David A. Leon

29.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
320 papers, 18.0k citations indexed

About

David A. Leon is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Leon has authored 320 papers receiving a total of 18.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 88 papers in Health and 68 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in David A. Leon's work include Birth, Development, and Health (87 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (86 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (41 papers). David A. Leon is often cited by papers focused on Birth, Development, and Health (87 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (86 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (41 papers). David A. Leon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Russia and Norway. David A. Leon's co-authors include Liam Smeeth, Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Martin McKee, Krishnan Bhaskaran, Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva, Ian Douglas, Hans Lithell, Debbie A. Lawlor, Martin Bobák and Denny Vågerö and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

David A. Leon

310 papers receiving 17.0k citations

Hit Papers

Body-mass index and risk of 22 sp... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2014 2018 1998 1997 1996 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Body-mass index and risk of 22 specific cancers: a population-based cohort study of 5·24 million UK adults
    2014 1.2k citations David A. Leon et al. profile →
  2. Association of BMI with overall and cause-specific mortality: a population-based cohort study of 3·6 million adults in the UK
    2018 829 citations David A. Leon et al. profile →
  3. Reduced fetal growth rate and increased risk of death from ischaemic heart disease: cohort study of 15 000 Swedish men and women born 1915-29
    1998 605 citations David A. Leon, Hans Lithell et al. profile →
  4. Huge variation in Russian mortality rates 1984–94: artefact, alcohol, or what?
    1997 560 citations David A. Leon, Vladimir M. Shkolnikov et al. profile →
  5. Relation of size at birth to non-insulin dependent diabetes and insulin concentrations in men aged 50-60 years
    1996 554 citations Hans Lithell, David A. Leon et al. profile →
  6. Completeness and usability of ethnicity data in UK-based primary care and hospital databases
    2013 291 citations David A. Leon et al. profile →
  7. Nitrate and nitrite contamination in drinking water and cancer risk: A systematic review with meta-analysis
    2022 222 citations Anoop Shah, David A. Leon et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David A. Leon United Kingdom 71 4.8k 3.9k 3.5k 3.0k 2.6k 320 18.0k
Jay S. Kaufman United States 82 2.8k 0.6× 5.1k 1.3× 4.3k 1.2× 3.7k 1.2× 2.7k 1.0× 448 22.7k
Jan Sundquist Sweden 77 2.8k 0.6× 3.6k 0.9× 3.0k 0.8× 3.3k 1.1× 4.5k 1.7× 982 27.7k
Kristina Sundquist Sweden 74 2.6k 0.5× 2.5k 0.6× 2.6k 0.7× 2.8k 0.9× 4.2k 1.6× 944 24.2k
Lynn Rosenberg United States 88 2.4k 0.5× 1.9k 0.5× 1.2k 0.3× 5.1k 1.7× 2.2k 0.8× 628 28.2k
Derek G. Cook United Kingdom 87 3.5k 0.7× 3.1k 0.8× 1.5k 0.4× 5.3k 1.8× 3.9k 1.5× 343 23.1k
Henrique Barros Portugal 52 2.1k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 1.3k 0.4× 3.0k 1.0× 1.9k 0.7× 596 13.3k
Johan P. Mackenbach Netherlands 88 4.0k 0.9× 12.3k 3.1× 9.9k 2.8× 5.5k 1.8× 2.9k 1.1× 544 31.0k
Michelle A. Williams United States 73 5.2k 1.1× 1.5k 0.4× 1.1k 0.3× 5.1k 1.7× 1.8k 0.7× 448 18.3k
G. David Batty United Kingdom 90 3.4k 0.7× 3.9k 1.0× 3.7k 1.0× 4.9k 1.6× 3.0k 1.2× 492 26.1k
Marianne Sullivan Sweden 65 3.2k 0.7× 3.9k 1.0× 1.7k 0.5× 4.4k 1.4× 2.2k 0.8× 145 32.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wilsgaard, Tom, Wayne Rosamond, Henrik Schirmer, et al.. (2025). A New Biomarker of Aging Derived From Electrocardiograms Improves Risk Prediction of Incident Cardiovascular Disease. JACC Advances. 4(6). 101764–101764. 1 indexed citations
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Ghasemi-Rad, Mohammad, et al.. (2025). Nephrostomy (PCN) versus nephroureteral stent (Double JJ); An ongoing battle. Urologia Journal. 92(3). 424–431.
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Perkins, Alexander, Juliet O. Awori, Modou Jobe, et al.. (2024). Determining the optimal diagnostic and risk stratification approaches for people with hypertension in two rural populations in Kenya and The Gambia: a study protocol for IHCoR-Africa Work Package 2. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 68–68. 1 indexed citations
