To date, he has published 298 research papers and five book chapters in the scientific literature. His Scopus h index is 42. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, and Associate Editor for the European Journal of Oral Sciences. He was the Editor of the New Zealand Dental Journal from 2007 to 2014, and Associate Editor for Gerodontology from January 2012 to December 2014.

Professor Murray Thomson is an experienced dental researcher and specialist in dental public health. His research falls into the four categories of: Life-course epidemiology and longitudinal research Periodontal epidemiology and risk factors Gerodontological research Dental public health and health services research