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Orthodontics research

Orthodontics is a subfield of Dentistry. Science Explorer counts 111k research works in it since 1950. 16.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: specialty of dentistry that deals with the diagnosis, prevention, and correction of malpositioned teeth and jaws, and misaligned bite patterns.

Research works
111k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
18k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
3
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+32%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is Orthodontics research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Dental Materials, Restorative Dentistry, Orthodontic Tooth Movement, Orthognathic Surgery, Dental Erosion, Tooth Whitening. Losing share: Dental Erosion, Tooth Whitening.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2019–23 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2009–13. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 6 words, with their numbers
  1. Dental Materials14k◆ 1.03×1 topic
  2. Restorative Dentistry14k◆ 1.03×1 topic
  3. Orthodontic Tooth Movement8,378◆ 1.06×1 topic
  4. Orthognathic Surgery8,378◆ 1.06×1 topic
  5. Dental Erosion5,054▼ 0.86×1 topic
  6. Tooth Whitening5,054▼ 0.86×1 topic

Which countries lead Orthodontics research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, the United States and Italy rank highest in Orthodontics. By volume, India and Brazil publish the most (2.9k and 2.5k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #6 all time 19.2% top 10% · 2k works
  2. 2 United States · #1 all time 16.8% top 10% · 1.9k works
  3. 3 Italy · #4 all time 27.8% top 10% · 748 works
  4. 4 Saudi Arabia · #15 all time 17.6% top 10% · 909 works
  5. 5 Brazil · #2 all time 9.2% top 10% · 2.5k works
  6. 6 Türkiye · #11 all time 12.5% top 10% · 1.7k works
  7. 7 Germany · #3 all time 23.0% top 10% · 652 works
  8. 8 India · #12 all time 6.1% top 10% · 2.9k works
  9. 9 Egypt · #20 all time 12.9% top 10% · 1.1k works
  10. 10 United Kingdom · #5 all time 16.9% top 10% · 524 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 25 countries ranked in Orthodontics. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Orthodontics

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 2.9k works
  2. 2 Brazil 2.5k works
  3. 3 China 2k works
  4. 4 United States 1.9k works
  5. 5 Türkiye 1.7k works
  6. 6 Egypt 1.1k works
  7. 7 Saudi Arabia 909 works
  8. 8 Italy 748 works
  9. 9 Iran 725 works
  10. 10 Germany 652 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

India: 19.2%Brazil: 16.7%China: 13.5%United States: 12.4%6 others listed: 38.2%19%largest
India2,891 · 19.2%Brazil2,516 · 16.7%China2,041 · 13.5%United States1,874 · 12.4%6 others listed5,759 · 38.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Orthodontics research?

King Saud University (Saudi Arabia) ranks first in Orthodontics on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Stomatology Hospital and Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 King Saud University Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · #19 all time 21.4% top 10% · 164 works
  2. 2 Stomatology Hospital China · Xi'an · #28 all time 18.7% top 10% · 180 works
  3. 3 Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University Saudi Arabia · Dammam · #56 all time 33.5% top 10% · 68 works
  4. 4 Saveetha University India · Chennai · #24 all time 14.4% top 10% · 214 works
  5. 5 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil · São Paulo · #3 all time 12.2% top 10% · 250 works
  6. 6 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Pok Fu Lam · #7 all time 34.7% top 10% · 70 works
  7. 7 University of Bern Switzerland · Bern · #5 all time 37.4% top 10% · 77 works
  8. 8 Sichuan University China · Chengdu · #32 all time 21.3% top 10% · 122 works
  9. 9 University of Zurich Switzerland · Zurich · #2 all time 26.4% top 10% · 86 works
  10. 10 Alexandria University Egypt · Alexandria · #90 all time 21.1% top 10% · 115 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 37 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Orthodontics.

