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Oral Surgery research

Oral Surgery is a subfield of Dentistry. Science Explorer counts 200k research works in it since 1950. 14.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: medical specialty.

Research works
200k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
29k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
5
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+31%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is Oral Surgery research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Dental Implants, Peri-implant Diseases, Cone-Beam CT, Dental Imaging, Mineral Trioxide Aggregate, Root Canal Irrigants. Gaining share since 2009–13: Dental Anxiety, Local Anesthetics, Cone-Beam CT, Dental Imaging. Losing share: Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumor, Odontogenic Tumors.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2019–23 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2009–13. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 10 words, with their numbers
  1. Dental Implants13k◆ 0.92×1 topic
  2. Peri-implant Diseases13k◆ 0.92×1 topic
  3. Cone-Beam CT12k▲ 1.18×1 topic
  4. Dental Imaging12k▲ 1.18×1 topic
  5. Mineral Trioxide Aggregate9,671◆ 1.03×1 topic
  6. Root Canal Irrigants9,671◆ 1.03×1 topic
  7. Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumor9,161▼ 0.83×1 topic
  8. Odontogenic Tumors9,161▼ 0.83×1 topic
  9. Dental Anxiety5,437▲ 1.21×1 topic
  10. Local Anesthetics5,437▲ 1.21×1 topic

Which countries lead Oral Surgery research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, the United States and Italy rank highest in Oral Surgery. By volume, India and the United States publish the most (6.3k and 3.6k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #2 all time 19.9% top 10% · 3.6k works
  2. 2 United States · #1 all time 13.6% top 10% · 3.6k works
  3. 3 Italy · #6 all time 26.9% top 10% · 1.1k works
  4. 4 Türkiye · #11 all time 11.6% top 10% · 2.3k works
  5. 5 India · #9 all time 5.7% top 10% · 6.3k works
  6. 6 Saudi Arabia · #19 all time 15.8% top 10% · 1.3k works
  7. 7 United Kingdom · #3 all time 15.3% top 10% · 999 works
  8. 8 Germany · #4 all time 22.0% top 10% · 943 works
  9. 9 Brazil · #5 all time 8.5% top 10% · 3.4k works
  10. 10 Spain · #12 all time 24.5% top 10% · 744 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 34 countries ranked in Oral Surgery. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Oral Surgery

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 6.3k works
  2. 2 United States 3.6k works
  3. 3 China 3.6k works
  4. 4 Brazil 3.4k works
  5. 5 Türkiye 2.3k works
  6. 6 Egypt 1.4k works
  7. 7 Saudi Arabia 1.3k works
  8. 8 Iran 1.3k works
  9. 9 Japan 1.2k works
  10. 10 Italy 1.1k works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

India: 24.7%United States: 14.1%China: 14.0%Brazil: 13.3%6 others listed: 33.9%25%largest
India6,314 · 24.7%United States3,606 · 14.1%China3,589 · 14.0%Brazil3,405 · 13.3%6 others listed8,679 · 33.9%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Oral Surgery research?

Stomatology Hospital (China) ranks first in Oral Surgery on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by University of Bern and University of Hong Kong.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Stomatology Hospital China · Xi'an · #26 all time 21.1% top 10% · 273 works
  2. 2 University of Bern Switzerland · Bern · #2 all time 38.7% top 10% · 83 works
  3. 3 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Pok Fu Lam · #7 all time 37.4% top 10% · 85 works
  4. 4 Saveetha University India · Chennai · #10 all time 12.5% top 10% · 403 works
  5. 5 Universidad Complutense de Madrid Spain · Madrid · #20 all time 43.1% top 10% · 70 works
  6. 6 Sichuan University China · Chengdu · #32 all time 24.0% top 10% · 153 works
  7. 7 King Saud University Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · #53 all time 21.0% top 10% · 165 works
  8. 8 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil · São Paulo · #6 all time 12.8% top 10% · 266 works
  9. 9 University of Michigan United States · Ann Arbor · #4 all time 31.1% top 10% · 86 works
  10. 10 Wuhan University China · Wuhan · #58 all time 25.5% top 10% · 88 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 79 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Oral Surgery.

