Christopher G. Owen

25.7k total citations · 10 hit papers
199 papers, 15.0k citations indexed

About

Christopher G. Owen is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher G. Owen has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 15.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 70 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 67 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Christopher G. Owen's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (65 papers), Retinal Imaging and Analysis (57 papers) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (41 papers). Christopher G. Owen is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (65 papers), Retinal Imaging and Analysis (57 papers) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (41 papers). Christopher G. Owen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Christopher G. Owen's co-authors include Derek G. Cook, Alicja R. Rudnicka, Peter H. Whincup, Mark Simmonds, Alexis Llewellyn, Nerys Woolacott, Sarah Barman, George Davey Smith, Richard M. Martin and Muhammad Moazam Fraz and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Christopher G. Owen

189 papers receiving 14.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Predicting adult obesity from childhood obesity: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

2015 1.3k citations Christopher G. Owen et al. profile →
Effect of Infant Feeding on the Risk of Obesity Across the Life Course: A Quantitative Review of Published Evidence

2005 849 citations Christopher G. Owen, Peter H. Whincup et al. profile →
Large Scale Population Assessment of Physical Activity Using Wrist Worn Accelerometers: The UK Biobank Study

2017 790 citations Christopher G. Owen et al. profile →
Blood vessel segmentation methodologies in retinal images – A survey

2012 684 citations Alicja R. Rudnicka, Christopher G. Owen et al. profile →
An Ensemble Classification-Based Approach Applied to Retinal Blood Vessel Segmentation

2012 680 citations Alicja R. Rudnicka, Christopher G. Owen et al. profile →
Childhood obesity as a predictor of morbidity in adulthood: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

2015 556 citations Christopher G. Owen et al. profile →
Tau and Aβ imaging, CSF measures, and cognition in Alzheimer’s disease

2016 535 citations Christopher G. Owen et al. profile →
Global variations and time trends in the prevalence of childhood myopia, a systematic review and quantitative meta-analysis: implications for aetiology and early prevention

2016 409 citations Alicja R. Rudnicka, Nicola S. Logan et al. British Journal of Ophthalmology profile →
Global variations and time trends in the prevalence of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG): a systematic review and meta-analysis

