Amy E. Taylor

13.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
95 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Amy E. Taylor is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Amy E. Taylor has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Physiology, 30 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 22 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Amy E. Taylor's work include Smoking Behavior and Cessation (30 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (20 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (19 papers). Amy E. Taylor is often cited by papers focused on Smoking Behavior and Cessation (30 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (20 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (19 papers). Amy E. Taylor collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Norway. Amy E. Taylor's co-authors include Marcus R. Munafò, Casper Goffman, George Davey Smith, Meryem Grabski, Meg Fluharty, Adela Langrock, Janellen Huttenlocher, Susan C. Levine, Neil M Davies and Kate Tilling and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Amy E. Taylor

91 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. The Association of Cigarette Smoking With Depression and Anxiety: A Systematic Review
    2016 805 citations Amy E. Taylor, Marcus R. Munafò et al. Nicotine & Tobacco Research profile →
  2. Introduction to Functional Analysis.
    1959 710 citations Amy E. Taylor et al. profile →
  3. Mendelian randomisation for mediation analysis: current methods and challenges for implementation
    2021 587 citations Alice R Carter, Rebecca C. Richmond et al. profile →
  4. Collider scope: when selection bias can substantially influence observed associations
    2017 478 citations Marcus R. Munafò, Amy E. Taylor et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Amy E. Taylor 1.2k 1.2k 895 749 513 95 6.1k
John D. Fisk 888 0.7× 692 0.6× 612 0.7× 600 0.8× 1.3k 2.5× 246 12.9k
Mary Lou Smith 611 0.5× 567 0.5× 403 0.5× 430 0.6× 387 0.8× 282 9.3k
Paul S. Horn 1.0k 0.8× 471 0.4× 433 0.5× 1.5k 2.0× 610 1.2× 308 7.8k
Maria Feychting 1.1k 0.9× 800 0.7× 1.4k 1.5× 1.1k 1.4× 1.9k 3.6× 241 14.0k
James Bentham 1.4k 1.1× 459 0.4× 1.9k 2.2× 1.0k 1.4× 789 1.5× 13 6.8k
John C. Marshall 380 0.3× 221 0.2× 437 0.5× 486 0.6× 1.7k 3.4× 152 13.2k
Chris Frost 2.6k 2.1× 312 0.3× 1.4k 1.6× 1.9k 2.5× 799 1.6× 220 14.1k
Clifford Qualls 2.0k 1.6× 720 0.6× 1.3k 1.5× 1.0k 1.4× 2.0k 3.9× 296 11.6k
Ralph H. B. Benedict 1.0k 0.8× 165 0.1× 571 0.6× 1.3k 1.8× 963 1.9× 344 20.9k
Danielle Harvey 4.2k 3.4× 801 0.7× 678 0.8× 1.6k 2.1× 1.0k 2.0× 229 15.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Amy E. Taylor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amy E. Taylor

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All Works

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East, Katherine, Ann McNeill, Ioannis Bakolis, et al.. (2025). Perceived Harm of Vaping Relative to Smoking and Associations With Subsequent Smoking and Vaping Behaviors Among Young Adults: Evidence From a UK Cohort Study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 27(8). 1479–1485.
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Carter, Alice R, Sean Harrison, Dipender Gill, et al.. (2022). Educational attainment as a modifier for the effect of polygenic scores for cardiovascular risk factors: cross-sectional and prospective analysis of UK Biobank. International Journal of Epidemiology. 51(3). 885–897. 8 indexed citations
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Khouja, Jasmine, Robyn E. Wootton, Amy E. Taylor, George Davey Smith, & Marcus R. Munafò. (2021). Association of genetic liability to smoking initiation with e-cigarette use in young adults: A cohort study. PLoS Medicine. 18(3). e1003555–e1003555. 33 indexed citations
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Carter, Alice R, Diana L. Santos Ferreira, Amy E. Taylor, et al.. (2020). Role of the Metabolic Profile in Mediating the Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Left Ventricular Mass in Adolescents: Analysis of a Prospective Cohort Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 9(20). e016564–e016564. 5 indexed citations
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Davies, Neil M, Amy E. Taylor, Gemma Taylor, et al.. (2020). Varenicline versus nicotine replacement therapy for long-term smoking cessation: an observational study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Health Technology Assessment. 24(9). 1–46. 7 indexed citations
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Lawn, Rebecca B., Hannah Sallis, Amy E. Taylor, et al.. (2019). Schizophrenia risk and reproductive success: a Mendelian randomization study. Royal Society Open Science. 6(3). 181049–181049. 15 indexed citations
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Itani, Taha, Dheeraj Rai, Tim Jones, et al.. (2019). Long-term effectiveness and safety of varenicline and nicotine replacement therapy in people with neurodevelopmental disorders: A prospective cohort study. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 19488–19488. 6 indexed citations
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Taylor, Gemma, Taha Itani, Kyla H Thomas, et al.. (2019). Prescribing Prevalence, Effectiveness, and Mental Health Safety of Smoking Cessation Medicines in Patients With Mental Disorders. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 22(1). 48–57. 45 indexed citations
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Treur, Jorien L., et al.. (2018). Investigating genetic correlations and causal effects between caffeine consumption and sleep behaviours. Journal of Sleep Research. 27(5). e12695–e12695. 11 indexed citations
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Davies, Neil M, Gemma Taylor, Amy E. Taylor, et al.. (2018). The effects of prescribing varenicline on two‐year health outcomes: an observational cohort study using electronic medical records. Addiction. 113(6). 1105–1116. 9 indexed citations
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Munafò, Marcus R., et al.. (2018). Evidence for Genetic Correlations and Bidirectional, Causal Effects Between Smoking and Sleep Behaviors. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 21(6). 731–738. 43 indexed citations
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Caramaschi, Doretta, Amy E. Taylor, Rebecca C. Richmond, et al.. (2018). Maternal smoking during pregnancy and autism: using causal inference methods in a birth cohort study. Translational Psychiatry. 8(1). 262–262. 32 indexed citations
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Taylor, Amy E., George Davey Smith, & Marcus R. Munafò. (2017). Associations of coffee genetic risk scores with consumption of coffee, tea and other beverages in the UK Biobank. Addiction. 113(1). 148–157. 25 indexed citations
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Taylor, Amy E., David Carslake, Christian Loret de Mola, et al.. (2017). Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy and Offspring Depression: a cross cohort and negative control study. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 12579–12579. 37 indexed citations
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Taylor, Amy E., Jennifer J. Ware, Suzanne H. Gage, George Davey Smith, & Marcus R. Munafò. (2014). Using molecular genetic information to infer causality in observational data: Mendelian randomisation. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 2. 39–45. 1 indexed citations
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Taylor, Amy E., Neil M Davies, Jennifer J. Ware, et al.. (2013). Mendelian randomization in health research: Using appropriate genetic variants and avoiding biased estimates. Economics & Human Biology. 13. 99–106. 111 indexed citations
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Cranz, Galen, Amy E. Taylor, & Anne-Marie Broudehoux. (1997). Community and Complexity on Campus. Places Journal. 11(1). 1 indexed citations

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