Journal of Forensic Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (1): 18-26.DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2021.210314

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Analysis of the Development Trend in Forensic Odontology Based on CiteSpace

Hao-tian MA1(), Hua-ye XIONG2, Ye LU1, Bing LI3, Jiang-hua LAI1()   

  1. 1.College of Medicine and Forensic,Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center,Xi’an 710061,China
    2.College of Resources and Environment,Southwest University,Chongqing 400700,China
    3.College of Forensic Science,Shanxi Medical University,Taiyuan 030001,China
  • Received:2021-03-26 Online:2023-02-25 Published:2023-02-28
  • Contact: Jiang-hua LAI

Abstract:

Objective To realize the dynamic visualization of forensic odontology based on the bibliometrics methods, and capture the research hotspots and identify the future development trend. Methods Literature articles published from January 1995 to December 2020 were searched according to specific subject words in the core data set of Web of Science. The visualization analysis of publishing country, institution, discipline, author, co-cited journal and keywords was performed by CiteSpace 5.7.R5W software. Results The annual analysis of publications showed an upward trend of forensic odontology research literature year by year, with the number of annual publications more than 110 in the last five years. Developed countries were the main source of contributions and the average centrality was greater than 0.2. The research of forensic odontology involved multiple disciplines, including stomatology, biology, computer science and medical imaging, with a distinct interdisciplinary feature. A total of 115 nodes were obtained by keyword cluster analysis. The principal line of forensic odontology mainly included individual identification and age estimation and the emergence of hotspots was closely related to new technologies. Population-based odontology investigation, improvement of traditional dental age estimation method and dental age estimation based on new technology were popular research in forensic odontology. Conclusion Developing countries urgently need to increase the focus on related research. It may be an important direction for the development of forensic odontology to establish and enrich the regional dental database, develop new odontology identification technology combined with frontier and high-end technology, and develop the identification program based on advanced information technology.

Key words: forensic medicine, forensic odontology, bibliometrics, Web of Science data set, CiteSpace

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