Peter Leo

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Peter Leo is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Leo has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 22 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine and 7 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Peter Leo's work include Sports Performance and Training (30 papers), Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (22 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (13 papers). Peter Leo is often cited by papers focused on Sports Performance and Training (30 papers), Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (22 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (13 papers). Peter Leo collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Spain and Chile. Peter Leo's co-authors include Michael McCrea, Thomas A. Hammeke, Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Iñigo Mujika, Justin S. Lawley, Jeroen Swart, Tim Podlogar, Anthony J. Greene, Manuel Mateo‐March and Maurizio Corbetta and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physiology, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and Memory & Cognition.

In The Last Decade

Peter Leo

36 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Unreported Concussion in High School Football Players

2004 938 citations Michael McCrea, Thomas A. Hammeke et al. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Leo Austria	15	944	542	495	350	337	36	1.4k
Margot Putukian United States	15	1.5k 1.6×	488 0.9×	842 1.7×	732 2.1×	407 1.2×	21	1.9k
Tsharni Zazryn Australia	12	223 0.2×	419 0.8×	71 0.1×	95 0.3×	165 0.5×	19	882
Shawn R. Eagle United States	17	662 0.7×	226 0.4×	291 0.6×	309 0.9×	205 0.6×	129	1.0k
Karl F. Kozlowski United States	11	762 0.8×	91 0.2×	462 0.9×	472 1.3×	105 0.3×	20	988
David J. Stearne United States	11	231 0.2×	513 0.9×	99 0.2×	71 0.2×	70 0.2×	20	777
Nina Feddermann‐Demont Switzerland	15	768 0.8×	363 0.7×	362 0.7×	378 1.1×	213 0.6×	30	1.1k
Kathleen A. Swanik United States	19	829 0.9×	578 1.1×	107 0.2×	97 0.3×	107 0.3×	27	1.3k
Ryan Moran United States	16	634 0.7×	162 0.3×	287 0.6×	207 0.6×	206 0.6×	51	776
Christopher Connaboy United States	18	142 0.2×	623 1.1×	46 0.1×	41 0.1×	97 0.3×	110	1.1k
Doug Richards Canada	19	907 1.0×	214 0.4×	430 0.9×	449 1.3×	108 0.3×	36	1.1k

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Buckley, Jonathan D., Eileen Y. Robertson, Peter Leo, et al.. (2025). Effect of work-to-rest ratio on acute responses to repeated-sprint training in hypoxia in elite track endurance cyclists. Journal of Sports Sciences. 43(19). 2287–2300. 1 indexed citations

Valenzuela, Pedro L., et al.. (2025). UCI Sports Nutrition Project: The Science of Successful Cycling Performance. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. 1–13. 1 indexed citations

Grappe, Frédéric, Peter Leo, Manuel Mateo‐March, et al.. (2025). What Is “Zone 2 Training”?: Experts’ Viewpoint on Definition, Training Methods, and Expected Adaptations. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 20(11). 1614–1617. 3 indexed citations

Leo, Peter, et al.. (2025). Mechanistic influence of the torque cadence relationship on power output during exhaustive all-out field tests in professional cyclists. Journal of Sports Sciences. 43(9). 887–894. 3 indexed citations

Mateo‐March, Manuel, David Barranco‐Gil, Peter Leo, et al.. (2025). Sex differences in durability: A field-based study in professional cyclists. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 28(8). 661–665. 1 indexed citations

Leo, Peter, et al.. (2024). The intensity rather than the quantity of prior work determines the subsequent downward shift in the power duration relationship in professional cyclists. European Journal of Sport Science. 24(4). 449–457. 14 indexed citations

Samozino, Pierre, et al.. (2024). In Situ Power–Cadence Relationship for 2-, 5-, and 20-Minute Duration: A Proof of Concept in Under-19 Cyclists. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 19(8). 738–746. 3 indexed citations

Leo, Peter, et al.. (2023). An improved methodology for estimating critical power from mean maximal power output data. Journal of Sports Sciences. 41(10). 964–971. 2 indexed citations

Leo, Peter, et al.. (2022). The relationship between training characteristics and durability in professional cyclists across a competitive season. European Journal of Sport Science. 23(4). 489–498. 29 indexed citations

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Mateo‐March, Manuel, Peter Leo, Emanuela Faelli, et al.. (2022). Power Road-Derived Physical Performance Parameters in Junior, Under-23, and Professional Road Cycling Climbers. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 17(7). 1094–1102. 18 indexed citations

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Leo, Peter, et al.. (2022). Predictors of cycling performance success: Traditional approaches and a novel method to assess performance capacity in U23 road cyclists. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 26(1). 52–57. 7 indexed citations

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Leo, Peter, Manuel Mateo‐March, Emanuela Faelli, et al.. (2022). Differences in Training Characteristics Between Junior, Under 23 and Professional Cyclists. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 43(14). 1183–1189. 11 indexed citations

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Leo, Peter, et al.. (2021). Power Profiling, Workload Characteristics, and Race Performance of U23 and Professional Cyclists During the Multistage Race Tour of the Alps. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 16(8). 1089–1095. 42 indexed citations

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Leo, Peter, Iñigo Mujika, & Justin S. Lawley. (2021). Influence of COVID-19 Restrictions on Training and Physiological Characteristics in U23 Elite Cyclists. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 7(1). 1–1. 5 indexed citations

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Leo, Peter, et al.. (2021). Power profiling and the power-duration relationship in cycling: a narrative review. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 122(2). 301–316. 57 indexed citations

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Leo, Peter, et al.. (2018). Effects of flat and uphill cycling on the power duration relationship. 7(2). 35. 1 indexed citations

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Hammeke, Thomas A., Michael McCrea, Matthew Verber, et al.. (2013). Acute and Subacute Changes in Neural Activation during the Recovery from Sport-Related Concussion. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 19(8). 863–872. 52 indexed citations

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Sabsevitz, David S., Joseph Bovi, Peter Leo, et al.. (2013). The role of pre-treatment white matter abnormalities in developing white matter changes following whole brain radiation: a volumetric study. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 114(3). 291–297. 6 indexed citations

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Leo, Peter & Anthony J. Greene. (2008). Is awareness necessary for true inference?. Memory & Cognition. 36(6). 1079–1086. 18 indexed citations

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McCrea, Michael, et al.. (2004). Unreported Concussion in High School Football Players. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. 14(1). 13–17. 938 indexed citations breakdown →

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