Daniel Mackay

16.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
241 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Daniel Mackay is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Mackay has authored 241 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 50 papers in Epidemiology and 42 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Daniel Mackay's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (23 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (22 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (18 papers). Daniel Mackay is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (23 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (22 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (18 papers). Daniel Mackay collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Chile. Daniel Mackay's co-authors include Jill P. Pell, Jason M. R. Gill, Naveed Sattar, Carlos Celis‐Morales, Donald M. Lyall, Paul Welsh, Jana Anderson, Gordon C. S. Smith, Stuart R. Gray and Zia Ul Haq and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Mackay

232 papers receiving 9.7k 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.

  1. Associations of grip strength with cardiovascular, respiratory, and cancer outcomes and all cause mortality: prospective cohort study of half a million UK Biobank participants
    2018 519 citations Carlos Celis‐Morales, Paul Welsh et al. profile →
  2. Association between active commuting and incident cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality: prospective cohort study
    2017 383 citations Carlos Celis‐Morales, Donald M. Lyall et al. profile →
  3. Vitamin D concentrations and COVID-19 infection in UK Biobank
    2020 339 citations Claire E. Hastie, Daniel Mackay et al. profile →
  4. Neurodegenerative Disease Mortality among Former Professional Soccer Players
    2019 267 citations Daniel Mackay, Jill P. Pell et al. profile →
  5. Association of disrupted circadian rhythmicity with mood disorders, subjective wellbeing, and cognitive function: a cross-sectional study of 91 105 participants from the UK Biobank
    2018 265 citations Donald M. Lyall, Daniel Mackay et al. profile →
  6. Evaluating the impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing on deaths and hospitalisations in Scotland: a controlled interrupted time series study
    2023 69 citations Daniel Mackay, Jim Lewsey et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Daniel Mackay 2.3k 2.0k 1.2k 1.2k 1.2k 241 9.9k
Arun S. Karlamangla 2.3k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 792 0.6× 1.7k 1.4× 172 11.6k
Merete Osler 2.4k 1.0× 3.0k 1.5× 931 0.8× 1.6k 1.3× 1.9k 1.6× 406 11.0k
Jianwen Cai 1.9k 0.8× 2.1k 1.0× 972 0.8× 571 0.5× 1.0k 0.9× 369 9.8k
Ivan J. Perry 2.5k 1.1× 3.5k 1.7× 2.0k 1.6× 1.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.4× 330 14.5k
Gail A. Greendale 1.9k 0.9× 2.5k 1.2× 996 0.8× 671 0.5× 733 0.6× 288 18.0k
Chaoyang Li 2.4k 1.1× 4.0k 2.0× 2.3k 1.9× 1.1k 0.9× 1.6k 1.4× 252 14.4k
Ronald P. Stolk 3.4k 1.5× 2.8k 1.4× 2.7k 2.2× 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.2× 279 17.7k
David T. Redden 2.4k 1.0× 2.6k 1.3× 1.4k 1.1× 819 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 259 12.0k
C. Mary Schooling 1.4k 0.6× 1.9k 1.0× 1.6k 1.3× 1.5k 1.2× 700 0.6× 422 9.7k
Charles B. Eaton 2.5k 1.1× 2.8k 1.4× 926 0.7× 519 0.4× 928 0.8× 427 13.6k

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All Works

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Sosenko, Filip, Daniel Mackay, Michael Fleming, et al.. (2025). A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Investigation of COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Mortality Among Autistic People. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
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Anderson, Jana, Salil V. Deo, Paul Welsh, et al.. (2024). In which common chronic conditions can (or cannot) obesity and lifestyle factors explain higher concentrations of C‐reactive protein?. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 26(12). 5786–5794. 1 indexed citations
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McCaughey, Euan J., Frederick K. Ho, Daniel Mackay, et al.. (2023). The impact of COVID-19 and associated lockdowns on traumatic spinal cord injury incidence: a population based study. Spinal Cord. 62(1). 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Henderson, Angela, Michael Fleming, Sally‐Ann Cooper, et al.. (2022). COVID-19 infection and outcomes in a population-based cohort of 17 203 adults with intellectual disabilities compared with the general population. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 76(6). 550–555. 25 indexed citations
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Hastie, Claire E., Daniel Mackay, Tom Clemens, et al.. (2021). Antenatal Exposure to UV‐B Radiation and Preeclampsia: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 10(13). e020246–e020246. 3 indexed citations
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Welsh, Paul, Claire Welsh, Pardeep S. Jhund, et al.. (2021). Derivation and Validation of a 10-Year Risk Score for Symptomatic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Cohort Study of Nearly 500 000 Individuals. Circulation. 144(8). 604–614. 16 indexed citations
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Ho, Frederick K., Carlos Celis‐Morales, Stuart R. Gray, et al.. (2021). Association and pathways between shift work and cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study of 238 661 participants from UK Biobank. International Journal of Epidemiology. 51(2). 579–590. 29 indexed citations
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Anderson, Jana, Frederick K. Ho, Claire L. Niedzwiedz, et al.. (2021). Remote history of VTE is associated with severe COVID‐19 in middle and older age: UK Biobank cohort study. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 19(10). 2533–2538. 4 indexed citations
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Ho, Frederick K., Carlos Celis‐Morales, Stuart R. Gray, et al.. (2020). Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for COVID-19, and comparison to risk factors for influenza and pneumonia: results from a UK Biobank prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 10(11). e040402–e040402. 108 indexed citations
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Mackay, Daniel, Jill P. Pell, John Morris, et al.. (2020). Upper gastrointestinal bleeding in Scotland 2000‐2015: trends in demographics, aetiology and outcomes. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 53(3). 383–389. 6 indexed citations
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Demou, Evangelia, Daniel Mackay, Judith Brown, et al.. (2018). Evaluating sickness absence duration by musculoskeletal and mental health issues: a retrospective cohort study of Scottish healthcare workers. BMJ Open. 8(1). e018085–e018085. 38 indexed citations
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Demou, Evangelia, et al.. (2017). Health, lifestyle and employment beyond state-pension age. BMC Public Health. 17(1). 971–971. 13 indexed citations
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Johnman, Cathy, Daniel Mackay, Keith G. Oldroyd, & Jill P. Pell. (2013). Quality of life following percutaneous coronary interventions in octogenarians: a systematic review. Heart. 99(11). 779–784. 17 indexed citations
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Reynolds, Rebecca M., Brian R. Walker, Sally Haw, et al.. (2010). Low serum cortisol predicts early death after acute myocardial infarction. Critical Care Medicine. 38(3). 973–975. 22 indexed citations
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Mackay, Daniel, et al.. (1981). Malaria prevention in travellers from the United Kingdom. Report of meetings convened by the Ross Institute.. BMJ. 283(6285). 214–218. 13 indexed citations

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