Mervyn Shear

3.1k total citations
32 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Mervyn Shear is a scholar working on Oral Surgery, Surgery and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mervyn Shear has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Oral Surgery, 13 papers in Surgery and 13 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Mervyn Shear's work include Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (21 papers), Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments (12 papers) and Tumors and Oncological Cases (7 papers). Mervyn Shear is often cited by papers focused on Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (21 papers), Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments (12 papers) and Tumors and Oncological Cases (7 papers). Mervyn Shear collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and Denmark. Mervyn Shear's co-authors include Paul M. Speight, Ivor R. H. Kramer, J. J. Pindborg, Esther Manor, I. van der Waal, Lipa Bodner, Constantino Ledesma‐Montes, Mario Altini, Román Carlos‐Bregni and Adalberto Mosqueda‐Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Cancer, Journal of Dental Research and Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Mervyn Shear

32 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mervyn Shear South Africa 18 2.0k 1.2k 806 769 424 32 2.3k
Robert A. Vickers United States 17 1.3k 0.6× 728 0.6× 674 0.8× 530 0.7× 573 1.4× 28 2.0k
H Nikai Japan 17 595 0.3× 393 0.3× 164 0.2× 375 0.5× 174 0.4× 32 985
Marina Gonçalves Diniz Brazil 24 924 0.5× 623 0.5× 232 0.3× 547 0.7× 195 0.5× 82 1.4k
Chong Huat Siar Malaysia 21 873 0.4× 366 0.3× 229 0.3× 440 0.6× 155 0.4× 82 1.4k
Wagner Henriques Castro Brazil 18 647 0.3× 480 0.4× 237 0.3× 300 0.4× 185 0.4× 54 954
Sow‐Yeh Chen United States 21 489 0.2× 305 0.2× 454 0.6× 141 0.2× 318 0.8× 34 1.1k
F Clausen Denmark 7 616 0.3× 315 0.3× 202 0.3× 162 0.2× 202 0.5× 8 761
L. Stefan Levin United States 23 226 0.1× 343 0.3× 221 0.3× 363 0.5× 240 0.6× 45 1.4k
P.R. Morgan United Kingdom 19 437 0.2× 198 0.2× 291 0.4× 331 0.4× 106 0.3× 31 1.3k
E.Jefferson Burkes United States 17 440 0.2× 237 0.2× 84 0.1× 156 0.2× 199 0.5× 37 804

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mervyn Shear

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All Works

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Bodner, Lipa, Esther Manor, Mervyn Shear, & I. van der Waal. (2011). Primary intraosseous squamous cell carcinoma arising in an odontogenic cyst - a clinicopathologic analysis of 116 reported cases. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 40(10). 733–738. 112 indexed citations
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Aldred, Michael J., Anna Talacko, Anne Gordon, Neil Savage, & Mervyn Shear. (2009). Two cases of a previously undescribed odontogenic cyst/tumour variant. Pathology. 41. 9–10. 2 indexed citations
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Ledesma‐Montes, Constantino, Robert J. Gorlin, Mervyn Shear, et al.. (2008). International collaborative study on ghost cell odontogenic tumours: calcifying cystic odontogenic tumour, dentinogenic ghost cell tumour and ghost cell odontogenic carcinoma. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 37(5). 302–308. 141 indexed citations
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Shear, Mervyn. (2003). Odontogenic keratocysts: clinical features. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America. 15(3). 335–345. 31 indexed citations
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Shear, Mervyn. (2003). Odontogenic keratocysts: natural history and immunohistochemistry. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America. 15(3). 347–362. 17 indexed citations
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Aldred, Michael J., et al.. (2002). Odontogenic cyst with verrucous proliferation. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 31(8). 500–503. 9 indexed citations
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Shear, Mervyn. (2002). The aggressive nature of the odontogenic keratocyst. Oral Oncology. 38(4). 323–331. 185 indexed citations
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Shear, Mervyn, et al.. (1999). Wits: A University in the Apartheid Era. History of Education Quarterly. 39(2). 226–226. 13 indexed citations
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Shear, Mervyn. (1994). Developmental odontogenic cysts. An update1. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 23(1). 1–11. 129 indexed citations
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Kramer, Ivor R. H., J. J. Pindborg, & Mervyn Shear. (1993). The World Health Organization histological typing of odontogenic tumours. Introducing the second edition. European Journal of Cancer Part B Oral Oncology. 29(3). 169–171. 58 indexed citations
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Kramer, Ivor R. H., J. J. Pindborg, & Mervyn Shear. (1992). The WHOHistological typing of odontogenic tumours. A commentary on the second edition. Cancer. 70(12). 2988–2994. 314 indexed citations
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Isacsson, Göran & Mervyn Shear. (1981). Content and distribution of glycogen in oral epithelial dysplasia. European Journal Of Oral Sciences. 89(1). 79–88. 11 indexed citations
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Smith, Ian & Mervyn Shear. (1978). Radiological features of mandibular primordial cysts (Keratocysts). Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery. 6(2). 147–154. 13 indexed citations
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Shear, Mervyn. (1976). Cysts of the Oral Regions. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 297 indexed citations
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Shear, Mervyn, et al.. (1973). Morphologic changes in lymph node deposits of oral squamous carcinoma. International Journal of Oral Surgery. 2(1). 1–12. 4 indexed citations
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Shear, Mervyn, et al.. (1966). Metastatic calcification of the oral mucosa in renal hyperparathyroidism. British Journal of Oral Surgery. 4(2). 81–87. 11 indexed citations
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Shear, Mervyn. (1964). The unity of tumours of odontogenic epithelium. British Journal of Oral Surgery. 2. 212–221. 9 indexed citations

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