Debbie A. Lawlor

146.8k total citations · 19 hit papers
1.1k papers, 65.4k citations indexed

About

Debbie A. Lawlor is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Debbie A. Lawlor has authored 1.1k papers receiving a total of 65.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 391 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 294 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 181 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Debbie A. Lawlor's work include Birth, Development, and Health (362 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (190 papers) and Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging (129 papers). Debbie A. Lawlor is often cited by papers focused on Birth, Development, and Health (362 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (190 papers) and Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging (129 papers). Debbie A. Lawlor collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Debbie A. Lawlor's co-authors include George Davey Smith, Abigail Fraser, Shah Ebrahim, Kate Tilling, Nicholas J. Timpson, Jonathan A C Sterne, Roger Harbord, Scott M. Nelson, Gabriel Cornic and Naveed Sattar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Debbie A. Lawlor

1.0k papers receiving 63.1k 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.

Mendelian randomization: Using genes as instruments for making causal inferences in epidemiology

2007 2.8k citations Debbie A. Lawlor, Nicholas J. Timpson et al. profile →
Cohort Profile: The ‘Children of the 90s’—the index offspring of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

2012 2.0k citations Debbie A. Lawlor, Abigail Fraser et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →
Cohort Profile: The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: ALSPAC mothers cohort

2012 1.6k citations Abigail Fraser, Kate Tilling et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →
Photosynthetic carbon assimilation and associated metabolism in relation to water deficits in higher plants

2002 1.5k citations Debbie A. Lawlor et al. profile →
Childhood obesity

2010 1.1k citations Debbie A. Lawlor et al. profile →
Grip Strength across the Life Course: Normative Data from Twelve British Studies

2014 794 citations Hazel Inskip, Debbie A. Lawlor et al. profile →
Using multiple genetic variants as instrumental variables for modifiable risk factors

2011 787 citations Debbie A. Lawlor, Nicholas J. Timpson et al. profile →
The effectiveness of exercise as an intervention in the management of depression: systematic review and meta-regression analysis of randomised controlled trials

2001 749 citations Debbie A. Lawlor et al. profile →
Water stress inhibits plant photosynthesis by decreasing coupling factor and ATP

1999 742 citations Debbie A. Lawlor et al. profile →
Exercise for depression

2014 703 citations Debbie A. Lawlor et al. profile →
Limitation to Photosynthesis in Water-stressed Leaves: Stomata vs. Metabolism and the Role of ATP

2002 657 citations Debbie A. Lawlor profile →
Triangulation in aetiological epidemiology

2016 656 citations Debbie A. Lawlor, Kate Tilling et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →
The Prevalence of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2015 655 citations Laura D Howe, Debbie A. Lawlor et al. profile →
Causes of decreased photosynthetic rate and metabolic capacity in water-deficient leaf cells: a critical evaluation of mechanisms and integration of processes

2009 633 citations Debbie A. Lawlor et al. profile →
Carbon and nitrogen assimilation in relation to yield: mechanisms are the key to understanding production systems

2002 562 citations Debbie A. Lawlor profile →
Improving the accuracy of two-sample summary-data Mendelian randomization: moving beyond the NOME assumption

2018 547 citations Jack Bowden, Debbie A. Lawlor et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →
Measuring socio-economic position for epidemiological studies in low- and middle-income countries: a methods of measurement in epidemiology paper

2012 431 citations Laura D Howe, Alícia Matijasevich et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →
Quantitative Serum Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Metabolomics in Large-Scale Epidemiology: A Primer on -Omic Technologies

2017 374 citations Debbie A. Lawlor, George Davey Smith et al. American Journal of Epidemiology profile →
Hyperglycaemia and risk of adverse perinatal outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis

