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Top Periodontics Researchers

Reza Malekzadeh ranks first, out of 3,052 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 Reza Malekzadeh Iran · #24 worldwide 6.7k citations · 167 works
  2. 2 Ali Bijani Iran · #32 worldwide 5.6k citations · 168 works
  3. 3 Yousef Khader Jordan · #42 worldwide 7.7k citations · 152 works
  4. 4 Falk Schwendicke Germany · #1,736 worldwide 3.9k citations · 77 works
  5. 5 Veikko Salomaa Finland · #2,368 worldwide 3.3k citations · 239 works
  6. 6 Ravi Mehrotra India · #2,791 worldwide 3.1k citations · 68 works
  7. 7 Akram Pourshams Iran · #2,878 worldwide 3.5k citations · 67 works
  8. 8 Yaser Mohammed Al‐Worafi United Arab Emirates · #3,381 worldwide 1.7k citations · 278 works
  9. 9 Jan Lindhe Sweden · #4,435 worldwide 1k citations · 64 works
  10. 10 David Sidransky United States · #4,669 worldwide 1.8k citations · 136 works
  11. 11 Qianming Chen China · #5,183 worldwide 812 citations · 79 works
  12. 12 Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan Nigeria · #5,424 worldwide 886 citations · 74 works
  13. 13 William Moore United States · #6,161 worldwide 1.1k citations · 61 works
  14. 14 S. S. Socransky Myanmar · #7,862 worldwide 994 citations · 55 works
  15. 15 John G. Batsakis United States · #8,237 worldwide 581 citations · 69 works
  16. 16 Robert J. Genco United States · #8,389 worldwide 834 citations · 72 works
  17. 17 Fernando Neves Hugo Brazil · #8,511 worldwide 499 citations · 76 works
  18. 18 Sachin C. Sarode India · #8,926 worldwide 644 citations · 60 works
  19. 19 Mariano Sanz Spain · #9,231 worldwide 856 citations · 77 works
  20. 20 Paul Brennan France · #9,264 worldwide 840 citations · 140 works
  21. 21 Adel K. El‐Naggar United States · #9,469 worldwide 1.4k citations · 169 works
  22. 22 John Deanfield United Kingdom · #9,799 worldwide 1.3k citations · 151 works
  23. 23 Helen V Worthington United Kingdom · #10,058 worldwide 731 citations · 70 works
  24. 24 Matthew Collins United Kingdom · #10,673 worldwide 1.3k citations · 106 works
  25. 25 Aki S. Havulinna Finland · #10,790 worldwide 1.2k citations · 94 works
  26. 26 Gaetano Isola Italy · #11,361 worldwide 985 citations · 48 works
  27. 27 Anton Sculean Switzerland · #11,792 worldwide 699 citations · 74 works
  28. 28 Gunnar E. Carlsson Sweden · #12,040 worldwide 516 citations · 54 works
  29. 29 Henry Völzke Germany · #12,177 worldwide 1.7k citations · 214 works
  30. 30 Danny Rischin Australia · #12,223 worldwide 946 citations · 107 works
  31. 31 G. J. Seymour Australia · #12,756 worldwide 644 citations · 80 works
  32. 32 Thomas Kocher Germany · #12,914 worldwide 591 citations · 57 works
  33. 33 Brigitte Dréno France · #13,102 worldwide 1.4k citations · 204 works
  34. 34 Eduardo Bernabé United Kingdom · #13,158 worldwide 4.7k citations · 43 works
  35. 35 Ratilal Lalloo Australia · #13,177 worldwide 4.4k citations · 43 works
  36. 36 Aubrey Sheiham United Kingdom · #13,209 worldwide 364 citations · 91 works
  37. 37 José F. Siqueira Brazil · #14,255 worldwide 519 citations · 50 works
  38. 38 Neil E. Caporaso United States · #14,303 worldwide 850 citations · 97 works
  39. 39 Philip Hugenholtz United States · #14,317 worldwide 1.9k citations · 141 works
  40. 40 Søren Jepsen Germany · #14,709 worldwide 639 citations · 50 works
  41. 41 Steven Offenbacher United States · #14,718 worldwide 668 citations · 45 works
  42. 42 Maha El Tantawi Egypt · #14,776 worldwide 974 citations · 44 works
  43. 43 Thomas Dietrich United Kingdom · #14,834 worldwide 855 citations · 44 works
  44. 44 Gargi S. Sarode India · #14,928 worldwide 637 citations · 46 works
  45. 45 Isaac Schour United States · #15,257 worldwide 568 citations · 50 works
  46. 46 Takako Eguchi Nakajima Japan · #15,541 worldwide 405 citations · 53 works
  47. 47 Magda Feres Brazil · #15,975 worldwide 508 citations · 46 works
  48. 48 Floyd E. Dewhirst United States · #17,365 worldwide 650 citations · 54 works
  49. 49 William C. Shaw United Kingdom · #17,793 worldwide 533 citations · 46 works
  50. 50 Joel B. Epstein United States · #18,232 worldwide 393 citations · 87 works
  51. 51 Ruth E. Ley United States · #18,464 worldwide 1.2k citations · 44 works
