Ian Leck

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Ian Leck is a scholar working on Surgery, General Health Professions and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Leck has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Surgery, 8 papers in General Health Professions and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Ian Leck's work include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (4 papers), Cleft Lip and Palate Research (3 papers) and Hip disorders and treatments (3 papers). Ian Leck is often cited by papers focused on Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (4 papers), Cleft Lip and Palate Research (3 papers) and Hip disorders and treatments (3 papers). Ian Leck collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Ian Leck's co-authors include R. G. Record, Koji Obata, Alan S. Morrison, Yoshiyuki Ohno, James Edwards, Kunio Aoki, Thomas McKeown, J. K. Steward, Julie E. Buring and R. W. Smithells and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Ian Leck

63 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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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.

Methods in observational epidemiology

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian Leck United Kingdom	28	609	439	392	372	318	67	2.9k
Fred Rosner United States	33	463 0.8×	353 0.8×	890 2.3×	341 0.9×	399 1.3×	357	4.5k
Leon Gordis United States	31	354 0.6×	311 0.7×	893 2.3×	363 1.0×	365 1.1×	76	2.8k
Kenneth C. Calman United Kingdom	28	356 0.6×	324 0.7×	608 1.6×	584 1.6×	198 0.6×	131	3.5k
Lee Youkeles United States	6	227 0.4×	314 0.7×	349 0.9×	217 0.6×	360 1.1×	10	2.4k
S J Pocock United Kingdom	21	417 0.7×	206 0.5×	383 1.0×	385 1.0×	312 1.0×	37	3.2k
Cynthia D. O’Malley United States	24	706 1.2×	411 0.9×	455 1.2×	240 0.6×	475 1.5×	34	3.6k
A V Swan United Kingdom	36	669 1.1×	169 0.4×	602 1.5×	361 1.0×	475 1.5×	97	5.5k
D C Skegg New Zealand	29	468 0.8×	289 0.7×	508 1.3×	231 0.6×	1.0k 3.3×	81	3.1k
Roland Dyck Canada	28	328 0.5×	345 0.8×	249 0.6×	238 0.6×	352 1.1×	87	2.8k
Sharon J. Rolnick United States	30	333 0.5×	312 0.7×	816 2.1×	731 2.0×	469 1.5×	79	3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Leck

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All Works

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Leck, Ian. (1993). Clinical and Public Health Ethics: Conflicting or Complementary?. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 27(2). 161–168. 1 indexed citations

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Leck, Ian. (1993). Clinical and public health ethics: conflicting or complementary? The Milroy Lecture 1993.. PubMed. 27(2). 161–8.

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Leck, Ian, J M Thomson, P. Barja, et al.. (1991). A Multicentre Study of Coagulation and Haemostatic Variables during Oral Contraception: Variations with Geographical Location and Ethnicity. International Journal of Epidemiology. 20(4). 913–920. 10 indexed citations

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Leck, Ian, et al.. (1991). The completeness and accuracy of health authority and cancer registry records according to a study of ovarian neoplasms. Public Health. 105(1). 69–78. 21 indexed citations

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Leck, Ian. (1990). The Black report. BMJ. 301(6752). 608.4–609. 241 indexed citations

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Leck, Ian. (1986). An Epidemiological Assessment of Neonatal Screening for Dislocation of the Hip. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 20(1). 56–62. 42 indexed citations

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Morrison, Alan S., Anders Ahlbom, Kunio Aoki, et al.. (1985). Occupation and bladder cancer in Boston, USA, Manchester, UK, and Nagoya, Japan.. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 39(4). 294–300. 32 indexed citations

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Leck, Ian. (1984). THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS AND ORAL CLEFTS. British Medical Bulletin. 40(4). 390–395. 42 indexed citations

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Lythgoe, Jeanne, Ian Leck, & R Swindell. (1978). MANCHESTER REGIONAL BREAST STUDY. The Lancet. 311(8067). 744–747. 50 indexed citations

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Leck, Ian. (1976). DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF COMMON MALFORMATIONS (Excluding Central Nervous System Defects). British Medical Bulletin. 32(1). 45–52. 24 indexed citations

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Smith, Alwyn & Ian Leck. (1975). PREVALENCE AND DURATION OF UNDETECTED BREAST CANCER. The Lancet. 306(7945). 1142–1143. 4 indexed citations

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Leck, Ian. (1974). CAUSATION OF NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS: CLUES FROM EPIDEMIOLOGY. British Medical Bulletin. 30(2). 158–163. 105 indexed citations

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Leck, Ian. (1971). Further Tests of the Hypothesis That Influenza in Pregnancy Causes Malformations. PubMed. 86(3). 265–265. 20 indexed citations

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McKeown, T. & Ian Leck. (1967). Institutional Care of the Mentally Subnormal. BMJ. 3(5565). 573–576. 15 indexed citations

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Leck, Ian. (1967). Congenital dislocation of the hip.. PubMed. 4(5576). 371–2. 15 indexed citations

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Leck, Ian. (1966). CHANGES IN THE INCIDENCE OF NEURAL-TUBE DEFECTS. The Lancet. 288(7467). 791–793. 39 indexed citations

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Leck, Ian. (1965). Etiology of Malformations. New England Journal of Medicine. 273(16). 864–866. 6 indexed citations

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Edwards, James, et al.. (1964). A Classification of Malformations. Human Heredity. 14(1). 76–90. 10 indexed citations

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Leck, Ian, et al.. (1963). Short-term Changes in the Incidence of Malformations. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 17(1). 1–12. 16 indexed citations

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Record, R. G. & Ian Leck. (1963). Sources of Seasonal Variation in Recorded Length of Gestation. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 17(3). 128–132. 4 indexed citations

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