Chilean participation in IADR general sessions, 2001-2012.

摘要

Introduction: International Association for Dental Research (IADR) general session is one of the most important annual congress in the dental and craniofacial field. The aim of this research is to characterize the participation of dental researchers affiliated to Chilean institutions in IADR general sessions over 2001-2012 period. Methodology: Bibliometric study. Search was performed in the web platform Conference Exchange? for IADR, for general sessions from 2001 to 2012, for the term "Chile", including all presentations with at least one author with an affiliation to some Chilean institutions. The following variables were evaluated: Session, author, institution, international cooperation and topic area. Results: 158 presentations were found, annual average of 13.2 (15.3), in 87.3% there were 1 to 6 authors per presentation. Major participant institution was Universidad de Chile (43%), followed by Universities of Talca (15.8%), Finis Terrae (11.4%) and los Andes (10.8%); topics with more participations were Periodontology (13.9%), Cariology (12.7%) and Epidemiology (12.7%); 26% of the presentations had participation of foreign institutions. Discussion: These results reinforce previous bibliometrics reports, but highlight two private universities in the top positions. The assessment of participation in IADR General Sessions is an important index of scientific production of Chilean dentistry, complementing the bibliometric assessments focused on ISI publications, allowing a better understanding of knowledge generation in this field.