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José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes

José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Brazil
2023

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
63
Citations
11225
World Ranking
1203
National Ranking
12

José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 317 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research is situated primarily within the field of Medicine, where they have contributed to 81 publications. The main subfields of their study include Periodontics, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Oncology, and Otorhinolaryngology.

Their work addresses several key topics, most notably:

  • Dental Health and Care Utilization
  • Head and Neck Cancer Studies
  • Cleft Lip and Palate Research
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes has coauthored extensively with researchers such as Amanda Ramos da Cunha, Fernando Neves Hugo, Marco Aurélio Peres, Fabíola Bof de Andrade, and Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa.

Their recent papers include:

  • The Global, Regional, and National Burden of Adult Lip, Oral, and Pharyngeal Cancer in 204 Countries and Territories (2023) published in JAMA Oncology
  • Global incidence trends in head and neck cancer for HPV-related and -unrelated subsites: A systematic review of population-based studies (2021) published in Oral Oncology
  • Desafios da pandemia de COVID-19: por uma agenda brasileira de pesquisa em saúde global e sustentabilidade (2020) published in Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • The emerging risk of oropharyngeal and oral cavity cancer in HPV-related subsites in young people in Brazil (2020) published in PLoS ONE
  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oral biopsies in the Brazilian National Health System (2020) published in Oral Diseases

The venues where José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes frequently publishes include Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology, Cadernos de Saúde Pública, Revista de Saúde Pública, Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, and Ciência & Saúde Coletiva.

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications such as "Oral Epidemiology" published by Springer International Publishing in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Cárie dentária no Brasil: declínio, polarização, iniqüidade e exclusão social

    Paulo Capel Narvai;Paulo Frazão;Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli;José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes

  • Uso da análise de séries temporais em estudos epidemiológicos

    José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes;Maria Regina Alves Cardoso

  • Políticas de saúde bucal no Brasil e seu impacto sobre as desigualdades em saúde

    José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes;Paulo Capel Narvai

  • Measuring inequalities in the distribution of dental caries

    José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes;Paulo Capel Narvai;Zoann Jane Nugent

  • Multilevel assessment of determinants of dental caries experience in Brazil

    José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes;Marco Aurélio Peres;Tatiana Ribeiro de Campos Mello;Tatiana Ribeiro de Campos Mello;Eliseu Alves Waldman

  • Impact of socioeconomic and clinical factors on child oral health-related quality of life (COHRQoL)

    Chaiana Piovesan;José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes;Renata Saraiva Guedes;Thiago Machado Ardenghi

  • Spatial analysis to identify differentials in dental needs by area-based measures

    José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes;Paulo Frazão;Paulo Capel Narvai;Camila Manoel Bispo

  • Trends and spatial distribution of oral cancer mortality in São Paulo, Brazil, 1980-1998.

    J.L.F. Antunes;M.G.H Biazevic;M.E. de Araujo;N.E. Tomita

  • Hospital: instituição e história social

    José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes;Irene de Arruda Ribeiro Cardoso

  • Perdas dentárias no Brasil: análise da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde Bucal 2010

    Marco Aurélio Peres;Paulo Roberto Barbato;Sandra Cristina Guimarães Bahia Reis;Cláudia Helena Soares de Morais Freitas

  • Trends and spatial distribution of deaths of children aged 12-60 months in São Paulo, Brazil, 1980-98

    José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes;Eliseu Alves Waldman

  • Dental injury among Brazilian schoolchildren in the state of São Paulo.

    Sylvia Grimm;Paulo Frazão;José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes;Roberto Augusto Castellanos

  • Fat food habitual intake and risk of oral cancer.

    Tatiana Natasha Toporcov;José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes;Marcos Roberto Tavares

  • Inequalities in the distribution of dental caries among 12-year-old Brazilian schoolchildren

    Chaiana Piovesan;Fausto Medeiros Mendes;José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes;Thiago Machado Ardenghi

  • Fifty years of the Revista de Saúde Pública

    Carlos Augusto Monteiro;Rita Barradas Barata;José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes

  • The association between socioeconomic development at the town level and the distribution of dental caries in Brazilian children

    Marco Aurélio Peres;Karen Glazer Peres;José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes;Simone Rennó Junqueira

  • Determinantes individuais e contextuais da prevalência de cárie dentária não tratada no Brasil

    Antônio Carlos Frias;José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes;Simone Rennó Junqueira;Paulo Capel Narvai

  • The impact of AIDS, immigration and housing overcrowding on tuberculosis deaths in São Paulo, Brazil, 1994-1998.

    José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes;Eliseu Alves Waldman

  • Joint and independent effects of alcohol drinking and tobacco smoking on oral cancer: a large case-control study.

    José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes;Tatiana Natasha Toporcov;Maria Gabriela Haye Biazevic;Antonio Fernando Boing

  • Global incidence trends in head and neck cancer for HPV-related and -unrelated subsites: A systematic review of population-based studies

    Fabrício dos Santos Menezes;Fabrício dos Santos Menezes;Gisele Aparecida Fernandes;José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes;Luisa Lina Villa

  • Inequalities in access and utilization of dental services: a cross-sectional study in an area covered by the Family Health Strategy

    Márcia Helena Baldani;José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Aurélio Peres
Marco Aurélio Peres Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Luiz Paulo Kowalski
Luiz Paulo Kowalski Universidade de São Paulo
Carme Borrell
Carme Borrell Pompeu Fabra University
Deborah Carvalho Malta
Deborah Carvalho Malta Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Ana V. Diez Roux
Ana V. Diez Roux Drexel University
Jan E. Conn
Jan E. Conn New York State Department of Health
Marcos Tavares
Marcos Tavares Universidade de São Paulo
Aluísio J. D. Barros
Aluísio J. D. Barros Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Maica Rodríguez-Sanz
Maica Rodríguez-Sanz Pompeu Fabra University
Claudia Roberta de Castro Moreno
Claudia Roberta de Castro Moreno Universidade de São Paulo

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