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Saman Warnakulasuriya

Active 1984–2025

163
Papers
27,835
Citations
87
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Citations

Citations per year for Saman Warnakulasuriya1973: 1 citations1991: 1 citations1992: 1 citations1994: 2 citations1995: 7 citations1996: 5 citations1997: 9 citations1998: 13 citations1999: 11 citations2000: 20 citations2001: 22 citations2002: 47 citations2003: 53 citations2004: 36 citations2005: 73 citations2006: 64 citations2007: 74 citations2008: 70 citations2009: 78 citations2010: 119 citations2011: 121 citations2012: 148 citations2013: 128 citations2014: 120 citations2015: 130 citations2016: 100 citations2017: 121 citations2018: 118 citations2019: 600 citations2020: 783 citations2021: 874 citations2022: 690 citations2023: 509 citations2024: 968 citations2025: 409 citations2026: 13 citations1974–1990: no citations, so these years are not shown1993: no citations, so this year is not shown

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 795 citing papers, 13.1% of this breakdownChina: 655 citing papers, 10.8% of this breakdownIndia: 571 citing papers, 9.4% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 513 citing papers, 8.5% of this breakdownItaly: 268 citing papers, 4.4% of this breakdownBrazil: 230 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownAustralia: 213 citing papers, 3.5% of this breakdownTaiwan: 202 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownSpain: 184 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownSaudi Arabia: 148 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdownJapan: 131 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdownFrance: 130 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Dentistry40.2%
  • Medicine36.3%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.5%
  • Computer Science1.9%
  • Health Professions1.3%
  • Engineering1.2%
  • Other4.6%

Topics

  • Oral Health Pathology and Treatment17.3%
  • Head and Neck Cancer Studies12.4%
  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research4.2%
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology4%
  • Oral health in cancer treatment2.7%
  • Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions2.3%
  • Other57.1%

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  1. Oral potentially malignant disorders: A consensus report from an international seminar on nomenclature and classification, convened by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Cancer

    Authors: Saman Warnakulasuriya, Omar Kujan, José M. Aguirre‐Urizar, José Vicente Bagán Sebastián, Miguel Ángel González‐Moles, Alexander Ross Kerr, Giovanni Lodi, Fernanda Weber Mello, Luı́s Monteiro, G.R. Ogden, Philip Sloan, Newell W. Johnson - Oral Diseases 2020 cited by 1,144

  2. Global epidemiology of oral and oropharyngeal cancer

    Authors: Saman Warnakulasuriya - Oral Oncology 2008 cited by 3,424

  3. Oral Cancer Screening: Past, Present, and Future

    Authors: Saman Warnakulasuriya, Alexander Ross Kerr - Journal of Dental Research 2021 cited by 410

  4. Nomenclature and classification of potentially malignant disorders of the oral mucosa

    Authors: Saman Warnakulasuriya, Newell W. Johnson, I. van der Waal - Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine 2007 cited by 1,751

  5. Global burden of oral diseases: emerging concepts, management and interplay with systemic health

    Authors: LJ Jin, IB Lamster, JS Greenspan, Nigel Pitts, C Scully, Saman Warnakulasuriya - Oral Diseases 2015 cited by 761

  6. Oral epithelial dysplasia: Recognition, grading and clinical significance

    Authors: Edward Odell, Omar Kujan, Saman Warnakulasuriya, Philip Sloan - Oral Diseases 2021 cited by 227

  7. Prevalence of oral potentially malignant disorders: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Authors: Fernanda Weber Mello, Andressa Fernanda Paza Miguel, Kamile Leonardi Dutra, André Luís Porporatti, Saman Warnakulasuriya, Eliete Neves Silva Guerra, Elena Riet Corrêa Rivero - Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine 2018 cited by 450

  8. Malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia: Systematic review and meta‐analysis of the last 5 years

    Authors: José M. Aguirre‐Urizar, Irene Lafuente‐Ibáñez de Mendoza, Saman Warnakulasuriya - Oral Diseases 2021 cited by 261

  9. Worldwide prevalence of oral lichen planus: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Authors: Miguel Ángel González‐Moles, Saman Warnakulasuriya, Isabel González‐Ruiz, Lucía González‐Ruiz, Ángela Ayén, Daniel Lenouvel, Isabel Ruiz‐Ávila, Pablo Ramos‐García - Oral Diseases 2020 cited by 446

  10. Oral potentially malignant disorders: A comprehensive review on clinical aspects and management

    Authors: Saman Warnakulasuriya - Oral Oncology 2020 cited by 331

  11. Malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia: a systematic review of observational studies

    Authors: Saman Warnakulasuriya, Anura Ariyawardana - Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine 2015 cited by 487

