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Researcher · University of Florida · United States

Larry L. Hench

Larry L. Hench publishes mostly in Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Oral Surgery, on topics such as Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes and Glass properties and applications.

OpenAlex
World rank
#51,464
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#19,895
of 1,627,098
Works
632
Citations
66k
Citations per work
104.6
h-index
112
i10-index 354Top 0.1% in Biomedical Engineering
Larry L. Hench

What does Larry L. Hench research?

Larry L. Hench's work is mostly in Engineering (22%), Materials Science (19%), Dentistry (14%).

Physical Sciences: 255 works · 40.4% of their workEngineering: 137 works · 21.6% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 137 works · 21.6% of their workMaterials Science: 119 works · 18.8% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 64 works · 10.1% of their workCeramics and Composites: 55 works · 8.7% of their workEverything else: 248 works · 39.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 128 works · 20.3% of their workDentistry: 87 works · 13.7% of their workOral Surgery: 60 works · 9.5% of their workOrthodontics: 27 works · 4.2% of their workMedicine: 42 works · 6.6% of their workSurgery: 42 works · 6.6% of their workTHEIR WORKLarry L. Hench632works
Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences20%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering13721.6%
    2. Materials Science11918.8%
  2. Everything else24839.3%
    1. Dentistry8713.7%
    2. Medicine426.6%
  1. 1Biomedical Engineering22% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry10% of their works
  3. 3Oral Surgery10% of their works
  4. 4Ceramics and Composites9% of their works
  5. 5Surgery7% of their works
  6. 6Orthodontics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Larry L. Hench's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Bone Regeneration, Biomaterials, Scaffolds, Dental Implants, Peri-implant Diseases, Glass Science, Structural Analysis and Dental Materials.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Bone Regeneration4332 topics
  2. Biomaterials2811 topic
  3. Scaffolds2811 topic
  4. Dental Implants1521 topic
  5. Peri-implant Diseases1521 topic
  6. Glass Science1121 topic
  7. Structural Analysis1121 topic
  8. Dental Materials601 topic
  9. Restorative Dentistry601 topic
  10. Facial Fractures501 topic
  11. Maxillofacial Trauma501 topic
  12. Mesoporous Materials401 topic
  13. Nanocomposite Materials401 topic
  14. Aerogels391 topic
  15. Synthesis391 topic
  16. Hip Arthroplasty381 topic
  17. Total Hip Replacement381 topic

Where does Larry L. Hench work?

Larry L. Hench's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Florida, United States.

How many publications and citations does Larry L. Hench have?

OpenAlex counts 632 works and 66,134 citations for Larry L. Hench, an h-index of 112, ranking #51,464 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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