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Internationalization of researchers in Oral Pathology/Oral Medicine area from Latin America.

Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology · Trezena S, Ribeiro E Sobral LF, Nascimento JPS, Ferreira LM, Penã-Vega CP, Rueda-Jiménez A, Gilligan GM, González-Arriagada WA, Reiván-Ortiz PN, Pedraza RM, Azañero WD, Bologna-Molina R, Martelli DRB, Martelli-Júnior H · 2026-06-16

Researchers examined oral pathology and oral medicine publications from eight Latin American countries and found that roughly one-quarter involved international collaboration and two-fifths were openly accessible. Articles with international partnerships received significantly more citations than those without, whereas open access status did not independently boost citation counts.

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