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Researcher · University of Otago · New Zealand

W. Murray Thomson

W. Murray Thomson publishes mostly in Periodontics, Oral Surgery and General Health Professions, on topics such as Dental Health and Care Utilization, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research and Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques.

ORCID 0000-0003-0588-6843 OpenAlex
World rank
#99,963
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#308
of 21,128
Works
632
Citations
49k
Citations per work
77.2
h-index
86
i10-index 351Top 0.2% in Periodontics
W. Murray Thomson

What does W. Murray Thomson research?

W. Murray Thomson's work is mostly in Dentistry (39%), Health Professions (8%), Medicine (7%).

Health Sciences: 344 works · 54.5% of their workDentistry: 247 works · 39.1% of their workPeriodontics: 167 works · 26.5% of their workOral Surgery: 54 works · 8.5% of their workOrthodontics: 26 works · 4.1% of their workHealth Professions: 51 works · 8.1% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 51 works · 8.1% of their workMedicine: 46 works · 7.3% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 26 works · 4.1% of their workPhysiology: 20 works · 3.2% of their workEverything else: 288 works · 45.5% of their workTHEIR WORKW. Murray Thomson632works
Health Sciences55%

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. Dentistry24739.1%
    2. Health Professions518.1%
    3. Medicine467.3%
  2. Everything else28845.5%
  1. 1Periodontics26% of their works
  2. 2Oral Surgery8% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions8% of their works
  4. 4Orthodontics4% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4% of their works
  6. 6Physiology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. Murray Thomson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Dental Caries, Quality of Life, Global Burden, Oral Health, Oral Microbiome, Periodontal Diseases, Dental Anxiety and Local Anesthetics.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Dental Caries4232 topics
  2. Quality of Life3973 topics
  3. Global Burden2821 topic
  4. Oral Health2821 topic
  5. Oral Microbiome1411 topic
  6. Periodontal Diseases1411 topic
  7. Dental Anxiety791 topic
  8. Local Anesthetics791 topic
  9. Career Choice521 topic
  10. Motivation521 topic
  11. COVID-19421 topic
  12. Dental Practice421 topic
  13. Diagnostic Criteria401 topic
  14. Saliva401 topic
  15. Orthodontic Tooth Movement361 topic
  16. Orthognathic Surgery361 topic
  17. Cone-Beam CT311 topic
  18. Dental Imaging311 topic

Where does W. Murray Thomson work?

W. Murray Thomson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Otago, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does W. Murray Thomson have?

OpenAlex counts 632 works and 48,784 citations for W. Murray Thomson, an h-index of 86, ranking #99,963 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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