Analysis of International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry Research Trends Using Word Network Analysis

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1 Original Article Int J Clin Prev Dent 2018;14(3): ㆍ ISSN (Print) ㆍ ISSN (Online) Analysis of International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry Research Trends Using Word Network Analysis Kyung-Hui Moon 1, Sun-Joo Yoon 1, Hye-sook Kwon 2 1 Department of Dental Hygiene, Jinju Health College, Jinju, 2 Department of Dental Hygiene, Gimcheon University, Gimcheon, Korea Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the structure of the research trends of the International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry (IJCPD) through analysis of the word network. The keywords of 371 theses from Issue 1 of 2005 to Issue 1 of 2018 in the IJCPD were extracted and used as data. Methods: The collected data were analyzed using Excel 2016 and Cyram Inc. NetMiner Version analysis and analysis were conducted on all IJCPD issues. Also, word network analysis per period was also conducted. Results: Of the 676 words acquired from the IJCPD the most frequently used word in the 13-year period was health. Further, discussions on caries, tooth, halitosis, and fluoride were the most active. In clinical preventive dentistry, the upper degree words were tooth, caries, health, fluoride, and halitosis., and the upper betweenness words were tooth, health, caries, plaque, halitosis. Also, the core degree keywords per period was found to be tooth, caries and fluoride in period 1; tooth, health and dentifrice in period 2; and health, caries and index in period 3. Conclusion: The most commonly used word in clinical preventive dentistry studies in the IJCPD over a 13-year period was health and the word was found to be tooth. Results of conducting analysis per period showed that studies were gradually expanded to various fields. It is expected that meaningful research from various aspects can be conducted based on the research trend analysis results of IJCPD using word network analysis. s: word network analysis, International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry (IJCPD), research trend Introduction Corresponding author Sun-Joo Yoon Department of Dental Hygiene, Jinju Health College, 51 Uibyeong-ro, Jinju 52655, Korea. Tel: , Fax: , wavelove2000@hanmail.net Received August 31, 2018, Revised September 4, 2018, Accepted September 18, 2018 Preventive dentistry is an academic discipline that studies the principles and methods for preventing oral diseases in individual patients [1]. International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry (IJCPD) was launched in 2005 (ISSN [Print] ; ISSN [Online] ); it is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December every year. The official title of the journal is International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry (IJCPD) and the abbreviated title is Int J Clin Prev Dent. Copyright c Korean Academy of Preventive Dentistry. All rights reserved. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License ( by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 184

2 Kyung-Hui Moon, et al:analysis of IJCPD Research Trends Using Word Network Analysis IJCPD consists of original research reports, clinical articles, reviews, case reports, and other materials on preventive dentistry and related subjects that contribute to promoting oral health and development of clinical knowledge and skills related to preventive dentistry [2]. Research papers of various topics related to clinical preventive dentistry are being published in the IJCPD. The number has increased from five papers in 2005 to 20 in 2010 and 41 in It was proposed as a registration candidate for the National Research Foundation in 2010 and selected as a registered journal in The journal has since maintained its status up until now. Recently, various research fields have started using network analysis methods to analyze academic knowledge structures [3]. Network analysis is a method for objectifying all data and quantitatively analyzing their relationships. Such network analysis makes it easy to visualize various connection networks and carry out dimensional investigation, making it possible to deduce the macroscopic flow in relational structures [3,4]. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to implement network analysis methods in the clinical preventive dentistry field to analyze the research trends, based on papers published from the first issue since the founding of IJCPD up until the first issue of Such analysis will provide the directions and implications of research projects in the future. Materials and Methods 1. Subjects In order to search for the papers subject to this study, the Research Information Service System and the academic journal homepage ( were used. This study used 371 out of 374 theses, published from issue 1 of 2005 to issue 1 of 2018 of the IJCPD, as subjects of analysis in which keywords were extracted and used as data. Three theses that were repetitive were excluded from the analysis. 