OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Dental Research is 35. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Preconception Oral Health Is Associated with Modifiable Health Behaviors	142
Injectable Hydrogel as Intracanal Medication for Root Canal Disinfection	132
Gestational Serum Retinol Deficiency Is Associated with Enamel Hypoplasia	114
Circ-Slain2 Alleviates Cartilage Degradation and Inflammation of TMJOA	96
Towards Trustworthy AI in Dentistry	75
Dual-Functional Ionic Liquid Varnishes for Dental Caries Management	69
Oral Microbiota Changes Contribute to Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mice	61
Tough Adhesive Hydrogel for Intraoral Adhesion and Drug Delivery	59
Zinc- and Fluoride-Releasing Bioactive Glass as a Novel Bone Substitute	55
Ben Hammond: Oral Microbiologist, Renaissance Man	54
CREB3L2 Regulates Hemidesmosome Formation during Epithelial Sealing	52
Masticatory Behavior Change with a Wearable Chewing Counter: A Randomized Controlled Trial	51
Disability Weights for Global Burden Estimation of Orofacial Pain	51
The AADOCR Position Statement on Community Water Fluoridation	49
Pathways Linking Oral Bacteria, Nitric Oxide Metabolism, and Health	49
Harold C. Slavkin: A Transformative Leader of Our Times	47
Polymicrobial Infection Induces Adipose Tissue Dysfunction via Gingival Extracellular Vesicles	47
Inhibiting Hh Signaling in Gli1⁺ Osteogenic Progenitors Alleviates TMJOA	46
The Emerging Role of Accelerated Cellular Senescence in Periodontitis	45
Butyrate Inhibits Dendritic Cell Activation and Alleviates Periodontitis	44
MSX1 Drives Tooth Morphogenesis Through Controlling Wnt Signaling Activity	43
Genetically Supported Drug Targets and Dental Traits: A Mendelian Randomization Study	43
Disability Weights for Orofacial Pain	43
Occlusal Force Maintains Alveolar Bone Homeostasis via Type H Angiogenesis	42
BMSC-Derived ApoEVs Promote Craniofacial Bone Repair via ROS/JNK Signaling	42

Sex as a Biological Variable in Oral Diseases: Evidence and Future Prospects	42
A Variant in the IRF6 Promoter Associated with the Risk for Orofacial Clefting	41
TMD Diagnosis Using a Masked Self-Supervised Tabular Transformer	41
Oral Biofilm Cryotherapy as a Novel Ecological Modulation Approach	41
Immune Dysregulation in the Oral Cavity during Early SARS-CoV-2 Infection	40
IADR President Address	39
H₂S-Scavenging Hydrogel Alleviating Mitochondria Damage to Control Periodontitis	38
Chronic Pain–Related Jaw Muscle Motor Load and Sensory Processing	38
Salivary Gland Tissue Recombination Can Modify Cell Fate	37
P. gingivalis–Induced TLR2 Interactome Analysis Reveals Association with PARP9	36
Uncovering the Genetic Architecture of NSCPO in Chinese via Subtype GWAS	35
Epithelial RANKL Limits Experimental Periodontitis via Langerhans Cells	35