Leon Flicker

31.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
481 papers, 18.2k citations indexed

About

Leon Flicker is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, General Health Professions and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leon Flicker has authored 481 papers receiving a total of 18.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 150 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 91 papers in General Health Professions and 81 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Leon Flicker's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (105 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (49 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (38 papers). Leon Flicker is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (105 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (49 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (38 papers). Leon Flicker collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Leon Flicker's co-authors include Osvaldo P. Almeida, Graeme J. Hankey, Bu B. Yeap, Nicola T. Lautenschlager, Paul E. Norman, S. A. Paul Chubb, Konrad Jamrozik, Jonathan Golledge, Kieran McCaul and Zoë Hyde and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Leon Flicker

467 papers receiving 17.5k 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.

Effect of Physical Activity on Cognitive Function in Older Adults at Risk for Alzheimer Disease

2008 1.2k citations Nicola T. Lautenschlager, Leon Flicker et al. profile →
A Pooled Analysis of Vitamin D Dose Requirements for Fracture Prevention

2012 571 citations Leon Flicker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leon Flicker Australia	73	4.6k	3.6k	2.7k	2.4k	2.4k	481	18.2k
Suzanne G. Leveille United States	72	3.8k 0.8×	4.9k 1.4×	1.2k 0.4×	3.2k 1.3×	2.3k 1.0×	236	17.6k
Suzanne Satterfield United States	66	2.6k 0.6×	4.3k 1.2×	1.4k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	163	16.9k
Stefania Bandinelli Italy	88	3.3k 0.7×	10.3k 2.9×	2.4k 0.9×	956 0.4×	3.3k 1.4×	390	29.1k
Andrea Z. LaCroix United States	87	2.1k 0.5×	6.4k 1.8×	5.4k 2.0×	2.9k 1.2×	4.7k 2.0×	550	27.7k
Rose Anne Kenny Ireland	88	5.8k 1.3×	9.4k 2.6×	2.4k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	811	33.3k
Walter A. Rocca United States	99	10.2k 2.2×	6.9k 1.9×	3.8k 1.4×	1.2k 0.5×	2.6k 1.1×	347	33.2k
Tamara B. Harris United States	87	2.3k 0.5×	9.2k 2.6×	2.4k 0.9×	926 0.4×	2.9k 1.2×	357	28.1k
Marco Solmi Italy	76	6.7k 1.5×	4.7k 1.3×	908 0.3×	2.1k 0.9×	2.7k 1.1×	443	24.4k
Mark A. Espeland United States	77	2.1k 0.5×	4.8k 1.3×	5.3k 1.9×	920 0.4×	3.5k 1.5×	477	23.7k
Kamal Masaki United States	73	4.0k 0.9×	5.6k 1.6×	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	267	18.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Hill, Anne‐Marie, et al.. (2025). Health Professional Perceptions of Delivering Hospital Falls Prevention Education—A Qualitative Study. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 47(5). 348–355.

Smith, Kate, et al.. (2024). Prevalence of functional limitations in older remote‐living Aboriginal Australians. Australian Journal of Rural Health. 32(2). 311–319. 2 indexed citations

Luke, Joanne, Dawn Bessarab, Kate Smith, et al.. (2024). Counting the Ways That Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Older People Participate in Their Communities and Culture. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 79(8). 1 indexed citations

Trevenen, Michelle, Keith Hill, Osvaldo P. Almeida, et al.. (2023). Balance and Strength Measures are Associated With Mortality in Older Men. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 24(10). 1527–1532.e2. 3 indexed citations

Nedkoff, Lee, Jane Heyworth, Osvaldo P. Almeida, et al.. (2023). Long-term exposure to low-concentration PM2.5 and heart disease in older men in Perth, Australia: The Health in Men Study. Environmental Epidemiology. 7(4). e255–e255. 6 indexed citations

Francis‐Coad, Jacqueline, Den‐Ching A. Lee, Terry Haines, et al.. (2021). Fall prevention education for older people being discharged from hospital: Educators’ perspectives. Health Education Journal. 80(8). 908–920. 3 indexed citations

Robertson, Courtney, Gaurav Ghosh, Patrick Fitzgerald, et al.. (2020). Bone Turnover Markers Including Undercarboxylated Osteocalcin Are Associated With Mortality Risk in Older Men. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 37(8). 1464–1472. 4 indexed citations

Almeida, Osvaldo P., et al.. (2016). Depressive symptoms in midlife: the role of reproductive stage. Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society. 23(6). 669–675. 23 indexed citations

Hill, Anne‐Marie, Steven McPhail, Jacqueline Francis‐Coad, et al.. (2015). Educators’ perspectives about how older hospital patients can engage in a falls prevention education programme: a qualitative process evaluation. BMJ Open. 5(12). e009780–e009780. 31 indexed citations

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Hill, Anne‐Marie, Nicholas Waldron, Christopher Etherton‐Beer, et al.. (2014). A stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial for evaluating rates of falls among inpatients in aged care rehabilitation units receiving tailored multimedia education in addition to usual care: a trial protocol. BMJ Open. 4(1). e004195–e004195. 2 indexed citations

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LoGiudice, Dina, Kate Smith, Melissa Lindeman, et al.. (2012). Lungurra Ngoora - a pilot model of care for aged and disabled in a remote Aboriginal community - can it work?. Rural and Remote Health. 12. 2078–2078. 26 indexed citations

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Almeida, Osvaldo P., Jane Pirkis, Ngaire Kerse, et al.. (2012). Socioeconomic disadvantage increases risk of prevalent and persistent depression in later life. Journal of Affective Disorders. 138(3). 322–331. 43 indexed citations

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Day, Lesley, Keith Hill, Damien Jolley, et al.. (2012). Impact of Tai Chi on Impairment, Functional Limitation, and Disability Among Preclinically Disabled Older People: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 93(8). 1400–1407. 21 indexed citations

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Almeida, Osvaldo P., Helman Alfonso, Jane Pirkis, et al.. (2010). A practical approach to assess depression risk and to guide risk reduction strategies in later life. International Psychogeriatrics. 23(2). 280–291. 51 indexed citations

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Hyde, Zoë, Leon Flicker, Graeme J. Hankey, et al.. (2010). Prevalence of Sexual Activity and Associated Factors in Men Aged 75 to 95 Years. Annals of Internal Medicine. 6 indexed citations

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Smith, Kate, Leon Flicker, Nicola T. Lautenschlager, et al.. (2008). High prevalence of dementia and cognitive impairment in Indigenous Australians. Neurology. 71(19). 1470–1473. 135 indexed citations

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Chubb, S. A. Paul, Zoë Hyde, Osvaldo P. Almeida, et al.. (2008). Lower sex hormone-binding globulin is more strongly associated with metabolic syndrome than lower total testosterone in older men: the Health in Men Study. European Journal of Endocrinology. 158(6). 785–792. 90 indexed citations

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Flicker, Leon. (2008). Vascular factors in geriatric psychiatry: time to take a serious look. Current Opinion in Psychiatry. 21(6). 551–554. 12 indexed citations

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Birks, Jacqueline & Leon Flicker. (2006). Donepezil for mild cognitive impairment. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2010(12). CD006104–CD006104. 123 indexed citations

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Sambrook, P. N., Terrence Diamond, M Fiatarone-Singh, et al.. (2001). Corticosteroid induced osteoporosis. Guidelines for treatment.. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 30(8). 793–6. 20 indexed citations

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