Floyd E. Dewhirst

65.2k total citations · 12 hit papers
215 papers, 26.3k citations indexed

About

Floyd E. Dewhirst is a scholar working on Periodontics, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Floyd E. Dewhirst has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 26.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Periodontics, 74 papers in Molecular Biology and 58 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Floyd E. Dewhirst's work include Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (78 papers), Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (57 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (41 papers). Floyd E. Dewhirst is often cited by papers focused on Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (78 papers), Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (57 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (41 papers). Floyd E. Dewhirst collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Norway. Floyd E. Dewhirst's co-authors include Bruce J. Paster, Ingar Olsen, A. Jørn, Jacques Izard, Wen‐Han Yu, A. C. R. Tanner, William G. Wade, James G. Fox, Abirami Lakshmanan and Jamie L. Galvin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Floyd E. Dewhirst

210 papers receiving 25.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The Human Oral Microbiome

2010 2.4k citations Floyd E. Dewhirst, Jacques Izard et al. Journal of Bacteriology profile →
Defining the Normal Bacterial Flora of the Oral Cavity

2005 2.3k citations A. Jørn, Bruce J. Paster et al. Journal of Clinical Microbiology profile →
Bacterial Diversity in Human Subgingival Plaque

2001 1.6k citations Bruce J. Paster, Floyd E. Dewhirst et al. Journal of Bacteriology profile →
The Human Oral Microbiome Database: a web accessible resource for investigating oral microbe taxonomic and genomic information

2010 850 citations Wen‐Han Yu, Jacques Izard et al. profile →
Bacteria of Dental Caries in Primary and Permanent Teeth in Children and Young Adults

2008 708 citations A. Jørn, Ann L. Griffen et al. Journal of Clinical Microbiology profile →
The breadth of bacterial diversity in the human periodontal pocket and other oral sites

2006 654 citations Bruce J. Paster, Ingar Olsen et al. profile →
Biogeography of a human oral microbiome at the micron scale

2016 630 citations Jessica L. Mark Welch, Blair J. Rossetti et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
"Checkerboard" DNA-DNA hybridization.

1994 602 citations Bruce J. Paster, Floyd E. Dewhirst et al. profile →
Molecular Analysis of Bacterial Species Associated with Childhood Caries

2002 564 citations Bruce J. Paster, Eugene J. Leys et al. Journal of Clinical Microbiology profile →
Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology

2012 518 citations William E. Wade, Floyd E. Dewhirst Springer US profile →
Comparisons of Subgingival Microbial Profiles of Refractory Periodontitis, Severe Periodontitis, and Periodontal Health Using the Human Oral Microbe Identification Microarray

2009 461 citations Sean L. Cotton, Floyd E. Dewhirst et al. profile →
New Insights into Human Nostril Microbiome from the Expanded Human Oral Microbiome Database (eHOMD): a Resource for the Microbiome of the Human Aerodigestive Tract

2018 401 citations Isabel F. Escapa, Tsute Chen et al. mSystems profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Floyd E. Dewhirst