2015 354 citations Venediktos Kapetanakis, Paul J. Foster et al. British Journal of Ophthalmology profile →
The use of measures of obesity in childhood for predicting obesity and the development of obesity-related diseases in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2015 278 citations Christopher G. Owen et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	What are the perceptions and concerns of people living with diabetes and National Health Service staff around the potential implementation of AI ‐assisted screening for diabetic eye disease? 2025 ·Diabetic Medicine ·Kathryn Willis, (unknown), Lakshmi Chandrasekaran, Umar Chaudhry, Charlotte Wahlich, (unknown), Louis Bolter, Jane Anderson, Abraham Olvera‐Barrios, (unknown), Roshan A. Welikala, Sarah Barman, Samantha Mann, Peter H. Scanlon, Maged Habib, Catherine Egan, Adnan Tufail, Christopher G. Owen, Alicja R. Rudnicka	0
2	Factors Associated With Retinal Vessel Traits in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging 2025 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·(unknown), Roshan A. Welikala, Sarah Barman, Christopher G. Owen, Alicja R. Rudnicka, (unknown), Marie‐Hélène Roy‐Gagnon, David Maberley, Ellen E. Freeman	1
3	Synergistic Li-Na co-alloying for high-capacity, long-life, dual-alkali ion batteries 2025 ·Nano Energy ·Syed Abdul Ahad, Christopher G. Owen, (unknown), (unknown), Clive Downing, Kevin M. Ryan, Shalini Singh, Andrew J. Morris, Hugh Geaney	0
4	Longitudinal associations of retinal vessel morphology with intraocular pressure and blood pressure at follow‐up visit—Findings from a Danish eye and vision cohort, Project FOREVER 2024 ·Acta Ophthalmologica ·(unknown), Roshan A. Welikala, (unknown), Sarah Barman, Christopher G. Owen, Alicja R. Rudnicka, Miriam Kolko	3
5	School-level intra-cluster correlation coefficients and autocorrelations for children’s accelerometer-measured physical activity in England by age and gender 2024 ·BMC Medical Research Methodology ·Ruth Salway, Russell Jago, Frank de Vocht, Danielle House, (unknown), Robert Walker, Ruth Kipping, Christopher G. Owen, Mohammed T Hudda, Kate Northstone, Esther van Sluijs, (unknown), Andrew J. Atkin, Ulf Ekelund, Dale Esliger, Bjørge Herman Hansen, Lauren B. Sherar	1
6	Two-year recall for people with no diabetic retinopathy: a multi-ethnic population-based retrospective cohort study using real-world data to quantify the effect 2023 ·British Journal of Ophthalmology ·Abraham Olvera‐Barrios, Alicja R. Rudnicka, John Anderson, Louis Bolter, (unknown), Alasdair Warwick, Roshan A. Welikala, (unknown), Sarah Barman, (unknown), Yue Wu, Aaron Lee, Emily Y. Chew, Frederick L. Ferris, Aroon D. Hingorani, Reecha Sofat, Catherine Egan, Adnan Tufail, Christopher G. Owen	5
7	Retinal microvascular associations with cardiometabolic risk factors differ by diabetes status: results from the UK Biobank 2022 ·Diabetologia ·Robyn J. Tapp, Christopher G. Owen, Sarah Barman, David P. Strachan, Roshan A. Welikala, Paul J. Foster, Peter H. Whincup, Alicja R. Rudnicka	13
8	Artificial intelligence-enabled retinal vasculometry for prediction of circulatory mortality, myocardial infarction and stroke 2022 ·British Journal of Ophthalmology ·Alicja R. Rudnicka, Roshan A. Welikala, Sarah Barman, Paul J. Foster, Robert Luben, Shabina Hayat, Kay‐Tee Khaw, Peter H. Whincup, David P. Strachan, Christopher G. Owen	41
9	Association of ambient air pollution with age-related macular degeneration and retinal thickness in UK Biobank 2021 ·British Journal of Ophthalmology ·Sharon Chua, Alasdair Warwick, Tünde Pető, Konstantinos Balaskas, Anthony T. Moore, Charles Reisman, Parul Desai, Andrew Lotery, Baljean Dhillon, Peng T. Khaw, Christopher G. Owen, Anthony P. Khawaja, Paul J. Foster, Praveen J. Patel	53
10	Effect of ethnicity and other sociodemographic factors on attendance at diabetic eye screening: a 12-month retrospective cohort study 2021 ·BMJ Open ·Abraham Olvera‐Barrios, (unknown), Tjebo Heeren, (unknown), Louis Bolter, Adnan Tufail, Christopher G. Owen, Alicja R. Rudnicka, Catherine Egan, John Anderson	9
11	Prospective evaluation of an artificial intelligence-enabled algorithm for automated diabetic retinopathy screening of 30 000 patients 2020 ·British Journal of Ophthalmology ·(unknown), Catherine Egan, Louis Bolter, (unknown), John Anderson, S J Aldington, Irene Stratton, Peter H. Scanlon, (unknown), Samantha Mann, (unknown), Christopher G. Owen, Adnan Tufail, Alicja R. Rudnicka	120
12	Retinal Vascular Tortuosity and Diameter Associations with Adiposity and Components of Body Composition 2020 ·Obesity ·Robyn J. Tapp, Christopher G. Owen, Sarah Barman, Roshan A. Welikala, Paul J. Foster, Peter H. Whincup, David P. Strachan, Alicja R. Rudnicka	16
13	Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Kuwaiti adolescents and associations with socioeconomic indicators: the study of health and activity among adolescents in Kuwait 2018 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), (unknown), Mark Hamer, Anne McMunn, Peter H. Whincup, Christopher G. Owen, Emmanouil Stamatakis	2
14	Risk Factors for Childhood Myopia: Findings From the NICER Study 2015 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Lisa O’Donoghue, (unknown), Julie McClelland, Nicola S. Logan, Christopher G. Owen, Kathryn J. Saunders, Alicja R. Rudnicka	82
15	Body mass index in early and middle adult life: prospective associations with myocardial infarction, stroke and diabetes over a 30-year period: the British Regional Heart Study 2015 ·BMJ Open ·Christopher G. Owen, Venediktos Kapetanakis, Alicja R. Rudnicka, (unknown), Lucy Lennon, Olia Papacosta, Derek G. Cook, S. Goya Wannamethee, Peter H. Whincup	32
16	Evaluation of automated software grading of diabetic retinopathy and comparison with manual image grading - an accuracy and cost effectiveness study 2014 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Gerald Liew, Catherine Egan, Alicja R. Rudnicka, Christopher G. Owen, (unknown), Dawn A. Sim, Pearse A. Keane, Paul Taylor	1
17	Ethnic Differences in Ocular Refraction and Biometry in UK Children: Evidence from the Aston Eye Study 2008 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Nicola S. Logan, Parth D. Shah, Alicja R. Rudnicka, Bernard Gilmartin, Christopher G. Owen	2
18	Birth weight and risk of type 2 diabetes: a quantitative systematic review of published evidence 2008 ·Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ·Peter H. Whincup, H. S. Kaye, Christopher G. Owen, Rachel Huxley, Derek G. Cook	7
19	The Epidemiology of Refractive Error in UK Children: The Aston Eye Study Methodology 2007 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Nicola S. Logan, Alicja R. Rudnicka, Parth D. Shah, Bernard Gilmartin, Christopher G. Owen	1
20	Aetiology and prevalence of eye injuries within the United Kingdom fire service. 1995 ·PubMed ·Christopher G. Owen, Tom H. Margrain, E. Geoffrey Woodward	5

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