Leon Swell

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Leon Swell is a scholar working on Surgery, Oncology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leon Swell has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Surgery, 39 papers in Oncology and 28 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Leon Swell's work include Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (50 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (39 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (27 papers). Leon Swell is often cited by papers focused on Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (50 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (39 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (27 papers). Leon Swell collaborates with scholars based in United States and Sweden. Leon Swell's co-authors include Z.R. Vlahcevic, C. Cooper Bell, C. R. Treadwell, Henry Field, Charles C. Schwartz, Daniel H. Gregory, Philip F. Halloran, Z. Reno Vlahčevič, John T. Farrar and Ivo Buhac and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Leon Swell

126 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Diminished Bile Acid Pool Size in Patients with Gallstones 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 100 200 300
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. Diminished Bile Acid Pool Size in Patients with Gallstones
    1970 305 citations Z.R. Vlahcevic, C. Cooper Bell et al. Gastroenterology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leon Swell United States 38 2.1k 1.6k 1.1k 765 763 127 4.2k
Z.R. Vlahcevic United States 39 2.2k 1.0× 1.9k 1.2× 1.7k 1.6× 350 0.5× 655 0.9× 65 4.5k
E.H. Mosbach United States 37 1.7k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 452 0.4× 382 0.5× 1.1k 1.4× 104 3.6k
Norman B. Javitt United States 43 2.9k 1.4× 2.2k 1.4× 767 0.7× 333 0.4× 2.3k 3.0× 167 6.0k
Gerald Salen United States 43 4.0k 1.9× 2.9k 1.8× 766 0.7× 401 0.5× 2.2k 2.9× 128 6.3k
Henry Danielsson Sweden 32 1.2k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 355 0.3× 341 0.4× 1.1k 1.4× 101 3.5k
Gerald Salen United States 43 4.7k 2.2× 2.6k 1.7× 852 0.8× 526 0.7× 2.8k 3.6× 128 6.9k
Alfredo Cantàfora Italy 33 1.6k 0.8× 765 0.5× 554 0.5× 321 0.4× 847 1.1× 120 3.4k
S D Turley United States 18 2.7k 1.3× 1.3k 0.9× 474 0.4× 582 0.8× 1.5k 2.0× 22 4.0k
Ashok K. Batta United States 33 2.6k 1.2× 1.5k 1.0× 604 0.6× 254 0.3× 1.8k 2.4× 81 4.2k
D K Spady United States 37 2.8k 1.3× 887 0.6× 566 0.5× 1.2k 1.6× 1.4k 1.8× 53 4.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leon Swell

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All Works

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Swell, Leon, Charles C. Schwartz, Jan Gustafsson, Henry Danielsson, & Z.R. Vlahcevic. (1981). A quantitative evaluation of the conversion of 25-hydroxycholesterol to bile acids in man. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism. 663(1). 163–168. 20 indexed citations
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Swell, Leon, Jan-Ακε Gustafsson, Charles C. Schwartz, et al.. (1980). An in vivo evaluation of the quantitative significance of several potential pathways to cholic and chenodeoxycholic acids from cholesterol in man. Journal of Lipid Research. 21(4). 455–466. 58 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Charles C., Bertram I. Cohen, Z.R. Vlahcevic, et al.. (1976). Quantitative aspects of the conversion of 5 beta-cholestane intermediates to bile acids in man.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 251(20). 6308–6314. 23 indexed citations
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Gregory, Daniel H., Z.R. Vlahcevic, Peter F. Schatzki, & Leon Swell. (1975). Mechanism of secretion of biliary lipids. I. Role of bile canalicular and microsomal membranes in the synthesis and transport of biliary lecithin and cholesterol.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 55(1). 105–114. 58 indexed citations
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Swell, Leon, Daniel H. Gregory, & Z. Reno Vlahčevič. (1974). Current Concepts of the Pathogenesis of Cholesterol Gallstones. Medical Clinics of North America. 58(6). 1449–1471. 12 indexed citations
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McCormick, W. C., C. Cooper Bell, Leon Swell, & Z.R. Vlahcevic. (1973). Cholic acid synthesis as an index of the severity of liver disease in man. Gut. 14(11). 895–902. 67 indexed citations
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Bell, C. Cooper, et al.. (1973). Evidence that a diminished bile acid pool precedes the formation of cholesterol gallstones in man.. PubMed. 136(6). 961–5. 33 indexed citations
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Swell, Leon, C. Cooper Bell, & Z.R. Vlahcevic. (1971). Relationship of Bile Acid Pool Size to Biliary Lipid Excretion and the Formation of Litho Genic Bile in Man. Gastroenterology. 61(5). 716–722. 44 indexed citations
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Vlahcevic, Z.R., Ivo Buhac, C. Cooper Bell, & Leon Swell. (1970). Abnormal metabolism of secondary bile acids in patients with cirrhosis. Gut. 11(5). 420–422. 54 indexed citations
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Swell, Leon, et al.. (1968). Synthesis of Serum and Sub-cellular Liver Cholesterol Esters in Fasted and Fed Rats. Journal of Nutrition. 95(2). 141–147. 10 indexed citations
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Swell, Leon. (1966). Simultaneous determination of mass and radioactivity of labeled sterols and steroids by gas-liquid radiochromatography. Analytical Biochemistry. 16(1). 70–83. 20 indexed citations
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Swell, Leon, et al.. (1965). Preferential conversion of cholesterol arachidonate to highly polar lipids. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 112(1). 115–119. 5 indexed citations
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Swell, Leon, et al.. (1964). Role of the liver in the metabolism of exogenous cholesterol esters. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 105(3). 541–553. 17 indexed citations
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Swell, Leon, et al.. (1962). Family Diet Pattern for Lowering the Serum Cholesterol Level. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 11(2). 102–107. 2 indexed citations
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Swell, Leon, et al.. (1961). Tissue Lipid Fatty Acid Changes Following the Feeding of High-Cholesterol, Essential Fatty Acid-Supplemented Diets to Rabbits. Journal of Nutrition. 75(2). 181–191. 32 indexed citations
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Swell, Leon, et al.. (1956). The Absorption of Plant Sterols and Their Effect on Serum and Liver Sterol Levels. Journal of Nutrition. 58(3). 385–398. 36 indexed citations
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Swell, Leon, et al.. (1955). Pantothenate and Dietary Cholesterol in the Maintenance of Blood and Tissue Cholesterol Esters. Journal of Nutrition. 57(1). 121–132. 7 indexed citations
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Swell, Leon, D.F. Flick, & C. R. Treadwell. (1954). Effect of dietary fat on absorption of dietary cholesterol.. 13. 1 indexed citations
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Field, Henry, et al.. (1954). Cation Uptake by Exchange Resin in Vitro and the Colon as a Sodium-Conserving Organ. Circulation. 9(1). 32–37. 9 indexed citations

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