Didier Leys

44.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
437 papers, 20.2k citations indexed

About

Didier Leys is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Neurology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Didier Leys has authored 437 papers receiving a total of 20.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 198 papers in Epidemiology, 182 papers in Neurology and 129 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Didier Leys's work include Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (188 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (107 papers) and Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research (63 papers). Didier Leys is often cited by papers focused on Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (188 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (107 papers) and Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research (63 papers). Didier Leys collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United States. Didier Leys's co-authors include Florence Pasquier, Philip Scheltens, Frederik Barkhof, Hilde Hénon, Jean‐Pierre Pruvo, Charlotte Cordonnier, Stéphanie Debette, Patrick Vermersch, Olivier Godefroy and M Steinling and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Didier Leys

415 papers receiving 19.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Aspirin and clopidogrel compared with clopidogrel alone after recent ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack in high-risk patients (MATCH): randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

2004 1.4k citations Julien Bogousslavsky, Markku Kaste et al. profile →
A New Rating Scale for Age-Related White Matter Changes Applicable to MRI and CT

2001 1.4k citations Franz Fazekas, Anders Wallin et al. Stroke profile →
Atrophy of medial temporal lobes on MRI in "probable" Alzheimer's disease and normal ageing: diagnostic value and neuropsychological correlates.

1992 1.3k citations Philip Scheltens, Didier Leys et al. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry profile →
A semiquantative rating scale for the assessment of signal hyperintensities on magnetic resonance imaging

1993 787 citations Philip Scheltens, Didier Leys et al. profile →
Cervical-artery dissections: predisposing factors, diagnosis, and outcome

2009 479 citations Stéphanie Debette, Didier Leys profile →
Vascular Cognitive Impairment

2017 385 citations Didier Leys et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Didier Leys

