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Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Dentistry?

499 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Dentistry are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.7% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 70 countries in the subfield. 118 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Washington has the most (22), followed by University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine (21) and University of Michigan School of Dentistry (20). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
499
0.7% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
118
23.6% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 70 countries in Dentistry
Highest-ranked
#3,137
Ferracane, Jack L.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University of Washington228#4Revilla-León, Marta #12,034
2University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine217#6Graves, Dana T. #7,395
3University of Michigan School of Dentistry206#7Kumar, Purnima Suresh #20,446
4University of California, San Francisco174#12Featherstone, John D.B. #16,582
5UNC-CH Adams School of Dentistry174#13Proffit, William R. #25,745
6UCLA School of Dentistry153#16Kapila, Yvonne Lorraine #13,149
7Harvard School of Dental Medicine146#23Giannobile, William V. #19,639
8NYU College of Dentistry141#28Schmidt, Brian Lee #61,213
9School of Dentistry102#14John, Mike Torsten #26,881
10University of Pittsburgh103#37Borgnakke, Wenche Sylling #31,529
11University of Illinois at Chicago101#38Cooper, Lyndon F. #43,642
12Columbia University College of Dental Medicine91#41Papapanou, Panos N. #6,967
13University at Buffalo, The State University of New York95#42Genco, Robert J. #7,893
14Loma Linda University93#36Goodacre, Charles J. #25,661
15University of Maryland School of Dentistry93#45Xu, Hockin K.H. #26,165
16Texas A&M College of Dentistry94#46Hargreaves, Kenneth M. #29,932
17The Ohio State University91#49Johnston, William Michael #47,040
18Indiana University School of Dentistry92#50Zero, Domenick Thomas #48,030
19The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill81#56Slade, Gary Douglas #5,643
20Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC71#65Slots, Jörgen Ø. #12,217
21Rutgers School of Dental Medicine71#72Kotsakis, Georgios A. #95,140
22Kornberg School of Dentistry63#79Misch, Carl E. #31,305
23University of Iowa College of Dentistry61#83Bishara, Samir E. #53,339
24Oregon Health & Science University52#88Ferracane, Jack L. #3,137
25Augusta University53#91Tay, Franklin R. #9,189
26University of Minnesota Twin Cities51#95Perdigao, Jorge #25,095
27The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio55#97Ellis, Edward Earle #27,178
28University of Florida College of Dentistry50#106Mj̈or, Ivar Andreas #107,389
29University of Michigan, Ann Arbor42#113McNamara, James A. #9,825
30Stony Brook University42#117Romanos, Georgios E. #24,276
31The University of Utah41#120Nascimento, Gustavo G. #42,164
32University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry42#125Huang, George T.J. #54,360
33UConn Health41#131Kelly, John Robert #84,970
34Eastman Institute for Oral Health40#133Javed, Fawad D. #108,173
35Forsyth Institute40#134Goodson, Jo Max #110,667
36University of Kentucky College of Dentistry40#142Miller, Craig S. #163,578
37Boston University40#143Krall, Elizabeth A. #166,741
38Roseman University of Health Sciences31#150Patil, Shankargouda B. #7,958
39University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine31#153Marx, Robert E. #12,427
40Tufts University School of Dental Medicine31#166Papaspyridakos, Panos V. #50,901
41East Carolina University31#176Vieira, Alexandre Rezende #86,197
42Private Practice30#24Wilson, Thomas G. #133,480
43University of Iowa30#187Levy, Steven Marc #135,248
44Department of Clinical and Community Sciences30#197Lawson, Nathaniel C. #191,321
45Medical University of South Carolina30#204Yadav, Sumit #254,233
46University of Pennsylvania30#206Alawi, Faizan #305,193

