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D-Index
90
Citations
27391
World Ranking
12281
National Ranking
6290

Alexander Leaf publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Leaf sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 278 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Alexander Leaf D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Leaf sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 400 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1978 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1972 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1971 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1952 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Alexander Leaf was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spanned the field of Medicine, with a focus on Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine as subfields.

The main topics addressed in their work included:

  • Abdominal Surgery and Complications
  • Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
  • Esophageal and GI Pathology
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques
  • Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies

Leaf contributed to multiple research publications, with recent papers including:

  • Percutaneous needle decompression for tension pneumoperitoneum during GI endoscopy: a step-by-step guide (2024), published in VideoGIE
  • Correction: Hans Ussing Memorial Issue: Epithelial Membrane Transport (2023), published in The Journal of Membrane Biology
  • S3207 Percutaneous Needle Decompression for Tension Pneumoperitoneum During Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Step-by-Step Guide With Case Examples (2024), published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Frequent co-authors who collaborated with Leaf included:

  • Rahul Karna
  • Giovanni A. Roldan
  • Roberto Osorio Cintron
  • Daniela Guerrero Vinsard
  • Mohammad Bilal

Common venues for their publications were:

  • VideoGIE
  • The Journal of Membrane Biology
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Throughout their career, Leaf received several recognitions, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1972)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (1978)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1971)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1952)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • Cardiovascular effects of n-3 fatty acids

    Alexander Leaf;Peter C. Weber

  • Regulation of cellular volume.

    Anthony D. C. Macknight;Alexander Leaf

  • Clinical Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death by n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Mechanism of Prevention of Arrhythmias by n-3 Fish Oils

    Alexander Leaf;Jing X. Kang;Yong-Fu Xiao;George E. Billman

  • Calcium and ischemic injury

    Joseph Y. Cheung;Joseph V. Bonventre;Charles D. Malis;Alexander Leaf

  • The Role of Cell Swelling in Ischemic Renal Damage and the Protective Effect of Hypertonic Solute

    Jorge Flores;Donald R. DiBona;Clyde H. Beck;Alexander Leaf

  • Prevention of fatal arrhythmias in high-risk subjects by fish oil n-3 fatty acid intake.

    Alexander Leaf;Christine M. Albert;Mark Josephson;David Steinhaus

  • Essentiality of and Recommended Dietary Intakes for Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty Acids

    Artemis P. Simopoulos;Alexander Leaf;Norman Salem

  • Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death by Dietary Pure ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Dogs

    George E. Billman;Jing X. Kang;Alexander Leaf

  • The Krüppel-associated box-A (KRAB-A) domain of zinc finger proteins mediates transcriptional repression

    Ralph Witzgall;Eilleen O'Leary;Alexander Leaf;Dilek Önaldi

  • Blocking effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids on Na+ channels of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes.

    Yong-Fu Xiao;J. X. Kang;A. Leaf

  • EVIDENCE IN MAN THAT URINARY ELECTROLYTE LOSS INDUCED BY PITRESSIN IS A FUNCTION OF WATER RETENTION

    Alexander Leaf;Frederic C. Bartter;Roberto F. Santos;Oliver Wrong

  • Active sodium transport by the isolated toad bladder.

    Alexander Leaf;John Anderson;Lot B. Page

  • Cell swelling. A factor in ischemic tissue injury.

    Alexander Leaf

  • Polyunsaturated fatty acids modulate sodium and calcium currents in CA1 neurons

    M Vreugdenhil;C Bruehl;R A Voskuyl;J X Kang

  • Workshop statement on the essentiality of and recommended dietary intakes for Omega-6 and Omega-3 fatty acids.

    A.P. Simopoulos;A. Leaf;N. Salem

  • Antiarrhythmic Effects of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Recent Studies

    Jing X. Kang;Alexander Leaf

  • Studies on the movement of water through the isolated toad bladder and its modification by vasopressin.

    Richard M. Hays;Alexander Leaf

  • Prevention of fatal cardiac arrhythmias by polyunsaturated fatty acids

    Jing X Kang;Alexander Leaf

  • Do fish oils prevent restenosis after coronary angioplasty

    A Leaf;M B Jorgensen;A K Jacobs;G Cote

  • Fatty acids suppress voltage-gated Na+ currents in HEK293t cells transfected with the α-subunit of the human cardiac Na+ channel

    Yong-Fu Xiao;Sterling N. Wright;Ging Kuo Wang;James P. Morgan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jing X. Kang
Jing X. Kang Harvard University
Joseph V. Bonventre
Joseph V. Bonventre Brigham and Women's Hospital
Joseph Y. Cheung
Joseph Y. Cheung Temple University
Thomas Force
Thomas Force Vanderbilt University
Richard V. Milani
Richard V. Milani University of Queensland
Thomas W. Smith
Thomas W. Smith University of California, Davis
Terry A. Jacobson
Terry A. Jacobson Emory University
Dariush Mozaffarian
Dariush Mozaffarian Tufts University
Richard J. Deckelbaum
Richard J. Deckelbaum Columbia University
William S. Harris
William S. Harris University of South Dakota

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