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George Davey Smith
Works3,929
Citations419,307
h-index269
i10-index1932
2-year citedness5.99
Mean FWCI*92.55
Top 1%*23
Top 10%*25
ResearchRank IDRRK-A-5013-1843-54
Observed nameGeorge Davey Smith
ORCID0000-0002-1407-8314
Current / last-known institutionUniversity of Bristol, NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Medical Research Council
Research topicsGenetic Associations and Epidemiology · Health disparities and outcomes · Birth, Development, and Health · Advanced Causal Inference Techniques · Public Health and Social Inequalities
Name variantsDavey George Smith, Davey Smith, Davey Smith G, Davey Smith G. Is Mendelian, Davey Smith George, Davey Smith, G, Davey Smith, G., Davey Smith, George, Davey-Smith, George, DaveySmith, George, G D Smith, G D. Smith
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Profile typeResearcher
Works3,929
Citations419,307
h-index269
i10-index1932
Current / last-known affiliationUniversity of Bristol, NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Medical Research Council
ORCID0000-0002-1407-8314
Name variantsDavey George Smith, Davey Smith, Davey Smith G, Davey Smith G. Is Mendelian, Davey Smith George, Davey Smith, G, Davey Smith, G., Davey Smith, George, Davey-Smith, George, DaveySmith, George, G D Smith, G D. Smith
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Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyHealth disparities and outcomesBirth, Development, and HealthAdvanced Causal Inference TechniquesPublic Health and Social Inequalities
Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyHealth disparities and outcomesBirth, Development, and HealthAdvanced Causal Inference TechniquesPublic Health and Social Inequalities
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Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical testArticle · 1997 · 56,702 citations · Open access · FWCI 133.6219 · Full text ↗
Mendelian randomization with invalid instruments: effect estimation and bias detection through Egger regressionArticle · 2015 · 9,816 citations · Open access · FWCI 100.1264 · Full text ↗
Consistent Estimation in Mendelian Randomization with Some Invalid Instruments Using a Weighted Median EstimatorArticle · 2016 · 8,917 citations · Open access · FWCI 126.0247 · Full text ↗
The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenomeArticle · 2018 · 7,954 citations · Open access · FWCI 176.0912 · Full text ↗
‘Mendelian randomization’: can genetic epidemiology contribute to understanding environmental determinants of disease?*Article · 2003 · 5,882 citations · FWCI 31.9984 · Full text ↗
Mendelian randomization: genetic anchors for causal inference in epidemiological studiesReview · 2014 · 4,675 citations · Open access · FWCI 10.7883 · Full text ↗
Mendelian randomization: Using genes as instruments for making causal inferences in epidemiologyArticle · 2007 · 4,618 citations · FWCI 17.2589 · Full text ↗
A Common Variant in the FTO Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult ObesityArticle · 2007 · 4,531 citations · Open access · FWCI 192.4791 · Full text ↗
Reading Mendelian randomisation studies: a guide, glossary, and checklist for cliniciansArticle · 2018 · 4,396 citations · Open access · FWCI 94.2556 · Full text ↗
Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Using Mendelian RandomizationArticle · 2021 · 3,994 citations · Open access · FWCI 297.9546 · Full text ↗
Health inequalities among British civil servants: the Whitehall II studyArticle · 1991 · 3,613 citations · FWCI 55.8774 · Full text ↗
Robust inference in summary data Mendelian randomization via the zero modal pleiotropy assumptionArticle · 2017 · 3,481 citations · Open access · FWCI 49.7391 · Full text ↗
Cohort Profile: The ‘Children of the 90s’—the index offspring of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and ChildrenArticle · 2012 · 2,993 citations · Open access · FWCI 123.7301 · Full text ↗
Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass indexArticle · 2010 · 2,909 citations · Open access · FWCI 145.1275 · Full text ↗
Indicators of socioeconomic position (part 1): Figure 1Article · 2005 · 2,877 citations · Open access · FWCI 40.2558 · Full text ↗
A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputationArticle · 2016 · 2,836 citations · Open access · FWCI 180.42 · Full text ↗
Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continentsReview · 2016 · 2,821 citations · Open access · FWCI 32.2667 · Full text ↗
Orienting the causal relationship between imprecisely measured traits using GWAS summary dataArticle · 2017 · 2,600 citations · Open access · FWCI 25.4141 · Full text ↗
Cohort Profile: The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: ALSPAC mothers cohortArticle · 2012 · 2,494 citations · Open access · FWCI 70.5824 · Full text ↗
Identification of common genetic risk variants for autism spectrum disorderArticle · 2019 · 2,422 citations · Open access · FWCI 156.8422 · Full text ↗
Meta-analysis: Principles and proceduresArticle · 1997 · 2,414 citations · Open access · FWCI 41.7271 · Full text ↗
Systematic Reviews in Health Care : Meta-Analysis in ContextReview · 2000 · 2,307 citations · FWCI 14.2925 · Full text ↗
Mendelian randomizationReview · 2022 · 2,229 citations · Open access · FWCI 69.62 · Full text ↗
Investigating and dealing with publication and other biases in meta-analysisReview · 2001 · 2,225 citations · Open access · FWCI 6.3044 · Full text ↗
New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes riskArticle · 2010 · 2,166 citations · Open access · FWCI 120.9996 · Full text ↗