Michelle Leon

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Michelle Leon is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Sociology and Political Science and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Michelle Leon has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Epidemiology, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Michelle Leon's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (5 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (3 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (3 papers). Michelle Leon is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (5 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (3 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (3 papers). Michelle Leon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Philippines and Denmark. Michelle Leon's co-authors include Laura Kann, Tim McManus, Richard Lowry, David Chyen, Shari L. Shanklin, William A. Harris, Nancy D. Brener, Jemekia Thornton, Kathleen A. Ethier and Barbara Queen and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Infectious Diseases, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and Journal of Traumatic Stress.

In The Last Decade

Michelle Leon

13 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2017 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 500 1000 1.5k
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. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2017
    2018 1.6k citations Laura Kann, Tim McManus et al. PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michelle Leon United States 8 697 512 380 337 293 14 1.8k
Carmen Moreno Spain 26 688 1.0× 515 1.0× 386 1.0× 295 0.9× 252 0.9× 124 1.9k
Sara A. Vasilenko United States 25 713 1.0× 815 1.6× 361 0.9× 174 0.5× 369 1.3× 76 1.8k
Barbara Queen United States 9 957 1.4× 694 1.4× 748 2.0× 408 1.2× 415 1.4× 11 2.4k
Marie‐Pierre Tavolacci France 24 1.5k 2.2× 392 0.8× 287 0.8× 570 1.7× 357 1.2× 92 2.7k
Heather B. Clayton United States 29 727 1.0× 502 1.0× 346 0.9× 1.0k 3.0× 424 1.4× 69 2.8k
Derrik R. Tollefson United States 9 629 0.9× 519 1.0× 337 0.9× 218 0.6× 182 0.6× 15 1.7k
Zewditu Demissie United States 23 1.1k 1.6× 674 1.3× 813 2.1× 692 2.1× 389 1.3× 53 2.7k
Barbara I. Williams United States 8 727 1.0× 725 1.4× 264 0.7× 598 1.8× 248 0.8× 10 2.0k
Catherine N. Rasberry United States 23 771 1.1× 622 1.2× 967 2.5× 528 1.6× 373 1.3× 66 2.5k
Steven A. Kinchen United States 8 1.0k 1.4× 992 1.9× 337 0.9× 605 1.8× 346 1.2× 10 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Michelle Leon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michelle Leon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Michelle Leon. 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 Michelle Leon. The network helps show where Michelle Leon may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michelle Leon

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Rosenfeld, Barry, et al.. (2024). Do reasons for migration impact the elements of asylum applications? An investigation of participants in the 2018 “migrant caravan”.. Psychology Public Policy and Law. 30(2). 197–205. 1 indexed citations
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Leon, Michelle, et al.. (2023). A Systematic Review of Response Styles Among Latinx Populations. Assessment. 31(4). 947–962. 2 indexed citations
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Rasmussen, Andrew, Michelle Leon, & Ask Elklit. (2022). Cross-Cultural Measurement Invariance of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire Across Nine Adolescent Samples. Assessment. 30(5). 1369–1378. 2 indexed citations
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Rasmussen, Andrew, et al.. (2020). Measuring Trauma Exposure: Count Versus Variety of Potentially Traumatic Events in a Binational Sample. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 33(6). 973–983. 11 indexed citations
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Kann, Laura, Tim McManus, William A. Harris, et al.. (2018). Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2017. PubMed. 67(8). 1–114. 1607 indexed citations breakdown →
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Long, Kristin A., et al.. (2017). Psychosocial Screening for Siblings of Children With Cancer: Barriers and Preferences. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology. 5(4). 364–375. 22 indexed citations
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Oboho, Ikwo, Carrie Reed, Paul Gargiullo, et al.. (2016). Benefit of Early Initiation of Influenza Antiviral Treatment to Pregnant Women Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 214(4). 507–515. 30 indexed citations
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Oboho, Ikwo, Carrie Reed, Michelle Leon, et al.. (2014). 1341The benefit of early influenza antiviral treatment of pregnant women hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 1(suppl_1). S58–S58.
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Brammer, Lynnette, Scott Epperson, Lenee Blanton, et al.. (2013). Update: Influenza Activity — United States, September 29–December 7, 2013. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 62(50). 1032. 16 indexed citations
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Spaulding, Anne C., Lesley Miller, Michelle Leon, et al.. (2013). Routine HIV Screening During Intake Medical Evaluation at a County - Jail Fulton County, Georgia, 2011-2012. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 62(24). 495–497. 21 indexed citations
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Rolfes, Melissa A., Lenee Blanton, Lynnette Brammer, et al.. (2007). Update: Influenza Activity--United States, September 30- December 1, 2007. PsycEXTRA Dataset. 63(50). 1189–94. 26 indexed citations

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