Analysis of the Development Trend in Forensic Odontology Based on CiteSpace

doi:10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2021.210314

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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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DF795.6

Hao-tian MA, Hua-ye XIONG, Ye LU, Bing LI, Jiang-hua LAI. Analysis of the Development Trend in Forensic Odontology Based on CiteSpace[J]. Journal of Forensic Medicine, 2023, 39(1): 18-26.

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序号	机构中文名	机构英文名	国家	发文量/篇
1	圣保罗大学	University of Sao Paulo	巴西	42
2	鲁汶大学	Catholic University of Leuven	比利时	38
3	纽约州立大学布法罗分校	SUNY Buffalo State College	美国	22
4	马切拉塔大学	University of Macerata	意大利	22
5	格拉纳达大学	University of Granada	西班牙	21
6	米兰大学	University of Milan	意大利	17
7	利物浦大学	University of Liverpool	英国	17
8	阿德莱德大学	University of Adelaide	澳大利亚	16
9	蒙纳士大学	Monash University	澳大利亚	16
10	西澳大学	University of Western Australia	澳大利亚	16

序号	机构中文名	机构英文名	国家	发文量/篇
1	圣保罗大学	University of Sao Paulo	巴西	42
2	鲁汶大学	Catholic University of Leuven	比利时	38
3	纽约州立大学布法罗分校	SUNY Buffalo State College	美国	22
4	马切拉塔大学	University of Macerata	意大利	22
5	格拉纳达大学	University of Granada	西班牙	21
6	米兰大学	University of Milan	意大利	17
7	利物浦大学	University of Liverpool	英国	17
8	阿德莱德大学	University of Adelaide	澳大利亚	16
9	蒙纳士大学	Monash University	澳大利亚	16
10	西澳大学	University of Western Australia	澳大利亚	16

序号	作者	机构中文名	国家	共被引/次
1	Demirjian A	蒙特利尔大学	加拿大	211
2	Cameriere R	马切拉塔大学	意大利	151
3	Pretty IA	利物浦大学	英国	145
4	Willems G	鲁汶大学	比利时	127
5	Schmeling A	柏林大学附属夏里特医院	德国	113
6	Liversidge HM	伦敦玛丽女王大学巴特和伦敦医学及牙科学院	英国	111
7	Solheim T	奥斯陆大学	挪威	110
8	Sweet D	不列颠哥伦比亚大学	加拿大	107
9	Gustafson G	隆德大学	瑞典	104
10	Olze A	柏林大学附属夏里特医院	德国	103

序号	作者	机构中文名	国家	共被引/次
1	Demirjian A	蒙特利尔大学	加拿大	211
2	Cameriere R	马切拉塔大学	意大利	151
3	Pretty IA	利物浦大学	英国	145
4	Willems G	鲁汶大学	比利时	127
5	Schmeling A	柏林大学附属夏里特医院	德国	113
6	Liversidge HM	伦敦玛丽女王大学巴特和伦敦医学及牙科学院	英国	111
7	Solheim T	奥斯陆大学	挪威	110
8	Sweet D	不列颠哥伦比亚大学	加拿大	107
9	Gustafson G	隆德大学	瑞典	104
10	Olze A	柏林大学附属夏里特医院	德国	103

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