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Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics is a research topic within Orthodontics. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers represents a comprehensive exploration of advancements in orthodontic research and treatment, covering topics such as orthodontic tooth movement, orthognathic surgery, dental esthetics, mini-implants, craniofacial deformity, malocclusion, facial morphology, periodontal effects, treatment timing, and quality of life.

  • Orthodontic Tooth Movement
  • Orthognathic Surgery
  • Dental Esthetics
  • Mini-implants
  • Craniofacial Deformity
  • Malocclusion
  • Facial Morphology
  • Periodontal Effects
  • Treatment Timing
  • Quality of Life
Research works
33k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+34%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
20% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

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

Which countries lead Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (1.2k and 1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 1.2k works
  2. 2 China 1k works
  3. 3 United States 850 works
  4. 4 Brazil 811 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 557 works
  6. 6 Italy 408 works
  7. 7 Japan 280 works
  8. 8 South Korea 258 works
  9. 9 Egypt 237 works
  10. 10 Saudi Arabia 233 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: 19.9%China: 17.4%United States: 14.7%Brazil: 14.0%6 others listed: 34.1%20%largest
India1,151 · 19.9%China1,011 · 17.4%United States850 · 14.7%Brazil811 · 14.0%6 others listed1,974 · 34.1%

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

Which institutions lead Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Sichuan University publishes the most Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics research, followed by Stomatology Hospital and Saveetha University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Sichuan UniversityChina 102 works
  2. 2 Stomatology HospitalChina 94 works
  3. 3 Saveetha UniversityIndia 74 works
  4. 4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 67 works
  5. 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 55 works
  6. 6 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 48 works
  7. 7 Damascus UniversitySyria 42 works
  8. 8 Cairo UniversityEgypt 41 works
  9. 9 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 40 works
  10. 10 American Association of OrthodontistsUnited States 36 works

Who are the leading researchers in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics include Gordon Henry Guyatt, Tien Yin Wong and Eduardo Bernabé.

  1. 1 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  2. 2 Tien Yin Wong Singapore 237k citations
  3. 3 Eduardo Bernabé United Kingdom 178k 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 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics?

The most cited paper in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics is "A 15-year study of osseointegrated implants in the treatment of the edentulous jaw" (Ragnar Adell, Ulf Lekholm, Birger Rockler et al., 1981), with 4,839 citations. Next come "Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) for Clinical and Research Applications: Recommendations of the International RDC/TMD Consortium Network* and Orofacial Pain Special Interest Group†" (4,547) and "Research diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders: review, criteria, examinations and specifications, critique." (3,828).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A 15-year study of osseointegrated implants in the treatment of the edentulous jaw Ragnar Adell, Ulf Lekholm, Birger Rockler et al. · International Journal of Oral Surgery 1981 4,839
2 Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) for Clinical and Research Applications: Recommendations of the International RDC/TMD Consortium Network* and Orofacial Pain Special Interest Group† ERIC L. SCHIFFMAN et al. · Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache Open access 2014 4,547
3 Research diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders: review, criteria, examinations and specifications, critique. Samuel F. Dworkin, Linda LeResche · PubMed 1992 3,828
4 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
5 Matrix Metalloproteinases and Other Matrix Proteinases in Relation to Cariology: The Era of ‘Dentin Degradomics' Leo Tjäderhane, Marília Afonso Rabelo Buzalaf, Marcela Carrilho et al. · Caries Research Open access 2015 2,311
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Where is Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics research done?

The largest centres of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Chennai (India), Xi'an (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Creve Coeur, Medak and Nalgonda.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 169 works
  2. 2 ChennaiIndia 167 works
  3. 3 Xi'anChina 139 works
  4. 4 SeoulSouth Korea 137 works
  5. 5 BeijingChina 137 works
  6. 6 IstanbulTürkiye 134 works
  7. 7 AnkaraTürkiye 105 works
  8. 8 ShanghaiChina 104 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 85 works
  10. 10 ChengduChina 85 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Creve CoeurUS · 36.4 works345×
  2. MedakIN · 21.2 works96×
  3. NalgondaIN · 35.9 works70×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics?

Among universities, judged by research, The University of Adelaide, Damascus University and University of Bern 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 26.18%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →The University of Ad…University of BernDamascus UniversitySichuan University
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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
1The University of AdelaideAustralia 74.239.5%6.5×22 +130.8%
2Damascus UniversitySyria 73.722.8%65.7×42 +173.4%
3University of BernSwitzerland 73.326.9%5.9×26 +66.3%
4Sichuan UniversityChina 69.215.7%5.6×102 +108.2%
5University of Naples Federico IIItaly 67.330.7%3.4×20 +70.6%
6Semmelweis UniversityHungary 66.533.8%8.4×13 +184.0%
7University of Bari Aldo MoroItaly 65.734.3%4.7×12 +251.9%
8Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 64.730.6%2.9×20 +82.7%
9Saveetha UniversityIndia 63.610.8%9.7×74 +65.5%
10Alexandria UniversityEgypt 63.016.7%10.9×40 +86.4%

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 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, country by country

Is Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.

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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 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.035% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics0.044% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics 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%Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics9.8% 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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