Dental Research and COVID-19
Dental Research and COVID-19 is a research topic within General Dentistry. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 14.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on dental practice, addressing topics such as transmission routes, teledentistry, aerosol management, infection control, salivary diagnosis, virtual reality applications, and the use of povidone-iodine. It also discusses the educational implications for dental students and professionals.
- COVID-19
- Dental Practice
- Transmission Routes
- Teledentistry
- Aerosols
- Infection Control
- Salivary Diagnosis
- Virtual Reality
- Povidone-Iodine
- Educational Impact
- Research works
- 30k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 14.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +170% 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 Research and COVID-19 research?
By volume, India and the United States publish the most (1.4k and 864 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 India 1.4k works
- 2 United States 864 works
- 3 Brazil 790 works
- 4 Türkiye 558 works
- 5 China 407 works
- 6 Saudi Arabia 395 works
- 7 United Kingdom 333 works
- 8 Indonesia 315 works
- 9 Pakistan 312 works
- 10 Iran 260 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Dental Research and COVID-19 research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Saveetha University publishes the most Dental Research and COVID-19 research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Saveetha University India 121 works
- 2 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 51 works
- 3 Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences India 49 works
- 4 King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia 43 works
- 5 King Saud University Saudi Arabia 43 works
- 6 Cairo University Egypt 41 works
- 7 Government Dental College and Hospital India 40 works
- 8 Stomatology Hospital China 35 works
- 9 University of Baghdad Iraq 31 works
- 10 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Brazil 28 works
Who are the leading researchers in Dental Research and COVID-19?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Dental Research and COVID-19 include Ali Bijani, Ratilal Lalloo and Falk Schwendicke.
- 1 Ali Bijani 5.6k citations
- 2 Ratilal Lalloo 4.4k citations
- 3 Falk Schwendicke 3.9k citations
- 4 Santosh Kumar Tadakamadla 3.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Dental Research and COVID-19 research done?
The largest centres of Dental Research and COVID-19 research in 2022–2025 are Chennai (India), São Paulo (Brazil), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Medak, Nalgonda and Yangon.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MedakIN · 26.5 works118×
- NalgondaIN · 48.7 works97×
- YangonMM · 24.3 works27×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Dental Research and COVID-19 than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Dental Research and COVID-19?
Among universities, judged by research, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Ajman University and Saveetha 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University Saudi Arabia | 75.3 | 40.7% | 13.0× | 21 | +268.0% |
| 2 | Ajman University United Arab Emirates | 71.8 | 32.1% | 19.5× | 14 | +256.9% |
| 3 | Saveetha University India | 68.7 | 10.1% | 14.0× | 120 | +598.3% |
| 4 | King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia | 68.5 | 26.6% | 8.8× | 43 | +166.2% |
| 5 | Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Romania | 67.5 | 39.6% | 9.6× | 13 | +464.7% |
| 6 | Qassim University Saudi Arabia | 63.0 | 16.4% | 10.8× | 25 | +177.8% |
| 7 | Jazan University Saudi Arabia | 62.4 | 17.1% | 10.2× | 19 | +308.6% |
| 8 | Taibah University Saudi Arabia | 60.9 | 25.8% | 8.6× | 12 | +239.6% |
| 9 | King Khalid University Saudi Arabia | 60.6 | 18.8% | 7.2× | 24 | +342.1% |
| 10 | Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Romania | 58.8 | 33.1% | 10.3× | 9 | +147.4% |
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 Dental Research and COVID-19 research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 170% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Dental Research and COVID-19.
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.