European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

The study aimed to evaluate and compare the article type and research design of publications in the Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology (JISP) and Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science (JPIS) and the change in trends from 2011 to 2020.
Materials and Methods: All the scientific publications during the evaluation period were screened and categorized as background resources, case reports, and original articles. The original articles were classified into Primary research and Research syntheses /Summaries, with the former further sub-typed based on research design. Chi-Square / Fisher's exact tests were used to compare the category-wise distribution of publications between the journals and the change in trends within the journals for the block years of 2011-2015 and 2016-2020.