David C. Liewald

25.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
37 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

David C. Liewald is a scholar working on Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David C. Liewald has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Genetics, 8 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 8 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in David C. Liewald's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (24 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (8 papers) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (6 papers). David C. Liewald is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (24 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (8 papers) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (6 papers). David C. Liewald collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. David C. Liewald's co-authors include Ian J. Deary, Gail Davies, Catharine R. Galé, Andrew M. McIntosh, Stuart J. Ritchie, Sarah E. Harris, Saskia P. Hagenaars, Simon R. Cox, W. David Hill and Mark E. Bastin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

David C. Liewald

37 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Sex Differences in the Adult Human Brain: Evidence from 5... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2018 2016 2023 100 200 300 400
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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. Sex Differences in the Adult Human Brain: Evidence from 5216 UK Biobank Participants
    2018 483 citations Stuart J. Ritchie, Simon R. Cox et al. profile →
  2. Ageing and brain white matter structure in 3,513 UK Biobank participants
    2016 321 citations Simon R. Cox, Stuart J. Ritchie et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Refining epigenetic prediction of chronological and biological age
    2023 65 citations Elena Bernabeu, Daniel L. McCartney et al. Genome Medicine profile →

Peers

David C. Liewald
Frank Mentch United States
Saskia P. Hagenaars United Kingdom
Narelle K. Hansell Australia
Elizabeth Prom‐Wormley United States
G. Caroline M. van Baal Netherlands
J. Eric Schmitt United States
Yuji Okazaki Japan
Eero Vuoksimaa Finland
Oleksandr Frei Norway
Frank Mentch United States
David C. Liewald
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Fields of papers citing papers by David C. Liewald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David C. Liewald

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xia, Charley, Mattia Marchi, Hyeokmoon Kweon, et al.. (2025). Deciphering the influence of socioeconomic status on brain structure: insights from Mendelian randomization. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(10). 4613–4626. 1 indexed citations
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Bernabeu, Elena, Daniel L. McCartney, Danni A. Gadd, et al.. (2023). Refining epigenetic prediction of chronological and biological age. Genome Medicine. 15(1). 12–12. 65 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hillary, Robert F., Archie Campbell, Lee Murphy, et al.. (2023). Integration of datasets for individual prediction of DNA methylation-based biomarkers. Genome biology. 24(1). 278–278. 1 indexed citations
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Xia, Charley, Sarah J. Pickett, David C. Liewald, et al.. (2023). The contributions of mitochondrial and nuclear mitochondrial genetic variation to neuroticism. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3146–3146. 4 indexed citations
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Buchanan, Colin R., Mark E. Bastin, Stuart J. Ritchie, et al.. (2020). The effect of network thresholding and weighting on structural brain networks in the UK Biobank. NeuroImage. 211. 116443–116443. 81 indexed citations
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Halachev, Mihail, Alison Meynert, Martin S. Taylor, et al.. (2019). Increased ultra-rare variant load in an isolated Scottish population impacts exonic and regulatory regions. PLoS Genetics. 15(11). e1008480–e1008480. 14 indexed citations
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Hillary, Robert F., Daniel L. McCartney, Sarah E. Harris, et al.. (2019). Genome and epigenome wide studies of neurological protein biomarkers in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3160–3160. 36 indexed citations
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Hill, W. David, Neil M Davies, Stuart J. Ritchie, et al.. (2019). Genome-wide analysis identifies molecular systems and 149 genetic loci associated with income. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5741–5741. 110 indexed citations
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Calvin, Catherine M., Saskia P. Hagenaars, John Gallacher, et al.. (2019). Sex-specific moderation by lifestyle and psychosocial factors on the genetic contributions to adiposity in 112,151 individuals from UK Biobank. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 363–363. 5 indexed citations
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Hill, W. David, Alexander Weiß, David C. Liewald, et al.. (2019). Genetic contributions to two special factors of neuroticism are associated with affluence, higher intelligence, better health, and longer life. Molecular Psychiatry. 25(11). 3034–3052. 49 indexed citations
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Shen, Xueyi, Lianne M. Reus, Simon R. Cox, et al.. (2017). Subcortical volume and white matter integrity abnormalities in major depressive disorder: findings from UK Biobank imaging data. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5547–5547. 86 indexed citations
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Hagenaars, Saskia P., W. David Hill, Sarah E. Harris, et al.. (2017). Genetic prediction of male pattern baldness. PLoS Genetics. 13(2). e1006594–e1006594. 86 indexed citations
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Hagenaars, Saskia P., Simon R. Cox, W. David Hill, et al.. (2017). Genetic contributions to Trail Making Test performance in UK Biobank. Molecular Psychiatry. 23(7). 1575–1583. 19 indexed citations
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Harris, Sarah E., Saskia P. Hagenaars, Gail Davies, et al.. (2016). Molecular genetic contributions to self-rated health. International Journal of Epidemiology. 46(3). dyw219–dyw219. 50 indexed citations
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Cox, Simon R., Stuart J. Ritchie, Elliot M. Tucker–Drob, et al.. (2016). Ageing and brain white matter structure in 3,513 UK Biobank participants. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13629–13629. 321 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hill, W. David, Gail Davies, David C. Liewald, Andrew M. McIntosh, & Ian J. Deary. (2015). Age-Dependent Pleiotropy Between General Cognitive Function and Major Psychiatric Disorders. Biological Psychiatry. 80(4). 266–273. 57 indexed citations
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McIntosh, Andrew M., Alan J. Gow, Michelle Luciano, et al.. (2013). Polygenic Risk for Schizophrenia Is Associated with Cognitive Change Between Childhood and Old Age. Biological Psychiatry. 73(10). 938–943. 99 indexed citations
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Deary, Ian J., Jian Yang, Gail Davies, et al.. (2012). Genetic contributions to stability and change in intelligence from childhood to old age. Nature. 482(7384). 212–215. 169 indexed citations
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Kerr, Shona M., David C. Liewald, Archie Campbell, et al.. (2010). Generation Scotland: Donor DNA Databank; A control DNA resource. BMC Medical Genetics. 11(1). 166–166. 2 indexed citations
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Houlihan, Lorna M., Gail Davies, Albert Tenesa, et al.. (2010). Common Variants of Large Effect in F12, KNG1, and HRG Are Associated with Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 86(4). 626–631. 64 indexed citations

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