IADR Abstract Archives
Chilean Participation at IADR General Meetings: 2013-2020
Objectives: International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Annual General Meetings is one of the most important congresses for dental scientific community. The aim of this study was to analyze the participation of Chilean researchers at the IADR general session between 2013 to 2020.
Methods: A bibliometric study. All presentations with authors affiliated to some Chilean institution and all kind of presentations were included. The data collected was obtained through the website of IADR Abstract Archive (iadr.abstractarchives.com). Session, Tittle, Authors, Affiliation institution, International cooperation and Scientific Groups/Networks were registered on an electronic spreadsheet through an electronic form. A statistical descriptive analysis was performed through IBM® SPSS® Statistics v.25.
Results: At IADR General Sessions, 213 presentations were found from 2013 to 2020 (with an annual average of 22.6), of them 178 correspond to the poster modality, 29 oral presentations, 3 symposium and 1 discussion session. 125 presentations were made exclusive for Chilean researchers and 88 had international cooperation, mostly by the United States (24.8%). The affiliation institution with major participation is the Universidad de Chile (39.1%), followed by the Universidad de los Andes (11.8%) and the Universidad de Talca (11.4%). The most used Scientific Groups/Networks was Dental Materials and International Network for Orofacial Pain and Related Disorders Methodology (INfORM) (11.7%), followed by Microbiology/Immunology and Periodontal Research (9.4%).
Conclusions: The chilean participation has gradually increased in the last period, however it’s still low and distant compared to the bigger scientific producers worldwide, such as Brazil who has the leadership in the American Latin region. As for the Scientific Groups/Networks it has been observed that scientific production has increased compared to earlier periods in the INfORM and Microbiology/Immunology areas. Currently, four universities are leading the research, reflecting the need for further promotion of scientific investigation at their facilities.
Methods: A bibliometric study. All presentations with authors affiliated to some Chilean institution and all kind of presentations were included. The data collected was obtained through the website of IADR Abstract Archive (iadr.abstractarchives.com). Session, Tittle, Authors, Affiliation institution, International cooperation and Scientific Groups/Networks were registered on an electronic spreadsheet through an electronic form. A statistical descriptive analysis was performed through IBM® SPSS® Statistics v.25.
Results: At IADR General Sessions, 213 presentations were found from 2013 to 2020 (with an annual average of 22.6), of them 178 correspond to the poster modality, 29 oral presentations, 3 symposium and 1 discussion session. 125 presentations were made exclusive for Chilean researchers and 88 had international cooperation, mostly by the United States (24.8%). The affiliation institution with major participation is the Universidad de Chile (39.1%), followed by the Universidad de los Andes (11.8%) and the Universidad de Talca (11.4%). The most used Scientific Groups/Networks was Dental Materials and International Network for Orofacial Pain and Related Disorders Methodology (INfORM) (11.7%), followed by Microbiology/Immunology and Periodontal Research (9.4%).
Conclusions: The chilean participation has gradually increased in the last period, however it’s still low and distant compared to the bigger scientific producers worldwide, such as Brazil who has the leadership in the American Latin region. As for the Scientific Groups/Networks it has been observed that scientific production has increased compared to earlier periods in the INfORM and Microbiology/Immunology areas. Currently, four universities are leading the research, reflecting the need for further promotion of scientific investigation at their facilities.