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Temporomandibular Joint Disorders

Temporomandibular Joint Disorders is a research topic within Complementary and Manual Therapy. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the diagnosis, management, and associated factors of temporomandibular disorders (TMD), including bruxism, orofacial pain, mastication, joint osteoarthritis, sleep disorders, and the effectiveness of various interventions. It also covers the epidemiology and psychological aspects related to TMD.

  • Temporomandibular Disorders
  • Bruxism
  • Orofacial Pain
  • Mastication
  • Diagnostic Criteria
  • Joint Osteoarthritis
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Physical Therapy Interventions
  • Psychological Factors
  • Epidemiology
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+34%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
19% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders

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

Which countries lead Temporomandibular Joint Disorders research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (845 and 708 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 845 works
  2. 2 India 708 works
  3. 3 United States 638 works
  4. 4 Brazil 558 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 392 works
  6. 6 Japan 375 works
  7. 7 Italy 295 works
  8. 8 South Korea 225 works
  9. 9 Egypt 174 works
  10. 10 Russia 161 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.

China: 19.3%India: 16.2%United States: 14.6%Brazil: 12.8%6 others listed: 37.1%19%largest
China845 · 19.3%India708 · 16.2%United States638 · 14.6%Brazil558 · 12.8%6 others listed1,621 · 37.1%

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

Which institutions lead Temporomandibular Joint Disorders research?

By volume in 2022-now, Sichuan University publishes the most Temporomandibular Joint Disorders research, followed by Stomatology Hospital and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Sichuan UniversityChina 88 works
  2. 2 Stomatology HospitalChina 64 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 53 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 50 works
  5. 5 Saveetha UniversityIndia 41 works
  6. 6 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 39 works
  7. 7 Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 30 works
  8. 8 Cairo UniversityEgypt 30 works
  9. 9 Kyung Hee UniversitySouth Korea 26 works
  10. 10 Nihon UniversityJapan 25 works

Who are the leading researchers in Temporomandibular Joint Disorders?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Temporomandibular Joint Disorders include David Moher, Gordon Henry Guyatt and Luigi Ferrucci.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  3. 3 Luigi Ferrucci United States 281k citations
  4. 4 Jaakko A. Kaprio Finland 183k 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 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders?

The most cited paper in Temporomandibular Joint Disorders is "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., 2014), with 4,547 citations. Next come "Research diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders: review, criteria, examinations and specifications, critique." (3,828) and "Initial Psychometric Assessment of a Functional Oral Intake Scale for Dysphagia in Stroke Patients" (1,861).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 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
2 Research diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders: review, criteria, examinations and specifications, critique. Samuel F. Dworkin, Linda LeResche · PubMed 1992 3,828
3 Initial Psychometric Assessment of a Functional Oral Intake Scale for Dysphagia in Stroke Patients Michael A. Crary, Giselle D. Carnaby Mann, Michael E. Groher · Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Aug 2005 1,861
4 International consensus on the assessment of bruxism: Report of a work in progress Frank Lobbezoo, Jari Ahlberg, Karen G. Raphael et al. · Journal of Oral Rehabilitation Open access 21 Jun 2018 1,371
5 Bruxism defined and graded: an international consensus Frank Lobbezoo, Jari Ahlberg, Alan G. Glaros et al. · Journal of Oral Rehabilitation Open access 4 Nov 2012 1,315
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Where is Temporomandibular Joint Disorders research done?

The largest centres of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Seoul (South Korea), Tokyo (Japan) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Damascus.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 130 works
  2. 2 SeoulSouth Korea 120 works
  3. 3 TokyoJapan 114 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 102 works
  5. 5 ChennaiIndia 102 works
  6. 6 Xi'anChina 99 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 93 works
  8. 8 IstanbulTürkiye 89 works
  9. 9 ChengduChina 77 works
  10. 10 AnkaraTürkiye 72 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DamascusSY · 21.6 works23×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Temporomandibular Joint Disorders than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Temporomandibular Joint Disorders?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Siena, Wroclaw Medical University and Sichuan 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 28.51%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of SienaWroclaw Medical Univ…Damascus 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.

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
1University of SienaItaly 71.541.5%13.2×16 +166.5%
2Wroclaw Medical UniversityPoland 70.739.0%19.7×17 +59.3%
3Sichuan UniversityChina 64.314.3%6.5×88 +129.5%
4Damascus UniversitySyria 62.127.7%39.2×19 +212.7%
5The University of AdelaideAustralia 56.940.4%4.9×12 +256.1%
6University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"Italy 56.730.5%8.4×11 +174.2%
7University of AmsterdamNetherlands 55.423.2%5.8×21 +1.8%
8Medical University of LublinPoland 54.028.7%17.0×16 +76.5%
9Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 53.914.1%7.2×39 +11.1%
10University of Hong KongChina 53.625.7%2.5×14 +34.6%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders, country by country

Is Temporomandibular Joint Disorders research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Temporomandibular Joint Disorders.

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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 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.027% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Temporomandibular Joint Disorders0.033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders 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%Temporomandibular Joint Disorders9.9% 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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