David Ricketts

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
108 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

David Ricketts is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Oral Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, David Ricketts has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Surgery, 20 papers in Epidemiology and 16 papers in Oral Surgery. Recurrent topics in David Ricketts's work include Dental Health and Care Utilization (14 papers), Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (11 papers) and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (11 papers). David Ricketts is often cited by papers focused on Dental Health and Care Utilization (14 papers), Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (11 papers) and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (11 papers). David Ricketts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. David Ricketts's co-authors include Nicola Innes, Falk Schwendicke, Margherita Fontana, Sophie Doméjean, Avijit Banerjee, Lars Bjørndal, J.E. Frencken, Edward Chin Man Lo, David J. Manton and Guglielmo Campus and has published in prestigious journals such as Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, BMJ and International Journal of Cancer.

In The Last Decade

David Ricketts

102 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Managing Carious Lesions 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2016 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Managing Carious Lesions
    2016 460 citations Falk Schwendicke, David Ricketts et al. profile →
  2. Managing Carious Lesions: Consensus Recommendations on Terminology
    2016 249 citations Nicola Innes, David Ricketts et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Ricketts United Kingdom 24 745 655 646 536 331 108 2.4k
Massimo Amato Italy 29 352 0.5× 497 0.8× 925 1.4× 247 0.5× 256 0.8× 192 2.5k
Sue Pavitt United Kingdom 33 647 0.9× 273 0.4× 767 1.2× 599 1.1× 133 0.4× 139 3.7k
Dirk Ziebolz Germany 31 1.4k 1.9× 871 1.3× 1.1k 1.8× 242 0.5× 229 0.7× 211 3.2k
May Chun Mei Wong Hong Kong 39 2.3k 3.1× 766 1.2× 755 1.2× 522 1.0× 616 1.9× 117 4.5k
Conchita Martín Spain 33 1.2k 1.6× 674 1.0× 1.5k 2.3× 468 0.9× 93 0.3× 110 3.7k
Manuel Bravo Spain 38 2.4k 3.3× 846 1.3× 1.3k 2.1× 308 0.6× 471 1.4× 166 4.3k
Susan Furness United Kingdom 29 962 1.3× 199 0.3× 471 0.7× 599 1.1× 110 0.3× 45 3.9k
Philip Riley United Kingdom 24 698 0.9× 261 0.4× 335 0.5× 237 0.4× 139 0.4× 42 1.9k
Clóvis Mariano Faggion Germany 31 858 1.2× 570 0.9× 1.5k 2.3× 276 0.5× 144 0.4× 147 3.2k
Gerhard Schmalz Germany 24 960 1.3× 465 0.7× 436 0.7× 151 0.3× 114 0.3× 154 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Ricketts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Ricketts

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Ricketts. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Ricketts based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Ricketts. David Ricketts is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Marshman, Zoe, Sarah R. Baker, Avijit Banerjee, et al.. (2025). Dentists’ perspectives on selective caries removal for the management of deep carious lesions in permanent teeth. BMC Oral Health. 25(1). 362–362.
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Ricketts, David, et al.. (2023). Next Steps for mRNA Vaccines and Therapeutics. Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. 43(8). 16–18. 1 indexed citations
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Barakat, Ahmed, et al.. (2019). Understanding survival analysis: actuarial life tables and the Kaplan–Meier plot. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 80(11). 642–646. 45 indexed citations
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Ricketts, David, et al.. (2019). An intussuscepting colonic lipoma causing prolapse of the sigmoid colon in an adult. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 80(3). ii–ii. 1 indexed citations
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Ricketts, David, et al.. (2019). Operative caries management in adults and children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2019(7). CD003808–CD003808. 13 indexed citations
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Sadler, Jacob M., et al.. (2018). Anaesthesia: what a surgeon needs to know. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 79(5). 270–278. 1 indexed citations
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Robertson, Alastair, et al.. (2018). Understanding and interpreting funnel plots for the clinician. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 79(10). 578–583. 29 indexed citations
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Thornhill, Chris, et al.. (2018). A simple guide to regional anaesthesia. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 79(4). 211–217. 4 indexed citations
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Ricketts, David, Nicola Innes, & Falk Schwendicke. (2018). Selective Removal of Carious Tissue. Monographs in oral science. 27. 82–91. 29 indexed citations
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Ricketts, David, et al.. (2017). An anatomical study of additional radial wrist extensors including a unique extensor carpi radialis accessorius. Folia Morphologica. 76(4). 742–747. 5 indexed citations
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Zreik, Nasri, et al.. (2016). Blunt chest trauma: soft tissue injury in the thorax. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 77(2). 78–83. 4 indexed citations
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Zreik, Nasri, et al.. (2016). Blunt chest trauma: bony injury in the thorax. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 77(2). 72–77. 5 indexed citations
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Brogan, Kit, et al.. (2012). The impact of snow on orthopaedic trauma referrals. Injury. 43(7). 1033–1036. 15 indexed citations
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Ricketts, David, et al.. (2002). Fidelidad del cliente en servicios "dolorosos": Cómo mantener motivado al paciente para que siga un tratamiento periodontal.. University of Twente Research Information. 12(2). 107–118. 1 indexed citations
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Price, Michelle A., et al.. (2002). The rate of instrument breakage during orthopaedic procedures. International Orthopaedics. 26(3). 185–187. 49 indexed citations
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Ekstrand, Kim, et al.. (1998). Detection, diagnosing, monitoring and logical treatment of occlusal caries in relation to lesion activity and severity. Caries Research. 32(4).
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Ricketts, David, et al.. (1994). An orthopaedic theatre timings survey.. PubMed. 76(3). 200–4. 34 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Colin J. R., T. Wilson, R. Juškaitis, et al.. (1993). Proceedings of SCANNING ′93 Orlando, Florida, USA. part 1. Scanning. 15(S1). III1–III89. 1 indexed citations
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Ricketts, David, et al.. (1993). Markers of data quality in computer audit: the Manchester Orthopaedic Database.. PubMed. 75(6). 393–6. 24 indexed citations
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Ricketts, David, et al.. (1993). An unusual proximal tibial epiphyseal injury. Injury. 24(8). 568–569. 5 indexed citations

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