a scopus-based bibliometric review of dental research productivity of universities in north east of england: policy implications

Introduction: the knowledge of dental research productivity helps to provide oversight on current dental research capacity and gaps. hence, this study aims to evaluate the dental research productivity of the universities in the north east of england (nee).methods: this is a bibliometric review collecting data on the dental publications of the five nee universities from scopus. collected data were analysed using the microsoft excel 2021 software.results: dentistry was the health science subject area with the lowest volume of research productivity in two-fifth of the nee universities. the nee universities contributed <4% of the total dental research publications in the uk. newcastle university was the nee university with the highest volume of dental research productivity. the level of inter-institutional dental research collaborations among the nee universities was very low. the usa-based institutions were the most productive foreign institutions collaborating with nee universities. the study identified the five most published dental researchers at the nee universities. accordingly, each nee universities had at least 15.8% of its total dental research publications in the british dental journal.conclusion: the findings from this study reflect the dental research productivity of nee universities. the dental research capacity of universities in the nee needs to be strengthened.