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Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology is a research topic within Oral Surgery. Science Explorer counts 43k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the classification, management, and molecular pathology of odontogenic tumors, with a particular emphasis on keratocystic odontogenic tumors and ameloblastomas. It covers topics such as recurrence rates, treatment modalities, surgical management, and the epidemiological and histopathological profiles of these tumors.

  • Odontogenic Tumors
  • Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumor
  • Ameloblastoma
  • Recurrence
  • Treatment Modalities
  • Molecular Pathology
  • Cystic Lesions
  • Surgical Management
  • Epidemiological Profile
  • Histopathological Analysis
Research works
43k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
0%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

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

Which countries lead Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology research?

By volume, India and the United States publish the most (1.4k and 819 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 1.4k works
  2. 2 United States 819 works
  3. 3 Brazil 632 works
  4. 4 China 565 works
  5. 5 Japan 401 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 288 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 212 works
  8. 8 Italy 186 works
  9. 9 Iran 167 works
  10. 10 South Korea 151 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: 28.8%United States: 17.1%Brazil: 13.2%China: 11.8%6 others listed: 29.2%29%largest
India1,381 · 28.8%United States819 · 17.1%Brazil632 · 13.2%China565 · 11.8%6 others listed1,404 · 29.2%

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

Which institutions lead Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology research?

By volume in 2022-now, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology research, followed by Saveetha University and Government Dental College and Hospital.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 78 works
  2. 2 Saveetha UniversityIndia 51 works
  3. 3 Government Dental College and HospitalIndia 46 works
  4. 4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 44 works
  5. 5 Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and ResearchIndia 44 works
  6. 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 32 works
  7. 7 Stomatology HospitalChina 30 works
  8. 8 Kamineni Institute of Dental SciencesIndia 29 works
  9. 9 Sichuan UniversityChina 27 works
  10. 10 Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology include Jun Wang, Richard A. Gibbs and John Q. Trojanowski.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Richard A. Gibbs United States 292k citations
  3. 3 John Q. Trojanowski United States 286k citations
  4. 4 Marco A. Marra Canada 245k citations
  5. 5 Tien Yin Wong Singapore 237k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology?

The most cited paper in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology is "“Field cancerization” in oral stratified squamous epithelium. Clinical implications of multicentric origin" (Danely P. Slaughter, Harry W. Southwick, Walter Smejkal, 1953), with 3,563 citations. Next come "Platelet-rich plasma: evidence to support its use" (1,948) and "Nomenclature and classification of potentially malignant disorders of the oral mucosa" (1,775).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 “Field cancerization” in oral stratified squamous epithelium. Clinical implications of multicentric origin Danely P. Slaughter, Harry W. Southwick, Walter Smejkal · Cancer Open access Sep 1953 3,563
2 Platelet-rich plasma: evidence to support its use Robert E. Marx · Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Apr 2004 1,948
3 Nomenclature and classification of potentially malignant disorders of the oral mucosa Saman Warnakulasuriya, Newell Walter Johnson, Isaäc van der Waal · Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine Open access 26 Jul 2007 1,775
4 Localized Benign and Malignant Fibrous Tumors of the Pleura Douglas M. England, Liselotte Hochholzer, Michael J. McCarthy · The American Journal of Surgical Pathology Aug 1989 1,373
5 Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF): A second-generation platelet concentrate. Part IV: Clinical effects on tissue healing Joseph Choukroun, Antoine Diss, Alain Simonpieri et al. · Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology Mar 2006 1,336
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Where is Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology research done?

The largest centres of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology research in 2022-now are Chennai (India), São Paulo (Brazil), New Delhi (India) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nalgonda and Wardha.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ChennaiIndia 144 works
  2. 2 São PauloBrazil 130 works
  3. 3 New DelhiIndia 92 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 88 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 77 works
  6. 6 LondonUnited Kingdom 70 works
  7. 7 IstanbulTürkiye 68 works
  8. 8 SeoulSouth Korea 67 works
  9. 9 MoscowRussia 65 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 61 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NalgondaIN · 28.6 works71×
  2. WardhaIN · 45.4 works26×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology?

Among universities, judged by research, Saveetha University, University of Zurich and Seoul National University 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%10%20%30%mean 18.37%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of ZurichShanghai Jiao Tong U…Seoul National Unive…Saveetha University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Saveetha UniversityIndia 67.615.4%8.5×51 +51.7%
2University of ZurichSwitzerland 63.125.8%2.7×12 +31.4%
3Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 61.019.2%3.4×24 +33.2%
4Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 60.723.4%1.8×32 +21.5%
5Peking UniversityChina 58.024.2%1.9×25 -6.0%
6Damascus UniversitySyria 58.020.4%25.8×13 +419.5%
7All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 57.83.7%11.2×78 +77.5%
8Sichuan UniversityChina 57.223.0%1.9×27 +1.4%
9Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and ResearchIndia 55.48.0%30.9×44 +239.6%
10Wuhan UniversityChina 54.820.6%2.1×18 +110.4%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, country by country

Is Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.033% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology0.026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology10.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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