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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Medicine D-index 95 Citations 28,341 225 World Ranking 6208 National Ranking 250

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Dentistry

Oral health, Quality of life, Gerontology, Psychosocial and Dentistry are his primary areas of study. His work in the fields of Tooth loss overlaps with other areas such as Conceptual framework. His studies in Quality of life integrate themes in fields like Physical therapy, Clinical trial and Dentures.

His work deals with themes such as Cross-sectional study, Socioeconomic status, Disease and Quality of life, which intersect with Gerontology. His work carried out in the field of Dentistry brings together such families of science as Odds ratio, Cohort study, Multivariate analysis, Dental prosthesis and Public health. His research in Construct validity tackles topics such as Cronbach's alpha which are related to areas like Intraclass correlation and Psychiatry.

His most cited work include:

  • Measuring oral health: a conceptual framework. (876 citations)
  • Validity and Reliability of a Questionnaire for Measuring Child Oral-health-related Quality of Life (575 citations)
  • What do measures of ‘oral health‐related quality of life’ measure? (377 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

David Locker focuses on Oral health, Gerontology, Dentistry, Quality of life and Clinical psychology. His research in Oral health intersects with topics in Adult population, Dental care and Quality of life. His Gerontology research includes themes of Longitudinal study, Logistic regression, Psychosocial, Disease and Tooth loss.

His work on Oral hygiene and Oral and maxillofacial pathology is typically connected to Ontario canada as part of general Dentistry study, connecting several disciplines of science. His Quality of life research also works with subjects such as

  • Dentures which is related to area like Randomized controlled trial,
  • Physical therapy which intersects with area such as Occupational safety and health. His Clinical psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Psychiatry, Anxiety, Cronbach's alpha, Intraclass correlation and Construct validity.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Oral health (33.33%)
  • Gerontology (26.03%)
  • Dentistry (18.26%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2007-2017)?

  • Oral health (33.33%)
  • Quality of life (18.26%)
  • Clinical psychology (16.89%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

David Locker mainly focuses on Oral health, Quality of life, Clinical psychology, Dentistry and Gerontology. The concepts of his Oral health study are interwoven with issues in Psychiatry, Dentures and Quality of life. David Locker has included themes like Psychosocial, Malocclusion, Reliability, Physical therapy and Sample in his Quality of life study.

The Clinical psychology study combines topics in areas such as Construct validity, Cronbach's alpha, Perception and Dentine hypersensitivity. His Oral and maxillofacial pathology and Oral problems study in the realm of Dentistry interacts with subjects such as Attendance, Convenience sample and Injury prevention. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Cross-sectional study, Health board, Dental insurance and Tooth loss.

Between 2007 and 2017, his most popular works were:

  • Long-term Dental Visiting Patterns and Adult Oral Health (151 citations)
  • Interpreting oral health-related quality of life data. (105 citations)
  • Income, dental insurance coverage, and financial barriers to dental care among Canadian adults (93 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Dentistry

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Quality of life, Gerontology, Cross-sectional study, Dentistry and Household income. His Quality of life study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Construct validity, Physical therapy and Caries experience. His Gerontology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Cognitive psychology and Tooth loss.

His Cross-sectional study research includes elements of Outcome assessment, Oral health and Quality of life. His study looks at the relationship between Dentistry and topics such as Clinical psychology, which overlap with Malocclusion. The study incorporates disciplines such as Psychometrics, Questionnaire construction and Reliability, Cronbach's alpha, Intraclass correlation in addition to Psychosocial.

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Best Publications

Measuring oral health: a conceptual framework.

Locker D.
Community Dental Health (1988)

1439 Citations

Validity and Reliability of a Questionnaire for Measuring Child Oral-health-related Quality of Life

A. Jokovic;D. Locker;M. Stephens;D. Kenny.
Journal of Dental Research (2002)

981 Citations

What do measures of ‘oral health-related quality of life’ measure?

David Locker;Finbarr Allen.
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology (2007)

654 Citations

Is dental health education effective? A systematic review of current evidence

E. J. Kay;D. Locker.
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology (1996)

580 Citations

Age of Onset of Dental Anxiety

David Locker;A Liddell;L Dempster;D Shapiro.
Journal of Dental Research (1999)

538 Citations

Oral health status and treatment satisfaction with mandibular implant overdentures and conventional dentures: a randomized clinical trial in a senior population.

Manal A Awad;James P Lund;Stanley H Shapiro;David Locker.
International Journal of Prosthodontics (2003)

525 Citations

Oral and general health‐related quality of life with conventional and implant dentures

Guido Heydecke;David Locker;Manal A. Awad;James P. Lund;James P. Lund.
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology (2003)

522 Citations

Quality of life: a dynamic construct.

P.J. Allison;D. Locker;J.S. Feine.
Social Science & Medicine (1997)

515 Citations

A systematic review of the effectiveness of health promotion aimed at improving oral health.

E Kay;D Locker.
Community Dental Health (1998)

492 Citations

Deprivation and oral health: a review.

D. Locker.
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology (2000)

467 Citations

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