2. Methods The collected data were analyzed using Excel 2016 and Cyram Inc. NetMiner Version analysis was conducted to identify the research structure of IJCPD and analysis was conducted to identify core words. In addition, based on the studies of Jhang et al. [5], this study categorized the periods into five-year groups as period 1 from 2005 to 2009, period 2 from 2010 to 2014, and period 3 from 2015 to 2018 to analyze the research trends. The method is shown in Table 1. Results 1. analysis From the 676 words deduced from the IJCPD, 68 keyword groups in the top 10% frequency occurrence and with frequency of at least five times were formed. They are as shown in the below table (Table 2). The most frequently used word in clinical preventive dentistry research literature over 13 years was health, and it is evident that studies on caries, tooth, halitosis, and fluoride were the most active. Figure 1 is a graph of the top 45 words in terms of frequency of mention in clinical preventive dentistry studies and the word health appeared predominantly compared to other words. Figure 2 illustrates all of the word networks for IJCPD. In order to illustrate word networks, the 676 total words were reduced to 68 core keywords. Furthermore, the connections among words comprised of numerous links were reduced to the number of links, based on the top 10% in order to deduce good visualization results. 2. Word cloud analysis In order to intuitively identify the central topics of IJCPD through word network analysis, word clouds were visualized. Figure 3 illustrates these word clouds based on the most frequently appearing words in IJCPD. In the illustration, the size of the word is used as illustration criteria to represent its frequency of use. It shows that words such as health, caries, tooth, halitosis, fluoride, index, and dentifrice were the highest frequency words. 3. Centrality analysis 1) Analysis of total keyword degree and betweenness Table 3 shows the top 10 words through analysis. In clinical preventive dentistry, words at the center together with keywords are tooth, caries, health, fluoride, and halitosis. These words may be considered keywords of clinical preventive dentistry with the highest number of correlation with other keywords. The upper betweenness words are tooth, health, caries, plaque, halitosis, etc., Table 1. Theses subject to this study Research section (period 1) (period 2) (period 3) No. of theses No. of keywords

3 International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry Table 2. Final 68 keyword groups with frequency of five times or more No. Frequency No. Frequency 1 Health Streptococcus 7 2 Caries Activity 7 3 Tooth Application 7 4 Halitosis Behavior 7 5 Fluoride Chromatography 7 6 Index Hypersensitivity 7 7 Dentifrice Method 7 8 Care Sugar 7 9 Plaque System 7 10 Malodor Tea 7 11 Toothbrush Agent 6 12 Sealant Control 6 13 Disease Domain 6 14 Hygiene Hardness 6 15 Saliva Microhardness 6 16 Toothpaste Remineralization 6 17 Gingivitis Survey 6 18 Acid Viscosity 6 19 Dentin Water 6 20 Gingival Whitening 6 21 Strength SEM 5 22 Toothbrushing Appliance 5 23 Child Bacterium 5 24 Microorganism Cement 5 25 Resin Desensitization 5 26 Test Enamel 5 27 Denture Factor 5 28 Prevention Fissure 5 29 Sodium Flow 5 30 Education 9 64 Lesion 5 31 Mutans 9 65 Light 5 32 Program 9 66 Milk 5 33 Radiation 8 67 Phosphate 5 34 School 8 68 Pit 5 SEM: scanning electron microscope. and they are words that act as themes that connect words with other words. 2) network degree analysis per period Table 4 divides the period from 2005 to 2018 into three periods to examine changes in degree through analysis of keyword network for each period. The core degree keywords for each season were tooth, caries, and fluoride for period 1; tooth, health, and dentifrice for period 2; and health, caries, and index for period 3. The core degree keyword that shows that concentrated studies were carried out for each period was tooth and it figured in period 1, in period 2 and in period 3, showing that research expanded to various fields going into periods 2 and 3. Figure 2. Word Network of International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry for 13 years. Figure 1. Top 45 words for frequency. 186 Vol. 14, No. 3, September 2018

