William Leung

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

William Leung is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Physiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Leung has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Epidemiology, 13 papers in Physiology and 12 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in William Leung's work include Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (9 papers), Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research (7 papers) and Epilepsy research and treatment (6 papers). William Leung is often cited by papers focused on Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (9 papers), Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research (7 papers) and Epilepsy research and treatment (6 papers). William Leung collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and New Zealand. William Leung's co-authors include Ian R. Reid, Mark J Bolland, Vicky Tai, Andrew Grey, Greg Gamble, Sonja Bastin, Ralph Maddison, Yannan Jiang, Nicola North and Andrew Kerr and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Oncology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

William Leung

69 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Calcium intake and bone mineral density: systematic review and meta-analysis

2015 274 citations Vicky Tai, William Leung et al. BMJ profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Leung China	21	331	316	274	273	266	77	2.0k
Gro Berntsen Norway	30	702 2.1×	354 1.1×	330 1.2×	280 1.0×	183 0.7×	65	2.3k
Karissa Johnston Canada	25	188 0.6×	233 0.7×	467 1.7×	169 0.6×	150 0.6×	122	2.7k
Nihal Thomas India	28	373 1.1×	257 0.8×	391 1.4×	388 1.4×	425 1.6×	241	3.0k
Josephine M. Norquist United States	25	304 0.9×	279 0.9×	235 0.9×	253 0.9×	178 0.7×	70	2.2k
Kristijan H. Kahler United States	27	191 0.6×	194 0.6×	250 0.9×	192 0.7×	163 0.6×	72	2.9k
José M Ordóñez-Mena United Kingdom	23	130 0.4×	274 0.9×	214 0.8×	359 1.3×	636 2.4×	71	2.1k
Salvador Pita‐Fernández Spain	25	128 0.4×	395 1.3×	240 0.9×	148 0.5×	204 0.8×	108	2.3k
Holger Gothe Germany	20	306 0.9×	269 0.9×	522 1.9×	542 2.0×	102 0.4×	70	2.4k
Petros Pechlivanoglou Canada	31	119 0.4×	235 0.7×	309 1.1×	187 0.7×	120 0.5×	127	2.4k
Vassiliki Benetou Greece	28	266 0.8×	303 1.0×	364 1.3×	904 3.3×	647 2.4×	91	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by William Leung

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Leung

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20 of 20 papers shown

Leung, William, et al.. (2025). Semiautomatic Quantification of ^99mTc‐TRODAT‐1 SPECT Images in Patients With Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease. Journal of Neuroimaging. 35(2). e70038–e70038.

Liu, Xiaodi, David Lam, Tatia M.C. Lee, et al.. (2024). Impact of sleep disturbance on longitudinal cognitive performance in patients with transient ischemic attack or mild stroke. Sleep Medicine. 124. 134–140.

Leung, William, Kay Cheong Teo, Yuen‐Kwun Wong, et al.. (2024). NSAID Allergy Labels Associated With Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Stroke. Stroke. 56(1). 30–38. 4 indexed citations

Karam, José A., Robert G. Uzzo, Axel Bex, et al.. (2024). Adjuvant Atezolizumab in Patients with Sarcomatoid Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Prespecified Subgroup Analysis of IMmotion010. European Urology Oncology. 7(6). 1175–1178. 1 indexed citations

Teo, Kay Cheong, William Leung, Yuen‐Kwun Wong, et al.. (2023). Location-Specific Hematoma Volume Cutoff and Clinical Outcomes in Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Stroke. 54(6). 1548–1557. 22 indexed citations

Bennett, Julie, William Leung, Rachel Webb, et al.. (2022). Medical Treatment for Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Narrative Review. Heart Lung and Circulation. 31(11). 1463–1470. 1 indexed citations

Gordon, Louisa G., William Leung, Richard J. Johns, et al.. (2022). Estimated Healthcare Costs of Melanoma and Keratinocyte Skin Cancers in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in 2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(6). 3178–3178. 35 indexed citations

Biffi, Alessandro, Kay Cheong Teo, William Leung, et al.. (2021). Impact of Uncontrolled Hypertension at 3 Months After Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Journal of the American Heart Association. 10(11). e020392–e020392. 20 indexed citations

Lau, Kui Kai, Alexander Ng, Yuen‐Kwun Wong, et al.. (2021). Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Risk of Recurrent Vascular Events in Chinese Patients With Ischemic Stroke With and Without Significant Atherosclerosis. Journal of the American Heart Association. 10(16). e021855–e021855. 7 indexed citations

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Bristow, Sarah M., Mark J Bolland, Greg Gamble, William Leung, & Ian R. Reid. (2021). Dietary calcium intake and change in bone mineral density in older adults: a systematic review of longitudinal cohort studies. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 76(2). 196–205. 14 indexed citations

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Leung, William, Eric H. Y. Lau, Patrick Kwan, & Richard Shek‐kwan Chang. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 on seizure-related emergency attendances and hospital admissions — A territory-wide observational study. Epilepsy & Behavior. 115. 107497–107497. 15 indexed citations

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Chiu, Annie Ting Gee, et al.. (2020). Changes in pediatric seizure-related emergency department attendances during COVID-19 – A territory-wide observational study. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association. 120(8). 1647–1651. 14 indexed citations

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Chang, Richard Shek‐kwan, et al.. (2019). Efficacy upon 12-weeks after achievement of maximal dose and tolerability of lacosamide as an adjunctive therapy in epilepsy: Real world clinical experience. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 409. 116601–116601. 7 indexed citations

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Anderson, Yvonne C., William Leung, Cameron Grant, et al.. (2018). Economic evaluation of a multi-disciplinary community-based intervention programme for New Zealand children and adolescents with obesity. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice. 12(3). 293–298. 12 indexed citations

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Nghiem, Nhung, Christine Cleghorn, William Leung, et al.. (2017). A national quitline service and its promotion in the mass media: modelling the health gain, health equity and cost–utility. Tobacco Control. 27(4). 434–441. 22 indexed citations

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Leung, William, Giorgi Kvizhinadze, Nisha Nair, & Tony Blakely. (2016). Adjuvant Trastuzumab in HER2-Positive Early Breast Cancer by Age and Hormone Receptor Status: A Cost-Utility Analysis. PLoS Medicine. 13(8). e1002067–e1002067. 17 indexed citations

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Tai, Vicky, William Leung, Andrew Grey, Ian R. Reid, & Mark J Bolland. (2015). Calcium intake and bone mineral density: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 351. h4183–h4183. 274 indexed citations breakdown →

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North, Nicola, William Leung, Toni Ashton, et al.. (2012). Nurse turnover in New Zealand: costs and relationships with staffing practises and patient outcomes. Journal of Nursing Management. 21(3). 419–428. 73 indexed citations

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Tang, Sydney, William Leung, Keith Tse, et al.. (2006). Conversion of ciclosporin A to tacrolimus in kidney transplant recipients with chronic allograft nephropathy. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 21(11). 3243–3251. 14 indexed citations

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Leung, William, et al.. (1993). Usefulness of follicular dendritic cell pattern in classification of peripheral T‐cell lymphomas. Histopathology. 23(5). 433–437. 32 indexed citations

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