  12. IARC Perspective on Oral Cancer Prevention

    Authors: Véronique Bouvard, Suzanne Tanya Nethan, Deependra Singh, Saman Warnakulasuriya, Ravi Mehrotra, Anil K. Chaturvedi, Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen, Olalekan Ayo‐Yusuf, Prakash C. Gupta, Alexander Ross Kerr, Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Tilakaratne, Devasena Anantharaman, David I. Conway, Ann M. Gillenwater, Newell W. Johnson, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, Maria E. Leon, Olena Mandrik, Toru Nagao, V. Prasad, Kunnambath Ramadas, Felipe Roitberg, Pierre Saintigny, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Alan Roger Santos‐Silva, Dhirendra Narain Sinha, Patravoot Vatanasapt, Rosnah Binti Zain, Béatrice Secretan - New England Journal of Medicine 2022 cited by 146

  13. Diagnostic tests for oral cancer and potentially malignant disorders in patients presenting with clinically evident lesions

    Authors: Tanya Walsh, Richard Macey, Alexander Ross Kerr, Mark W. Lingen, G.R. Ogden, Saman Warnakulasuriya - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2021 cited by 111

  14. Areca Nut and Oral Cancer: Evidence from Studies Conducted in Humans

    Authors: Saman Warnakulasuriya, T.H.H. Chen - Journal of Dental Research 2022 cited by 200

  15. Clinical features and presentation of oral potentially malignant disorders

    Authors: Saman Warnakulasuriya - Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology 2018 cited by 350

  16. The synergistic effect of tobacco and alcohol consumption on oral squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Authors: Fernanda Weber Mello, Gilberto Melo, Júlia Jacoby Pasetto, Carolina Amália Barcellos Silva, Saman Warnakulasuriya, Elena Riet Corrêa Rivero - Clinical Oral Investigations 2019 cited by 190

  17. Interventions for treating oral leukoplakia to prevent oral cancer

    Authors: Giovanni Lodi, Roberto Franchini, Saman Warnakulasuriya, Elena Maria Varoni, Andrea Sardella, Alexander Ross Kerr, Antonio Carrassi, Laura CI MacDonald, Helen V Worthington - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016 cited by 250

  18. Global burden of oral cancer in 2022 attributable to smokeless tobacco and areca nut consumption: a population attributable fraction analysis

    Authors: Harriet Rumgay, Suzanne Tanya Nethan, Richa Shah, Jérôme Vignat, Olalekan Ayo‐Yusuf, Pankaj Chaturvedi, Eliete Neves Silva Guerra, Prakash Chandra Gupta, Ruchika Gupta, Shiwei Liu, Cecilia Magnusson, Mark Parascandola, Yvette C. Paulino, Negar Rezaei, Kamran Siddiqi, Saman Warnakulasuriya, Béatrice Secretan, Isabelle Soerjomataram - The Lancet Oncology 2024 cited by 97

  19. Oral epithelial dysplasia classification systems: predictive value, utility, weaknesses and scope for improvement

    Authors: Saman Warnakulasuriya, Jesper Reibel, Bouquot Je, Erik Dabelsteen - Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine 2008 cited by 656

  20. Betel quid chewing and the risk of oral and oropharyngeal cancers: A meta‐analysis with implications for cancer control

    Authors: Neela Guha, Saman Warnakulasuriya, Jelle Vlaanderen, Kurt Straíf - International Journal of Cancer 2013 cited by 268

  21. Global epidemiology of areca nut usage

    Authors: Priti Gupta, Saman Warnakulasuriya - Addiction Biology 2002 cited by 648

  22. Diagnostic tests for oral cancer and potentially malignant disorders in patients presenting with clinically evident lesions

    Authors: Richard Macey, Tanya Walsh, Paul Brocklehurst, Alexander Ross Kerr, Joseph LY Liu, Mark W. Lingen, G.R. Ogden, Saman Warnakulasuriya, Crispian Scully - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015 cited by 187

  23. Smokeless tobacco control in 180 countries across the globe: call to action for full implementation of WHO FCTC measures

    Authors: Ravi Mehrotra, Amit Yadav, Dhirendra Narain Sinha, Mark Parascandola, Rijo M John, Olalekan Ayo‐Yusuf, Nigar Nargis, Dorothy K. Hatsukami, Saman Warnakulasuriya, Kurt Straíf, Kamran Siddiqi, Prakash C. Gupta - The Lancet Oncology 2019 cited by 115

  24. Screening for oral cancer: Future prospects, research and policy development for Asia

    Authors: Toru Nagao, Saman Warnakulasuriya - Oral Oncology 2020 cited by 105