Analysis of research papers on dentistry in Korea over the recent five years (2019 - 2023)
10.14368/jdras.2025.41.3.177
- Author:
Min-Seock SEO
1
;
Soo-Jeong HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Conservative Dentistry, Wonkang University Daejeon Dental Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Publication Type:Original Article
- From:Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science
2025;41(3):177-187
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Purpose:The purpose of this study is to investigate and evaluate Korean dental research papers published in English over the past five years (2019 to 2023).
Materials and Methods:A systematic search of the papers was conducted using the Medline/PubMed database. Papers published between 2019 and 2023, in which the main author was affiliated with a dental institution in Korea, were collected. In order to distinguish between papers related to dentistry, Medical Subject Heading, consisting of 229 keywords, was used. The following data were investigated in each paper: type of study; main subject; name of the journal, publisher; year of publication; number of authors; institution of the main author.
Results:The number of Korean dental papers searched through PubMed was 4,594, and it increased to its peak in 2021 and then decreased. There were more papers published in non-specialized journalsthan in dental journals, and most of them were published in SCIE journals with high quartiles. Half of the papers were published in dental schools in Seoul.
Conclusion:This study is the first to comprehensively survey all English-language dental papers in Korea. If future studies are conducted to evaluate the quantity and quality of all dental papers using more diverse variables, it will be a great guide for the development of dentistry in Korea.
