| The education effect on population health: a reassessment DP Baker, J Leon, EG Smith Greenaway, J Collins, M Movit Population and development review 37 (2), 307-332, 2011 | 291 | 2011 |
| Psychometric characteristics of cognitive development and achievement instruments in Round 3 of Young Lives S Cueto, J Leon Young Lives, 2012 | 201 | 2012 |
| Understanding the association between maternal education and use of health services in Ghana: exploring the role of health knowledge ES Greenaway, J Leon, DP Baker Journal of biosocial science 44 (6), 733-747, 2012 | 81 | 2012 |
| Explaining the effect of education on health: A field study in Ghana E Peters, DP Baker, NF Dieckmann, J Leon, J Collins Psychological science 21 (10), 1369-1376, 2010 | 78 | 2010 |
| Las actitudes de los estudiantes peruanos hacia la lectura, la escritura, la matemática y las lenguas indígenas S Cueto, J León, F Andrade MISC 44, 75, 2003 | 78 | 2003 |
| Creating effective teaching and learning environments: First results from TALIS. OECD. Publishing, ... Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009 | 62 | 2009 |
| Opportunities to learn and achievement in mathematics in a sample of sixth grade students in Lima, Peru S Cueto, C Ramirez, J Leon Educational Studies in Mathematics 62 (1), 25-55, 2006 | 58 | 2006 |
| Promoting early childhood development through a public programme: Wawa Wasi in Peru S Cueto, G Guerrero, J Leon, A Zevallos, C Sugimaru Young Lives, 2009 | 50 | 2009 |
| Facts, attitudes, and health reasoning about HIV and AIDS: explaining the education effect on condom use among adults in sub-Saharan Africa DP Baker, J Leon, JM Collins AIDS and Behavior 15 (7), 1319-1327, 2011 | 48 | 2011 |
| Risk factor or social vaccine? The historical progression of the role of education in HIV and AIDS infection in Sub-Saharan Africa DP Baker, JM Collins, J Leon Prospects 38 (4), 467-486, 2008 | 47 | 2008 |
| Oportunidades de aprendizaje y rendimiento en matemática en una muestra de estudiantes de sexto grado de primaria de Lima S Cueto, J León, C Ramírez, O Pain MISC 43, 94, 2003 | 47* | 2003 |
| One hundred years of elementary school mathematics in the United States: A content analysis and cognitive assessment of textbooks from 1900 to 2000 D Baker, H Knipe, J Collins, J Leon, E Cummings, C Blair, D Gamson Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 383-423, 2010 | 45 | 2010 |
| The cognitive impact of the education revolution: A possible cause of the Flynn Effect on population IQ DP Baker, PJ Eslinger, M Benavides, E Peters, NF Dieckmann, J Leon Intelligence 49, 144-158, 2015 | 43 | 2015 |
| The relationship between socioeconomic status at age one, opportunities to learn and achievement in mathematics in fourth grade in Peru S Cueto, G Guerrero, J León, M Zapata, S Freire Oxford Review of Education 40 (1), 50-72, 2014 | 41 | 2014 |
| Desigualdades educativas y segregación en el sistema educativo peruano. Una mirada comparativa de las pruebas PISA 2000 y 2009 M Benavides, J León, M Etesse Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo, 2014 | 39 | 2014 |
| Estado de la educación en el Perú. Análisis y perspectivas de la educación básica C Guadalupe, J León, JS Rodríguez, S Vargas Libros no PUCP/Books other publishers, 2017 | 36 | 2017 |
| Oportunidades de aprendizaje y rendimiento en comunicación integral de estudiantes en tercer y cuarto grado de primaria en Lima y Ayacucho S Cueto, J León, C Ramírez, S Azañedo MISC, 2006 | 36 | 2006 |
| What works to improve teacher attendance in developing countries?: A systematic review G Guerrero, J Leon, M Zapata, C Sugimaru, S Cueto EPPI-Centre, 2012 | 35 | 2012 |
| Oportunidades de aprendizaje y rendimiento en matemática de los estudiantes de tercero y cuarto grados de primaria en Lima y Ayacucho S Cueto, C Ramírez, J León, G Guerrero MISC, 2004 | 32 | 2004 |
| Entre el estudio y el trabajo: Las decisiones de los jóvenes peruanos después de concluir la educación básica regular J León, C Sugimaru MISC 11, 51, 2013 | 29 | 2013 |