Global research trends in complex oral sensitivity disorder: A systematic bibliometric analysis of the framework

Objectives: A systematic bibliometric analysis was performed to investigate trends in complex oral sensitivity disorder (COSD) research worldwide and compare the contributions of different countries/institutions, scientific journals, authors, keywords, and citations. Methods: Web of Science database from 1985 to 2018 was systematically searched to identify all relevant articles using the MeSH terms “complex oral sensitivity disorder” and all synonyms used in the literature. We included original articles, review articles, letters to the editor, and book chapters in the English language and in 27 different ISI categories of medical sciences. Several bibliometric indicators were used. Results: We identified 10 633 articles, of which only 3349 were eligible with only 443 being included for quantitative analyses. The annual percentage growth rate for article publication was 9.16 fractionalized articles with the most productive countries (reported only in 428 out of 443 articles) being Italy (n = 66, 15.42%) followed by USA (n = 61, 14.25%) and with Italy achieving the greatest number of citations (n = 1415). Similarly, the most productive institution for article publication was the University of Turku, Finland, with 39 (8.8%) published articles. Among the top 20 departments, 15 were affiliated with dental institutions. The most productive source was “Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine” with 38 (8.58%) articles, whereas the most productive author was “Lopez-Jornet P” with 19 articles (6.52 fractionalized articles). Conclusions: There is an increasing trend for publications on COSD. Collaboration among different countries must improve in order to implement research on this disorder, which seems to be mainly a condition for the dental discipline.