  52. 52 Timothy J. O’Leary United States · #18,698 worldwide 415 citations · 66 works
  53. 53 Lucas Guimarães Abreu Brazil · #18,770 worldwide 446 citations · 46 works
  54. 54 Shankargouda Patil Saudi Arabia · #18,918 worldwide 506 citations · 64 works
  55. 55 Ralph Snyderman United States · #19,249 worldwide 765 citations · 72 works
  56. 56 Pankaj Chaturvedi India · #19,924 worldwide 1.7k citations · 38 works
  57. 57 James D. Beck United States · #20,804 worldwide 514 citations · 69 works
  58. 58 Maurizio S. Tonetti United Kingdom · #21,059 worldwide 1.1k citations · 38 works
  59. 59 Maury Massler United States · #21,185 worldwide 450 citations · 61 works
  60. 60 Marilyn C. Roberts United States · #22,386 worldwide 672 citations · 40 works
  61. 61 Kurt Binder Germany · #22,752 worldwide 3.5k citations · 286 works
  62. 62 Balint Orban United States · #23,050 worldwide 417 citations · 42 works
  63. 63 Daniele Manfredini Italy · #23,350 worldwide 427 citations · 56 works
  64. 64 Paul Stoodley United States · #23,587 worldwide 521 citations · 50 works
  65. 65 John C. Greene United States · #23,636 worldwide 356 citations · 41 works
  66. 66 Jefferson Traebert Brazil · #23,993 worldwide 865 citations · 37 works
  67. 67 Chris J. Talbot United Kingdom · #24,080 worldwide 571 citations · 49 works
  68. 68 Frank Lobbezoo Netherlands · #24,449 worldwide 627 citations · 85 works
  69. 69 Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader United States · #25,142 worldwide 4.2k citations · 35 works
  70. 70 Newell W. Johnson Australia · #25,192 worldwide 494 citations · 90 works
  71. 71 P. Mark Bartold Australia · #26,129 worldwide 448 citations · 61 works
  72. 72 R.J. Gibbons United States · #26,251 worldwide 444 citations · 39 works
  73. 73 Saman Warnakulasuriya United Kingdom · #26,710 worldwide 415 citations · 50 works
  74. 74 Stefan Listl Germany · #27,071 worldwide 509 citations · 37 works
  75. 75 Dag S. Thelle Sweden · #27,164 worldwide 330 citations · 58 works
  76. 76 Amit Arora Australia · #27,515 worldwide 3k citations · 34 works
  77. 77 Gustavo G. Nascimento Brazil · #27,696 worldwide 666 citations · 36 works
  78. 78 R.J. Fitzgerald United States · #27,894 worldwide 579 citations · 46 works
  79. 79 J.D.B. Featherstone United States · #28,332 worldwide 435 citations · 58 works
  80. 80 Albert M. Kligman United States · #28,562 worldwide 1.1k citations · 186 works
  81. 81 Niklaus P. Lang Switzerland · #28,738 worldwide 372 citations · 46 works
  82. 82 Thomas E. Van Dyke United States · #29,198 worldwide 497 citations · 52 works
  83. 83 Iain Chapple United Kingdom · #29,270 worldwide 511 citations · 38 works
  84. 84 Alla Lapidus United States · #29,996 worldwide 979 citations · 99 works
  85. 85 Eric C. Reynolds Australia · #30,381 worldwide 617 citations · 77 works
  86. 86 William V. Giannobile United States · #30,506 worldwide 553 citations · 35 works
  87. 87 Urs Brägger Switzerland · #30,639 worldwide 375 citations · 42 works
  88. 88 Gary D. Slade United States · #31,176 worldwide 300 citations · 44 works
  89. 89 Arash Etemadi Iran · #32,686 worldwide 371 citations · 43 works
  90. 90 Surindar N. Bhaskar United States · #32,977 worldwide 386 citations · 43 works
  91. 91 Leonard A. Cohen United States · #33,231 worldwide 234 citations · 55 works
  92. 92 Harald Löe United States · #33,630 worldwide 1.7k citations · 32 works
  93. 93 Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi Iran · #33,780 worldwide 1.1k citations · 214 works
  94. 94 David Herrera Spain · #34,097 worldwide 753 citations · 33 works
  95. 95 Roy C. Page United States · #35,547 worldwide 401 citations · 43 works
  96. 96 Joseph P. Weinmann United States · #36,075 worldwide 377 citations · 43 works
  97. 97 Richard J. Lamont United States · #37,079 worldwide 439 citations · 38 works
  98. 98 Hossein Poustchi Iran · #39,216 worldwide 490 citations · 80 works
  99. 99 Waun Ki Hong United States · #39,911 worldwide 848 citations · 127 works
  100. 100 Mitchell H. Gail United States · #40,774 worldwide 607 citations · 79 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Periodontics, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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