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Kim: ANALYSIS OF PAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF KOREAN ACADEMY OF CONSERVATIVE DENTISTRY DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS

ABSTRACT

To understand the recent characteristics of the papers published in the Journal of Korean Academy of Conservative Dentistry(JKACD), All the papers in the JKACD of 1992 to 2001 were analyzed. A total of 513 papers were classified according to its type, field and subject of the study, school and the number of authors, references, and written language.
The results were as follows;
  1. According to the type of the paper, 506(98.6%) were original articles, 3(0.6%) were review articles, and 4(0.8%) were case reports.

  2. Anual proportion of papers in the field of operative dentistry was similar to that of endodontics.

  3. In the field of operative dentistry, esthetic restorative materials and bonding to tooth constituted major subjects of the studies. In the field of endodotics, pulp biology was prominent and canal shaping, endodontic microbiology and canal obturation were steadily reported.

  4. According to author's school, similar number of papers were published in the field of operative dentistry and endodontics in general. However, some schools showed preponderances.

  5. Most studies were done by two or more authors. Studies published by two authors were most.

  6. Fifty(9.7%) papers were done in collaboration with workers of the other field.

  7. Average number of references cited in the papers was 41.2, including domestic references of 1.8. 40.7% of the papers was shown to cite no domestic papers at all.

  8. Twenty-eight(5.5%) papers were written in English, with increasing ratio.

Fig. 1.
Distribution of papers according to the publication year.
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Fig. 2.
Distribution of papers according to the subject on operative dentistry.
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Fig. 3.
Distribution of papers according to subject on Endodontics.
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Fig. 4.
Distribution of papers according to main author's school.
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Fig. 5.
Proportion of papers according to number of authors.
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Fig. 9.
Distribution of papers written by English.
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Table 1.
Classification of papers according to subjects
Operative Dentistry Endodontics
Hard tissue defect Pulp biology
Pulp protection Canal shaping
Amalgam restoration Canal irrigation & medication
Cast restoration Endodontic microbiology
Bonding to tooth Canal obturation
Esthetic restorative materials Trauma
Porcelain restoration Surgical endodontics
Discoloration & Bleaching Restoration of endodontically treated tooth
Others Others
Table 2.
Number of papers according to type
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total
Original Articles 33 39 39 58 50 61 59 64 57 46 506
Review Articles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
Case Reports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4
Total 33 39 39 59 59 61 59 66 58 49 513
Table 3.
Number of papers according to the publication year
Operative Dentistry(%) Endodontics (%) Total
1992 16 (48.5) 17 (51.5) 33
1993 28 (71.8) 11 (28.2) 39
1994 25 (64.1) 14 (35.9) 39
1995 33 (55.9) 26 (44.1) 59
1996 23 (46.0) 27 (54.0) 50
1997 29 (47.5) 32 (52.5) 61
1998 33 (55.9) 26 (44.1) 59
1999 31 (47.0) 35 (53.0) 66
2000 29 (50.0) 29 (50.0) 58
2001
26 (53.1)
23 (46.9)
49
Total 273 (53.2) 240 (46.8) 513
Table 4.
Number of papers according to the subject on operative dentistry in each year
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 total
Hard tissue defect 0 3 2 0 2 3 0 1 1 3 15
Pulp protection 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 8
Amalgam restoration 1 4 4 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 19
Cast restoration 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
Bonding to tooth 6 6 5 13 12 7 8 10 6 4 77
Esthetic restorative materials 9 9 8 11 6 9 8 10 15 16 101
Porcelain restoration 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 3 2 1 14
Discoloration & Bleaching 0 1 2 3 2 0 2 3 3 1 17
Others
0
2
0
2
0
4
4
2
0
1
15
Total 16 28 25 33 23 29 33 31 29 26 273
Table 5.
Number of papers according to the subject on Endodontics
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 total
Pulp biology 6 2 1 8 12 7 2 12 5 4 59
Canal shaping 4 0 3 4 2 8 7 7 5 5 45
Canal irrigation&medication 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 11
Endodontic microbiology 3 1 3 6 3 5 4 6 6 4 41
Canal obturation 3 32 2 5 5 1 8 4 6 2 39
Trauma 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 7
Surgical endodontics 0 2 3 1 3 2 4 2 1 1 19
Res. Endo. treated tooth* 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Others
1
0
0
1
0
5
0
1
3
3
14
Total 17 11 14 26 27 32 26 35 29 23 240

* Restoration of endodontically treated tooth

Table 6.
Number of papers according to main author's school
Operative dentistry(%) Endodontics(%) total (100%)
Kangnung University 0 (0) 2 (100) 2 (100%)
Kyungpook University 15 (42.9) 20 (57.1) 35 (100%)
Kyunghee University 34 (56.7) 26 (43.3) 60 (100%)
Dankook University 24 (52.2) 22 (47.8) 46 (100%)
Pusan University 15 (83.3) 3 (16.7) 18 (100%)
Seoul University 69 (53.1) 61 (46.9) 130 (100%)
Yonsei University 37 (60.7) 24 (39.3) 61 (100%)
Wonkwang University 13 (31.7) 28 68.3) 41 (100%)
Chonnam University 11 (57.9) 8 (42.1) 19 (100%)
Chonbuk University 18 (51.4) 17 (48.6) 35 (100%)
Chosun University 35 (76.1) 11 (23.9) 46 (100%)
Others
2 (10)
18 (90)
20 (100%)
Total 273 (53.2%) 240 (46.8%) 513 (100%)
Table 7.
Number of papers according to co-work with other major
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total
co-work with other major
6
2
3
5
3
7
3
11
3
7
50
total 33 39 39 59 59 61 59 66 58 49 513
Table 8.
Analysis of references
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total
No. of papers 33 39 39 59 50 61 59 66 58 49 513
Total No. of references 1542 1667 1644 2426 2238 2417 2375 2736 2370 1745 21160
Total No. of domestic references 77 53 63 156 105 98 94 132 49 75 902
Average No. of references 46.7 42.7 42.2 41.1 44.8 39.6 40.3 41.5 40.9 35.6 41.2
Average No. of domestic references 2.3 1.4 1.6 2.6 2.1 1.6 1.6 2 0.8 1.5 1.8
No. of papers without domestic references 9 18 17 20 19 29 23 27 24 23 209
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