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ArticleBrazilian oral research2025

Shedding light on Brazil's contribution to photobiomodulation research in oral medicine: a bibliometric study.

Lauren Frenzel Schuch, Laura Borges Kirschnick, Vivian Petersen Wagner, Vanessa Rodrigues Velho, Gabriela Sauer Llantada, Marco Antonio Trevizani Martins, Márcia Martins Marques, Antonio Luiz Barbosa Pinheiro, Jean Nunes Dos Santos, Alan Roger Santos-Silva and 2 more

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12 authors.

Lauren Frenzel SchuchUniversidad de La Republica - UDELAR, School of Dentistry, Department of Diagnosis in Pathology and Oral Medicine, Montevideo, Uruguay.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0993-936X
Laura Borges KirschnickUniversidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp, Piracicaba Dental School, Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9411-3713
Vivian Petersen WagnerUniversidade de São Paulo - USP, School of Dentistry, Department of Dentistry, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1447-2135
Vanessa Rodrigues VelhoUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Pathology, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-6282-6515
Gabriela Sauer LlantadaUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Pathology, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-0986-9224
Marco Antonio Trevizani MartinsUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Pathology, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7834-3319
Márcia Martins MarquesSigmund Freud University, Aachen Dental Laser Centre - AALZ, Austria Campus Prater, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9398-1252
Antonio Luiz Barbosa PinheiroUniversidade Federal da Bahia - UFBa, School of Dentistry, Center of Biophotonics, Salvador, BA, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5805-0321
Jean Nunes Dos SantosUniversidade Federal da Bahia - UFBa, School of Dentistry, Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Salvador, BA, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7225-5879
Alan Roger Santos-SilvaUniversidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp, Piracicaba Dental School, Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2040-6617
Cesar Augusto MiglioratiUniversity of Florida, College of Dentistry, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3298-3684
Manoela Domingues MartinsUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Pathology, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8662-5965

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to verify the role of Brazilian researchers in publications related to photobiomodulation (PBM) in the field of oral medicine. We examined ten years from 2012 to 2022 across 16 journals. Our analysis included scientific publications with a Brazilian author either in the first or last position and publications from international collaborations. The search yielded 43,525 publications. After examining titles and abstracts, 269 studies were categorized as having a specific emphasis on PBM in oral medicine, of which 147 (54.6%) were undertaken by research groups based in Brazil. The citations ranged from 1 to 149 (an average of 31 per manuscript). The male-to-female ratio of first and last author was 1:2 and 1:1.4, respectively. Brazilian involvement in the field of PBM was significant, with a marked focus on basic research, clinical applications, and technological advances. Our results also underscore the remarkable participation of female researchers in pivotal roles. Brazilian publications positively impacted healthcare worldwide using PBM in oral medicine, as evidenced by the substantial number of articles published and the citations of these articles received.

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BibliometricsBiomedical ResearchDental ResearchLow-Level Light TherapyOral MedicineBrazilFemaleHumansMalePeriodicals as TopicResearch Personnel

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