Developing a Dataset for Assessing the Direction of International Dental Research

摘要

The paper represents the final report for the project to develop databases to be used to assess the recent direction and amount of dental research on an international level. The specifics of accomplishing the data collection and management are provided. Additional general and specific problems are described, the addres coding scheme is listed, the final authority list is provided, and the numbers of records by journal and by year are tabulated. The result of the project has been the compilation of a massive amount of information for the National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR). NIDR can now identify the institutions and countries that contribute most to dental research.