Leighton Seal

9.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
46 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Leighton Seal is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Social Psychology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Leighton Seal has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 13 papers in Social Psychology and 12 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Leighton Seal's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (15 papers), LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (12 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (10 papers). Leighton Seal is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (15 papers), LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (12 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (10 papers). Leighton Seal collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Leighton Seal's co-authors include Stephen R. Bloom, Waljit S. Dhillo, Alison Wren, Mark A. Cohen, Gary Frost, Audrey E. Brynes, Kevin G. Murphy, M.A. Ghatei, Mohammad A. Ghatei and Sarah A. Stanley and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Leighton Seal

42 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ghrelin Enhances Appetite and Increases Food Intake in Humans

2001 1.9k citations Alison Wren, Leighton Seal et al. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism profile →
Ghrelin Causes Hyperphagia and Obesity in Rats

2001 914 citations Alison Wren, Caroline J. Small et al. profile →
Non-binary or genderqueer genders

2016 511 citations Christina Richards, Walter Pierre Bouman et al. International Review of Psychiatry profile →

Peers

Leighton Seal

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PHYSI

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Anke Hinney Germany

James L. Smart United Kingdom

Lisa A. Eckel United States

M. R. C. Greenwood United States

Karl M. Pirke Germany

José Marco Spain

Pauline Smith Canada

Gen Komaki Japan

Hani Houshyar United States

Allan S. Kaplan Canada

Anke Hinney Germany

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3.0k ×0.8

EAS

2.2k ×1.0

1.9k ×0.9

PHYSI

671 ×0.7

EDM

183 ×0.3

Citations per year, relative to Leighton Seal Leighton Seal (= 1×) peers Anke Hinney

Countries citing papers authored by Leighton Seal

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leighton Seal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Leighton Seal. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Leighton Seal. The network helps show where Leighton Seal may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leighton Seal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Leighton Seal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Leighton Seal 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 Leighton Seal. Leighton Seal is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Jayasena, Channa, Katie E. Barber, Alexander Comninos, et al.. (2024). Society for endocrinology guideline for understanding, diagnosing and treating female hypogonadism. Clinical Endocrinology. 101(5). 409–442. 11 indexed citations

Seal, Leighton, et al.. (2024). Testosterone and other treatments for transgender males and non-binary trans masculine individuals. Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 38(5). 101908–101908. 3 indexed citations

Seal, Leighton, et al.. (2021). Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in Transgender People: Case Report and Best Practice. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 43(4). e151–e153. 3 indexed citations

Cantürk, Zeynep, et al.. (2021). The Comparison of Gender Dysphoria, Body Image Satisfaction and Quality of Life Between Treatment-Naive Transgender Males With and Without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Transgender Health. 7(6). 514–520. 8 indexed citations

Harper, Joanna, Giscard Lima, Guan Wang, et al.. (2018). The Fluidity of Gender and Implications for the Biology of Inclusion for Transgender and Intersex Athletes. Current Sports Medicine Reports. 17(12). 467–472. 16 indexed citations

Seal, Leighton, et al.. (2017). Transgender hormone therapy: understanding international variation in practice. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 5(4). 243–246. 22 indexed citations

Seal, Leighton. (2017). Male hypogonadism and testosterone replacement therapy. Medicine. 45(9). 532–537. 1 indexed citations

Richards, Christina, Walter Pierre Bouman, Leighton Seal, et al.. (2016). Non-binary or genderqueer genders. International Review of Psychiatry. 28(1). 95–102. 511 indexed citations breakdown →

Seal, Leighton. (2015). A review of the physical and metabolic effects of cross-sex hormonal therapy in the treatment of gender dysphoria. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry International Journal of Laboratory Medicine. 53(1). 10–20. 30 indexed citations

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Seal, Leighton. (2013). Male hypogonadism and testosterone replacement therapy. Medicine. 41(10). 557–561. 4 indexed citations

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Panahloo, Arshia, et al.. (2005). Thyroid dysfunction in HIV. 10(4). 1334–9.

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Dhillo, Waljit S., C Small, James Gardiner, et al.. (2003). Agouti-related protein has an inhibitory paracrine role in the rat adrenal gland. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 301(1). 102–107. 42 indexed citations

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Abbott, Caroline R., Adam R. Kennedy, Alison Wren, et al.. (2003). Identification of Hypothalamic Nuclei Involved in the Orexigenic Effect of Melanin-Concentrating Hormone. Endocrinology. 144(9). 3943–3949. 97 indexed citations

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Dhillo, Waljit S., Caroline J. Small, Leighton Seal, et al.. (2002). The Hypothalamic Melanocortin System Stimulates the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in vitro and in vivo in Male Rats. Neuroendocrinology. 75(4). 209–216. 58 indexed citations

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Seal, Leighton, Caroline J. Small, Waljit S. Dhillo, et al.. (2001). PRL-Releasing Peptide Inhibits Food Intake in Male Rats via the Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus and not the Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus. Endocrinology. 142(10). 4236–4243. 64 indexed citations

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Wren, Alison, Leighton Seal, Mark A. Cohen, et al.. (2001). Ghrelin Enhances Appetite and Increases Food Intake in Humans. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 86(12). 5992–5992. 1929 indexed citations breakdown →

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Taheri, Shahrad, James Gardiner, Sepehr Hafizi, et al.. (2001). Orexin A immunoreactivity and prepro-orexin mRNA in the brain of Zucker and WKY rats. Neuroreport. 12(3). 459–464. 58 indexed citations

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Stanley, Sarah A., C. J. Small, Kevin G. Murphy, et al.. (2001). Actions of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) peptide on regulation of appetite and hypothalamo–pituitary axes in vitro and in vivo in male rats. Brain Research. 893(1-2). 186–194. 173 indexed citations

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Small, C. J., Sarah A. Stanley, David Morgan, et al.. (2000). The central melanocortin system affects the hypothalamo-pituitary thyroid axis and may mediate the effect of leptin. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 105(7). 1005–1011. 221 indexed citations

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Taheri, Shahrad, David Sunter, C. L. Dakin, et al.. (2000). Diurnal variation in orexin A immunoreactivity and prepro-orexin mRNA in the rat central nervous system. Neuroscience Letters. 279(2). 109–112. 142 indexed citations

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