Lucian L. Leape

28.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
172 papers, 16.3k citations indexed

About

Lucian L. Leape is a scholar working on Surgery, Emergency Medical Services and Pharmacy. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucian L. Leape has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 16.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Surgery, 45 papers in Emergency Medical Services and 31 papers in Pharmacy. Recurrent topics in Lucian L. Leape's work include Patient Safety and Medication Errors (43 papers), Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (31 papers) and Healthcare cost, quality, practices (20 papers). Lucian L. Leape is often cited by papers focused on Patient Safety and Medication Errors (43 papers), Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (31 papers) and Healthcare cost, quality, practices (20 papers). Lucian L. Leape collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Lucian L. Leape's co-authors include David W. Bates, Donald M. Berwick, Elisabeth Burdick, David J. Cullen, Max L. Ramenofsky, Tejal K. Gandhi, James Schneider, James P. Kahan, Caren Kamberg and Saul N. Weingart and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Lucian L. Leape

166 papers receiving 15.1k citations

Hit Papers

Pharmacist Participation on Physician Rounds and Adverse ... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1999 1995 2003 1994 2005 250 500 750 1000
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. Pharmacist Participation on Physician Rounds and Adverse Drug Events in the Intensive Care Unit
    1999 1.2k citations Lucian L. Leape JAMA profile →
  2. Systems Analysis of Adverse Drug Events
    1995 1.1k citations Lucian L. Leape JAMA profile →
  3. Adverse Drug Events in Ambulatory Care
    2003 1.0k citations Tejal K. Gandhi, Saul N. Weingart et al. profile →
  4. Error in Medicine
    1994 1.0k citations Lucian L. Leape JAMA profile →
  5. Five Years After To Err Is Human
    2005 882 citations Lucian L. Leape, Donald M. Berwick JAMA profile →
  6. Relationship between medication errors and adverse drug events
    1995 757 citations David W. Bates, Lucian L. Leape et al. profile →
  7. Patient Participation: Current Knowledge and Applicability to Patient Safety
    2009 596 citations Lucian L. Leape et al. profile →
  8. Reporting of Adverse Events
    2002 596 citations Lucian L. Leape profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lucian L. Leape United States 57 6.9k 4.2k 3.1k 2.8k 2.7k 172 16.3k
Tejal K. Gandhi United States 48 3.9k 0.6× 3.5k 0.8× 3.1k 1.0× 1.8k 0.6× 2.7k 1.0× 127 11.7k
Troyen A. Brennan United States 72 5.6k 0.8× 1.8k 0.4× 6.8k 2.2× 6.0k 2.1× 2.5k 0.9× 314 22.6k
Rainu Kaushal United States 53 4.2k 0.6× 2.8k 0.7× 3.1k 1.0× 737 0.3× 5.1k 1.9× 218 13.3k
Kaveh G Shojania Canada 49 2.7k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 3.5k 1.1× 1.1k 0.4× 2.1k 0.8× 142 11.6k
Albert W. Wu United States 87 4.0k 0.6× 1.1k 0.3× 8.5k 2.7× 2.5k 0.9× 1.4k 0.5× 434 32.4k
W. B. Runciman Australia 52 4.3k 0.6× 782 0.2× 1.3k 0.4× 2.3k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 236 10.4k
Jeffrey M. Rothschild United States 39 3.5k 0.5× 2.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 680 0.2× 1.1k 0.4× 76 8.5k
Eric J. Thomas United States 61 7.1k 1.0× 587 0.1× 3.3k 1.1× 4.4k 1.6× 2.2k 0.8× 216 15.5k
Jerry H. Gurwitz United States 83 2.1k 0.3× 6.1k 1.5× 3.6k 1.1× 679 0.2× 1.2k 0.4× 426 23.8k
Darren M. Ashcroft United Kingdom 63 2.6k 0.4× 3.2k 0.8× 2.4k 0.8× 806 0.3× 903 0.3× 464 17.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leape, Lucian L.. (2008). Scope of Problem and History of Patient Safety. Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America. 35(1). 1–10. 37 indexed citations
2.
Leape, Lucian L.. (2006). Full disclosure and apology--an idea whose time has come.. PubMed. 32(2). 16–8. 37 indexed citations
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Alper, Eric, Frank Federico, Lucian L. Leape, et al.. (2006). Reconciling Medications at Admission: Safe Practice Recommendations and Implementation Strategies. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 32(1). 37–50. 76 indexed citations
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Gandhi, Tejal K., Sylvia Bartel, Lawrence N. Shulman, et al.. (2005). Medication safety in the ambulatory chemotherapy setting. Cancer. 104(11). 2477–2483. 165 indexed citations
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Leape, Lucian L.. (2005). Ethical Issues in Patient Safety. Thoracic surgery clinics/Thorac. surg. clin.. 15(4). 493–501. 11 indexed citations
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Leape, Lucian L. & Donald M. Berwick. (2005). Five Years After To Err Is Human. JAMA. 293(19). 2384–2384. 882 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leape, Lucian L.. (2004). Human Factors Meets Health Care: The Ultimate Challenge. Ergonomics in Design The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications. 12(3). 6–12. 18 indexed citations
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Leape, Lucian L.. (2004). Making health care safe: are we up to it?. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 39(3). 258–266. 17 indexed citations
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Washington, Donna L., Steven J. Bernstein, James P. Kahan, et al.. (2003). Reliability of Clinical Guideline Development Using Mail-Only versus In-Person Expert Panels. Medical Care. 41(12). 1374–1381. 28 indexed citations
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Gandhi, Tejal K., Saul N. Weingart, Andrew C. Seger, et al.. (2002). Poster Abstract: Impact of Basic Computerized Prescribing on Outpatient Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events.. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 9. 48–49. 1 indexed citations
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Leape, Lucian L., et al.. (1999). Underuse of Cardiac Procedures: Do Women, Ethnic Minorities, and the Uninsured Fail To Receive Needed Revascularization?. Annals of Internal Medicine. 130(3). 183–192. 111 indexed citations
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Cullen, David J., et al.. (1995). The Incident Reporting System Does Not Detect Adverse Drug Events: A Problem for Quality Improvement. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 21(10). 541–548. 478 indexed citations
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Leape, Lucian L., Ann G. Lawthers, Troyen A. Brennan, & William G. Johnson. (1993). Preventing Medical Injury. QRB - Quality Review Bulletin. 19(5). 144–149. 283 indexed citations
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Leape, Lucian L., Rolla Edward Park, James P. Kahan, & Robert H. Brook. (1992). GROUP JUDGMENTS OF APPROPRIATENESS: THE EFFECT OF PANEL COMPOSITION. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 19 indexed citations
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Leape, Lucian L.. (1987). Patient care in pediatric surgery. Little, Brown eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Leape, Lucian L., et al.. (1984). Total colonic aganglionosis initially diagnosed in an adolescent. Gastroenterology. 87(6). 1364–1366. 9 indexed citations
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Leape, Lucian L., Ina Bhan, & Max L. Ramenofsky. (1981). Esophageal biopsy in the diagnosis of reflux esophagitis. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 16(3). 379–384. 58 indexed citations
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Leape, Lucian L.. (1979). Gastric Reflux and Asthma. PEDIATRICS. 64(6). 974–974. 1 indexed citations
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Leape, Lucian L., et al.. (1978). Multifocal nondisseminated neuroblastoma. The Journal of Pediatrics. 92(1). 75–77. 15 indexed citations
20.
Leape, Lucian L. & Luther A. Longino. (1964). INFANTILE LOBAR EMPHYSEMA. PEDIATRICS. 34(2). 246–255. 71 indexed citations

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