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Andrew J. Lees publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew J. Lees sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 1,140 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Andrew J. Lees D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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This scientist: 178 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Andrew J. Lees is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their main field of study is Medicine, with a focus on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health as subfields.

The primary topics of their research include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Neurological Disorders and Treatments, Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders, Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, and Neurological Diseases and Metabolism.

Lees has contributed to multiple papers, including the following recent publications:

  • "Brain iron deposition is linked with cognitive severity in Parkinson's disease," 2020, published in Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • "Medical, surgical, and physical treatments for Parkinson's disease," 2024, published in The Lancet
  • "Parkinson's disease determinants, prediction and gene-environment interactions in the UK Biobank," 2020, published in Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • "Genetic determinants of survival in progressive supranuclear palsy: a genome-wide association study," 2020, published in The Lancet Neurology
  • "Regional brain iron and gene expression provide insights into neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease," 2021, published in Brain

Frequent co-authors of Andrew J. Lees include Patrício Soares-da-Silva, Alastair Noyce, Anette Schrag, Rimona S. Weil, and Diogo Magalhães.

Lees's research is frequently published in venues such as Brain, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, Movement Disorders, Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, and Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Accuracy of clinical diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease: a clinico-pathological study of 100 cases.

    A J Hughes;S E Daniel;L Kilford;A J Lees

  • Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): scale presentation and clinimetric testing results.

    Christopher G. Goetz;Barbara C. Tilley;Stephanie R. Shaftman;Glenn T. Stebbins

  • Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: Third report of the DLB Consortium

    I. G. McKeith;I. G. McKeith;D. W. Dickson;J. Lowe;M. Emre

  • The relevance of the Lewy body to the pathogenesis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease.

    W R Gibb;A J Lees

  • AGEING AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE: SUBSTANTIA NIGRA REGIONAL SELECTIVITY

    Julian M. Fearnley;Andrew J. Lees

  • Clinical diagnostic criteria for dementia associated with Parkinson's disease.

    Murat Emre;Dag Aarsland;Dag Aarsland;Richard Brown;David J. Burn

  • Cloning of the Gene Containing Mutations that Cause PARK8-Linked Parkinson's Disease

    Coro Paisán-Ruı́z;Shushant Jain;E.Whitney Evans;William P. Gilks

  • Lewy bodies in grafted neurons in subjects with Parkinson's disease suggest host-to-graft disease propagation.

    Jia-Yi Li;Elisabet Englund;Janice L Holton;Denis Soulet

  • Basal Lipid Peroxidation in Substantia Nigra Is Increased in Parkinson's Disease

    D. T. Dexter;C. J. Carter;F. R. Wells;F. Javoy-Agid

  • Phenotype, genotype, and worldwide genetic penetrance of LRRK2-associated Parkinson's disease: a case-control study

    Daniel G Healy;Mario Falchi;Sean S O'Sullivan;Vincenzo Bonifati

  • Increased Nigral Iron Content and Alterations in Other Metal Ions Occurring in Brain in Parkinson's Disease

    D T Dexter;F R Wells;A J Lees;F Agid

  • Alterations in glutathione levels in Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders affecting basal ganglia

    Jeswinder Sian;D. T. Dexter;A. J. Lees;S. Daniel

  • What features improve the accuracy of clinical diagnosis in Parkinson's disease A clinicopathologic study

    Andrew J. Hughes;Yoav Ben-Shlomo;Susan E. Daniel;Andrew J. Lees

  • Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): Process, format, and clinimetric testing plan.

    Christopher G. Goetz;Stanley Fahn;Pablo Martinez-Martin;Werner Poewe

  • The accuracy of diagnosis of parkinsonian syndromes in a specialist movement disorder service

    Andrew J. Hughes;Susan E. Daniel;Yoav Ben‐Shlomo;Andrew J. Lees

  • Increased nigral iron content in postmortem parkinsonian brain.

    D.T. Dexter;F.R. Wells;F. Agid;Y. Agid

  • A clinicopathologic study of 100 cases of Parkinson's disease.

    Andrew J. Hughes;Susan E. Daniel;Siobhan Blankson;Andrew J. Lees

  • Depression in Parkinson's disease: loss of dopamine and noradrenaline innervation in the limbic system.

    Philippe Remy;Miroslava Doder;Andrew Lees;Nora Turjanski

  • Diagnostic procedures for Parkinson's disease dementia: Recommendations from the movement disorder society task force

    Bruno Dubois;David Burn;Christopher Goetz;Dag Aarsland;Dag Aarsland

  • Improved accuracy of clinical diagnosis of Lewy body Parkinson's disease.

    Andrew J. Hughes;Susan E. Daniel;Andrew J. Lees

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamas Revesz
Tamas Revesz University College London
Janice L. Holton
Janice L. Holton University College London
John Hardy
John Hardy University College London
Sean S. O'Sullivan
Sean S. O'Sullivan Cork University Hospital
Nicholas W. Wood
Nicholas W. Wood University College London
Kailash P. Bhatia
Kailash P. Bhatia University College London
Werner Poewe
Werner Poewe Innsbruck Medical University
Niall Quinn
Niall Quinn University College London
Henry Houlden
Henry Houlden University College London

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