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Long-term anxiety in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage survivors 2022 ·International Journal of Stroke ·Giuseppe Scopelliti, Barbara Casolla, Grégoire Boulouis, Grégory Kuchcinski, Solène Moulin, Didier Leys, Hilde Hénon, Charlotte Cordonnier, Marco Pasi	9
2	Long-term mortality in young patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage: Predictors and causes of death 2021 ·European Stroke Journal ·Jamie I. Verhoeven, Marco Pasi, Barbara Casolla, Hilde Hénon, Frank‐Erik de Leeuw, Didier Leys, Catharina J.M. Klijn, Charlotte Cordonnier	8
3	Early-onset delirium after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage 2021 ·International Journal of Stroke ·(unknown), Maéva Kyheng, Marco Pasi, Matthieu Pierre Rutgers, Solène Moulin, Marina Diomedi, Didier Leys, Charlotte Cordonnier, Hilde Hénon, Barbara Casolla	6
4	Long-term mortality in survivors of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage 2020 ·International Journal of Stroke ·Marco Pasi, Barbara Casolla, Maéva Kyheng, Grégoire Boulouis, Grégory Kuchcinski, (unknown), (unknown), Hilde Hénon, (unknown), Didier Leys	17
5	Triple and quadruple cervical artery dissections: a systematic review of individual patient data 2019 ·Journal of Neurology ·Valeria Guglielmi, Jeldican Visser, Marcel Arnold, Hakan Sarıkaya, René van den Berg, Paul J. Nederkoorn, Didier Leys, David Calvet, Manja Kloß, Alessandro Pezzini, Turgut Tatlisumak, Sabrina Schilling, Stéphanie Debette, Jonathan M. Coutinho	10
6	Remote brain hemorrhage after IV thrombolysis 2019 ·Neurology ·(unknown), Grégory Kuchcinski, François Caparros, Nelly Dequatre‐Ponchelle, Solène Moulin, Charlotte Cordonnier, Régis Bordet, Jean‐Pierre Pruvo, Didier Leys	11
7	Access to mechanical thrombectomy for cerebral ischaemia: A population-based study in the North-of-France 2019 ·Revue Neurologique ·Didier Leys, Nelly Dequatre‐Ponchelle, Marc Ferrigno, Hilde Hénon, F. Mounier‐Véhier, Solène Moulin, Barbara Casolla, Romain Tortuyaux, (unknown), Catherine Moreau, I. Girard-Buttaz, Jean‐Pierre Pruvo, Patrick Goldstein, Charlotte Cordonnier	8
8	Orolingual Angioedema During or After Thrombolysis for Cerebral Ischemia 2016 ·Stroke ·(unknown), François Caparros, Nelly Dequatre‐Ponchelle, Solène Moulin, Sophie Gautier, Patrick Girardie, Charlotte Cordonnier, Régis Bordet, Didier Leys	53
9	The topography of cortical microbleeds in frontotemporal lobar degeneration: a post-mortem 7.0-tesla magnetic resonance study 2016 ·Folia Neuropathologica ·(unknown), F. Auger, Nicolas Durieux, Vincent Deramecourt, Claude-Alain Maurage, Florence Lebert, Didier Leys, Charlotte Cordonnier, Florence Pasquier, Régis Bordet	4
10	The Main Components of Stroke Unit Care: Answer to Dr. Peter Langhorne’s Comments 2007 ·Cerebrovascular Diseases ·Didier Leys, E. Bernd Ringelstein, Markku Kaste, Werner Hacke	3
11	Influence of cognitive impairment on the institutionalisation rate 3 years after a stroke 2006 ·Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry ·M. Pasquini, Didier Leys, M Rousseaux, Florence Pasquier, Hilde Hénon	78
12	[Peripheral haemosiderosis of the central nervous system]. 2003 ·PubMed ·Stéphanie Bombois, (unknown), Dominique Deplanque, (unknown), Didier Leys	2
13	Susceptibility to provoked cerebral infarction is not increased in a rat model of pharmacologically‐induced hypertension despite endothelial dysfunction 2000 ·Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology ·Régis Bordet, Qian Pu, François Puisieux, Dominique Deplanque, (unknown), Didier Leys, B. Vallet, B Dupuis	4
14	Role of White Matter Lesions in Cognitive Impairment of Vascular Origin 1999 ·Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders ·Leonardo Pantoni, Didier Leys, Franz Fazekas, W.T. Longstreth, Domenico Inzitari, Anders Wallin, Massimo Filippi, Philip Scheltens, Timo Erkinjuntti, Vladimir Hachinski	27
15	Vascular Dementia: The Role of Cerebral Infarcts 1999 ·Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders ·Didier Leys, Timo Erkinjuntti, David W. Desmond, Reinhold Schmidt, Elisabet Englund, Florence Pasquier, Lucilla Parnetti, Joseph Ghika, Rajesh N. Kalaria, Hugues Chabriat, Philip Scheltens, Julien Bogousslavsky	52
16	Les accidents vasculaires cérébraux chez le diabétique 1997 ·Sang thrombose vaisseaux ·J. de Sèze, Didier Leys	3
17	[Cerebral venous thromboses: study of the course]. 1995 ·PubMed ·Ph. Rondepierre, M. Hamon, Didier Leys, X. Leclerc, F. Mounier‐Véhier, Olivier Godefroy, (unknown), J.P. Pruvo	42
18	[Alzheimer's disease: study by single photon emission tomography (Hm PAO Tc99m)]. 1989 ·PubMed ·Didier Leys, M Steinling, H Petit, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	14
19	Thoracic Disk Herniation and Scheuermann’s Disease 1987 ·European Neurology ·(unknown), Didier Leys, M Rousseaux, F Dubois, L Villette, Jean‐Pierre Pruvo, (unknown), M Jomin	18
20	[Hydro-syringomyelic cavities. Contributions of x-ray computed tomography and nuclear magnetic resonance. Value of syringoperitoneal shunt]. 1985 ·PubMed ·H Petit, Didier Leys, F Lesoin, (unknown), Fatéméh Dubois, (unknown), Danielle Balériaux, J Clarisse	4

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