retrospective research was conducted, with quantitative description of the data. Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source has been selected as an online bibliometric database to search and retrieve documents. All data presented in this study were analyzed using the following software programs: VOSviewer, Publish or Perish, Mendeley Desktop and SPSS version 19 for Windows. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used.
Results: 218 documents were registered. The means and standard deviation of the publications between 2004-2011 (4.67 ± 1.52) and 2012-2018 (24.67 ± 2.47) showed significant differences (p = 0.001). Periodontal disease (37%) and oral cancer (20%) were the most studied diagnostic subjects. Wong DT (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) was the author with the most articles (5.96%).
Conclusion: during the study period, international research on salivary biomarkers was increased, indicating the importance of salivary components for novel approaches to prognosis, diagnosis and monitoring of patients with oral and systemic diseases.
Dawes C, Pedersen AM, Villa A, Ekström J, Proctor GB, Vissink A, et al. The functions of hu-man saliva: A review sponsored by the World Workshop on Oral Medicine VI. Arch Oral Biol. 2015;60(6):863-74. DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2015.03.004
Castagnola M, Scarano E, Passali GC, Messana I, Cabras T, Iavarone F, et al. Salivary bio-markers and proteomics: future diagnostic and clinical utilities. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital. 2017;37(2):94-101. DOI: 10.14639/0392-100X-1598
Yoshizawa JM, Schafer CA, Schafer JJ, Farrell JJ, Paster BJ, Wong DT. Salivary biomarkers: toward future clinical and diagnostic utilities. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2013;26(4):781-91. DOI: 10.1128/CMR.00021-13
Spielmann N, Wong DT. Saliva: diagnostics and therapeutic perspectives. Oral Dis. 2011;17(4):345-54. DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2010.01773.x.
Javaid MA, Ahmed AS, Durand R, Tran SD. Saliva as a diagnostic tool for oral and systemic diseases. J Oral Biol Craniofac Res. 2016;6(1):66-75. DOI: 10.1016/j.jobcr.2015.08.006.
Shah S. Salivaomics: The current scenario. J Oral Maxillofac Pathol. 2018;22(3):375–381. DOI: 10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_171_18
Pu QH, Lyu QJ, Su HY. Bibliometric analysis of scientific publications in transplantation jour-nals from Mainland China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan between 2006 and 2015. BMJ Open. 2016;6(8):e011623. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011623
Nasli-Esfahani E, Farzadfar F, Kouhnavard M, Ghodssi-Ghassemabadi R, Khajavi A, Peimani M, et al. Iran diabetes research roadmap (IDRR) study: a preliminary study on diabetes research in the world and Iran. J Diabetes Metab Disord. 2017;16:9. DOI: 10.1186/s40200-017-0291-9
Juárez RP, Barrere RM. Estudio Bibliométrico de la Producción Científica Argentina en Cáncer a través de las Bases de Datos Medline y Lilacs. Rev Salud Pública (Córdoba). 2017; 21(2):31-42. DOI: 10.31052/1853.1180
Tarazona B, Vidal IA, Alonso AA. Bibliometric analysis of the scientific production in implanto-logy (2009-2013). Clin Oral Implants Res. 2017;28(7):864-870. DOI: 10.1111/clr.12891
Jaimes-Monroy G, Valderrama-Salgado AI, Prieto-Cárdenas ES, Rincón-Bermúdez CM. Scientific production on dental caries 2014–2018: a bibliometric study in Web of Science. Rev Fac Odontol Univ Antioq. 2019; 31(1-2): 77-90. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17533/udea.rfo.v31n1-2a7
Tarazona-Alvarez B, Lucas-Dominguez R, Paredes-Gallardo V, Alonso-Arroyo A, Vidal-Infer A. A bibliometric analysis of scientific production in the field of lingual orthodontics. Head Face Med. 2019;15(1):23. DOI: 10.1186/s13005-019-0207-7
Zhang W, Yuan H. A Bibliometric Analysis of Energy Performance Contracting Research from 2008 to 2018. Sustainability. 2019;11(13):3548. DOI: 10.3390/su11133548
Wang Y, Wang Q, Zhu R, Yang C, Chen Z, Bai Y, et al. Trends of spinal tuberculosis research (1994–2015): a bibliometric study. Medicine. 2016;95(38):e4923. DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000004923
Song J, Zhang H, Dong H. A review of emerging trends in global PPP research, analysis and visualization. Scienomtrics. 2016;107(3):1111-1147. DOI: 10.1007/s11192-016-1918-1
Moodley J, Singh V, Kagina BM, Abdullahi L, Hussey GD. A bibliometric analysis of can-cer research in South Africa: study protocol. BMJ Open. 2015;5(2):e006913. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006913
Sweileh WM. Bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed literature in transgender health (1900 - 2017). BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2018;18(1):16. DOI: 10.1186/s12914-018-0155-5
Dawes C, Wong DTW. Role of Saliva and Salivary Diagnostics in the Advancement of Oral Health. J Dent Res. 2019;98(2):133-141. DOI: 10.1177/0022034518816961
Price, JD de Solla. Diseases of science, en Science Since Babylon, ed. ampliada, New Haven y London: Yale University Press;1975. p. 161-195.
