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Poul Erik Petersen

Poul Erik Petersen

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
78
Citations
39612
World Ranking
17801
National Ranking
195

Poul Erik Petersen 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 Poul Erik Petersen sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 194 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Poul Erik Petersen 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 Poul Erik Petersen sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Poul Erik Petersen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on dentistry, with a significant emphasis on periodontics, general dentistry, general health professions, nutrition and dietetics, and emergency medical services.

The body of work includes studies covering a range of topics such as:

  • Dental Health and Care Utilization
  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
  • Dental Research and COVID-19
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
  • Dental Radiography and Imaging
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Poul Erik Petersen include:

  • Jelmer Alsma
  • Line Emilie Laugesen
  • Lamis Abuhaloob
  • J Szöke
  • Magnus Hakeberg

Publication venues where their research has appeared often are:

  • PubMed
  • STOMATOLOGY EDU JOURNAL
  • Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology
  • European Journal Of Oral Sciences
  • BMC Health Services Research

Selected recent papers authored by Poul Erik Petersen are:

  • Global application of oral disease prevention and health promotion as measured 10 years after the 2007 World Health Assembly statement on oral health, 2020, Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology
  • Trends in dentate status and preventive dental visits of the adult population in Denmark over 30 years (1987-2017), 2021, European Journal Of Oral Sciences

Other papers in the broader dataset related to oral health and dental research include works by co-authors addressing topics such as acute care patient priorities and oral health promotion projects.

Best Publications

  • The burden of oral disease: challenges to improving oral health in the 21st century.

    Poul Erik Petersen

  • The World Oral Health Report 2003: continuous improvement of oral health in the 21st century – the approach of the WHO Global Oral Health Programme

    Poul Erik Petersen

  • The global burden of oral diseases and risks to oral health

    Poul Erik Petersen;Denis Bourgeois;Hiroshi Ogawa;Saskia Estupinan-Day

  • Oral Health Surveys -Basic Methods

    Poul Erik Petersen;R J Baez

  • Improving the oral health of older people: the approach of the WHO Global Oral Health Programme

    Poul Erik Petersen;Tatsuo Yamamoto

  • Diet, nutrition and the prevention of dental diseases

    Paula Moynihan;Poul Erik Petersen

  • Global goals for oral health 2020.

    Martin Hobdell;Poul Erik Petersen;John Clarkson;Newell Walter Johnson

  • The global burden of periodontal disease: towards integration with chronic disease prevention and control.

    Poul E. Petersen;Hiroshi Ogawa

  • Oral cancer prevention and control--the approach of the World Health Organization.

    Poul Erik Petersen

  • Health-promoting schools: an opportunity for oral health promotion

    Stella Y. L. Kwan;Poul Erik Petersen;Cynthia M. Pine;Annerose Borutta

  • Strengthening the Prevention of Periodontal Disease: The WHO Approach

    Poul Erik Petersen;Hiroshi Ogawa

  • World Health Organization global policy for improvement of oral health - World Health Assembly 2007

    Poul Erik Petersen

  • Effective use of fluorides for the prevention of dental caries in the 21st century: the WHO approach.

    Poul Erik Petersen;Michael A. Lennon

  • Global policy for improvement of oral health in the 21st century – implications to oral health research of World Health Assembly 2007, World Health Organization

    Poul Erik Petersen

  • Sociobehavioural risk factors in dental caries - international perspectives.

    Poul Erik Petersen

  • Global oral health of older people--call for public health action.

    P E Petersen;D Kandelman;S Arpin;H Ogawa

  • Oral health, general health, and quality of life in older people

    Daniel Kandelman;Poul Erik Petersen;Hiroshi Ueda

  • Oral health behaviour of schoolchildren and parents in Jordan

    L. D. Rajab;P. E. Petersen;P. E. Petersen;G. Bakaeen;M. A. Hamdan

  • Challenges to improvement of oral health in the 21st century — the approach of the WHO Global Oral Health Programme

    Poul Erik Petersen

  • Health-promoting schools: an opportunity for oral health

    L. Kwan;Poul Erik Petersen;Cynthia M. Pine;Annerose Borutta

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy F. Watson
Timothy F. Watson King's College London
Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills
Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills University of Virginia
Ola Ekholm
Ola Ekholm University of Southern Denmark
Ruth Freeman
Ruth Freeman University of Dundee
David Beighton
David Beighton King's College London
Aubrey Sheiham
Aubrey Sheiham University College London
Philip Marsh
Philip Marsh University of Leeds
Lakshman P. Samaranayake
Lakshman P. Samaranayake University of Hong Kong
Rima E. Rudd
Rima E. Rudd Harvard University
Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor
Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor World Health Organization

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