Objective: Conservative retreatment of failed endodontic cases plays a significant role in endodontic practice. Bibliometric analysis is an analysis method used to examine the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of published scientific articles. The number of citations a scientific article receives serves as a key indicator of its impact within a given field. The aim of this study is to identify the 100 most cited articles on non-surgical endodontic retreatment and to provide a general perspective on the subject by analyzing their basic features.
Materials and Methods: A search was conducted in the Web of Science (WoS) database in September 2024 to identify relevant publications. For the most frequently cited articles, various parameters were systematically documented and examined: journal title, the names of authors, institutional affiliations, nation of origin, year of publication, citation frequency, collaborations, and key terms. Biblioshiny application along with VOSviewer software (version 1.6.20; Leiden University Center for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden, Netherlands) was used for the analysis and visual depiction of the results.
Results: Among the top 100 most-cited articles, the highest citation count for a single article was 884. The 100 articles included in the analysis were published in seven different journals, with the journal with the largest share (57%) being the Journal of Endodontics. The largest proportion of articles was published in 2008 (n=10). The most frequently occurring first authors were José F. Siqueira Jr., Isabela N. Rôças, and Sbimon Friedman. The term ‘endodontic retreatment’ was the most frequently used keyword.
Conclusion: This study highlights the research trends in the field of non-surgical endodontic retreatment and emphasizes that this topic is one of the fundamental issues in endodontics.