Top 100 Orthodontics institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 250 works
  2. 2 Saveetha UniversityIndia 214 works
  3. 3 Stomatology HospitalChina 180 works
  4. 4 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 174 works
  5. 5 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 164 works
  6. 6 Cairo UniversityEgypt 149 works
  7. 7 Mansoura UniversityEgypt 129 works
  8. 8 Sichuan UniversityChina 122 works
  9. 9 Kamineni Institute of Dental SciencesIndia 115 works
  10. 10 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 115 works

Who are the leading researchers in Orthodontics?

Among the most productive authors in Orthodontics, Ali Bijani, Falk Schwendicke and Fred L. Bookstein rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Ali Bijani Iran · #32 worldwide 5.6k citations · 168 works
  2. 2 Falk Schwendicke Germany · #1,736 worldwide 3.9k citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Fred L. Bookstein United States · #2,912 worldwide 1.3k citations · 101 works
  4. 4 Tomas Albrektsson Sweden · #6,116 worldwide 1k citations · 63 works
  5. 5 Mariano Alcañíz Spain · #6,752 worldwide 930 citations · 105 works
  6. 6 Helen V Worthington United Kingdom · #10,058 worldwide 731 citations · 70 works
  7. 7 Larry L. Hench United States · #11,028 worldwide 1.4k citations · 127 works
  8. 8 Gaetano Isola Italy · #11,361 worldwide 985 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Anton Sculean Switzerland · #11,792 worldwide 699 citations · 74 works
  10. 10 Gunnar E. Carlsson Sweden · #12,040 worldwide 516 citations · 54 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 2,926 highest-output authors in Orthodontics. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Orthodontics researchers

Where is Orthodontics research done?

The largest centres of Orthodontics research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Chennai (India), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Cairo (Egypt). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Creve Coeur, Medak and Sinchon-dong.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 597 works
  2. 2 Chennai India 486 works
  3. 3 Istanbul Türkiye 400 works
  4. 4 Cairo Egypt 356 works
  5. 5 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 342 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 294 works
  7. 7 Ankara Türkiye 289 works
  8. 8 Xi'an China 280 works
  9. 9 Beijing China 262 works
  10. 10 Tehran Iran 257 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Creve CoeurUS · 39.8 works147×
  2. MedakIN · 56.8 works98×
  3. Sinchon-dong26.0 works92×
  4. NalgondaIN · 115.4 works89×
  5. BauruBR · 24.4 works55×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Orthodontics than the world average.

See Orthodontics on the map

Orthodontics research by country

The best places for Orthodontics research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Orthodontics?

Among universities, judged by research, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Alexandria University and Wroclaw Medical University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 23.77%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University: 68, 33.5%Alexandria University: 115, 21.1%Wroclaw Medical University: 36, 35.8%Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy: 42, 30.7%Qassim University: 61, 13.3%University of Bern: 77, 37.4%King Saud University: 164, 21.4%Cairo University: 149, 11.1%Jazan University: 50, 13.2%Damascus University: 74, 20.2%Wroclaw Medical Univ…Imam Abdulrahman Bin…Iuliu Hațieganu Univ…Alexandria University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversitySaudi Arabia 73.133.5%16.2×68 +653.7%
2 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 69.321.1%10.8×115 +257.7%
3 Wroclaw Medical UniversityPoland 67.735.8%10.9×36 +268.7%
4 Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and PharmacyRomania 63.330.7%19.1×42 +154.4%
5 Qassim UniversitySaudi Arabia 62.613.3%10.1×61 +319.8%
6 University of BernSwitzerland 61.537.4%8.1×77 +27.1%
7 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 61.121.4%7.8×164 +67.3%
8 Cairo UniversityEgypt 60.911.1%8.4×149 +248.1%
9 Jazan UniversitySaudi Arabia 60.913.2%10.5×50 +618.3%
10 Damascus UniversitySyria 60.720.2%39.6×74 +133.4%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Orthodontics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Dental materials and restorations and Dental Erosion and Treatment.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

  1. Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics+105%
  2. Dental materials and restorations+88%
  3. Dental Erosion and Treatment+71%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Orthodontics include?