Pena-Cristóbal M, Diniz-Freitas M, Monteiro L, Diz Dios P, Warnakulasuriya S. The 100 most cited articles on oral cancer. J Oral Pathol Med. 2018;47(4):333-344. DOI: 10.1111/jop.12686
Foy JP, Bertolus C, Goudot P, Deneuve S, Blanc E, Lasset C, et al. Bibliometric analysis of a century of research on oral erythroplakia and leukoplakia. J Oral Pathol Med. 2018;47(4):388-395. DOI: 10.1111/jop.12683
Ai J, Smith B, Wong DT. Saliva Ontology: An ontology-based framework for a Salivaomics Knowledge Base. BMC Bioinformatics. 2010;11:302. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-11-302
Kramer PF, Onetto J, Flores MT, Borges TS, Feldens CA. Traumatic Dental Injuries in the pri-mary dentition: a 15-year bibliometric analysis of Dental Traumatology. Dent Traumatol. 2016;32(5):341-346. DOI: 10.1111/edt.12262
Scimago Journal & Country Rank. Country Ranking. [Internet]. España: Scimago Lab; 2020 [consultado 13 de enero 2020]. Accesible en: http://www.scimagojr.com
Red de Indicadores de Ciencia y Tecnología. Iberoamericana e Interamericana. [Internet]. Indicadores comparativos bibliométricos. Buenos Aires: RICYT; 2020 [consultado 13 de enero 2020]. Accesible en: http://www.ricyt.org /2010/09/comparativos/
Shaw IF. Research networking and collaboration: a case study. Qual Inq. 2018;25(9-10): 1128-1136. DOI: 10.1177/1077800418809144
Lotka AJ. The frequency distribution of scientific productivity. J Wash Acad Sci. 1926;16(12):317-323.
Baghaei Lakeh A, Ghaffarzadegan N. Global Trends and Regional Variations in Studies of HIV/AIDS. Sci Rep. 2017;7:4170. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04527-6
Helgesson, G., Eriksson, S. Responsibility for scientific misconduct in collaborative papers. Med Health Care and Philos. 2018;21(3):423-430. DOI:10.1007/s11019-017-9817-7
Gazni A, Didegah F. Investigating different types of research collaboration and citation im-pact: A case study of harvard university publications. Scientometrics. 2011;87(2):251-265. DOI:10.1007/s11192-011-0343-8
Dhar V. Evidence-based dentistry: An overview. Contemp Clin Dent. 2016;7(3):293-4. DOI: 10.4103/0976-237X.188539
Irving SY, Curley MA. Challenges to conducting multicenter clinical research: ten points to consider. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2008;19:164-9. DOI: 10.1097/01.AACN.0000318119.67061.0f
Sprague S, Matta JM, Bhandari M. Multicenter Collaboration in Observational Research: Improving Generalizability and Efficiency. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009;91 (Suppl 3):80-6. DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01623
Jayaratne YS, Zwahlen RA. The evolution of dental journals from 2003 to 2012: a bibliometric analysis. PLoS One. 2015;17:e0119503. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119503
Kanavakis G, Dombroski MM, Malouf DP, Athanasiou AE. Demographic characteristics of sys-tematic reviews, meta-analyses, and randomized controlled trials in orthodontic journals with impact factor. Eur J Orthod. 2016;38(1):57-65. DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cjv012
Knowledge, networks and nations: Global scientific collaboration in the 21st century. [Internet]. London: The Royal Society;2011 [consultado 19 de enero 2020]. Accesible en: https://royalsociety.org /topics-policy/projects/knowledge-networks-nations/report/
Wang X, Kaczor-Urbanowicz KE, Wong DT. Salivary biomarkers in cancer detection. Med Oncol. 2017;34(1):7. DOI: 10.1007/s12032-016-0863-4
Guerra ENS, Acevedo AC, Leite AF, Gozal D, Chardin H, De Luca Canto, G. Diagnostic capability of salivary biomarkers in the assessment of head and neck cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Oral Oncol. 2015; 51(9): 805–818. DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2015.06.010
Kaur J, Jacobs R, Huang Y, Salvo N, Politis C. Salivary biomarkers for oral cancer and pre-cancer screening: a review. Clin. Oral Investig. 2018;22(2):633–640. DOI: 10.1007/s00784-018-2337-x
Ghallab NA. Diagnostic potential and future directions of biomarkers in gingival crevicu-lar fluid and saliva of periodontal diseases: Review of the current evidence. Arch Oral Biol. 2018;87:115–124. DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2017.12.022
Zinzuvadia K, Zohrehei H, Dabeshlim K, Kanasi E, Grover S, Jones JA. Salivary Biomarkers in Periodontal Diseases - a Systematic Review. Int. J. Med. Dent [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2020 Feb 2];22(3): 263-279. Available from: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=ddh&AN=132823701&site=ehost-live
Copyright (c) 2020 Revista Nacional de Odontología
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Every single author of the articles has to declare that is an original unpublished work exclusively created by them, that it has not been submitted for simultaneous evaluation by another publication and that there is no impediment of any kind for concession of the rights provided for in the contract.
In this sense, the authors committed to await the result of the evaluation by the journal Revista Nacional de Odontologia before considering its submission to another medium; in case the response by that publication is positive, additionally, the authors committed to respond for any action involving claims, plagiarism or any other kind of claim that could be made by third parties.
At the same time, the authors have to declare that they are completely in agreement with the conditions presented in their work and that they cede all patrimonial rights. These rights involve reproduction, public communication, distribution, dissemination, transformation, making it available and all forms of exploitation of the work using any medium or procedure, during the term of the legal protection of the work and in every country in the world, to the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia Press.