2016 272 citations Debbie A. Lawlor et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Inaccurate measures of outcomes in the two-sample Mendelian randomization of vitamin D with miscarriage 2024 ·Human Reproduction Open ·Qian Yang, Yangbo Sun, Debbie A. Lawlor	1
2	The impact of fatty acids biosynthesis on the risk of cardiovascular diseases in Europeans and East Asians: a Mendelian randomization study 2022 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Maria Carolina Borges, (unknown), Jie Zheng, Gibran Hemani, Laurence J Howe, Amand F. Schmidt, James R Staley, R Thomas Lumbers, Albert Henry, Rozenn N. Lemaître, Tom R. Gaunt, Michael V. Holmes, George Davey Smith, Aroon D. Hingorani, Debbie A. Lawlor	8
3	Investigating a possible causal relationship between maternal serum urate concentrations and offspring birthweight: a Mendelian randomization study 2022 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Jack Bowden, Beverly M. Shields, Debbie A. Lawlor, Nicole M. Warrington, David M. Evans, Rachel M. Freathy, Robin N. Beaumont	5
4	metaboprep: an R package for preanalysis data description and processing 2022 ·Bioinformatics ·David A. Hughes, Kurt Taylor, Nancy McBride, Matthew A. Lee, Dan Mason, Debbie A. Lawlor, Nicholas J. Timpson, Laura J. Corbin	5
5	Body mass index and subfertility: multivariable regression and Mendelian randomization analyses in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study 2021 ·Human Reproduction ·Álvaro Hernáez, Tormod Rogne, (unknown), Siri E. Håberg, Christian M. Page, Abigail Fraser, Stephen Burgess, Debbie A. Lawlor, Maria C. Magnus	29
6	Combining Longitudinal Data From Different Cohorts to Examine the Life-Course Trajectory 2021 ·American Journal of Epidemiology ·Rachael A. Hughes, Kate Tilling, Debbie A. Lawlor	13
7	Bias in two-sample Mendelian randomization when using heritable covariable-adjusted summary associations 2021 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Fernando Pires Hartwig, Kate Tilling, George Davey Smith, Debbie A. Lawlor, Maria Carolina Borges	72
8	Fetal alleles predisposing to metabolically favorable adiposity are associated with higher birth weight 2021 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·William Thompson, Robin N. Beaumont, Alan Kuang, Nicole M. Warrington, Yingjie Ji, Jessica Tyrrell, Andrew R. Wood, Denise Scholtens, Bridget Knight, David M. Evans, William L. Lowe, Gillian Santorelli, (unknown), Dan Mason, Andrew T. Hattersley, Timothy M. Frayling, Hanieh Yaghootkar, (unknown), Debbie A. Lawlor, Rachel M. Freathy	3
9	Investigating the causal effect of maternal vitamin B12 and folate levels on offspring birthweight 2020 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Gunn-Helen Moen, Robin N. Beaumont, Niels Grarup, Christine Sommer, Beverley M. Shields, Debbie A. Lawlor, Rachel M. Freathy, David M. Evans, Nicole M. Warrington	6
10	Role of the Metabolic Profile in Mediating the Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Left Ventricular Mass in Adolescents: Analysis of a Prospective Cohort Study 2020 ·Journal of the American Heart Association ·Alice R Carter, Diana L. Santos Ferreira, Amy E. Taylor, Debbie A. Lawlor, George Davey Smith, Naveed Sattar, Nish Chaturvedi, Alun D. Hughes, Laura D Howe	5
11	Genome-wide association study of anti-Müllerian hormone levels in pre-menopausal women of late reproductive age and relationship with genetic determinants of reproductive lifespan 2019 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Katherine S. Ruth, Ana Gonçalves Soares, Maria Carolina Borges, A. Heather Eliassen, Susan E. Hankinson, Michael E. Jones, Peter Kraft, Hazel B. Nichols, Dale P. Sandler, Minouk J. Schoemaker, Jack A. Taylor, Anne Zeleniuch‐Jacquotte, Debbie A. Lawlor, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Anna Murray	25
12	Sex and area differences in the association between adiposity and lipid profile in Malawi 2019 ·BMJ Global Health ·Ana Gonçalves Soares, Louis Banda, Alemayehu Amberbir, Shabbar Jaffar, Crispin Musicha, Alison Price, Moffat Nyirenda, Debbie A. Lawlor, Amelia C. Crampin	6
13	Assessing the Causal Role of Body Mass Index on Cardiovascular Health in Young Adults 2018 ·Circulation ·Kaitlin H. Wade, Scott T. Chiesa, Alun D. Hughes, Nish Chaturvedi, Marietta Charakida, Alicja Rapala, Vivek Muthurangu, Tauseef Khan, Nick Finer, Naveed Sattar, Laura D Howe, Abigail Fraser, Debbie A. Lawlor, George Davey Smith, John Deanfield, Nicholas J. Timpson	55
14	The Association of Maternal Age with Birth Weight and Gestational Age: A Cross-Cohort Comparison. 2015 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·María Clara Restrepo–Méndez, Debbie A. Lawlor, Bernardo Lessa Horta, Alícia Matijasevich, Iná S. Santos, Ana Maria B. Menezes, Fernando C. Barros, César G. Victora	23
15	Timing of Excess Weight Gain in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) 2011 ·PEDIATRICS ·Adrienne Hughes, Andrea Sherriff, Debbie A. Lawlor, Andy Ness, John J. Reilly	26
16	Why Should we Consider a Life Course Approach to Women’s Health Care? 2011 ·Surrey Research Insight Open Access (The University of Surrey) ·Judith Stephenson, Diana Kuh, (unknown), Debbie A. Lawlor, (unknown), Janet W. Rich‐Edwards, Mark A. Hanson, Hazel Inskip, (unknown)	1
17	Physical Activity, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Disease: Is Domestic Physical Activity Beneficial? 2009 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Emmanuel A. Stamatakis, Mark Hamer, Debbie A. Lawlor	3
18	Plant responses to global change: temperature and drought stress 1998 ·Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository) ·Debbie A. Lawlor	10
19	Relation between carbon and nitrogen assimilation, tissue composition and whole plant function 1994 ·Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository) ·Debbie A. Lawlor	16
20	Understanding photosynthetic adaptation to changing climate 1993 ·Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository) ·Debbie A. Lawlor, A. J. Keys	24

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