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Researcher · University of Michigan · United States

Walter J. Loesche

Walter J. Loesche publishes mostly in Periodontics, Oral Surgery and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, on topics such as Oral microbiology and periodontitis research, Dental Health and Care Utilization and Dental Radiography and Imaging.

OpenAlex
World rank
#38,219
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#14,633
of 1,627,098
Works
209
Citations
22k
Citations per work
103.2
h-index
73
i10-index 166Top 0.3% in Periodontics
Walter J. Loesche

What does Walter J. Loesche research?

Walter J. Loesche's work is mostly in Dentistry (51%), Medicine (19%).

Health Sciences: 146 works · 69.9% of their workDentistry: 107 works · 51.3% of their workPeriodontics: 78 works · 37.3% of their workOral Surgery: 23 works · 10.9% of their workOrthodontics: 6 works · 3.1% of their workMedicine: 39 works · 18.6% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 works · 9.2% of their workEpidemiology: 10 works · 4.9% of their workPhysiology: 9 works · 4.5% of their workEverything else: 63 works · 30.1% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter J. Loesche209works
Health Sciences70%

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. Dentistry10751.3%
    2. Medicine3918.6%
  2. Everything else6330.1%
  1. 1Periodontics37% of their works
  2. 2Oral Surgery11% of their works
  3. 3Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health9% of their works
  4. 4Epidemiology5% of their works
  5. 5Physiology4% of their works
  6. 6Orthodontics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter J. Loesche's research?

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

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.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Dental Caries1902 topics
  2. Oral Microbiome1481 topic
  3. Periodontal Diseases1481 topic
  4. Epidemiology1144 topics
  5. Risk Factors662 topics
  6. Periodontal Disease622 topics
  7. Pathogenesis482 topics
  8. Treatment472 topics
  9. Global Burden421 topic
  10. Oral Health421 topic
  11. Cone-Beam CT351 topic
  12. Dental Imaging351 topic
  13. HIV271 topic
  14. Oral Manifestations271 topic
  15. Diagnosis241 topic
  16. Infective Endocarditis241 topic
  17. Necrotizing Fasciitis241 topic
  18. Oral Mucosal Disorders241 topic
  19. Potentially Malignant Disorders241 topic
  20. Streptococcus Pyogenes241 topic
  21. Diagnostic Criteria231 topic
  22. Saliva231 topic

Where does Walter J. Loesche work?

Walter J. Loesche's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Michigan, United States.

How many publications and citations does Walter J. Loesche have?

OpenAlex counts 209 works and 21,560 citations for Walter J. Loesche, an h-index of 73, ranking #38,219 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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