OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Dental Research is 36. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Preconception Oral Health Is Associated with Modifiable Health Behaviors	263
Tough Adhesive Hydrogel for Intraoral Adhesion and Drug Delivery	128
Oral Microbiota Changes Contribute to Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mice	125
Gestational Serum Retinol Deficiency Is Associated with Enamel Hypoplasia	104
Injectable Hydrogel as Intracanal Medication for Root Canal Disinfection	84
Circ-Slain2 Alleviates Cartilage Degradation and Inflammation of TMJOA	64
Zinc- and Fluoride-Releasing Bioactive Glass as a Novel Bone Substitute	63
Ben Hammond: Oral Microbiologist, Renaissance Man	53
Towards Trustworthy AI in Dentistry	53
Appreciation to Reviewers	52
Harold C. Slavkin: A Transformative Leader of Our Times	49
Oral Condition and Incident Coronary Heart Disease: A Clustering Analysis	49
Genetically Supported Drug Targets and Dental Traits: A Mendelian Randomization Study	49
Disability Weights for Global Burden Estimation of Orofacial Pain	48
Butyrate Inhibits Dendritic Cell Activation and Alleviates Periodontitis	46
Sex as a Biological Variable in Oral Diseases: Evidence and Future Prospects	46
CREB3L2 Regulates Hemidesmosome Formation during Epithelial Sealing	46
Inhibiting Hh Signaling in Gli1⁺ Osteogenic Progenitors Alleviates TMJOA	45
Occlusal Force Maintains Alveolar Bone Homeostasis via Type H Angiogenesis	43
Polymicrobial Infection Induces Adipose Tissue Dysfunction via Gingival Extracellular Vesicles	43
Masticatory Behavior Change with a Wearable Chewing Counter: A Randomized Controlled Trial	43
The AADOCR Position Statement on Community Water Fluoridation	42
MSX1 Drives Tooth Morphogenesis Through Controlling Wnt Signaling Activity	42
Pathways Linking Oral Bacteria, Nitric Oxide Metabolism, and Health	42
BMSC-Derived ApoEVs Promote Craniofacial Bone Repair via ROS/JNK Signaling	41

The Emerging Role of Accelerated Cellular Senescence in Periodontitis	41
Oral Health as a Marker of Social Progress	41
Induction of Oral Lichen Planus–like Histopathology in Mice	40
TMD Diagnosis Using a Masked Self-Supervised Tabular Transformer	39
Chondrocyte Adipogenic Differentiation in Softening Osteoarthritic Cartilage	39
Immune Dysregulation in the Oral Cavity during Early SARS-CoV-2 Infection	38
P. gingivalis–Induced TLR2 Interactome Analysis Reveals Association with PARP9	38
IADR President Address	37
Chronic Pain–Related Jaw Muscle Motor Load and Sensory Processing	37
AI in Learning Anatomy and Restoring Central Incisors: A Comparative Study	36
Periodontitis, Dental Procedures, and Young-Onset Cryptogenic Stroke	36