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Researcher · The Ohio State University · United States

Purnima Kumar

Purnima Kumar publishes mostly in Periodontics, Oral Surgery and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Oral microbiology and periodontitis research, Dental Health and Care Utilization and Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes.

ORCID 0000-0001-5844-1341 OpenAlex
World rank
#53,314
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#20,597
of 1,627,098
Works
170
Citations
14k
Citations per work
81.1
h-index
48
i10-index 90Top 2.3% in Periodontics
Purnima Kumar

What does Purnima Kumar research?

Purnima Kumar's work is mostly in Dentistry (47%), Medicine (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%).

Health Sciences: 101 works · 59.3% of their workDentistry: 81 works · 47.4% of their workPeriodontics: 57 works · 33.3% of their workOral Surgery: 17 works · 10.2% of their workGeneral Dentistry: 7 works · 3.9% of their workMedicine: 20 works · 11.9% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 works · 6.3% of their workPhysiology: 10 works · 5.6% of their workEverything else: 54 works · 31.7% of their workLife Sciences: 15 works · 9.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 works · 9.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 15 works · 9.0% of their workTHEIR WORKPurnima Kumar170works
Life Sciences9%Health Sciences59%

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. Dentistry8147.4%
    2. Medicine2011.9%
  2. Everything else5431.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology159.0%
  1. 1Periodontics33% of their works
  2. 2Oral Surgery10% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology9% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6% of their works
  5. 5Physiology6% of their works
  6. 6General Dentistry4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Purnima Kumar's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Dental Caries, Oral Microbiome, Periodontal Diseases, Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Pathogenesis, Global Burden and Oral Health.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Dental Caries1212 topics
  2. Oral Microbiome901 topic
  3. Periodontal Diseases901 topic
  4. Epidemiology653 topics
  5. Risk Factors522 topics
  6. Pathogenesis342 topics
  7. Global Burden311 topic
  8. Oral Health311 topic
  9. Dental Implants231 topic
  10. Peri-implant Diseases231 topic
  11. Oral Mucosal Disorders211 topic
  12. Potentially Malignant Disorders211 topic
  13. Gut Microbiota191 topic
  14. Microbial Communities191 topic
  15. COVID-19171 topic
  16. Dental Practice171 topic
  17. Diagnostic Criteria161 topic
  18. Saliva161 topic
  19. Necrotizing Fasciitis131 topic
  20. Streptococcus Pyogenes131 topic

Where does Purnima Kumar work?

Purnima Kumar's main affiliation in the publication record is The Ohio State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Purnima Kumar have?

OpenAlex counts 170 works and 13,782 citations for Purnima Kumar, an h-index of 48, ranking #53,314 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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