Table 2 Characteristics of included studies

Country of corresponding author (n = 81)

n

%

 Australia

19

23.5%

 United Kingdom

14

17.3%

 United States of America

13

16%

 Canada

10

12.3%

 Brazil

6

7.4

 Iran

6

7.4

 Chile

2

2.5

 Germany

1

1.2

 Indonesia

1

1.2

 Ireland

1

1.2

 Italy

1

1.2

 Japan

1

1.2

 Netherlands

1

1.2

 Nigeria

1

1.2

 Saudi Arabia

1

1.2

 Singapore

1

1.2

 South Africa

1

1.2

 Taiwan

1

1.2

Journal (n = 81)

 Community Dental Health

8

9.9%

 BMC Oral Health

7

8.6%

 Journal of Dentistry

4

4.9%

 Journal of Public Health Dentistry

4

4.9%

 Gerodontology

3

3.7%

 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

3

3.7%

 Special Care in Dentistry

2

2.5%

 Australian Dental Journal

2

2.5%

 BMC Public Health

2

2.5%

 British Dental Journal

2

2.5%

 Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

2

2.5%

 International Journal of Dental Hygiene

2

2.5%

 Journal of Dental Education

2

2.5%

 Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

2

2.5%

 Plos One

2

2.5%

 Systematic Reviews

2

2.5%

 Journal of the American Dental Association

2

2.5%

 Annali di Stomatologia

1

1.2%

 Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate Medicine

1

1.2%

 BMC Health Services Research

1

1.2%

 BMJ Open

1

1.2%

 Brazilian Oral Research

1

1.2%

 Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

1

1.2%

 Dentistry Journal

1

1.2%

 Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

1

1.2%

 European Journal of Oral Sciences

1

1.2%

 Globalization and Health

1

1.2%

 Health Services Insights

1

1.2%

 International Journal for Equity in Health

1

1.2%

 International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry

1

1.2%

 International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

1

1.2%

 Journal of Clinical Nursing

1

1.2%

 Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

1

1.2%

 Journal of Patient Safety

1

1.2%

 Journal of Prosthodontic Research

1

1.2%

 Medical Care Research and Review

1

1.2%

 Obesity Research & Clinical Practice

1

1.2%

 Oral Diseases

1

1.2%

 Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

1

1.2%

 Orthodontics & Craniofacial Research

1

1.2%

 Population Health

1

1.2%

 Quality of Life Research

1

1.2%

 Quintessenz International

1

1.2%

 Research in Developmental Disabilities

1

1.2%

 JDR Clinical & Translational Research

1

1.2%

 Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

1

1.2%

 Revista Ciência e Saúde Coletiva

1

1.2%

Articles published in journals endorsing the PRISMA-ScR Statement (n = 81)

49

60.5%

Terms mentioned in the title or abstract#

n

%

 Scoping review

76

93.8%

 Scoping search

1

1.2%

 Scoping study

3

3.7%

 Mapping review

2

2.5%

 Neither

1

1.2%

Funding

n

%

 Non-profit sponsor

31

38.3%

 Not reported

29

35.8%

 No funding

18

22.2%

 Mixed

2

2.5%

 Unclear

1

1.2%

Methodology guide mentioned# (n = 81)

n

%

 Arksey and O’Malley

43

53.1

 Levac

12

14.8

 JBI

15

18.5

 Other

21

25.9

 PRISMA-SCR

9

 PRISMA

5

 Moher et al

1

 PRISMA and the published protocol

1

 PRISMA flow diagram

1

 Peters et al

3

 Sucharew et al

1

 Not reported

14

17.3

Use of PRISMA-SCR (considering articles published since 2019 January n = 53)

n

%

 No

32

60.4%

 Yes

21

39.6%

How PRISMA was used (considering the 22 studies that mentioned used the PRISMA-ScR n = 22)

n

%

 Methodology guideline

5

23.8%

 Reporting guideline

7

33.3%

 Neither

9

42.9%

#Could be selected more than one answer