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Leur, Rutger R van de, N. Charlotte Onland‐Moret, David A. Leon, et al.. (2022). Deep neural networks reveal novel sex-specific electrocardiographic features relevant for mortality risk. European Heart Journal - Digital Health. 3(2). 245–254. 10 indexed citations
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Leon, David A., Dmitri A. Jdanov, Christopher J. Gerry, et al.. (2022). The Russian invasion of Ukraine and its public health consequences. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 15. 100358–100358. 42 indexed citations
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Kudryavtsev, Alexander V., Oxana M. Drapkina, А. V. Kontsevaya, et al.. (2022). Seroprevalence of SARS-Cov-2 Antibodies in Adults, Arkhangelsk, Russia. Emerging infectious diseases. 28(2). 463–465. 3 indexed citations
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Schirmer, Henrik, Darryl P. Leong, Sofia Malyutina, et al.. (2021). Heavy alcohol drinking and subclinical echocardiographic abnormalities of structure and function. Open Heart. 8(1). e001457–e001457. 2 indexed citations
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Averina, Maria, Tom Wilsgaard, Hugh Watkins, et al.. (2020). Why does Russia have such high cardiovascular mortality rates? Comparisons of blood-based biomarkers with Norway implicate non-ischaemic cardiac damage. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 74(9). 698–704. 10 indexed citations
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Wilsgaard, Tom, David A. Leon, Geir Heggelund, et al.. (2019). Left atrial diameter, left ventricle filling indices, and association with all‐cause mortality: Results from the population‐based Tromsø Study. Echocardiography. 36(3). 439–450. 9 indexed citations
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Leon, David A.. (2014). Visualizing Interactions Between Convective Clouds and Their Environment Using Airborne Lidar and Radar Observations. 1 indexed citations
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Twohy, C. H., James R. Anderson, D. W. Toohey, et al.. (2013). Impacts of aerosol particles on the microphysical and radiative properties of stratocumulus clouds over the southeast Pacific Ocean. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(5). 2541–2562. 34 indexed citations
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Koupil, Ilona & David A. Leon. (2005). Mother's pelvic size is related to circulatory disease in the offspring among Swedes born 1915-29. Pediatric Research. 58(5). 3 indexed citations
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Moser, Kath, Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, & David A. Leon. (2005). Mortalidad mundial en 1950-2000: convergencia inicial, y divergencia a partir de finales de los ochenta. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 83(3). 202–209. 2 indexed citations
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McCormack, Valerie, et al.. (2005). Birth characteristics and adult cancer incidence: Swedish cohort of over 11,000 men and women : International Journal of Cancer. International Journal of Cancer. 115(4). 2 indexed citations
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Leon, David A., et al.. (2003). An intergenerational and lifecourse approach to determinants of offspring size at birth: Adding the temporal dimension. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 15. 683780–683780. 1 indexed citations
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Stoltenberg, Camilla, et al.. (2001). Infant's birth weight and parents' coronary heart mortality (abstract). American Journal of Epidemiology. 153. 1 indexed citations
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Koupilová, Ilona & David A. Leon. (1996). Size at birth and mortality from ischaemic heart disease and stroke in Swedish men aged 50-70 years. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 50(5). 5 indexed citations
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Jones, David R., Peter Goldblatt, & David A. Leon. (1984). Bereavement and cancer: some data on deaths of spouses from the longitudinal study of Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.. BMJ. 289(6443). 461–464. 67 indexed citations

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