Straker, Leon PhD
Professor at
Curtin University (CURTIN), Perth
Leading researcher
with 530 publications
in the last 36 years
ORCID:
0000-0002-7786-4128
Pharmacology
, Social Psychology
Career Summary: Professor Leon Straker has a PhD in occupational medicine, a MSc in ergonomics and a BAppSc in physiotherapy. He has over 25 years of experience as a clinician and researcher focused on prevention. He leads a group of researchers at Curtin University focused on technology, activity and health, and was the Scientific Director of the multi-generational longitudinal Raine Study. He is internationally known for his research on how evolving technology has changed the occupational and leisure activity of children and adults and thus their physical and mental health. He currently leads the Healthy research program for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child to provide evidence-based advice for wise use of digital technology by young children. He is evaluating the application of the Goldilocks Principle to the design of occupational tasks with the aim of promoting health. Research Support: He has held two NHMRC Senior Research Fellowships (425513 2007-2011; APP1019980 2012-2016) and continuous NHMRC funding as a chief investigator since 2000. He has been chief investigator on grants worth over $56 million. He currently holds NHMRC Project, NHMRC Partnership, ARC Discovery, ARC Linkage and ARC Centre of Excellence grants, as well as a Danish Work Environment Research Fund grant and a Healthway grants. Publications and citations: He has published over 700 scholarly works including over 350 peer reviewed journal papers and 20 books/book chapters. Over the last five years he has published >20 papers per year. His papers have been cited over 11,000 (Scopus, >20,000 Google Scholar) times with an H index of 53 (Scopus, 79 Google Scholar). His work has received >13,000 mentions on Altmetrics including >250 policy mentions, 81 by WHO. He was named in the 2013 Thompson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers engineering preliminary list. He is ranked #10 globally and #1 in Australia for publications on the topic of children and technology, and #12 globally and #6 nationally on sedentary behaviour and work (Web of Science) and is listed in the top 1% of researchers internationally (Ioannis 2019). Research impact: His research has made a significant difference in industry and the way professionals practice. He lead a national report on sedentary behaviour at work which resulted in excessive occupational sitting being formally recognised as an occupational hazard by SafeWork Australia. He co-chaired a digital policy group to develop the first national statement on use of digital technologies by young children for Early Childhood Australia. Research excellence: The quality of his research has been recognised with a number of awards including ‘lifetime’ research contribution awards from both the Australian Physiotherapy Association and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia in addition to international and local research excellence awards. He has been invited to give >40 keynote addresses in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, United Arab Emirates and South Africa. His research has attracted international mass media interest with TV coverage in Europe, Asia and North America such as BBC news and major print media such as The New York Times and The Times. Supervising research students and post-doctoral researchers: He is a passionate supporter of early career researchers. He has supervised 21 doctoral students, 14 masters students and 28 honours students to successful completion.
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Evolution over the last 10 years of activity
Aggregated career metrics
530
Total documents
3.58
Normalized Impact
138
Highly Cited Papers (10%)
33.4
International Collab. (%)
Most cited publications
Main coauthors
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Dimensions One by One
Spanning 73 diverse indicators, the dimensions considered capture a comprehensive spectrum of academic
attributes.
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Activity
985
/1000
Reflects an author's research output.
Impact
828
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
Excellence
827
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
Leadership
873
/1000
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.
Cooperation
721
/1000
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.
Openness
865
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.
Community Support
0
/1000
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.
Community Recognition
519
/1000
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.
Transference
0
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.
Fundraising
0
/1000
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.
All indicators
Performance
Activity
Reflects an author's research output.
