| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Risk‐of‐bias VISualization (robvis): An R package and Shiny web app for visualizing risk‐of‐bias assessments | Research Synthesis Methods | 2021 | 1,646 |
| 2 | Triangulation in aetiological epidemiology | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2016 | 630 |
| 3 | Commentary: Two-sample Mendelian randomization: opportunities and challenges | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2016 | 494 |
| 4 | Genome-wide association analyses of chronotype in 697,828 individuals provides insights into circadian rhythms | Nature Communications | 2019 | 417 |
| 5 | Genome-wide association study identifies genetic loci for self-reported habitual sleep duration supported by accelerometer-derived estimates | Nature Communications | 2019 | 369 |
| 6 | The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids | Nature | 2021 | 353 |
| 7 | Mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in two longitudinal UK population cohorts | British Journal of Psychiatry | 2021 | 330 |
| 8 | Gamification for health promotion: systematic review of behaviour change techniques in smartphone apps | BMJ Open | 2016 | 316 |
| 9 | Causal mechanisms and balancing selection inferred from genetic associations with polycystic ovary syndrome | Nature Communications | 2015 | 304 |
| 10 | Maternal body mass index, gestational weight gain, and the risk of overweight and obesity across childhood: An individual participant data meta-analysis | PLoS Medicine | 2019 | 291 |
| 11 | Genome-wide association analyses of sleep disturbance traits identify new loci and highlight shared genetics with neuropsychiatric and metabolic traits | Nature Genetics | 2017 | 280 |
| 12 | Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index | Human Molecular Genetics | 2016 | 275 |
| 13 | Biological and clinical insights from genetics of insomnia symptoms | Nature Genetics | 2019 | 250 |
| 14 | Collaborative meta-analysis finds no evidence of a strong interaction between stress and 5-HTTLPR genotype contributing to the development of depression | Molecular Psychiatry | 2018 | 247 |
| 15 | Long COVID burden and risk factors in 10 UK longitudinal studies and electronic health records | Nature Communications | 2022 | 243 |
| 16 | Data Resource Profile: Accessible Resource for Integrated Epigenomic Studies (ARIES) | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2015 | 238 |
| 17 | Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel loci for chronotype in 100,420 individuals from the UK Biobank | Nature Communications | 2016 | 237 |
| 18 | Variants in the fetal genome near FLT1 are associated with risk of preeclampsia | Nature Genetics | 2017 | 205 |
| 19 | Genome sequencing elucidates Sardinian genetic architecture and augments association analyses for lipid and blood inflammatory markers | Nature Genetics | 2015 | 193 |
| 20 | Exploring the association of genetic factors with participation in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2018 | 174 |
| 21 | Smoking as a risk factor for lung cancer in women and men: a systematic review and meta-analysis | BMJ Open | 2018 | 163 |
| 22 | Linear spline multilevel models for summarising childhood growth trajectories: A guide to their application using examples from five birth cohorts | Statistical Methods in Medical Research | 2016 | 159 |
| 23 | Maternal Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Newborn DNA Methylation: Findings From the Pregnancy and Childhood Epigenetics Consortium | Diabetes Care | 2020 | 145 |
| 24 | Phenotypic Dissection of Bone Mineral Density Reveals Skeletal Site Specificity and Facilitates the Identification of Novel Loci in the Genetic Regulation of Bone Mass Attainment | PLoS Genetics | 2014 | 134 |
| 25 | The tale wagged by the DAG: broadening the scope of causal inference and explanation for epidemiology | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2016 | 133 |
| 26 | Adverse childhood experiences: Prevalence and related factors in adolescents of a Brazilian birth cohort | Child Abuse and Neglect | 2016 | 124 |
| 27 | Genome-wide association analysis of self-reported daytime sleepiness identifies 42 loci that suggest biological subtypes | Nature Communications | 2019 | 117 |
| 28 | Associations of adverse childhood experiences with educational attainment and adolescent health and the role of family and socioeconomic factors: A prospective cohort study in the UK | PLoS Medicine | 2020 | 112 |
| 29 | Weight trajectories through infancy and childhood and risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adolescence: The ALSPAC study | Journal of Hepatology | 2014 | 107 |
| 30 | Genetic predictors of participation in optional components of UK Biobank | Nature Communications | 2021 | 106 |
| 31 | Customised and Noncustomised Birth Weight Centiles and Prediction of Stillbirth and Infant Mortality and Morbidity: A Cohort Study of 979,912 Term Singleton Pregnancies in Scotland | PLoS Medicine | 2017 | 98 |
| 32 | Identifying Critical Points of Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms from Childhood to Young Adulthood | Journal of Youth and Adolescence | 2019 | 97 |
| 33 | Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits | PLoS Genetics | 2020 | 95 |
| 34 | Associations of Body Mass and Fat Indexes With Cardiometabolic Traits | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2018 | 93 |
| 35 | Prescription Opioid Use and Risk for Major Depressive Disorder and Anxiety and Stress-Related Disorders | JAMA Psychiatry | 2021 | 93 |
| 36 | Metabolic characterization of menopause: cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence | BMC Medicine | 2018 | 91 |
| 37 | Infant adiposity following a randomised controlled trial of a behavioural intervention in obese pregnancy | International Journal of Obesity | 2017 | 89 |
| 38 | Metabolic profiling of gestational diabetes in obese women during pregnancy | Diabetologia | 2017 | 89 |
| 39 | Genome-wide association study of height-adjusted BMI in childhood identifies functional variant inADCY3 | Obesity | 2014 | 86 |
| 40 | GWAS on longitudinal growth traits reveals different genetic factors influencing infant, child, and adult BMI | Science Advances | 2019 | 86 |
| 41 | Associations of autozygosity with a broad range of human phenotypes | Nature Communications | 2019 | 84 |
| 42 | Gene–environment correlations and causal effects of childhood maltreatment on physical and mental health: a genetically informed approach | Lancet Psychiatry,the | 2021 | 84 |
| 43 | Childhood adversity and DNA methylation in two population-based cohorts | Translational Psychiatry | 2018 | 83 |
| 44 | Associations between smoking and caffeine consumption in two European cohorts | Addiction | 2016 | 80 |
| 45 | Investigating causal relations between sleep traits and risk of breast cancer in women: mendelian randomisation study | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2019 | 79 |
| 46 | Liver Function and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study | Diabetes | 2019 | 79 |
| 47 | Comparisons between countries are essential for the control of COVID-19 | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2020 | 78 |
| 48 | Adiposity, metabolites, and colorectal cancer risk: Mendelian randomization study | BMC Medicine | 2020 | 76 |
| 49 | Whole-genome sequence-based analysis of thyroid function | Nature Communications | 2015 | 75 |
| 50 | The identification and treatment of women with hyperglycaemia in pregnancy: an analysis of individual participant data, systematic reviews, meta-analyses and an economic evaluation | Health Technology Assessment | 2016 | 71 |