Top 100 Oral Surgery institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Saveetha UniversityIndia 403 works
  2. 2 Stomatology HospitalChina 273 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 266 works
  4. 4 Cairo UniversityEgypt 231 works
  5. 5 Kamineni Institute of Dental SciencesIndia 214 works
  6. 6 Government Dental College and HospitalIndia 188 works
  7. 7 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 179 works
  8. 8 Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and ResearchIndia 176 works
  9. 9 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 173 works
  10. 10 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 165 works

Who are the leading researchers in Oral Surgery?

Among the most productive authors in Oral Surgery, Ali Bijani, Yousef Khader and Falk Schwendicke rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Ali Bijani Iran · #32 worldwide 5.6k citations · 168 works
  2. 2 Yousef Khader Jordan · #42 worldwide 7.7k citations · 152 works
  3. 3 Falk Schwendicke Germany · #1,736 worldwide 3.9k citations · 77 works
  4. 4 Andrew G. Huvos United States · #3,703 worldwide 1.1k citations · 79 works
  5. 5 Jan Lindhe Sweden · #4,435 worldwide 1k citations · 64 works
  6. 6 Tomas Albrektsson Sweden · #6,116 worldwide 1k citations · 63 works
  7. 7 S. S. Socransky Myanmar · #7,862 worldwide 994 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 John G. Batsakis United States · #8,237 worldwide 581 citations · 69 works
  9. 9 Fernando Neves Hugo Brazil · #8,511 worldwide 499 citations · 76 works
  10. 10 Ian T. Jackson United States · #9,118 worldwide 466 citations · 111 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 3,721 highest-output authors in Oral Surgery. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Oral Surgery researchers

Where is Oral Surgery research done?

The largest centres of Oral Surgery research in 2022–2025 are Chennai (India), São Paulo (Brazil), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Medak, Nalgonda and Sinchon-dong.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chennai India 935 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 750 works
  3. 3 Istanbul Türkiye 519 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 503 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 477 works
  6. 6 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 469 works
  7. 7 Cairo Egypt 463 works
  8. 8 Tehran Iran 460 works
  9. 9 Xi'an China 430 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 386 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MedakIN · 101.6 works102×
  2. NalgondaIN · 213.6 works96×
  3. Sinchon-dong32.9 works68×
  4. Creve CoeurUS · 26.3 works57×
  5. Rāj-NāndgaonIN · 36.0 works52×
  6. DhuleIN · 37.9 works44×
  7. PimpriIN · 56.8 works42×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Oral Surgery than the world average.

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Oral Surgery research by country

The best places for Oral Surgery research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Oral Surgery?

Among universities, judged by research, Saveetha University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University and Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 21.94%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Saveetha University: 403, 12.5%Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University: 60, 29.3%Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy: 45, 34.9%Alexandria University: 174, 11.0%Jazan University: 85, 11.6%Qassim University: 91, 13.6%Ajman University: 49, 22.3%Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy: 37, 29.1%Universitat Internacional de Catalunya: 46, 30.1%King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences: 33, 25.0%Iuliu Hațieganu Univ…Imam Abdulrahman Bin…Saveetha UniversityAlexandria University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Saveetha UniversityIndia 67.112.5%10.6×403 +149.8%
2 Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversitySaudi Arabia 64.329.3%8.2×60 +349.4%
3 Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and PharmacyRomania 64.234.9%12.0×45 +127.1%
4 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 63.011.0%9.5×174 +512.5%
5 Jazan UniversitySaudi Arabia 61.511.6%10.3×85 +774.3%
6 Qassim UniversitySaudi Arabia 60.313.6%8.8×91 +370.3%
7 Ajman UniversityUnited Arab Emirates 59.522.3%15.9×49 +73.3%
8 Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and PharmacyRomania 58.529.1%10.7×37 +125.8%
9 Universitat Internacional de CatalunyaSpain 58.430.1%26.7×46 +61.2%
10 King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health SciencesSaudi Arabia 57.425.0%8.3×33 +433.0%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Oral Surgery research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Dental Radiography and Imaging, Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques and Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

  1. Dental Radiography and Imaging+130%
  2. Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques+121%
  3. Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments+111%
  4. Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology+95%
  5. Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes+77%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Oral Surgery include?

Dental Implant Technique…53kDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 53k fractional worksDental Radiography and I…45kDental Radiography and Imaging: 45k fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial P…43kOral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 43k fractional worksEndodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 37k fractional worksDental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques: 21k fractional works

Area is fractional works in that topic. Every name below is a page of its own.