| Documents | 530 | Count of all document types. |
|---|---|---|
| Docs/Year | 14.72 | Average of documents published by author per year. |
| Citable docs | 494 | Count of journal articles, proceeding papers and reviews. |
| Journal Articles | 458 | Documents published as articles in scientific journals usually peer-reviewed. |
| Conferences | 2 | Original article reporting data presented at a conference or symposium. |
| Reviews | 34 | Review papers authored by the researcher. |
| Patents | 0 | Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. |
| Theses | 0 | Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings |
| Books | 1 | A whole monograph or the entire book. |
| Book Chapters | 0 | Complete chapter in a book or book series volume where the item is identified as a chapter by a heading or section indicator. |
| Datasets | 5 | Number of dataset where the author have contributed to the creation. |
| Editorials | 7 | Papers where the author contributed editorial content. |
| Reports | 1 | Research reports or white papers authored. |
| Grants | 0 | Research projects funded through external grants awarded to the author. |
| Pre-Prints | 15 | Number of publications freely available in pre-print format. |
| Clinical Trials | N/A | Number of clinical trials where the author has participated. |
| Other types | 0 | Other type of documents. |
Impact
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
| Citations | 17849 | Total number of citations to all the publications attributed to the author (all types). |
|---|---|---|
| Self Citations | 1491 | Citations where the author references their own previous work. |
| Self Citation Rate | 8.353 | Percentage of self-citations in the author's total citation count. |
| Non Self Citation Rate | 91.647 | Percentage of citations received from sources that are not self-citations. |
| Hot Citations | 720 | Total number of citations recieved in the last 6 months. |
| Citations/Document | 33.68 | Average of citations recieved per document. |
| % Not Cited | 0.0 | Percentage of documents with no citations recieved. |
| Relative Citation Index | 3.584 | Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and discipline. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications. |
| Journal Relative Citation Index | 1.61 | Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and journal. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications. |
| H Index | 66 | Maximum value of h such that the given author has published at least h papers that have each been cited at least h times. |
| G Index | 111 | Maximum value of g such that the given author has published at least g papers that have each been cited at least g^2 times. |
| i10 Index | 296 | Number of documents with at least 10 citations recieved. |
Excellence
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
| Citation Score | 0.691 | Ratio between 0 and 1 being 0 corresponding to the citation percentile being 0 the 0th and 1 the 100th. |
|---|---|---|
| Citation Normalized Percentile | 0.697 | Citation percentile normalized to 1 (0 worst, 1 best) of the position in citations rankin within the field. Provided by OpenAlex. |
| Higly Cited Papers (top 10%) | 138 | Count of publications falling on or above the 90th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Relative Higly Cited Papers | 2.604 | Quotient between the real number of Highly Cited Papers (HCP) and expected number of HCP's that is the 10% of total documents. |
| Outstanding Papers (top 1%) | 9 | Count of publications falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Relative Outstanding Papers | 1.698 | Quotient between the real number of Outstanding Papers (OP) and expected number of OP's that is the 1% of total documents. |
| Outstanding Papers (top 0.1%) | 1 | Count of publications falling on or above the 99.9th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Hot Papers | 11 | Using only the citations recieved in the last 6 months: documents falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
Interaction within community
Leadership
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.
| Docs Leadership | 269 | Number of documents lead by the author. |
|---|---|---|
| % Leadership | 50.75 | Percentage of documents lead by the author. |
| Docs International Leadership | 68 | Number of documents in international collaboration lead by the author. |
| % International Leadership | 12.83 | Percentage of documents in international collaboration lead by the author. |
| Principal Investigator | 0 | Number of times where the author served as the lead researcher in a project. |
| Associations Founded | 0 | Number of associations founded by the author. |
| Societies Founded | 0 | Number of scientific or professional societies established by the author. |
| Foundations Founded | 0 | Number of research-related foundations established by the author. |
| Councils | 0 | Number of councils founded by author. |
Cooperation
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.
| Authors/Paper | 8.09 | Average number of authors per document. |
|---|---|---|
| % Highly Authored Papers | 0.57 | Percentage of documents with 25 or more authors. |
| Countries/Paper | 1.46 | Average number of different countries in the author's affiliation line per document. |
| Docs International Collaboration | 177 | Number of documents reporting two or more different countries in the author's affiliation line. |
| % International Collaboration | 33.4 | Percentage of documents reporting two or more diffetent countries in the author's affiliation line. |
Community Support
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.
| Peer Review Counts | 0 | Number of times the author peer-reviewed publications. |
|---|---|---|
| Society Membership | 0 | Number of societies of wich the author is a member. |
| Society Memberships | 0 | Memberships held by the author in scientific or professional societies. |
| Editorial Board Memberships | 0 | Number of journals where the author has been member of editorial board. |
| Panelists | 0 | Number of times the author have been a panelist in the European Research Council (ERC) calls. |
Community Recognition
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.
| Distinctions | 0 | Number of times the author have recieved a distinction for its career. |
|---|---|---|
| Invitations | 1 | Number of times the author has been invited to talks, professorships, expositions or demonstrations. |
| Talks | 0 | Number of times the author has been invited to talks. |
| Professorships | 0 | Number of times the author has been invited to professorhips. |
| Commissioned Reports | 0 | Commissioned reports done by the author. |
Interaction with society
Openness
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.
| Open Access Documents | 230 | Number of documents in Open Access mode. |
|---|---|---|
| % Open Access Documents | 43.4 | Percentage of documents in Open Access mode. |
| Open Access Gold | 86 | Number of documents published in an OA journal that is indexed by the DOAJ. |
| Open Access Green | 73 | Toll-access on the publisher landing page, but there is a free copy in an OA repository. |
| Open Access Hybrid | 19 | Free under an open license in a toll-access journal. |
| Open Access Bronze | 51 | Free to read on the publisher landing page, but without any identifiable license. |
| Open Access Closed | 300 | Non Open Access documents. |
Transference
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.
| Patents | 0 | Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. |
|---|---|---|
| Advisory Boards | 0 | Number of advisory boards of which the author is member. |
| Companies | 0 | Number of companies created or founded by the author. |
Fundraising
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.
| Funding Counts | 24 | Number of activities reported as funding recieved. |
|---|---|---|
| ERC Grantees | 0 | Researchers awarded grants from the European Research Council. |