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D-Index
77
Citations
26424
World Ranking
18313
National Ranking
9139

Leon Axel 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 Leon Axel sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 485 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leon Axel 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 Leon Axel 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: 77 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% 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

  • 2016 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association

Best Publications

  • Clearance systems in the brain—implications for Alzheimer disease

    Jenna M. Tarasoff-Conway;Roxana O. Carare;Ricardo S. Osorio;Lidia Glodzik

  • MR imaging of motion with spatial modulation of magnetization.

    L Axel;L Dougherty

  • Cerebral blood flow determination by rapid-sequence computed tomography: theoretical analysis.

    L Axel

  • Heart wall motion: improved method of spatial modulation of magnetization for MR imaging.

    L Axel;L Dougherty

  • XD-GRASP: Golden-angle radial MRI with reconstruction of extra motion-state dimensions using compressed sensing.

    Li Feng;Leon Axel;Hersh Chandarana;Kai Tobias Block

  • Blood flow effects in magnetic resonance imaging.

    L Axel

  • Mechanisms of myocardial infarction in women without angiographically obstructive coronary artery disease.

    Harmony R. Reynolds;Monvadi B. Srichai;Sohah N. Iqbal;James N. Slater

  • Three-dimensional left ventricular deformation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

    Alistair A. Young;Christopher M. Kramer;Victor A. Ferrari;Leon Axel

  • Quality assurance methods and phantoms for magnetic resonance imaging: report of AAPM nuclear magnetic resonance Task Group No. 1.

    Ronald R. Price;Leon Axel;Tommie Morgan;Robert Newman

  • Difference between liver and spleen CT numbers in the normal adult: its usefulness in predicting the presence of diffuse liver disease.

    J Piekarski;H I Goldberg;S A Royal;L Axel

  • Three-dimensional motion and deformation of the heart wall: estimation with spatial modulation of magnetization--a model-based approach.

    A A Young;L Axel

  • Intensity correction in surface-coil MR imaging

    L Axel;J Costantini;J Listerud

  • Analysis of left ventricular wall motion based on volumetric deformable models and MRI-SPAMM

    Jinah Park;Dimitris N. Metaxas;Leon Axel

  • Regional differences in function within noninfarcted myocardium during left ventricular remodeling.

    C. M. Kramer;J. A. C. Lima;N. Reichek;V. A. Ferrari

  • Avascular necrosis of the hip: comparison of MR, CT, and scintigraphy.

    Mitchell;HL Kundel;ME Steinberg;HY Kressel

  • Breath-hold ultrafast three-dimensional gadolinium-enhanced MR angiography of the aorta and the renal and other visceral abdominal arteries.

    G A Holland;L Dougherty;J P Carpenter;M A Golden

  • Rapid B1+ mapping using a preconditioning RF pulse with TurboFLASH readout

    Sohae Chung;Daniel Kim;Elodie Breton;Leon Axel

  • Myocardial first-pass perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance: history, theory, and current state of the art.

    Bernhard L Gerber;Subha V Raman;Krishna Nayak;Frederick H Epstein

  • Circumferential myocardial shortening in the normal human left ventricle. Assessment by magnetic resonance imaging using spatial modulation of magnetization.

    N R Clark;N Reichek;P Bergey;E A Hoffman

  • Deformable models with parameter functions for cardiac motion analysis from tagged MRI data

    Jinah Park;D. Metaxas;A.A. Young;L. Axel

Frequent Co-Authors

Dimitris N. Metaxas
Dimitris N. Metaxas Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Herbert Y. Kressel
Herbert Y. Kressel Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Nathaniel Reichek
Nathaniel Reichek Stony Brook University
Ricardo Otazo
Ricardo Otazo Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Daniel K. Sodickson
Daniel K. Sodickson New York University
Shaoting Zhang
Shaoting Zhang University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Zahi A. Fayad
Zahi A. Fayad Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Junzhou Huang
Junzhou Huang The University of Texas at Arlington
Xiaolei Huang
Xiaolei Huang Pennsylvania State University
Gabor T. Herman
Gabor T. Herman City University of New York

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