"Face" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The anterior portion of the head that includes the skin, muscles, and structures of the forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, and jaw.
| Descriptor ID |
D005145
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.456.505
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Face" by people in this website by year, and whether "Face" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2019 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2020 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Face" by people in Profiles.
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Facial appearance prediction for orthognathic surgery with diffusion models. Med Image Anal. 2026 Mar; 109:103934.
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Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) recognise human visual attention from body and face orientation. Sci Rep. 2025 Oct 02; 15(1):32623.
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Ideal Facial Proportions in Generative Artificial Intelligence: What Does Artificial Intelligence?Consider an Attractive Face? Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med. 2026 01; 28(1):1-6.
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Evaluating the consistency of SMARCB1 variant classification and assertions of genotype-phenotype relationships in ClinVar. Cancer Genet. 2025 Sep; 296-297:84-87.
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Learning soft tissue deformation from incremental simulations. Med Phys. 2025 Mar; 52(3):1914-1925.
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Predictions enable top-down pattern separation in the macaque face-processing hierarchy. Nat Commun. 2024 08 21; 15(1):7196.
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Perceptions and Understanding of Transgender Patient Care: A Survey of Practicing Facial Plastic Surgeons. Facial Plast Surg. 2025 Apr; 41(2):260-265.
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Correspondence attention for facial appearance simulation. Med Image Anal. 2024 Apr; 93:103094.
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Discussion: Improved Facial and Skull-Base Symmetry following Osteotomy and Distraction of Unilateral Coronal Synostosis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2024 02 01; 153(2):457-460.
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Pickleball eye injuries: ocular protection recommendations and guidelines. Eye (Lond). 2024 Apr; 38(6):1039-1040.