Jorge Leitão

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Jorge Leitão is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Orthodontics and Oral Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Jorge Leitão has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 9 papers in Orthodontics and 3 papers in Oral Surgery. Recurrent topics in Jorge Leitão's work include Dental materials and restorations (9 papers), Mercury impact and mitigation studies (8 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (8 papers). Jorge Leitão is often cited by papers focused on Dental materials and restorations (9 papers), Mercury impact and mitigation studies (8 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (8 papers). Jorge Leitão collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United States and Norway. Jorge Leitão's co-authors include Timothy A. DeRouen, Michael D. Martin, Henrique Luís, Mário Bernardo, Brian G. Leroux, Tessa Rue, Luís Pires Lopes, James S. Woods, Alexandre Castro‐Caldas and Brenda D. Townes and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Health Perspectives and Environmental Research.

In The Last Decade

Jorge Leitão

24 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Survival and reasons for failure of amalgam versus composite posterior restorations placed in a randomized clinical trial

2007 417 citations Mário Bernardo, Henrique Luís et al. The Journal of the American Dental Association profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jorge Leitão Portugal	14	676	343	275	270	163	24	1.1k
John W. Reinhardt United States	18	851 1.3×	545 1.6×	181 0.7×	259 1.0×	121 0.7×	51	1.2k
F J Trevor Burke United Kingdom	18	494 0.7×	366 1.1×	111 0.4×	204 0.8×	147 0.9×	50	970
William D. Browning United States	23	817 1.2×	500 1.5×	285 1.0×	227 0.8×	176 1.1×	60	1.4k
Heidi Kerosuo Finland	21	755 1.1×	426 1.2×	76 0.3×	81 0.3×	232 1.4×	34	1.4k
Carl W. Svare United States	16	349 0.5×	303 0.9×	354 1.3×	82 0.3×	56 0.3×	34	875
Albert H. B. Schuurs Netherlands	17	174 0.3×	933 2.7×	63 0.2×	56 0.2×	125 0.8×	43	1.2k
J.S. Wefel United States	27	1.2k 1.7×	486 1.4×	35 0.1×	111 0.4×	772 4.7×	62	1.9k
Ulrike Fritz Germany	23	1.1k 1.7×	696 2.0×	26 0.1×	231 0.9×	123 0.8×	77	1.6k
José Manuel Almerich‐Silla Spain	30	717 1.1×	540 1.6×	16 0.1×	206 0.8×	898 5.5×	83	2.0k
Peter Bottenberg Belgium	20	994 1.5×	854 2.5×	48 0.2×	344 1.3×	456 2.8×	77	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jorge Leitão

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jorge Leitão. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jorge Leitão based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jorge Leitão. Jorge Leitão is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Woods, James S., Michael D. Martin, Brian G. Leroux, et al.. (2009). Urinary Porphyrin Excretion in Children with Mercury Amalgam Treatment: Findings from the Casa Pia Children's Dental Amalgam Trial. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. 72(14). 891–896. 11 indexed citations

Woods, James S., Michael Martin, Brian G. Leroux, et al.. (2009). Urinary porphyrin excretion in normal children and adolescents. Clinica Chimica Acta. 405(1-2). 104–109. 10 indexed citations

Woods, James S., Michael D. Martin, Brian G. Leroux, et al.. (2008). Biomarkers of kidney integrity in children and adolescents with dental amalgam mercury exposure: Findings from the Casa Pia children's amalgam trial. Environmental Research. 108(3). 393–399. 14 indexed citations

Martins, Isabel Pavão, Alexandre Castro‐Caldas, Mário Bernardo, et al.. (2008). Neurological outcomes in children with and without amalgam-related mercury exposure. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 139(2). 138–145. 29 indexed citations

Martins, Isabel Pavão, Pauline Slade, Henrique Luís, et al.. (2008). A longitudinal study of neurological soft signs from late childhood into early adulthood. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 50(8). 602–607. 34 indexed citations

Portugal, Jaime, et al.. (2008). Shear Bond Strength of Aged Dental Amalgam Repaired with Composite. Revista Portuguesa de Estomatologia Medicina Dentária e Cirurgia Maxilofacial. 49(2). 69–74. 3 indexed citations

Woods, James S., Michael D. Martin, Brian G. Leroux, et al.. (2007). The Contribution of Dental Amalgam to Urinary Mercury Excretion in Children. Environmental Health Perspectives. 115(10). 1527–1531. 48 indexed citations

Bernardo, Mário, Henrique Luís, Michael D. Martin, et al.. (2007). Survival and reasons for failure of amalgam versus composite posterior restorations placed in a randomized clinical trial. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 138(6). 775–783. 417 indexed citations breakdown →

Martin, Michael D., Tonya Benton, Mário Bernardo, et al.. (2007). The association of dental caries with blood lead in children when adjusted for IQ and neurobehavioral performance. The Science of The Total Environment. 377(2-3). 159–164. 9 indexed citations

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Leitão, Jorge, et al.. (2007). Influência do Tipo de Fio Ortodôntico e da Angulação de Segunda Ordem sobre as Forças de Fricção. Revista Portuguesa de Estomatologia Medicina Dentária e Cirurgia Maxilofacial. 48(1). 5–14. 1 indexed citations

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Matos, António, et al.. (2007). On the Structural Diversity of Sialoliths. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 13(5). 390–396. 8 indexed citations

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Martin, Michael D., James S. Woods, Brian G. Leroux, et al.. (2007). Longitudinal urinary creatinine excretion values among preadolescents and adolescents. Translational research. 151(1). 51–56. 9 indexed citations

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DeRouen, Timothy A., Michael D. Martin, Brian G. Leroux, et al.. (2006). Neurobehavioral effects of dental amalgam in children: a randomized clinical trial.. PubMed. 295(15). 1784–92. 172 indexed citations

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Martins, Isabel Pavão, Alexandre Castro‐Caldas, Brenda D. Townes, et al.. (2005). AGE AND SEX DIFFERENCES IN NEUROBEHAVIORAL PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF PORTUGUESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN. International Journal of Neuroscience. 115(12). 1687–1709. 29 indexed citations

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DeRouen, Timothy A., Brian G. Leroux, Michael D. Martin, et al.. (2002). Issues in design and analysis of a randomized clinical trial to assess the safety of dental amalgam restorations in children. Controlled Clinical Trials. 23(3). 301–320. 36 indexed citations

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Martin, Michael D., James S. Woods, Henrique Luís, et al.. (2001). EXAMINATION OF DIETARY METHYLMERCURY EXPOSURE IN THE CASA PIA STUDY OF THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF DENTAL AMALGAMS IN CHILDREN. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. 64(7). 521–530. 21 indexed citations

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Lopes, Luís Pires, Jorge Leitão, & W.H. Douglas. (1991). Effect of a new resin inlay/onlay restorative material on cuspal reinforcement.. PubMed. 22(8). 641–5. 28 indexed citations

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Leitão, Jorge. (1983). Polishability of Dental Amalgam as Influenced by Condensation Pressure and Primary Mercury Content. Acta Odontologica Scandinavica. 41(6). 327–331. 5 indexed citations

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Leitão, Jorge. (1982). Surface roughness and porosity of dental amalgam. Acta Odontologica Scandinavica. 40(1). 9–16. 16 indexed citations

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Leitão, Jorge & Trond Hegdahl. (1981). On the measuring of roughness. Acta Odontologica Scandinavica. 39(6). 379–384. 37 indexed citations

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