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Dental Radiography and Imaging

Dental Radiography and Imaging is a research topic within Oral Surgery. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 16.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the application of Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) in dentistry, particularly in dental imaging, radiation dosimetry, maxillofacial radiology, dental implantology, and the diagnosis and treatment of periodontal disease. It also explores the use of artificial intelligence for dental image diagnostics, anatomical landmark detection, and the impact of CBCT on third molar surgery and osteoporosis assessment.

  • Cone-Beam CT
  • Dental Imaging
  • Radiation Dosimetry
  • Maxillofacial Radiology
  • Dental Implantology
  • Periodontal Disease
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Anatomical Landmarks
  • Third Molar Surgery
  • Osteoporosis
Research works
45k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+44%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Dental Radiography and Imaging research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (1.6k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 1.6k works
  2. 2 China 1.1k works
  3. 3 United States 897 works
  4. 4 Brazil 817 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 682 works
  6. 6 Saudi Arabia 347 works
  7. 7 South Korea 305 works
  8. 8 Iran 302 works
  9. 9 Italy 288 works
  10. 10 Japan 286 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: 24.7%China: 16.0%United States: 13.6%Brazil: 12.4%6 others listed: 33.4%25%largest
India1,632 · 24.7%China1,057 · 16.0%United States897 · 13.6%Brazil817 · 12.4%6 others listed2,209 · 33.4%

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

Which institutions lead Dental Radiography and Imaging research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Saveetha University publishes the most Dental Radiography and Imaging research, followed by Stomatology Hospital and Universidade de São Paulo.

Who are the leading researchers in Dental Radiography and Imaging?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Dental Radiography and Imaging include Yousef Khader, Ali Bijani and Falk Schwendicke.

  1. 1 Yousef Khader Jordan 7.7k citations
  2. 2 Ali Bijani Iran 5.6k citations
  3. 3 Falk Schwendicke Germany 3.9k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Dental Radiography and Imaging research done?

The largest centres of Dental Radiography and Imaging research in 2022–2025 are Chennai (India), São Paulo (Brazil), Beijing (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nalgonda and Medak.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chennai India 254 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 169 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 161 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 147 works
  5. 5 Istanbul Türkiye 127 works
  6. 6 Xi'an China 120 works
  7. 7 Ankara Türkiye 116 works
  8. 8 Shanghai China 111 works
  9. 9 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 111 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 109 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NalgondaIN · 56.5 works96×
  2. MedakIN · 23.1 works88×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Dental Radiography and Imaging than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Dental Radiography and Imaging?

Among universities, judged by research, Saveetha University, Ajman University and Taibah 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 27.95%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Saveetha University: 114, 15.2%Ajman University: 13, 28.3%Taibah University: 14, 23.3%Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy: 10, 37.1%Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy: 14, 34.5%King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences: 10, 36.1%Yonsei University College of Dentistry: 10, 38.4%Ankara University: 39, 23.4%Necmettin Erbakan University: 20, 22.2%Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy: 15, 21.0%Grigore T. Popa Univ…Ajman UniversityTaibah UniversitySaveetha 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 Saveetha UniversityIndia 71.615.2%11.3×114 +234.2%
2 Ajman UniversityUnited Arab Emirates 62.228.3%16.4×13 +88.0%
3 Taibah UniversitySaudi Arabia 60.923.3%8.7×14 +324.9%
4 Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and PharmacyRomania 59.637.1%10.3×10 +104.7%
5 Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and PharmacyRomania 58.834.5%13.8×14 +61.2%
6 King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health SciencesSaudi Arabia 58.036.1%9.8×10
7Yonsei University College of Dentistry?? 57.538.4%73.7×10 +28.0%
8 Ankara UniversityTürkiye 56.023.4%8.4×39 +75.2%
9 Necmettin Erbakan UniversityTürkiye 54.722.2%7.6×20 +742.0%
10 Carol Davila University of Medicine and PharmacyRomania 54.321.0%8.9×15 +167.6%

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 Dental Radiography and Imaging research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Dental Radiography and Imaging.

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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.