| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Mendelian randomization with invalid instruments: effect estimation and bias detection through Egger regression | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2015 | 4,680 |
| 2 | ‘Mendelian randomization’: can genetic epidemiology contribute to understanding environmental determinants of disease?* | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2003 | 4,018 |
| 3 | Sick Individuals and Sick Populations | International Journal of Epidemiology | 1985 | 2,515 |
| 4 | Cohort Profile: The ‘Children of the 90s’—the index offspring of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2013 | 2,436 |
| 5 | Meta-analyses involving cross-over trials: methodological issues | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2002 | 1,999 |
| 6 | Data Resource Profile: Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2015 | 1,969 |
| 7 | Cohort Profile: The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: ALSPAC mothers cohort | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2013 | 1,954 |
| 8 | The global prevalence of common mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis 1980–2013 | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2014 | 1,879 |
| 9 | Sick individuals and sick populations | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2001 | 1,818 |
| 10 | A life course approach to chronic disease epidemiology: conceptual models, empirical challenges and interdisciplinary perspectives | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2002 | 1,784 |
| 11 | Cohort Profile: The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2014 | 1,772 |
| 12 | The role of conceptual frameworks in epidemiological analysis: a hierarchical approach. | International Journal of Epidemiology | 1997 | 1,771 |
| 13 | Fetal origins of adult disease: strength of effects and biological basis | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2002 | 1,701 |
| 14 | Data Resource Profile: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2014 | 1,575 |
| 15 | Health by association? Social capital, social theory, and the political economy of public health | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2004 | 1,566 |
| 16 | Interrupted time series regression for the evaluation of public health interventions: a tutorial | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2017 | 1,552 |
| 17 | Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality—a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2017 | 1,491 |
| 18 | Theories for social epidemiology in the 21st century: an ecosocial perspective | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2001 | 1,425 |
| 19 | Avoiding bias from weak instruments in Mendelian randomization studies | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2011 | 1,416 |
| 20 | Robust inference in summary data Mendelian randomization via the zero modal pleiotropy assumption | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2017 | 1,407 |
| 21 | Data Resource Profile: The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2013 | 1,400 |
| 22 | Regression to the mean: what it is and how to deal with it | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2004 | 1,355 |
| 23 | Tools for assessing quality and susceptibility to bias in observational studies in epidemiology: a systematic review and annotated bibliography | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2007 | 1,302 |
| 24 | A systematic review of empirical research on self-reported racism and health | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2006 | 1,275 |
| 25 | Cohort Profile: the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2014 | 1,250 |
| 26 | ADHD prevalence estimates across three decades: an updated systematic review and meta-regression analysis | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2014 | 1,227 |
| 27 | Fruit and vegetables, and cardiovascular disease: a review. | International Journal of Epidemiology | 1997 | 1,225 |
| 28 | MendelianRandomization: an R package for performing Mendelian randomization analyses using summarized data | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2017 | 1,178 |
| 29 | The SARS, MERS and novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemics, the newest and biggest global health threats: what lessons have we learned? | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2020 | 1,110 |
| 30 | Calculating statistical power in Mendelian randomization studies | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2013 | 1,084 |
| 31 | A life course approach to chronic disease epidemiology: conceptual models, empirical challenges and interdisciplinary perspectives | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2002 | 1,079 |
| 32 | Edinburgh Artery Study: Prevalence of Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease in the General Population | International Journal of Epidemiology | 1991 | 1,050 |
| 33 | Cohort Profile: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2013 | 1,019 |
| 34 | The use of fractional polynomials to model continuous risk variables in epidemiology | International Journal of Epidemiology | 1999 | 966 |
| 35 | Suicide by intentional ingestion of pesticides: a continuing tragedy in developing countries | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2003 | 955 |
| 36 | Reproducibility and Validity of a Self-Administered Physical Activity Questionnaire | International Journal of Epidemiology | 1994 | 951 |
| 37 | Cohort Profile: The National Health Insurance Service–National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC), South Korea | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2017 | 939 |
| 38 | Food-Based Validation of a Dietary Questionnaire: The Effects of Week-to-Week Variation in Food Consumption | International Journal of Epidemiology | 1989 | 936 |
| 39 | The exposome: from concept to utility | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2012 | 933 |
| 40 | Salt intakes around the world: implications for public health | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2009 | 928 |
| 41 | Physical activity change during adolescence: a systematic review and a pooled analysis | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2011 | 919 |
| 42 | Robust causal inference using directed acyclic graphs: the R package ‘dagitty’ | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2016 | 900 |
| 43 | The emerging epidemic of obesity in developing countries | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2006 | 888 |
| 44 | Cohort profile: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2006 | 886 |
| 45 | Cohort Profile: The HUNT Study, Norway | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2013 | 886 |
| 46 | Cohort Profile: The Study of Health in Pomerania | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2011 | 876 |
| 47 | An introduction to instrumental variables for epidemiologists | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2000 | 863 |
| 48 | Cohort profile: 1958 British birth cohort (National Child Development Study) | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2006 | 846 |
| 49 | Mendelian randomization: prospects, potentials, and limitations | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2004 | 833 |
| 50 | Recommendations for presenting analyses of effect modification and interaction | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2012 | 800 |
