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John S. Greenspan

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Medicine

D-Index
79
Citations
23614
World Ranking
17529
National Ranking
8771

John S. Greenspan publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John S. Greenspan sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 300 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

John S. Greenspan D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John S. Greenspan sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 79 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

John S. Greenspan is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine and Dentistry, with a notable focus on Periodontics, Otorhinolaryngology, Oncology, General Dentistry, and Genetics. The scientist's work addresses a range of topics mostly related to oral health and cancer studies.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Head and Neck Cancer Studies
  • Oral Health Pathology and Treatment
  • Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Dental Health and Care Utilization
  • Dental Research and COVID-19
  • Cleft Lip and Palate Research
  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment

John S. Greenspan has contributed to several recent publications, notably:

  • "The impact of the world Workshops on oral health and disease in HIV and AIDS (1988-2020)," 2020, Oral Diseases
  • "25th anniversary of oral diseases," 2020, Oral Diseases
  • "Faculty Opinions recommendation of Fitting a vaccine into the HIV prevention landscape," 2021, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • "Faculty Opinions recommendation of Unclouded Judgment - Global Health and the Moral Clarity of Paul Farmer," 2022, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • "Faculty Opinions recommendation of Milk and Health," 2020, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature

Frequent co-authors working alongside John S. Greenspan include:

  • Saman Warnakulasuriya
  • Stephen Challacombe
  • Hatsuhiko Maeda
  • Newell W. Johnson
  • Masahiko Mori

The scientist's work frequently appears in the following publication venues:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Oral Diseases

John S. Greenspan has authored books published by Springer International Publishing, including "Textbook of Oral Cancer" released in 2020, which has been cited in the scientific literature.

Best Publications

  • American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for Sjögren's syndrome: a data-driven, expert consensus approach in the Sjögren's International Collaborative Clinical Alliance cohort

    S C Shiboski;C H Shiboski;L A Criswell;A N Baer

  • Replication of Epstein–Barr Virus within the Epithelial Cells of Oral Hairy Leukoplakia, an AIDS-Associated Lesion

    J S Greenspan;D Greenspan;E T Lennette;D I Abrams

  • The histopathology of Sjögren's syndrome in labial salivary gland biopsies

    J.S. Greenspan;J.S. Greenspan;T.E. Daniels;T.E. Daniels;N. Talal;N. Talal;R.A. Sylvester;R.A. Sylvester

  • Effect of castration and sex hormone treatment on survival, anti-nucleic acid antibodies, and glomerulonephritis in nzb/nzw f1 mice.

    J R Roubinian;N Talal;J S Greenspan;J R Goodman

  • Global burden of oral diseases: emerging concepts, management and interplay with systemic health.

    L. J. Jin;I. B. Lamster;J. S. Greenspan;Nigel Pitts

  • Oral "hairy" leucoplakia in male homosexuals: evidence of association with both papillomavirus and a herpes-group virus.

    Deborah Greenspan;Marcus Conant;Sol Silverman;JohnS. Greenspan

  • Thalidomide for the treatment of oral aphthous ulcers in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection

    J M Jacobson;J S Greenspan;J Spritzler;N Ketter

  • A Simplified Quantitative Method for Assessing Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca From the Sjögren's Syndrome International Registry

    John P. Whitcher;Caroline H. Shiboski;Stephen C. Shiboski;Ana Maria Heidenreich

  • Oral lesions in infection with human immunodeficiency virus

    Maeve M. Coogan;John Greenspan;Stephen J. Challacombe

  • Relation of Oral Hairy Leukoplakia to Infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and the Risk of Developing AIDS

    Deborah Greenspan;John S. Greenspan;Norman G. Hearst;Li-Zhen Pan

  • DETECTION OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS DNA IN ANAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA AND ANAL CANCER

    Joel M. Palefsky;Elizabeth A. Holly;John Gonzales;Jennifer Berline

  • Associations between salivary gland histopathologic diagnoses and phenotypic features of Sjögren's syndrome among 1,726 registry participants

    Troy E. Daniels;Darren Cox;Caroline H. Shiboski;Morten Schiødt

  • The prevalence of oral lesions in HIV-infected homosexual and bisexual men: three San Francisco epidemiological cohorts.

    David W. Feigal;Mitchell H. Katz;Deborah Greenspan;Janice Westenhouse

  • Effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy on frequency of oral warts.

    Deborah Greenspan;Alison J Canchola;Laurie A MacPhail;Behnaz Cheikh

  • Oral manifestations of HIV infection. Definitions, diagnostic criteria, and principles of therapy. The U.S.A. Oral AIDS Collaborative Group.

    John S. Greenspan;Charles E. Barr;Charles E. Barr;James J. Sciubba;James J. Sciubba;James R. Winkler

  • Differentiation-associated expression of the Epstein-Barr virus BZLF1 transactivator protein in oral hairy leukoplakia.

    L S Young;R Lau;M Rowe;G Niedobitek

  • The phenotypic characterization of lymphocyte subpopulations in established human periodontal disease.

    Gregory J. Seymour;John S. Greenspan

  • The oral component of Sjögren's syndrome.

    T.E. Daniels;T.E. Daniels;S. Silverman;S. Silverman;J.P. Michalski;J.P. Michalski;J.S. Greenspan;J.S. Greenspan

  • Comparison of gas and liquid ventilation: clinical, physiological, and histological correlates.

    M. R. Wolfson;J. S. Greenspan;K. S. Deoras;S. D. Rubenstein

  • Chronic therapy with recombinant tumor necrosis factor-α in autoimmune NZB/NZW F1 mice

    Caroline Gordon;Caroline Gordon;Gerald E. Ranges;John S. Greenspan;David Wofsy;David Wofsy

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah Greenspan
Deborah Greenspan University of California, San Francisco
Sol Silverman
Sol Silverman University of California, San Francisco
Norman Talal
Norman Talal Columbia University
Stephen Challacombe
Stephen Challacombe King's College London
Lindsey A. Criswell
Lindsey A. Criswell National Institutes of Health
Joel M. Palefsky
Joel M. Palefsky University of California, San Francisco
Saman Warnakulasuriya
Saman Warnakulasuriya King's College London
Irving L. Weissman
Irving L. Weissman Stanford University
Donald I. Abrams
Donald I. Abrams University of California, San Francisco
Diane W. Wara
Diane W. Wara University of California, San Francisco

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