LeRoy Walters

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

LeRoy Walters is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, LeRoy Walters has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 14 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 12 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in LeRoy Walters's work include Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (11 papers), Ethics in medical practice (10 papers) and Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (8 papers). LeRoy Walters is often cited by papers focused on Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (11 papers), Ethics in medical practice (10 papers) and Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (8 papers). LeRoy Walters collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. LeRoy Walters's co-authors include Aravinda Chakravarti, Ari Patrinos, Francis S. Collins, Elke Jordan, Raymond F. Gesteland, Nelson A. Wivel, Eli Y. Adashi, Margaret A. Farley, John C. Hobbins and Maurice J. Mahoney and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

LeRoy Walters

45 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

New Goals for the U.S. Human Genome Project: 1998-2003 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 100 200 300 400 500
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. New Goals for the U.S. Human Genome Project: 1998-2003
    1998 581 citations Francis S. Collins, Ari Patrinos et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
LeRoy Walters United States 17 680 367 320 254 228 48 1.7k
Meredith Wadman United States 18 540 0.8× 347 0.9× 223 0.7× 84 0.3× 127 0.6× 511 2.4k
Lori B. Andrews United States 23 234 0.3× 555 1.5× 374 1.2× 279 1.1× 307 1.3× 138 2.0k
R. Alta Charo United States 15 480 0.7× 262 0.7× 111 0.3× 127 0.5× 144 0.6× 58 1.0k
Karen A. Johnson United States 33 1.1k 1.6× 270 0.7× 585 1.8× 149 0.6× 357 1.6× 112 4.1k
Jeantine E. Lunshof Netherlands 20 528 0.8× 494 1.3× 367 1.1× 127 0.5× 103 0.5× 44 1.4k
Eric T. Juengst United States 27 430 0.6× 718 2.0× 871 2.7× 227 0.9× 279 1.2× 97 2.2k
Béatrice Godard Canada 20 187 0.3× 522 1.4× 632 2.0× 191 0.8× 195 0.9× 75 1.3k
Sara Chandros Hull United States 25 324 0.5× 963 2.6× 535 1.7× 311 1.2× 442 1.9× 59 1.9k
Ainsley J. Newson Australia 25 545 0.8× 602 1.6× 812 2.5× 808 3.2× 237 1.0× 136 2.4k
Luciana Caenazzo Italy 21 356 0.5× 372 1.0× 331 1.0× 112 0.4× 112 0.5× 104 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by LeRoy Walters

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of LeRoy Walters

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Walters, LeRoy, Robert Cook‐Deegan, & Eli Y. Adashi. (2021). Governing Heritable Human Genome Editing: A Textual History and a Proposal for the Future. The CRISPR Journal. 4(4). 469–476. 4 indexed citations
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Gower, Emily W., James Lovato, Walter T. Ambrosius, et al.. (2017). Lack of Longitudinal Association Between Thiazolidinediones and Incidence and Progression of Diabetic Eye Disease: The ACCORD Eye Study. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 187. 138–147. 16 indexed citations
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Walters, LeRoy. (2012). Genetics and bioethics: How our thinking has changed since 1969. Metamedicine. 33(1). 83–95. 9 indexed citations
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Cook‐Deegan, Robert, et al.. (2006). The licensing of DNA patents by US academic institutions: an empirical survey. Nature Biotechnology. 24(1). 31–39. 56 indexed citations
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Walters, LeRoy. (2004). Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: An Intercultural Perspective. Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal. 14(1). 3–38. 62 indexed citations
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Walters, LeRoy. (2004). Tradiciones religiosas e investigación con células troncales humanas. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 55–70. 1 indexed citations
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Dawson, Liza, Alison Bateman-House, Hilary Bok, et al.. (2003). Safety issues in cell-based intervention trials. Fertility and Sterility. 80(5). 1077–1085. 48 indexed citations
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Juengst, Eric T. & LeRoy Walters. (1999). 25 Ethical Issues in Human Gene Transfer Research. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 36. 691–712. 7 indexed citations
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Collins, Francis S., Ari Patrinos, Elke Jordan, et al.. (1998). New Goals for the U.S. Human Genome Project: 1998-2003. Science. 282(5389). 682–689. 581 indexed citations breakdown →
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Walters, LeRoy. (1996). Current and Future Issues in Assisted Reproduction. Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal. 6(4). 383–387. 3 indexed citations
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DeMets, David L., Thomas R. Fleming, Richard J. Whitley, et al.. (1995). The Data and Safety Monitoring Board and Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) clinical trials. Controlled Clinical Trials. 16(6). 408–421. 33 indexed citations
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Wivel, Nelson A. & LeRoy Walters. (1993). Germ-Line Gene Modification and Disease Prevention: Some Medical and Ethical Perspectives. Science. 262(5133). 533–538. 55 indexed citations
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Walters, LeRoy. (1991). Human Gene Therapy: Ethics and Public Policy. Human Gene Therapy. 2(2). 115–122. 44 indexed citations
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Ryan, Kenneth J., Sherman Elias, Mark I. Evans, et al.. (1990). Patient choice: Maternal-fetal conflict. Women s Health Issues. 1(1). 13–15. 18 indexed citations
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Walters, LeRoy. (1989). Commissions and Bioethics. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine. 14(4). 363–368. 7 indexed citations
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Walters, LeRoy. (1988). Ethical Issues in the Prevention and Treatment of HIV Infection and AIDS. Science. 239(4840). 597–603. 49 indexed citations
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Walters, LeRoy. (1986). Ethical Issues in Intrauterine Diagnosis and Therapy. Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. 1(1). 32–37. 10 indexed citations
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Beauchamp, Tom L., et al.. (1978). Contemporary Issues in Bioethics.. Annals of Internal Medicine. 89(4). 581–581. 248 indexed citations
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Walters, LeRoy & Willard Gaylin. (1976). Case Studies in Bioethics: Sterilizing the Retarded Child. The Hastings Center Report. 6(2). 13–13. 6 indexed citations
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Walters, LeRoy. (1974). Ethical issues in experimentation on the human fetus.. PubMed. 2(1). 33–54. 1 indexed citations

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