José Leal

10.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
115 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

José Leal is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Surgery and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, José Leal has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 27 papers in Surgery and 25 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in José Leal's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (41 papers), Chronic Disease Management Strategies (19 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (13 papers). José Leal is often cited by papers focused on Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (41 papers), Chronic Disease Management Strategies (19 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (13 papers). José Leal collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Italy. José Leal's co-authors include Alastair Gray, Ramón Luengo-Fernández, Richard Sullivan, Mike Rayner, Philip Clarke, Steven Allender, Peter Scarborough, Sophie Petersen, Filipa Landeiro and Rury R. Holman and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Diabetes Care.

In The Last Decade

José Leal

111 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

European cardiovascular disease statistics 2006 2026 2012 2019 2008 2013 2006 2015 2023 250 500 750
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. European cardiovascular disease statistics
    2008 967 citations José Leal, Ramón Luengo-Fernández et al. profile →
  2. Economic burden of cancer across the European Union: a population-based cost analysis
    2013 705 citations Ramón Luengo-Fernández, José Leal et al. profile →
  3. Economic burden of cardiovascular diseases in the enlarged European Union
    2006 505 citations José Leal, Ramón Luengo-Fernández et al. profile →
  4. Impact of hip fracture on hospital care costs: a population-based study
    2015 254 citations José Leal, Alastair Gray et al. profile →
  5. Economic burden of cardiovascular diseases in the European Union: a population-based cost study
    2023 114 citations Ramón Luengo-Fernández, Marjan Walli-Attaei et al. profile →
  6. Post-trial monitoring of a randomised controlled trial of intensive glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes extended from 10 years to 24 years (UKPDS 91)
    2024 46 citations Amanda Adler, Ruth L. Coleman 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
José Leal United Kingdom 30 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 907 885 115 6.0k
Tom Marshall United Kingdom 42 862 0.6× 1.6k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 878 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 250 7.3k
Dawei Xie United States 48 943 0.7× 1.8k 1.5× 522 0.5× 655 0.7× 955 1.1× 210 8.1k
Robert S. Epstein United States 39 1.8k 1.3× 786 0.6× 1.4k 1.2× 718 0.8× 555 0.6× 103 8.7k
Peter Jacobson United States 43 2.2k 1.7× 795 0.6× 577 0.5× 977 1.1× 733 0.8× 205 6.7k
Doug Coyle Canada 51 1.4k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 1.6k 1.4× 683 0.8× 1.0k 1.2× 298 10.7k
Alex Kiss Canada 55 1.5k 1.1× 716 0.6× 777 0.7× 536 0.6× 1.6k 1.8× 366 11.1k
Sandeep Vijan United States 52 1.3k 1.0× 967 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 2.0k 2.2× 1.4k 1.6× 120 7.8k
David M. Reboussin United States 48 869 0.6× 1.6k 1.3× 898 0.8× 1.7k 1.9× 604 0.7× 138 9.6k
George Divine United States 54 1.8k 1.3× 1.2k 1.0× 463 0.4× 632 0.7× 1.3k 1.4× 226 9.7k
Elizabeth Williamson United Kingdom 39 1.2k 0.9× 653 0.5× 468 0.4× 522 0.6× 700 0.8× 132 7.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Farhan, Hasan Ali, et al.. (2025). Perceptions of Cardiovascular Healthcare Professionals Regarding Clinical Trials: A Survey-Based Study from the Middle East. Global Heart. 20(1). 4–4. 1 indexed citations
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Dakin, Helen, et al.. (2024). Estimating Risk Factor Time Paths Among People with Type 2 Diabetes and QALY Gains from Risk Factor Management. PharmacoEconomics. 42(9). 1017–1028. 1 indexed citations
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Luengo-Fernández, Ramón, Matthew Little, Alastair Gray, et al.. (2023). Cardiovascular disease burden due to productivity losses in European Society of Cardiology countries. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes. 10(1). 36–44. 13 indexed citations
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Barker, Karen, Ruth Knight, Susan Dutton, et al.. (2021). Home-based rehabilitation programme compared with traditional physiotherapy for patients at risk of poor outcome after knee arthroplasty: the CORKA randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 11(8). e052598–e052598. 18 indexed citations
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Barker, Karen, Ruth Knight, Susan Dutton, et al.. (2020). Outpatient physiotherapy versus home-based rehabilitation for patients at risk of poor outcomes after knee arthroplasty: CORKA RCT. Health Technology Assessment. 24(65). 1–116. 18 indexed citations
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Judge, Andrew, Andrew Carr, Andrew Price, et al.. (2020). The impact of the enhanced recovery pathway and other factors on outcomes and costs following hip and knee replacement: routine data study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(4). 1–188. 15 indexed citations
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Dakin, Helen, José Leal, Andrew Briggs, et al.. (2020). Accurately Reflecting Uncertainty When Using Patient-Level Simulation Models to Extrapolate Clinical Trial Data. Medical Decision Making. 40(4). 460–473. 16 indexed citations
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Leal, José, Shelby D. Reed, Rishi Patel, et al.. (2020). Benchmarking the Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions Delaying Diabetes: A Simulation Study Based on NAVIGATOR Data. Diabetes Care. 43(10). 2485–2492. 8 indexed citations
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Beard, David, Loretta Davies, Jonathan Cook, et al.. (2020). Total versus partial knee replacement in patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis: the TOPKAT RCT. Health Technology Assessment. 24(20). 1–98. 28 indexed citations
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Leal, José, et al.. (2019). Decision models of prediabetes populations: A systematic review. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 21(7). 1558–1569. 22 indexed citations
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Reed, Shelby D., Yanhong Li, José Leal, et al.. (2018). Longitudinal medical resources and costs among type 2 diabetes patients participating in the Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes with Sitagliptin (TECOS). Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 20(7). 1732–1739. 4 indexed citations
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Murphy, Jacqueline, et al.. (2018). Cost-effectiveness of enhanced recovery in hip and knee replacement: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 8(3). e019740–e019740. 8 indexed citations
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Leal, José, et al.. (2017). Computer simulation models of pre-diabetes populations: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 7(10). e014954–e014954. 4 indexed citations
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Burns, Richéal, José Leal, Jane Wolstenholme, et al.. (2016). The Burden of Healthcare Costs Associated with Prostate Cancer in Ireland. Global & Regional Health Technology Assessment. 4(1). 28–33.
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Hayes, Alison, Philip Clarke, José Leal, et al.. (2011). An improved model to estimate lifetime health outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes using 30-year follow-up data from the United Kingdom prospective diabetes study. Diabetologia. 54. 1 indexed citations

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