M. Shear

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

M. Shear is a scholar working on Oral Surgery, Molecular Biology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Shear has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Oral Surgery, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in M. Shear's work include Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (32 papers), Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments (8 papers) and Oral Health Pathology and Treatment (8 papers). M. Shear is often cited by papers focused on Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (32 papers), Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments (8 papers) and Oral Health Pathology and Treatment (8 papers). M. Shear collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Denmark. M. Shear's co-authors include J. J. Pindborg, I.R.H. Kramer, M. Altini, Günther Ackermann, Paul A. Insel, Philip Coffino, Kenneth L. Melmon, Gunnar Isacsson, Tony Axéll and J. J. Pindborg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

M. Shear

56 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Histological Typing of Odontogenic Tumours 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 250 500 750 1000
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. Histological Typing of Odontogenic Tumours
    1992 1.0k citations I.R.H. Kramer, J. J. Pindborg 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
M. Shear South Africa 28 2.4k 1.4k 897 838 601 57 3.3k
A.P. Chaudhry United States 24 726 0.3× 400 0.3× 363 0.4× 768 0.9× 289 0.5× 87 1.8k
D. Antoniades Greece 19 305 0.1× 197 0.1× 155 0.2× 422 0.5× 318 0.5× 60 1.4k
Masao Maeno Japan 33 367 0.2× 697 0.5× 1.3k 1.5× 217 0.3× 79 0.1× 112 3.1k
Toshihide Noguchi Japan 33 546 0.2× 194 0.1× 1.0k 1.1× 146 0.2× 46 0.1× 133 2.9k
Erhan Fıratlı Türkiye 28 655 0.3× 251 0.2× 585 0.7× 120 0.1× 45 0.1× 82 2.5k
José Alcides Almeida de Arruda Brazil 19 336 0.1× 198 0.1× 180 0.2× 250 0.3× 90 0.1× 151 1.1k
Timo Sorsa Finland 28 177 0.1× 163 0.1× 411 0.5× 280 0.3× 46 0.1× 69 2.1k
Kohji Hara Japan 32 434 0.2× 162 0.1× 497 0.6× 116 0.1× 24 0.0× 107 2.7k
Leonard C. Altman United States 27 106 0.0× 216 0.2× 361 0.4× 150 0.2× 51 0.1× 58 2.4k
Marcello Menta Simonsen Nico Brazil 18 115 0.0× 240 0.2× 187 0.2× 189 0.2× 281 0.5× 124 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by M. Shear

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Shear

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Shear

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of M. Shear. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of M. Shear 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 M. Shear. M. Shear is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Echeverria, P, et al.. (1993). Epidemiology of diarrhoeal illness associated with coccidian-like organism among travellers and foreign residents in Nepal. The Lancet. 341(8854). 1175–1179. 119 indexed citations
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Shear, M., et al.. (1992). Gingival cyst in adults. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 21(7). 309–313. 21 indexed citations
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Altini, M. & M. Shear. (1992). The lateral periodontal cyst: an update. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 21(6). 245–250. 71 indexed citations
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Ackermann, Günther, M. Altini, & M. Shear. (1988). The unicystic ameloblastoma: a clinicopathological study of 57 cases. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 17(9-10). 541–546. 248 indexed citations
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Katz, H. Irving, M. Shear, & M. Altini. (1985). A critical evaluation of epithelial dysplasia in oral mucosal lesions using the Smith‐Pindborg method of standardization *. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 14(6). 476–482. 36 indexed citations
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Shear, M., et al.. (1984). Fibrous histiocaytomas of the oral and maxillofacial regions. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 13(3). 282–294. 32 indexed citations
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Axéll, Tony, Palle Holmstrup, I.R.H. Kramer, J. J. Pindborg, & M. Shear. (1984). International seminar on oral leukoplakia and associated lesions related to tobacco habits. Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology. 12(3). 145–154. 176 indexed citations
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Isacsson, Gunnar & M. Shear. (1983). Intraoral salivary gland tumors: a retrospective study of 201 cases. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 12(1). 57–62. 85 indexed citations
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Fleming, Donald R., M. Shear, & Mattia Altini. (1982). Intraoral squamous cell carcinoma in South Africa.. PubMed. 37(8). 541–4. 9 indexed citations
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Shear, M., et al.. (1979). Changes in amylase activity in submandibular salivary glands of adult male mice following castration. Archives of Oral Biology. 24(2). 113–116. 3 indexed citations
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Altini, M., et al.. (1979). Basal cell extensions in human oral mucosa. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 8(3). 140–146. 7 indexed citations
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Shear, M., et al.. (1978). Age‐standardized incidence rates of primordial cyst (keratocyst) on the Witwatersrand. Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology. 6(6). 296–299. 17 indexed citations
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Shear, M., Paul A. Insel, Kenneth L. Melmon, & Philip Coffino. (1976). Agonist-specific refractoriness induced by isoproterenol. Studies with mutant cells.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 251(23). 7572–7576. 179 indexed citations
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Lownie, J.F., M. Altini, & M. Shear. (1976). Granular cell peripheral odontogenic fibroma. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 5(5). 295–304. 32 indexed citations
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Shear, M. & J. J. Pindborg. (1975). Microscopic features of the lateral periodontal cyst. European Journal Of Oral Sciences. 83(2). 103–110. 59 indexed citations
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Shear, M., et al.. (1972). Infiltration of the capsule in pleomorphic adenomas of salivary gland.. PubMed. 27(1). 5–8. 3 indexed citations
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Shear, M., et al.. (1967). Observations on the pathogenesis of primordial cysts.. PubMed. 123(7). 321–6. 79 indexed citations
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Shear, M., et al.. (1967). Oral submucous fibrosis in South African Indians: an epidemiological study.. PubMed. 32(1). 41–6. 17 indexed citations
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Shear, M. & A. G. E. Pearse. (1963). A Direct Histochemical Method for the Demonstration of Sialic Acid. Nature. 198(4887). 1273–1275. 14 indexed citations

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