4 Kyung-Hui Moon, et al:analysis of IJCPD Research Trends Using Word Network Analysis 3) network betweenness analysis per period Table 5 shows the results of selecting and analyzing the top 15 core keywords for betweenness in each period. Analysis results showed that the betweenness for fluoride (0.379) and tooth (0.348) were high in period 1; in period 2, tooth (0.307) had high betweenness with weight as mediating roles; and then the weight was dispersed to resin (0.124), health (0.119), and cement (0.117). In period 3, most of the keywords of halitosis (0.212), caries (0.180), and tooth (0.1676) did not show big differences in weight. Furthermore, most keywords with high betweenness per period were found to score high in degree as well. Discussion This study aims to analyze the structure of research trends in the IJCPD through word network analysis. Network analysis makes it easy to visualize various connection networks and carry out dimensional investigation, making it possible to deduce the macroscopic flow in relational structures [3,4]. Word network analysis identifies knowledge sharing relations through keywords based on the assumption that the keywords presented in a thesis best express the theme of that thesis [6]. Word network analysis assumes that all of the words that make up the basic text are used to express the meanings of texts and that the meanings of texts are comprised of those words. Among them, there are words that play key roles and they are called keywords [7]. Word network analysis is indicated variously such as keyword network analysis, language network analysis, text net- Table 3. Total keyword degree and betweenness No. Degree Figure 3. Word cloud based on high frequency words. 1 Tooth Tooth Caries Health Health Caries Fluoride Plaque Halitosis Halitosis Dentifrice Fluoride Plaque Dentifrice Toothpaste Index Index Toothpaste Toothbrushing Fracture Table 4. Core degree keywords per period No. Period 1 ( ) Period 2 ( ) Period 3 ( ) Centrality Centrality Centrality 1 Tooth Tooth Health Caries Health Caries Fluoride Dentifrice Index Activity Caries Halitosis Halitosis Fluoride Dentifrice Index Sodium Tooth Plaque Cement Gingivitis Strength Plaque Dentin Mouthguard Toothbrushing Fluoride Sealant Toothpaste Child Varnish Halitosis Test PFRI Index Care Application Sugar Denture Bleaching Acid Desensitization Filler Chromatography Disease PFRI: plaque formation rate index

5 International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry Table 5. Core betweenness keywords per period No. Period 1 ( ) Period 2 ( ) Period 3 ( ) 1 Fluoride Tooth Halitosis Tooth Resin Caries Caries Health Tooth Retention Cement Index Stroke Fracture Health Periodontitis Dentifrice Dentifrice Health Plaque Test Status Amalgam Fluoride Index Corresponding Gingivitis Activity Caries Prevention Oleary Toothpaste Denture Plaque Preparation Desensitization Strength Denture Saliva Light Sealant Toothpaste PFRI Chromatography Sealant PFRI: plaque formation rate index. work analysis, and semantic connection network analysis [8] based on the researcher s preference. In a semantics identification case study shared among policy stakeholders through socio-cognitive network analysis, Park and Chung [9] summed up the existing studies of text (word) network analysis in Korea from 2009 to 2012 by research scope and subjects; definition of nodes; definition of relations; analysis methods; and analysis tools. Therefore, it is evident that research is being conducted using several analysis tools in various fields. Accordingly, this study extracted keywords from 371 studies published in the IJCPD from 2005 to 2018 to analyze data. Results of word analysis showed that, among the 676 words extracted from the IJCPD, there were 68 words that represented keyword groups based on top 10% high frequency and frequency of at least five times. The most frequently used word in clinical preventive dentistry studies over 13 years was health, and it is also evident that discussions on caries, tooth, halitosis, and fluoride were the most active. When illustrating the word clouds based on words that appear the most in clinical preventive dentistry studies through word network analysis, it is evident that words such as health, caries, tooth, halitosis, fluoride, index, and dentifrice have high frequencies. The most representative scale for network analysis is. Typical centralities are degree and betweenness, and they are measured by computing the number of continuing relations for objects in networks. Degree measures how many other objects are connected an object; betweenness is measured based on the role of a word as a medium or bridge constructing networks of one node to another node [3]. Based on analysis, words that form by connecting keywords in clinical preventive dentistry were tooth, caries, health, fluoride, and halitosis. These are the keywords of clinical preventive dentistry with the most number of connections with other keywords. The upper betweenness