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Researcher · The Forsyth Institute · United States

Ralph Kent

Ralph Kent 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 Radiography and Imaging.

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World rank
#85,164
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#32,898
of 1,627,098
Works
119
Citations
17k
Citations per work
140.0
h-index
61
i10-index 101Top 0.9% in Periodontics
Ralph Kent

What does Ralph Kent research?

Ralph Kent's work is mostly in Dentistry (49%), Medicine (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%).

Health Sciences: 72 works · 60.5% of their workDentistry: 58 works · 48.6% of their workPeriodontics: 42 works · 35.5% of their workOral Surgery: 10 works · 8.4% of their workOrthodontics: 6 works · 4.7% of their workMedicine: 14 works · 11.9% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 works · 6.1% of their workPhysiology: 7 works · 5.8% of their workEverything else: 38 works · 32.2% of their workLife Sciences: 9 works · 7.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 works · 7.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 9 works · 7.3% of their workTHEIR WORKRalph Kent119works
Life Sciences7%Health Sciences60%

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. Dentistry5848.6%
    2. Medicine1411.9%
  2. Everything else3832.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology97.3%
  1. 1Periodontics36% of their works
  2. 2Oral Surgery8% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology7% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6% of their works
  5. 5Physiology6% of their works
  6. 6Orthodontics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ralph Kent's research?

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

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 Caries1052 topics
  2. Oral Microbiome691 topic
  3. Periodontal Diseases691 topic
  4. Epidemiology532 topics
  5. Risk Factors532 topics
  6. Global Burden361 topic
  7. Oral Health361 topic
  8. Periodontal Disease282 topics
  9. Cone-Beam CT181 topic
  10. Dental Imaging181 topic
  11. Oral Mucosal Disorders171 topic
  12. Potentially Malignant Disorders171 topic
  13. Diagnostic Criteria151 topic
  14. Saliva151 topic
  15. HIV101 topic
  16. Mineral Trioxide Aggregate101 topic
  17. Oral Manifestations101 topic
  18. Root Canal Irrigants101 topic
  19. Dental Erosion91 topic
  20. Tooth Whitening91 topic

Where does Ralph Kent work?

Ralph Kent's main affiliation in the publication record is The Forsyth Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ralph Kent have?

OpenAlex counts 119 works and 16,665 citations for Ralph Kent, an h-index of 61, ranking #85,164 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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