Table 3 Summary statistics for article topic and study design, number (N) of articles per topic and study design, Altmetric Attention Score (total), AAS per item and citation count in Web of Science (total), and Scopus (total) are presented

Topic

N

AAS

AAS/item

WOS

SCOPUS

OHRQOL

13

335

25.8

213

224

Oral hygiene caries and white spot prevention

12

129

10.8

129

139

Tooth movement acceleration (vibrational, laser, corticotomy)

11

128

11.6

154

171

Class II fixed or removable functional appliances

11

108

9.8

148

167

Stability and relapse/retention/fixed and removable retainers

10

93

9.3

96

99

Eruption problems: impaction, canine ectopic eruption/number problems

7

69

9.9

56

66

Psychological and psychosocial aspects in patients

6

87

14.5

96

110

Periodontics-Orthodontics interaction

6

57

9.5

47

61

Injuries and complications during treatment on both hard and soft tissues

5

197

39.4

9

9

Clear aligners

4

54

13.5

98

97

Brackets design, friction, self-ligating

4

49

12.3

65

58

Habit and myfunctional problems influence on orofacial structures

4

44

11.0

21

17

CBCT/digital model/3D Technology

4

39

9.8

58

67

Early/interceptive treatment

4

32

8.0

29

29

Bone anchor

4

32

8.0

27

30

Archwires, elastomers, resins and other materials: effectiveness, biochemistry, biology, toxicity

3

54

18.0

8

11

Orthopaedic treatment of Skeletal Class III

3

35

11.7

34

29

Aesthetic soft tissues—profile evaluation, smile evaluation

3

27

9.0

27

30

Sleep disorders/breathing

2

31

15.5

7

8

Artificial intelligence application to orthodontic treatment and diagnosis

2

21

10.5

10

11

Vertical alterations: open bite

2

21

10.5

8

11

Others

8

83

10.4

107

117

Study design

N

AAS

AAS/item

WOS

SCOPUS

RCTs

32

521

16.3

344

359

Systematic review

30

340

11.3

480

535

Observational (cross-sectional, longitudinal, cohort)

28

311

11.1

211

224

Systematic review and meta-analysis

25

282

11.3

294

324

CCTs

5

61

12.2

42

65

Meta-epidemiological study

2

23

11.5

19

24

Case series/case report

2

14

7.0

18

18

In vitro

1

122

122.0

1

1

Editorial

1

41

41.0

3

2

Bibliometric

1

13

13.0

3

2

Scoping review

1

8

8.0

2

1