David Walsh

10.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
181 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

David Walsh is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Walsh has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in General Health Professions, 74 papers in Health and 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in David Walsh's work include Health disparities and outcomes (74 papers), Global Health Care Issues (48 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (48 papers). David Walsh is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (74 papers), Global Health Care Issues (48 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (48 papers). David Walsh collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. David Walsh's co-authors include Douglas A. Gentile, Gerry McCartney, Gordon C. S. Smith, Jill P. Pell, Jennifer Ruh Linder, Paul Lynch, Bruce Whyte, Joey C. Eisenmann, Deborah Shipton and Mark Robinson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David Walsh

175 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

Pregnancy complications and maternal risk of ischaemic heart disease: a retrospective cohort study of 129 290 births

2001 749 citations David Walsh et al. profile →
The effects of violent video game habits on adolescent hostility, aggressive behaviors, and school performance

2004 632 citations Douglas A. Gentile, David Walsh et al. profile →
Regional alcohol consumption and alcohol-related mortality in Great Britain: novel insights using retail sales data

2015 502 citations David Walsh, Bruce Whyte et al. profile →
Television and Video Game Exposure and the Development of Attention Problems

2010 353 citations Douglas A. Gentile, David Walsh et al. profile →
Relationship between childhood socioeconomic position and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): a systematic review

2019 275 citations David Walsh, Gerry McCartney et al. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Walsh United Kingdom	38	1.7k	1.7k	1.5k	1.1k	1.1k	181	7.2k
Frederick J. Zimmerman United States	48	2.7k 1.5×	2.1k 1.3×	2.8k 1.9×	917 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	154	10.4k
Karen Francis Australia	39	1.3k 0.8×	2.6k 1.6×	967 0.7×	326 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	236	7.7k
Gordon Willis United States	36	1.4k 0.8×	2.1k 1.3×	639 0.4×	506 0.4×	2.2k 1.9×	94	8.9k
Immy Holloway United Kingdom	32	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	861 0.6×	230 0.2×	1.0k 0.9×	69	6.5k
Scott C. Roesch United States	54	1.9k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	629 0.4×	794 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	260	11.0k
Elizabeth Goodman United States	52	1.5k 0.9×	2.8k 1.7×	782 0.5×	1.4k 1.3×	3.0k 2.7×	197	11.6k
Rosaline S. Barbour United Kingdom	30	1.6k 0.9×	2.3k 1.4×	944 0.6×	269 0.2×	1.2k 1.1×	68	7.0k
Frances Griffiths United Kingdom	37	1.1k 0.6×	4.5k 2.7×	497 0.3×	621 0.6×	2.5k 2.2×	245	11.1k
Stephanie T. Lanza United States	47	2.1k 1.2×	2.2k 1.3×	2.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	158	12.7k
Catherine So–kum Tang Hong Kong	52	2.6k 1.5×	1.6k 1.0×	6.1k 4.1×	1.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	197	14.3k

Countries citing papers authored by David Walsh

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Walsh

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Walsh

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20 of 20 papers shown

Potter, Shelley, et al.. (2025). A Simple Solution for a Complex Problem: The “Sterile Cockpit” to Improve Ward Rounds. World Journal of Surgery. 49(10). 2769–2776.

Walsh, David, Pallave Dasari, Leigh J. Hodson, et al.. (2024). Factors Associated with Increased Knowledge about Breast Density in South Australian Women Undergoing Breast Cancer Screening. Cancers. 16(5). 893–893.

Walsh, David, Bruce Whyte, Chris Dibben, et al.. (2024). Health benefits of pedestrian and cyclist commuting: evidence from the Scottish Longitudinal Study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). e001295–e001295. 3 indexed citations

Watson, Robin J., David Walsh, Sonya M. Scott, et al.. (2024). Is the period of austerity in the UK associated with increased rates of adverse birth outcomes?. European Journal of Public Health. 34(6). 1043–1051. 2 indexed citations

Scott, Fiona, Gerry McCartney, David Walsh, et al.. (2024). Explanations for higher-than-expected all-cause mortality from April 2021: A scoping review. Public Health. 238. 73–82.

Walsh, David, Sumana Srivatsa, Renee D. George, et al.. (2023). Individualized treatment estimates to inform on personalized cancer care decisions for treatment selection and treatment management.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 41(16_suppl). e13571–e13571. 1 indexed citations

McCartney, Gerry, et al.. (2023). What is missing from how we measure and understand the experience of poverty and deprivation in population health analyses?. European Journal of Public Health. 33(6). 974–980. 3 indexed citations

Walsh, David, et al.. (2023). Social security cuts and life expectancy: a longitudinal analysis of local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 78(2). 82–87. 5 indexed citations

Walsh, David, et al.. (2022). How much of the stalled mortality trends in Scotland and England can be attributed to obesity?. BMJ Open. 12(12). e067310–e067310. 5 indexed citations

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Walsh, David, Grant M. A. Wyper, & Gerry McCartney. (2022). Trends in healthy life expectancy in the age of austerity. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 76(8). 743–745. 19 indexed citations

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Walsh, David, et al.. (2021). Excess mortality in Glasgow: further evidence of ‘political effects’ on population health. Public Health. 201. 61–68. 5 indexed citations

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McCartney, Gerry, Alastair H. Leyland, David Walsh, & Ruth Dundas. (2020). Scaling COVID-19 against inequalities: should the policy response consistently match the mortality challenge?. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 75(4). 315–320. 19 indexed citations

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Walsh, David, Gerry McCartney, Michael J. Smith, & Gillian Armour. (2019). Relationship between childhood socioeconomic position and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): a systematic review. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 73(12). 1087–1093. 275 indexed citations breakdown →

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Walsh, David, Zhiqiang Feng, D Buchanan, et al.. (2019). Does ethnic diversity explain intra-UK variation in mortality? A longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open. 9(3). e024563–e024563. 6 indexed citations

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Taulbut, Martin, et al.. (2014). Spatial inequalities in life expectancy within postindustrial regions of Europe: a cross-sectional observational study. BMJ Open. 4(6). e004711–e004711. 14 indexed citations

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Walsh, David, Gerry McCartney, Sarah McCullough, D Buchanan, & Russell Jones. (2014). Comparing Antonovsky's sense of coherence scale across three UK post-industrial cities. BMJ Open. 4(11). e005792–e005792. 6 indexed citations

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Walsh, David, et al.. (2010). 083 It is not “just deprivation”: why do equally deprived UK cities experience different health outcomes?. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 64(Suppl 1). A33–A33. 7 indexed citations

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Drenowatz, Clemens, Joey C. Eisenmann, Karin A. Pfeiffer, et al.. (2009). Maturity‐related differences in physical activity among 10‐ to 12‐year‐old girls. American Journal of Human Biology. 22(1). 18–22. 41 indexed citations

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Hanlon, P., Andrew Elders, David Clark, et al.. (2007). An analysis of the link between behavioural, biological and social risk factors and subsequent hospital admission in Scotland. Journal of Public Health. 29(4). 405–412. 21 indexed citations

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Hanlon, Peter, et al.. (2000). Influence of biological, behavioural, health service and social risk factors on the trend towards more frequent.. PubMed. 58(4). 342–53. 4 indexed citations

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