Os 100 artigos mais citados em distúrbios de linguagem em crianças e adolescentes e a interface com a Odontologia: uma análise bibliométrica

Abstract

To analyze the 100 most cited articles in the area of language of children and adolescents and to verify the interface with dentistry, through a bibliometric analysis. A search was carried out of the 100 most cited articles in the language area, included in the Web of Science Core Collection database until December 2021. Four researchers performed the extraction of data that included the number of citations, title, authors, country, year, journals, study design, prevalent clinical conditions and professional area. Studies with adults and the elderly were excluded. Analyzes were performed using VOS viewer. The total number of citations ranged from 251 to 1431. Four articles were cited more than 1000 times. The most cited authors were Bishop DVM (10 articles; 3653 citations) and Tomblin JD (10 articles; 4261 citations). The institution with the highest number of publications was the University of Oxford/England (11%) followed by the University of Kansas/USA (8%). The Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research was the journal with the highest number of publications (24%). The most frequent study design was observational (77%). The most discussed clinical conditions were autism spectrum disorder (18%) and dyslexia (14%). The most prevalent professional area was Speech Therapy (32%) and no study presented an interface with dentistry. The 100 most cited articles on language disorders are mostly observational, mainly address autism spectrum disorder and are in the field of Speech Therapy. There were no studies that presented an interface with dentistry