2026 Poul Erik Petersen: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	78	17801	16731	195	185	194	39612

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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

5995
Citations
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

3608
Citations
The global burden of oral diseases and risks to oral health

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

3215
Citations
Oral Health Surveys -Basic Methods

Poul Erik Petersen;R J Baez

2041
Citations
Improving the oral health of older people: the approach of the WHO Global Oral Health Programme

Poul Erik Petersen;Tatsuo Yamamoto

1376
Citations
Diet, nutrition and the prevention of dental diseases

Paula Moynihan;Poul Erik Petersen

1257
Citations
Global goals for oral health 2020.

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

1146
Citations
The global burden of periodontal disease: towards integration with chronic disease prevention and control.

Poul E. Petersen;Hiroshi Ogawa

813
Citations
Oral cancer prevention and control--the approach of the World Health Organization.

Poul Erik Petersen

717
Citations
Health-promoting schools: an opportunity for oral health promotion

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

694
Citations
Strengthening the Prevention of Periodontal Disease: The WHO Approach

Poul Erik Petersen;Hiroshi Ogawa

627
Citations
World Health Organization global policy for improvement of oral health - World Health Assembly 2007

Poul Erik Petersen

627
Citations
Effective use of fluorides for the prevention of dental caries in the 21st century: the WHO approach.

Poul Erik Petersen;Michael A. Lennon

554
Citations
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

522
Citations
Sociobehavioural risk factors in dental caries - international perspectives.

Poul Erik Petersen

488
Citations
Global oral health of older people--call for public health action.

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

439
Citations
Oral health, general health, and quality of life in older people

Daniel Kandelman;Poul Erik Petersen;Hiroshi Ueda

350
Citations
Oral health behaviour of schoolchildren and parents in Jordan

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

336
Citations
Challenges to improvement of oral health in the 21st century — the approach of the WHO Global Oral Health Programme

Poul Erik Petersen

286
Citations
Health-promoting schools: an opportunity for oral health

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

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy F. Watson King's College London

Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills University of Virginia

Ola Ekholm University of Southern Denmark

Ruth Freeman University of Dundee

David Beighton King's College London

Aubrey Sheiham University College London

Philip Marsh University of Leeds

Lakshman P. Samaranayake University of Hong Kong

Rima E. Rudd Harvard University

Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor World Health Organization

External Links

Personal website of Poul Erik Petersen

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