ABSTRACT
According to our analysis, the majority of the published articles are of low level of evidence. Citation analysis is a bibliometric analysis method of evaluating the impact of an article in a particular field.2 The bibliometric analysis combines science with statistical and mathematical methods to provide reliable and objective information for analyzing the quality of scientific research and investigates future directions of research that can help to create specific public healthcare plans.3 Bibliometric methods have been widely used in the field of dentistry.2,4 However, to date, a study of the top-cited dental articles on COVID-19 has not been published. [...]the aim of this study was to identify the bibliometric characteristics of the top 100 most cited (T100) dental articles on COVID-19 and to discover popular trends for future studies. Letters, editorials, commentaries, technical notes, opinions, news, or perspectives were excluded from this research. [...]519 articles were obtained, and by using the option "Times Cited" in the WoS, the results were ranked in descending order based on their citation counts. Bibliometric analysis The following bibliometric parameters from WoSCC of each article were extracted: publication title, publication date, journal title, authorship, institution (as defined by the corresponding author), type of institution (public health service, university, private practice), country of the origin of the study (as defined by the corresponding author), funding status (funded or not funded), journal quartile (Q) and impact factor (IF) (from the current Clarivate journal citation reports 2019), WoSCC citation count, language, and author keywords.2 Each full text of an article was further reviewed for the study design and level of evidence (LOE) as described by Jacimovic et al.5 An internal pilot study was carried out to calibrate researchers in assessing LOE.