keywords are tooth, health, caries, plaque, and halitosis, and they are the words that act as mediums that connect different words. When examining the degree keywords per period by dividing the period between 2005 to 2018 into three periods, tooth weighed in period 1; in period 2; and in period 3. It shows that the central axis inclined towards a somewhat narrow concept in the first period, but spread to different themes in periods 2 and 3. For betweenness per period, fluoride (0.379) and tooth (0.348) scored high in period 1; in period 2, tooth (0.307) weighed high with a major mediator role; and then the weight was dispersed to resin (0.124), health (0.119), and cement (0.117). In period 3, most keywords including halitosis (0.212), caries (0.180), and tooth (0.1676) did not show big differences in values. Also, it was evident that most keywords with high betweenness for each period ranked high in degree as well. The IJCPD was launched in 2005 and contains research results on clinical preventive dentistry spanning over 13 years. It is necessary to refer to the research trends in clinical preventive 188 Vol. 14, No. 3, September 2018

6 Kyung-Hui Moon, et al:analysis of IJCPD Research Trends Using Word Network Analysis dentistry through keyword analysis and analysis to identify ways to diversify academic topics and methodologies in the relevant fields related to the nation s oral health policies. This study is meaningful in that it implemented word network analyses of dentistry studies to analyze trends in clinical preventive dentistry research. However, in examining the research trends of clinical preventive dentistry, the analysis per the third period was from 2015 to 2018 issue 1; this is not a five-year period, so the research results of subjects for comparative study cannot be generalized. In future studies, it is necessary to conduct comparative analytical studies using materials published over five-year periods each. Furthermore, not only should the research trends in clinical preventive dentistry be examined, but analyzing networks on how keywords relevant to clinical preventive dentistry are used in online media would also be meaningful research in the future. Conclusion This study implemented word network analysis methods in the clinical preventive dentistry research literature to extract keywords from 371 studies published from issue 1 of 2005 to issue 1 of 2018 in the IJCPD to identify research structure and to conduct analysis in order to identify keywords. The period from 2005 to 2009 was categorized as period 1; 2010 to 2014 as period 2; and 2015 to 2018 as period 3 to analyze research trends and to obtain the following conclusions. Of the 676 words acquired from the IJCPD the most frequently used word in the 13-year period was health ; it is evident that discussions on caries, tooth, halitosis and fluoride were the most active. In clinical preventive dentistry, the upper degree words were tooth, caries, health, fluoride, and halitosis, and the upper betweenness words were tooth, health, caries, plaque, and halitosis. Also, the core degree keywords per period were found to be tooth, caries, and fluoride in period 1; tooth, health, and dentifrice in period 2; and health, caries, and index in period 3. Tooth weighed in period 1; in period 2; and in period 3, showing that studies expanded to various topics going to periods 2 and Of the 676 words acquired from the IJCPD the most frequently used word in the 13-year period was health, and it is evident that discussions on caries, tooth, halitosis and fluoride were the most active. 2. The upper words that are core words connected to keywords in clinical preventive dentistry are tooth, caries, health, fluoride, and halitosis, and the upper betweenness words that act as mediums that connect words were found to be tooth, health, caries, plaque, and halitosis. 3. Upon analyzing changes in degree through analyzing keyword networks per period by dividing the time between 2005 to 2018 into three periods, it was found that the core degree keywords in period 1 were tooth, caries, and fluoride ; in period 2 they were tooth, health, and dentifrice ; and in period 3 they were health, caries, and index. Tooth weighed in period 1; in period 2; and in period 3, showing that research spread to various topics going into periods 2 and Upon analyzing core betweenness keywords per period, fluoride (0.379) and tooth (0.348) scored high in period 1 and tooth (0.0307) weighed highest in period 2 showing a high mediator role, but then the weight was dispersed to resin (0.124), health (0.119), and cement (0.117). In period 3, most keywords such as halitosis (0.212), caries (0.180), and tooth (0.1676) did not show major differences in values. 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