Christine Léon

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Christine Léon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Christine Léon has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Plant Science and 9 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Christine Léon's work include Nephrotoxicity and Medicinal Plants (9 papers), Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (6 papers) and Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis (5 papers). Christine Léon is often cited by papers focused on Nephrotoxicity and Medicinal Plants (9 papers), Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (6 papers) and Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis (5 papers). Christine Léon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Belgium. Christine Léon's co-authors include Shilin Chen, Linchun Shi, Jianping Han, Xiaohui Pang, Hui Yao, Kun Luo, Chang Liu, Yingjie Zhu, Yulin Lin and Ting Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and Trends in Plant Science.

In The Last Decade

Christine Léon

28 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Validation of the ITS2 Region as a Novel DNA Barcode for Identifying Medicinal Plant Species

2010 1.2k citations Shilin Chen, Hui Yao et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christine Léon United Kingdom	16	1.2k	666	464	377	355	30	2.3k
Subramanyam Ragupathy Canada	23	868 0.7×	712 1.1×	206 0.4×	285 0.8×	224 0.6×	51	1.7k
Guillermo Delgado Mexico	27	1.4k 1.1×	919 1.4×	298 0.6×	156 0.4×	117 0.3×	188	2.7k
Jin Murata Japan	28	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	112 0.2×	847 2.2×	218 0.6×	154	2.7k
André Steinmetz Luxembourg	31	2.2k 1.8×	1.6k 2.3×	155 0.3×	183 0.5×	108 0.3×	70	3.2k
A. Gomes India	22	660 0.5×	425 0.6×	197 0.4×	247 0.7×	605 1.7×	68	1.8k
Jorge Molina‐Torres Mexico	26	528 0.4×	976 1.5×	387 0.8×	248 0.7×	63 0.2×	102	2.0k
Christian Paetz Germany	30	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	75 0.2×	307 0.8×	84 0.2×	106	2.6k
Setsuko Sekita Japan	32	1.5k 1.2×	923 1.4×	275 0.6×	123 0.3×	90 0.3×	133	3.0k
Geoffrey C. Kirby United Kingdom	27	762 0.6×	563 0.8×	82 0.2×	149 0.4×	198 0.6×	50	2.1k
Pierre‐Marie Allard Switzerland	23	1.0k 0.9×	424 0.6×	125 0.3×	168 0.4×	60 0.2×	60	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Christine Léon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christine Léon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christine Léon

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Thorogood, Chris J., Peng‐Fei Tu, Yuelin Song, et al.. (2021). 1002. CISTANCHE DESERTICOLA: Orobanchaceae. Curtis s Botanical Magazine. 38(4). 472–486. 2 indexed citations

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Xin, Tianyi, Zhichao Xu, Jing Jia, et al.. (2017). Biomonitoring for traditional herbal medicinal products using DNA metabarcoding and single molecule, real-time sequencing. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 8(3). 488–497. 58 indexed citations

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Brand, Eric, Christine Léon, Mark Nesbitt, et al.. (2017). Economic botany collections: A source of material evidence for exploring historical changes in Chinese medicinal materials. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 200. 209–227. 15 indexed citations

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Valk, Jan van der, Christine Léon, & Mark Nesbitt. (2017). Macroscopic authentication of Chinese materia medica (CMM): A UK market study of seeds and fruits. Journal of Herbal Medicine. 8. 40–51. 15 indexed citations

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Chen, Shilin, Xiaohui Pang, Jingyuan Song, et al.. (2014). A renaissance in herbal medicine identification: From morphology to DNA. Biotechnology Advances. 32(7). 1237–1244. 226 indexed citations

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Chan, Kelvin Y.K., Debbie Shaw, Monique S. J. Simmonds, et al.. (2012). Good practice in reviewing and publishing studies on herbal medicine, with special emphasis on traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese materia medica. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 140(3). 469–475. 141 indexed citations

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Hu, Simon, Peder E. Z. Larson, Andrew M. Leach, et al.. (2012). Rapid sequential injections of hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate in vivo using a sub-kelvin, multi-sample DNP polarizer. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 31(4). 490–496. 35 indexed citations

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Wu, Lihong, S. W. Annie Bligh, Christine Léon, et al.. (2012). Chemotaxonomically significant roburic acid from Section Cruciata of Gentiana. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 43. 152–155. 10 indexed citations

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Chen, Shilin, Hui Yao, Jianping Han, et al.. (2010). Validation of the ITS2 Region as a Novel DNA Barcode for Identifying Medicinal Plant Species. PLoS ONE. 5(1). e8613–e8613. 1244 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kite, Geoffrey C., et al.. (2009). Flavonol tetraglycosides from fruits of Styphnolobium japonicum (Leguminosae) and the authentication of Fructus Sophorae and Flos Sophorae. Phytochemistry. 70(6). 785–794. 78 indexed citations

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Léon, Christine, et al.. (2009). Distribution of EFHC1 or Myoclonin 1 in mouse neural structures. Epilepsy Research. 88(2-3). 196–207. 14 indexed citations

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Nijs, Laurence de, Christine Léon, Laurent Nguyen, et al.. (2009). EFHC1 interacts with microtubules to regulate cell division and cortical development. Nature Neuroscience. 12(10). 1266–1274. 59 indexed citations

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Nijs, Laurence de, Bernard Lakaye, Bernard Coumans, et al.. (2006). EFHC1, a protein mutated in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, associates with the mitotic spindle through its N-terminus. Experimental Cell Research. 312(15). 2872–2879. 30 indexed citations

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Farah, Mohamed H., Sten Olsson, Marie Lindquist, et al.. (2006). Botanical Nomenclature in Pharmacovigilance and a Recommendation for Standardisation. Drug Safety. 29(11). 1023–1029. 28 indexed citations

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Kite, Geoffrey C., Melanie‐Jayne R. Howes, Christine Léon, & Monique S. J. Simmonds. (2002). Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry of malonyl‐ginsenosides in the authentication of ginseng. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 17(3). 238–244. 73 indexed citations

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Kite, Geoffrey C., et al.. (2002). Detecting aristolochic acids in herbal remedies by liquid chromatography/serial mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 16(6). 585–585. 3 indexed citations

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Kite, Geoffrey C., et al.. (2002). Detecting aristolochic acids in herbal remedies by liquid chromatography/serial mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 16(6). 585–590. 49 indexed citations

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Farah, Mohamed, Ralph Edwards, Marie Lindquist, Christine Léon, & Debbie Shaw. (2000). International monitoring of adverse health effects associated with herbal medicines. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 9(2). 105–112. 70 indexed citations

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Shaw, Deborah & Christine Léon. (1998). Drugs on disc. Trends in Plant Science. 3(8). 321–321. 1 indexed citations

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Shaw, Debbie, et al.. (1994). Toxicological Problems Resulting from Exposure to Traditional Remedies and Food Supplements. Drug Safety. 11(4). 284–294. 45 indexed citations

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