The top 100 in Dentistry in the United States, in order

  1. 1
    Ferracane, Jack L.
    Oregon Health & Science University
  2. 2
    Slade, Gary Douglas
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  3. 3
    van Dyke, Thomas E.
    Center for Clinical and Translational Research
  4. 4
    Papapanou, Panos N.
    Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
  5. 5
    Graves, Dana T.
    University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
  6. 6
    Genco, Robert J.
    University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
  7. 7
    Patil, Shankargouda B.
    Roseman University of Health Sciences
  8. 8
    Tay, Franklin R.
    Augusta University
  9. 9
    Pashley, David Henry
    Augusta University
  10. 10
    Koo, Hyun
    University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
  11. 11
    McNamara, James A.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  12. 12
    Revilla-León, Marta
    University of Washington
  13. 13
    Slots, Jörgen Ø.
    Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
  14. 14
    Marx, Robert E.
    University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
  15. 15
    Kapila, Yvonne Lorraine
    UCLA School of Dentistry
  16. 16
    Zhang, Yu
    University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
  17. 17
    Wang, Hom Lay
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  18. 18
    Featherstone, John D.B.
    University of California, San Francisco
  19. 19
    Giannobile, William V.
    Harvard School of Dental Medicine
  20. 20
    Kumar, Purnima Suresh
    University of Michigan School of Dentistry
  21. 21
    Kornman, Kenneth S.K.S.
    University of Michigan School of Dentistry
  22. 22
    Natto, Zuhair Saleh
    Harvard School of Dental Medicine
  23. 23
    Paravina, Rade D.
    Universit Y of Texas At Houston
  24. 24
    Romanos, Georgios E.
    Stony Brook University
  25. 25
    Perdigao, Jorge
    University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  26. 26
    Goodacre, Charles J.
    Loma Linda University
  27. 27
    Proffit, William R.
    UNC-CH Adams School of Dentistry
  28. 28
    Xu, Hockin K.H.
    University of Maryland School of Dentistry
  29. 29
    Bertassoni, Luiz E.
    Oregon Health & Science University
  30. 30
    John, Mike Torsten
    School of Dentistry
  31. 31
    Ohrbach, Richard K.
    University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
  32. 32
    Armitage, Gary C.
    University of California, San Francisco
  33. 33
    Ellis, Edward Earle
    The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  34. 34
    Cochran, David Lee
    The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  35. 35
    Momen-Heravi, Fatemeh Momen
    University of California, San Francisco
  36. 36
    Scannapieco, Frank Andrew
    University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
  37. 37
    Epstein, Joel Brian
    City of Hope National Med Center
  38. 38
  39. 39
    Darveau, Richard Peters
    University of Washington
  40. 40
    Hargreaves, Kenneth M.
    Texas A&M College of Dentistry
  41. 41
    Levin, Liran G.
    Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)
  42. 42
    Misch, Carl E.
    Kornberg School of Dentistry
  43. 43
    Borgnakke, Wenche Sylling
    University of Pittsburgh
  44. 44
    Dye, Bruce A.
    University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine
  45. 45
    Dworkin, Samuel Franklin
    University of Washington
  46. 46
    Fouad, Ashraf F.
    The University of Alabama at Birmingham
  47. 47
    Nascimento, Gustavo G.
    The University of Utah
  48. 48
    Cooper, Lyndon F.
    University of Illinois at Chicago
  49. 49
    Ismaïl, Amid Ibrahim
    Kornberg School of Dentistry
  50. 50
    Blatz, Markus Bernhard
    University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
  51. 51
    Torabinejad, Mahmoud
    Loma Linda University
  52. 52
    Eke, Paul I.
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  53. 53
    Johnston, William Michael
    The Ohio State University
  54. 54
    Zero, Domenick Thomas
    Indiana University School of Dentistry
  55. 55
    Hujoel, Philippe Pierre
    University of Washington
  56. 56
    Albandar, J. M.
    Kornberg School of Dentistry
  57. 57
    Tarnow, Dennis P.
    Columbia University
  58. 58
    Papaspyridakos, Panos V.
    Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
  59. 59
    Kantarci, Alpdoǧan I.
    Harvard School of Dental Medicine
  60. 60
    Pogrel, Michael Anthony
    UCSF School of Medicine
  61. 61
    Bishara, Samir E.
    University of Iowa College of Dentistry
  62. 62
    Mercuri, Louis G.
    Rush University Medical Center
  63. 63
    Huang, George T.J.
    University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry
  64. 64
    Wolford, Larry Miller
    Texas A&M College of Dentistry
  65. 65
    Bowen, William Henry
    University of Rochester Medical Center
  66. 66
    Reynolds, Mark Allan
    University of Maryland School of Dentistry
  67. 67
    LeResche, Linda A.
    School of Dentistry
  68. 68
    Sulaiman, T. A.
    UNC-CH Adams School of Dentistry
  69. 69
    Lamster, Ira B.
    Stony Brook University
  70. 70
    Loesche, Walter J.
    University of Michigan School of Dentistry
  71. 71
    Marazita, Mary L.
    University of Pittsburgh
  72. 72
    Page, Roy C.
    University of Washington
  73. 73
    Setzer, Frank C.
    University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
  74. 74
    Schmidt, Brian Lee
    NYU College of Dentistry
  75. 75
    Persson, Goesta Rutger
    University of Washington
  76. 76
    Ruggiero, Salvatore L.
    Stony Brook Medicine
  77. 77
    Scarfe, William Charles
    University of Louisville Health Sciences Center
  78. 78
    Amaechi, Bennett Tochukwu
    The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  79. 79
    Cobb, Charles M.D.D.S.
    UMKC School of Dentistry
  80. 80
    Diaz, Patricia I.
    University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
  81. 81
    Kois, John C.
    University of Washington
  82. 82
    Beniash, Elia
    University of Pittsburgh
  83. 83
    Bell, R. Bryan
    Providence Cancer Institute
  84. 84
    Trope, Martin
    University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
  85. 85
    Avila-Ortiz, Gustavo A.
    University of Michigan School of Dentistry
  86. 86
    Divaris, Kimon
    UNC-CH Adams School of Dentistry
  87. 87
    Arany, Praveen R.
    University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
  88. 88
    Ebersole, Jefferey L.
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  89. 89
    Lockhart, Peter B.
    Wake Forest University School of Medicine
  90. 90
    Ngan, Peter W.h.
    West Virginia University School of Dentistry
  91. 91
    Hwang, Geelsu
    University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
  92. 92
    Offenbacher, Steven
    UNC-CH Adams School of Dentistry
  93. 93
    Gutmann, James Leo
    Texas A&M College of Dentistry
  94. 94
    Gallucci, German O.
    Harvard School of Dental Medicine
  95. 95
    Tavelli, Lorenzo
    Harvard School of Dental Medicine
  96. 96
    Garcìa-Godoy, Franklin M.
    University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry
  97. 97
    Hastürk, Hatice
    Center for Clinical and Translational Research
  98. 98
    Kaban, Leonard Bruce
    Harvard Medical School
  99. 99
    Diogenes, Aníbal R.
    The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  100. 100
    Villa, Alessandro
    Baptist Health South Florida

499 listed scientists in Dentistry in the United States

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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