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Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments

Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments is a research topic within Oral Surgery. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics related to endodontic research and practice, including the use of root canal irrigants, properties and applications of mineral trioxide aggregate, the role of Enterococcus faecalis in treatment failure, revascularization techniques, and regenerative endodontics. It also covers the challenges and outcomes of endodontic treatment, the use of nickel-titanium instruments, advancements in imaging with cone beam computed tomography, and the potential for dental pulp regeneration.

  • Root Canal Irrigants
  • Mineral Trioxide Aggregate
  • Enterococcus faecalis
  • Revascularization
  • Apical Periodontitis
  • Endodontic Treatment
  • Regenerative Endodontics
  • Nickel-Titanium Instruments
  • Cone Beam Computed Tomography
  • Dental Pulp Regeneration
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+15%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments

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

Which countries lead Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments research?

By volume, India and Brazil publish the most (1.5k and 906 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 1.5k works
  2. 2 Brazil 906 works
  3. 3 China 770 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 656 works
  5. 5 United States 590 works
  6. 6 Egypt 406 works
  7. 7 Saudi Arabia 404 works
  8. 8 Iran 365 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 220 works
  10. 10 Japan 187 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: 25.5%Brazil: 15.0%China: 12.7%Türkiye: 10.8%6 others listed: 35.9%26%largest
India1,545 · 25.5%Brazil906 · 15.0%China770 · 12.7%Türkiye656 · 10.8%6 others listed2,172 · 35.9%

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

Which institutions lead Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments research?

By volume in 2022-now, Saveetha University publishes the most Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Stomatology Hospital.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Saveetha UniversityIndia 107 works
  2. 2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 92 works
  3. 3 Stomatology HospitalChina 75 works
  4. 4 Kamineni Institute of Dental SciencesIndia 66 works
  5. 5 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 64 works
  6. 6 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 64 works
  7. 7 Cairo UniversityEgypt 62 works
  8. 8 Ragas Dental College & HospitalIndia 52 works
  9. 9 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesIran 49 works
  10. 10 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 48 works

Who are the leading researchers in Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments include Yousef Saleh Khader, Didier Raoult and John Anthony Pople.

  1. 1 Yousef Saleh Khader Jordan 274k citations
  2. 2 Didier Raoult France 232k citations
  3. 3 John Anthony Pople United States 202k citations
  4. 4 Ratilal Lalloo Australia 182k citations
  5. 5 Mike J Clarke United Kingdom 175k citations
  6. 6 Han Zhang China 161k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments?

The most cited paper in Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments is "The effects of surgical exposures of dental pulps in germ-free and conventional laboratory rats" (Samuel Kakehashi, Harold R. Stanley, ROBERT J. FITZGERALD, 1965), with 2,341 citations. Next come "A comparison of canal preparations in straight and curved root canals" (2,178) and "Root canal anatomy of the human permanent teeth" (2,153).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The effects of surgical exposures of dental pulps in germ-free and conventional laboratory rats Samuel Kakehashi, Harold R. Stanley, ROBERT J. FITZGERALD · Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Sep 1965 2,341
2 A comparison of canal preparations in straight and curved root canals Sam W. Schneider · Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Aug 1971 2,178
3 Root canal anatomy of the human permanent teeth Frank J. Vertucci · Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Nov 1984 2,153
4 Factors affecting the long-term results of endodontic treatment Ulf Sjögren, Björn Hägglund, GÖRAN K. SUNDQVIST et al. · Journal of Endodontics Oct 1990 1,828
5 Root Canal Irrigants Matthias Zehnder · Journal of Endodontics 23 Apr 2006 1,789
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments research done?

The largest centres of Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments research in 2022-now are Chennai (India), São Paulo (Brazil), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) and Cairo (Egypt). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Medak and Nalgonda.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ChennaiIndia 263 works
  2. 2 São PauloBrazil 206 works
  3. 3 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 145 works
  4. 4 CairoEgypt 138 works
  5. 5 TehranIran 138 works
  6. 6 IstanbulTürkiye 137 works
  7. 7 Xi'anChina 108 works
  8. 8 AnkaraTürkiye 105 works
  9. 9 BeijingChina 89 works
  10. 10 GizaEgypt 84 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MedakIN · 28.4 works131×
  2. NalgondaIN · 66.0 works129×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz University and Sichuan University score highest, combining citation 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 19.63%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Sichuan UniversityKing Saud UniversityAlexandria UniversityKing Abdulaziz Unive…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 64.217.9%8.3×64 +29.0%
2King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 56.310.1%10.9×46 +43.1%
3Sichuan UniversityChina 56.025.1%2.6×46 +17.4%
4Alexandria UniversityEgypt 54.314.3%10.6×38 +37.1%
5Saveetha UniversityIndia 54.010.3%14.2×107 -12.6%
6Universidade Estadual de Ponta GrossaBrazil 54.029.0%21.6×17 +38.0%
7Universidade de São PauloBrazil 53.89.0%5.7×92 -1.0%
8University of Naples Federico IIItaly 52.247.1%1.8×10 +15.6%
9University of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates 52.023.1%7.0×14 +84.8%
10Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 51.710.4%8.6×48 +68.9%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments, country by country

Is Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.037% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments0.039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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