S. Leonard Syme

24.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
123 papers, 18.0k citations indexed

About

S. Leonard Syme is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Leonard Syme has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 18.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in General Health Professions, 29 papers in Health and 16 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in S. Leonard Syme's work include Health disparities and outcomes (28 papers), Workplace Health and Well-being (13 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (12 papers). S. Leonard Syme is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (28 papers), Workplace Health and Well-being (13 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (12 papers). S. Leonard Syme collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. S. Leonard Syme's co-authors include Lisa Berkman, Sheldon Cohen, Catherine E. Ross, Michael Marmot, Nancy E. Adler, Irene H. Yen, Margaret A. Chesney, Robert L. Kahn, Susan Folkman and Thomas G. Boyce and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Annals of Internal Medicine and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

S. Leonard Syme

121 papers receiving 16.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

SOCIAL NETWORKS, HOST RESISTANCE, AND MORTALITY: A NINE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF ALAMEDA COUNTY RESIDENTS

1979 3.8k citations S. Leonard Syme et al. American Journal of Epidemiology profile →
Social Support and Health.

1986 3.2k citations S. Leonard Syme et al. profile →
Socioeconomic status and health: The challenge of the gradient.

1994 1.9k citations Nancy E. Adler, S. Leonard Syme et al. profile →
Sickness absence as a measure of health status and functioning: from the UK Whitehall II study.

1995 560 citations S. Leonard Syme et al. profile →
Issues in the study and application of social support.

1985 479 citations S. Leonard Syme et al. profile →
Social Isolation: A Predictor of Mortality Comparable to Traditional Clinical Risk Factors

2013 470 citations S. Leonard Syme et al. American Journal of Public Health profile →
SOCIAL CLASS, SUSCEPTIBILITY AND SICKNESS

1976 449 citations S. Leonard Syme et al. American Journal of Epidemiology profile →
Epidemiologic studies of coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii and California: Demographic, physical, dietary and biochemical characteristics

1974 433 citations S. Leonard Syme et al. profile →

Peers

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Stanislav V. Kasl United States

Ellen Idler United States

James S. House United States

Linda K. George United States

George A. Kaplan United States

Yael Benyamini Israel

Jussi Vahtera Finland

Marko Elovainio Finland

Pekka Martikainen Finland

Sherman A. James United States

Stanislav V. Kasl United States

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3.8k ×0.6

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2.3k ×0.7

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3.7k ×1.3

2.5k ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by S. Leonard Syme

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Citations

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Leonard Syme

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Syme, S. Leonard, et al.. (2020). Sex Differences in Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Circulating Endothelial Cells in Response to Acute Exercise. TopSCHOLAR (Western Kentucky University). 9(8). 49. 1 indexed citations

Allen, Amani M., Marilyn D. Thomas, Eli K. Michaels, et al.. (2018). Racial discrimination, educational attainment, and biological dysregulation among midlife African American women. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 99. 225–235. 82 indexed citations

Kaplan, George A., et al.. (2017). Socioeconomic Status and Health. Academic Studies Press eBooks. 135–149. 3 indexed citations

Nayak, Shilpa, Alan Hubbard, Stephen Sidney, & S. Leonard Syme. (2016). Characteristics associated with self-rated health in the CARDIA study: Contextualising health determinants by income group. Preventive Medicine Reports. 4. 199–208. 9 indexed citations

Chae, David H., Karen D. Lincoln, Nancy E. Adler, & S. Leonard Syme. (2010). Do experiences of racial discrimination predict cardiovascular disease among African American men? The moderating role of internalized negative racial group attitudes. Social Science & Medicine. 71(6). 1182–1188. 102 indexed citations

Syme, S. Leonard & Miranda Ritterman Weintraub. (2009). The importance of community development for health and well-being. 1–13. 17 indexed citations

Weintraub, Miranda Ritterman, Lia C. H. Fernald, Emily J. Ozer, et al.. (2009). Objective and subjective social class gradients for substance use among Mexican adolescents. Social Science & Medicine. 68(10). 1843–1851. 62 indexed citations

Ahern, Jennifer, et al.. (2008). "Culture of Drinking" and Individual Problems with Alcohol Use. American Journal of Epidemiology. 167(9). 1041–1049. 103 indexed citations

Syme, S. Leonard. (2008). The Science of Team Science. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 35(2). S94–S95. 42 indexed citations

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Syme, S. Leonard. (2007). The prevention of disease and promotion of health: the need for a new approach. European Journal of Public Health. 17(4). 329–330. 22 indexed citations

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Syme, S. Leonard. (2003). Promoting Health & Preventing Disease: How Will We Meet the Challenge of Behavior Change?. Social Marketing Quarterly. 8(4). 64–66. 2 indexed citations

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Syme, S. Leonard. (1998). Social and Economic Disparities in Health: Thoughts about Intervention. Milbank Quarterly. 76(3). 493–505. 75 indexed citations

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Greiner, Birgit A., David R. Ragland, Niklas Krause, S. Leonard Syme, & June M. Fisher. (1997). Objective measurement of occupational stress factors: An example with San Francisco urban transit operators.. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 2(4). 325–342. 64 indexed citations

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Albright, Cheryl L., Marilyn A. Winkleby, David R. Ragland, Jonathan Fisher, & S. Leonard Syme. (1992). Job strain and prevalence of hypertension in a biracial population of urban bus drivers.. American Journal of Public Health. 82(7). 984–989. 83 indexed citations

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Ragland, David R., et al.. (1992). Longitudinal Prediction of Adult Blood Pressure from Juvenile Blood Pressure Levels. American Journal of Epidemiology. 136(6). 633–645. 130 indexed citations

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Ragland, David R., et al.. (1991). Hostility and Coronary Artery Disease. American Journal of Epidemiology. 133(2). 112–122. 52 indexed citations

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Ragland, David R., et al.. (1991). Blood Pressure in Mexican Americans, Whites, and Blacks. American Journal of Epidemiology. 134(4). 370–378. 43 indexed citations

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Kaplan, G. A, J T Salonen, Richard. D. Cohen, et al.. (1988). SOCIAL CONNECTIONS AND MORTALITY FROM ALL CAUSES AND FROM CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: PROSPECTIVE EVIDENCE FROM EASTERN FINLAND. American Journal of Epidemiology. 128(2). 370–380. 312 indexed citations

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Krantz, David S., Vincent DeQuattro, H Blackburn, et al.. (1987). Psychosocial factors in hypertension.: Psychosocial factors in hypertension. Circulation. 76. 1 indexed citations

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Syme, S. Leonard. (1984). Social support and risk reduction. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. 4(3). 44–54. 1 indexed citations

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