Alex McConnachie

26.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
312 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Alex McConnachie is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex McConnachie has authored 312 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 59 papers in General Health Professions and 58 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Alex McConnachie's work include Chronic Disease Management Strategies (28 papers), Heart Failure Treatment and Management (18 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (16 papers). Alex McConnachie is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Disease Management Strategies (28 papers), Heart Failure Treatment and Management (18 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (16 papers). Alex McConnachie collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Alex McConnachie's co-authors include Jillian Morrison, Graham Watt, Philip Wilson, Naveed Sattar, Stewart W Mercer, Ian Ford, K. Moffat, Mark Upton, Sue Ross and Claudia‐Martina Messow and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Alex McConnachie

294 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Cardiac Troponin T and Troponin I in the General Population

2019 211 citations Paul Welsh, Andrew Briggs et al. profile →
5-year follow-up of the randomised Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) of continued support for weight loss maintenance in the UK: an extension study

2024 63 citations Michael EJ Lean, W. S. Leslie et al. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex McConnachie United Kingdom	57	2.6k	2.0k	1.6k	1.6k	1.5k	312	11.1k
Evelyn P Whitlock United States	53	3.3k 1.3×	2.8k 1.4×	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	174	12.5k
Lori Pbert United States	53	2.5k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	967 0.6×	2.4k 1.6×	193	11.2k
Kar Keung Cheng United Kingdom	56	2.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	992 0.6×	2.0k 1.3×	401	11.8k
Susan M. Sereika United States	59	2.4k 0.9×	2.7k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	797 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	414	13.0k
Gbenga Ogedegbe United States	45	1.7k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	977 0.6×	2.6k 1.6×	948 0.6×	145	11.1k
Giovanni Apolone Italy	54	2.1k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	2.0k 1.2×	1.0k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	209	14.9k
John W. Epling United States	53	2.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	2.7k 1.7×	956 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	119	13.1k
Jill A. Hayden Canada	48	1.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	938 0.6×	153	17.0k
Arun S. Karlamangla United States	60	1.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	846 0.5×	2.3k 1.5×	172	11.6k
Elizabeth Loder United States	46	1.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	916 0.6×	2.1k 1.4×	171	14.6k

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Robb, Kathryn A., Ben Young, Michelle Murphy, et al.. (2025). Behavioural interventions to increase uptake of FIT colorectal screening in Scotland (TEMPO): a nationwide, eight-arm, factorial, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 405(10484). 1081–1092. 3 indexed citations

Sykes, Robert, Andrew Morrow, Kenneth Mangion, et al.. (2025). Radiological abnormalities persist following COVID-19 and correlate with impaired health-related quality of life: a prospective cohort study of hospitalised patients. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 12(1). e001985–e001985.

Combet, Emilie, Caroline Haig, Heather Fraser, et al.. (2025). Remotely delivered weight management for people with long COVID and overweight: the randomized wait-list-controlled ReDIRECT trial. Nature Medicine. 31(1). 258–266. 5 indexed citations

Taylor, R., Imran B. Chaudhry, Panniyammakal Jeemon, et al.. (2025). Affordable Cardiac Rehabilitation An Outreach Inter-Disciplinary Strategic Study (ACROSS) – Research Programme Protocol. NIHR Open Research. 5. 41–41.

Brosnahan, Naomi, Alex McConnachie, Caroline Haig, et al.. (2025). Cost-effectiveness of the ReDIRECT/counterweight-plus weight management programme to alleviate symptoms of long COVID. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5592–5592.

Lu, Szu‐Ching, Lucy Thompson, Bengt Hagberg, et al.. (2025). Motor organisation of social play in children with autism. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 22(232). 20250302–20250302.

Lean, Michael EJ, W. S. Leslie, Alison C. Barnes, et al.. (2024). 5-year follow-up of the randomised Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) of continued support for weight loss maintenance in the UK: an extension study. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 12(4). 233–246. 63 indexed citations breakdown →

Lee, Matthew M.Y., Paul Welsh, Colin Berry, et al.. (2023). Association of CA-125 with markers of congestion, and effect of empagliflozin on CA-125 in patients with type 2 diabetes, or prediabetes, and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (SUGAR-DM-HF). European Heart Journal. 44(Supplement_2).

Mitchell, Alison, et al.. (2023). Implanted intrathecal drug delivery systems may be associated with improved survival in patients with cancer. British Journal of Pain. 18(2). 110–119.

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Mooney, Leanne, Colette E. Jackson, Carly Adamson, et al.. (2023). Adverse Outcomes Associated With Interleukin-6 in Patients Recently Hospitalized for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. Circulation Heart Failure. 16(4). 33 indexed citations

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Wijck, Frederike van, Mark Barber, Philippa Dall, et al.. (2020). Experiences of augmented arm rehabilitation including supported self-management after stroke: a qualitative investigation. Clinical Rehabilitation. 35(2). 288–301. 11 indexed citations

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Jackson, Alice M., Ruiqi Zhang, Iain Findlay, et al.. (2019). Healthcare disparities for women hospitalized with myocardial infarction and angina. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes. 6(2). 156–165. 20 indexed citations

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Findlay, Iain, Tamsin Morris, Ruiqi Zhang, et al.. (2018). Linking hospital patient records for suspected or established acute coronary syndrome in a complex secondary care system: a proof-of-concept e-registry in National Health Service Scotland. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes. 4(3). 155–167. 5 indexed citations

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Norman, Jane E., Neil Marlow, Claudia‐Martina Messow, et al.. (2016). Vaginal progesterone prophylaxis for preterm birth (the OPPTIMUM study): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind trial. The Lancet. 387(10033). 2106–2116. 252 indexed citations

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Minnis, Helen, Kathleen Boyd, Christopher Gillberg, et al.. (2016). Protocol 15PRT/6090:The Best Services Trial (BeST?): effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the New Orleans Intervention Model for Infant Mental Health − NCT02653716. The Lancet. 3 indexed citations

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Jahoda, Andrew, Craig Melville, Sally‐Ann Cooper, et al.. (2015). BEAT-IT: Comparing a behavioural activation treatment for depression in adults with intellectual disabilities with an attention control: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 16(1). 595–595. 14 indexed citations

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Miller, Ashley M., David Purves, Alex McConnachie, et al.. (2012). Soluble ST2 Associates with Diabetes but Not Established Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A New Inflammatory Pathway of Relevance to Diabetes?. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e47830–e47830. 56 indexed citations

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Lowrie, Richard, Frances S Mair, Nicola Greenlaw, et al.. (2011). The Heart Failure and Optimal Outcomes from Pharmacy Study (HOOPS): Rationale, Design, and Baseline Characteristics. European Journal of Heart Failure. 13(8). 917–924. 11 indexed citations

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Wade, Alan, G. Crawford, Charles B. Nemeroff, et al.. (2011). Citalopram plus low-dose pipamperone versus citalopram plus placebo in patients with major depressive disorder: an 8-week, double-blind, randomized study on magnitude and timing of clinical response. Psychological Medicine. 41(10). 2089–2097. 10 indexed citations

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Hjalgrim, Henrik, Klaus Rostgaard, P. Johnson, et al.. (2010). HLA-A alleles and infectious mononucleosis suggest a critical role for cytotoxic T-cell response in EBV-related Hodgkin lymphoma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(14). 6400–6405. 73 indexed citations

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