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Spatial ecology of the Neisseriaceae family in the human oral cavity 2025 ·Microbiology Spectrum ·(unknown), (unknown), Floyd E. Dewhirst, Gary G. Borisy, Jessica L. Mark Welch	0
2	Spatial ecology of Haemophilus and Aggregatibacter in the human oral cavity 2024 ·Microbiology Spectrum ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Floyd E. Dewhirst, Gary G. Borisy, Jessica L. Mark Welch	8
3	Site Specialization of Human Oral Veillonella Species 2023 ·Microbiology Spectrum ·(unknown), (unknown), Floyd E. Dewhirst, Gary G. Borisy, Jessica L. Mark Welch	19
4	Phages are unrecognized players in the ecology of the oral pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis 2023 ·Microbiome ·(unknown), Elaine M. Haase, Floyd E. Dewhirst, Jessica L. Mark Welch, (unknown), Tsute Chen, Donald MacFarland, Kathryn M. Kauffman	14
5	Site‐tropism of streptococci in the oral microbiome 2022 ·Molecular Oral Microbiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Floyd E. Dewhirst, Gary G. Borisy, Jessica L. Mark Welch	16
6	Establishing Stable Binary Cultures of Symbiotic Saccharibacteria from the Oral Cavity 2021 ·Journal of Visualized Experiments ·Andrew J. Collins, Pallavi P. Murugkar, Floyd E. Dewhirst	4
7	Establishing Stable Binary Cultures of Symbiotic Saccharibacteria from the Oral Cavity 2021 ·Journal of Visualized Experiments ·Andrew J. Collins, Pallavi P. Murugkar, Floyd E. Dewhirst	1
8	Systematic evasion of the restriction-modification barrier in bacteria 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Christopher D. Johnston, Sean L. Cotton, Susan R. Rittling, Jacqueline R. Starr, Gary G. Borisy, Floyd E. Dewhirst, Katherine P. Lemon	65
9	New Insights into Human Nostril Microbiome from the Expanded Human Oral Microbiome Database (eHOMD): a Resource for the Microbiome of the Human Aerodigestive Tract breakdown → 2018 ·mSystems ·Isabel F. Escapa, Tsute Chen, Yanmei Huang, (unknown), Floyd E. Dewhirst, Katherine P. Lemon	401
10	Cargo transport shapes the spatial organization of a microbial community 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Abhishek Shrivastava, (unknown), (unknown), Susan Yost, Floyd E. Dewhirst, Howard C. Berg	42
11	Biogeography of a human oral microbiome at the micron scale breakdown → 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jessica L. Mark Welch, Blair J. Rossetti, (unknown), Floyd E. Dewhirst, Gary G. Borisy	630
12	In Vitro Culture of Previously Uncultured Oral Bacterial Phylotypes 2015 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·H. H. Thompson, (unknown), Rebecca Moazzez, Floyd E. Dewhirst, William G. Wade	30
13	Helicobacter canis colonization in sheep: a zoonotic link 2014 ·PMC ·Alton G. Swennes, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Zeli Shen, (unknown), Katherine H. Petersson, Floyd E. Dewhirst, James G. Fox	1
14	The feline oral microbiome: A provisional 16S rRNA gene based taxonomy with full-length reference sequences 2014 ·Veterinary Microbiology ·Floyd E. Dewhirst, (unknown), (unknown), Julie Croft, Stephen Harris, Zoe V. Marshall-Jones	52
15	Isolation of a Campylobacter lanienae-like Bacterium from Laboratory Chinchillas (Chinchilla laniger) 2014 ·DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·(unknown), Rebecca Ducore, (unknown), (unknown), Floyd E. Dewhirst, Zeli Shen, James G. Fox	4
16	Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology breakdown → 2012 ·Springer US ·William E. Wade, Floyd E. Dewhirst	518
17	Systems-level analysis of microbial community organization through combinatorial labeling and spectral imaging 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Alex M. Valm, Jessica L. Mark Welch, (unknown), Yuko Hasegawa, Mitchell L. Sogin, Rudolf Oldenbourg, Floyd E. Dewhirst, Gary G. Borisy	235
18	The Human Oral Microbiome breakdown → 2010 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Floyd E. Dewhirst, (unknown), Jacques Izard, Bruce J. Paster, A. C. R. Tanner, Wen‐Han Yu, Abirami Lakshmanan, William G. Wade	2400
19	Bacteria of Dental Caries in Primary and Permanent Teeth in Children and Young Adults breakdown → 2008 ·Journal of Clinical Microbiology ·A. Jørn, Ann L. Griffen, (unknown), Alice Lee, Ingar Olsen, Floyd E. Dewhirst, Eugene J. Leys, Bruce J. Paster	708
20	Treponema parvum sp. nov., a small, glucoronic or galacturonic acid-dependent oral spirochaete from lesions of human periodontitis and acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. 2001 ·INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY ·(unknown), Floyd E. Dewhirst, Rudolf Gmür, Thomas Thurnheer, Yongbiao Xue, Peter Schüpbach, B. Guggenheim, Bruce J. Paster	39

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