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 Stamatina Iliodromiti 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

5 papers align trajectories

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.

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 →
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 →
Vitamin D concentrations and COVID-19 infection in UK Biobank

2020 339 citations Claire E. Hastie, Daniel Mackay et al. profile →
Neurodegenerative Disease Mortality among Former Professional Soccer Players

2019 267 citations Daniel Mackay, Jill P. Pell et al. profile →
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 →
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 →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The association between socioeconomic status and outcomes in critical illness: A national cohort study of emergency admissions to critical care units in Scotland 2010–2021 2025 ·Journal of the Intensive Care Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Alasdair Corfield, Nazir Lone, Daniel Mackay, Jill P. Pell	0
2	Understanding barriers to young people’s utilisation of sexual and reproductive health services in Asia-Pacific countries: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis 2025 ·BMJ Public Health ·(unknown), (unknown), Daniel Mackay, Evi Germeni	0
3	A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Investigation of COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Mortality Among Autistic People 2025 ·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders ·(unknown), Filip Sosenko, Daniel Mackay, Michael Fleming, Bhautesh Jani, Jill P. Pell, Chris Hatton, Deborah Cairns, Angela Henderson, (unknown), Ewelina Rydzewska, Maria Gardani, (unknown), Craig Melville	0
4	The effect of a minimum price per unit of alcohol in Scotland on alcohol‐related ambulance call‐outs: A controlled interrupted time−series analysis 2024 ·Addiction ·(unknown), Jim Lewsey, Daniel Mackay, Colin Angus, David Fitzpatrick, Niamh Fitzgerald	3
5	In which common chronic conditions can (or cannot) obesity and lifestyle factors explain higher concentrations of C‐reactive protein? 2024 ·Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism ·Jana Anderson, Salil V. Deo, Paul Welsh, Daniel Mackay, Frederick K. Ho, Lyn D Ferguson, Carlos Celis‐Morales, Jason M. R. Gill, Jill P. Pell, Naveed Sattar	1
6	Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing (MUP) on alcohol sales after 3 years of implementation in Scotland: A controlled interrupted time‐series study 2024 ·Addiction ·(unknown), Daniel Mackay, Elizabeth Richardson, Jim Lewsey, Mark Robinson, (unknown)	1
7	The impact of COVID-19 and associated lockdowns on traumatic spinal cord injury incidence: a population based study 2023 ·Spinal Cord ·Euan J. McCaughey, Frederick K. Ho, Daniel Mackay, Jill P. Pell, Peter Humburg, Mariel Purcell	1
8	Evaluating the effects of minimum unit pricing in Scotland on the prevalence of harmful drinking: a controlled interrupted time series analysis 2023 ·Public Health ·(unknown), Daniel Mackay, Mónica Hernández Alava, Alan Brennan, Petra Meier, (unknown), John Holmes	4
9	COVID-19 infection and outcomes in a population-based cohort of 17 203 adults with intellectual disabilities compared with the general population 2022 ·Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ·Angela Henderson, Michael Fleming, Sally‐Ann Cooper, Jill P. Pell, Craig Melville, Daniel Mackay, Chris Hatton, Deborah Kinnear	25
10	Antenatal Exposure to UV‐B Radiation and Preeclampsia: A Retrospective Cohort Study 2021 ·Journal of the American Heart Association ·Claire E. Hastie, Daniel Mackay, Tom Clemens, Mark Cherrie, (unknown), Gordon C. S. Smith, Sarah J. Stock, Chris Dibben, Jill P. Pell	3
11	Derivation and Validation of a 10-Year Risk Score for Symptomatic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Cohort Study of Nearly 500 000 Individuals 2021 ·Circulation ·Paul Welsh, Claire Welsh, Pardeep S. Jhund, Mark Woodward, Rosemary Brown, Jim Lewsey, Carlos Celis‐Morales, Frederick K. Ho, Daniel Mackay, Jason M. R. Gill, Stuart R. Gray, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Jill P. Pell, John Forbes, Naveed Sattar	16
12	Association and pathways between shift work and cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study of 238 661 participants from UK Biobank 2021 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Frederick K. Ho, Carlos Celis‐Morales, Stuart R. Gray, Evangelia Demou, Daniel Mackay, Paul Welsh, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Naveed Sattar, Jill P. Pell	29
13	Remote history of VTE is associated with severe COVID‐19 in middle and older age: UK Biobank cohort study 2021 ·Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis ·Jana Anderson, Frederick K. Ho, Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Carlos Celis‐Morales, Stamatina Iliodromiti, Paul Welsh, Pierpaolo Pellicori, Evangelia Demou, Claire E. Hastie, Donald M. Lyall, Stuart R. Gray, John Forbes, Jason M. R. Gill, Daniel Mackay, Colin Berry, John G.F. Cleland, Naveed Sattar, Jill P. Pell	4
14	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 2020 ·BMJ Open ·Frederick K. Ho, Carlos Celis‐Morales, Stuart R. Gray, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Claire E. Hastie, Lyn D Ferguson, Colin Berry, Daniel Mackay, Jason M. R. Gill, Jill P. Pell, Naveed Sattar, Paul Welsh	108
15	Upper gastrointestinal bleeding in Scotland 2000‐2015: trends in demographics, aetiology and outcomes 2020 ·Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics ·(unknown), Daniel Mackay, Jill P. Pell, John Morris, Nicholas I. Church, Andrew Fraser, Adrian J. Stanley	6
16	Evaluating sickness absence duration by musculoskeletal and mental health issues: a retrospective cohort study of Scottish healthcare workers 2018 ·BMJ Open ·Evangelia Demou, (unknown), (unknown), Daniel Mackay, Judith Brown, Kate Hunt, Sergio Vargas-Prada, Ewan B Macdonald	38
17	Health, lifestyle and employment beyond state-pension age 2017 ·BMC Public Health ·Evangelia Demou, (unknown), (unknown), Daniel Mackay, Kate Hunt	13
18	Quality of life following percutaneous coronary interventions in octogenarians: a systematic review 2013 ·Heart ·Cathy Johnman, Daniel Mackay, Keith G. Oldroyd, Jill P. Pell	17
19	Low serum cortisol predicts early death after acute myocardial infarction 2010 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Rebecca M. Reynolds, Brian R. Walker, Sally Haw, David E. Newby, Daniel Mackay, Stuart M. Cobbe, A C H Pell, Colin Fischbacher, Stuart D. Pringle, David Murdoch, F G Dunn, Keith G. Oldroyd, Paul MacIntyre, Brian O’Rourke, Jill P. Pell	22
20	Malaria prevention in travellers from the United Kingdom. Report of meetings convened by the Ross Institute. 1981 ·BMJ ·Daniel Mackay, A. W. Woodruff, A.D.M. Bryceson, Gary Cook, (unknown), Maria Gilles, (unknown)	13

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