Denis Baird

13.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Denis Baird is a scholar working on Genetics, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Denis Baird has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Genetics, 6 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Denis Baird's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (8 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (6 papers) and Hip disorders and treatments (5 papers). Denis Baird is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (8 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (6 papers) and Hip disorders and treatments (5 papers). Denis Baird collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Denis Baird's co-authors include Jie Zheng, George Davey Smith, David M. Evans, Gibran Hemani, Philip Haycock, Jack Bowden, Tom R. Gaunt, Nicholas J. Timpson, Hashem A. Shihab and Valeriia Haberland and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioinformatics, eLife and Bone.

In The Last Decade

Denis Baird

17 papers receiving 5.2k citations

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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.

The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome

2018 4.4k citations Gibran Hemani, Jie Zheng et al. eLife profile →
Recent Developments in Mendelian Randomization Studies

2017 662 citations Jie Zheng, Denis Baird et al. Current Epidemiology Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Denis Baird United Kingdom	8	2.6k	1.4k	799	667	590	17	5.2k
Charles Laurin United States	9	2.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	743 0.9×	629 0.9×	506 0.9×	15	5.0k
Ryan Langdon United Kingdom	13	2.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	761 1.0×	650 1.0×	511 0.9×	21	5.2k
Vanessa Y. Tan United Kingdom	8	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	713 0.9×	617 0.9×	478 0.8×	13	4.7k
Marie Verbanck France	12	2.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	908 1.1×	876 1.3×	608 1.0×	20	5.6k
Valeriia Haberland United Kingdom	5	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	697 0.9×	591 0.9×	481 0.8×	8	4.5k
Fabiola Del Greco M Italy	25	3.2k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 1.3×	873 1.3×	827 1.4×	38	6.7k
Kaitlin H. Wade United Kingdom	23	3.2k 1.2×	1.7k 1.3×	970 1.2×	954 1.4×	580 1.0×	55	6.8k
Hashem A. Shihab United Kingdom	15	3.5k 1.3×	3.0k 2.2×	793 1.0×	720 1.1×	550 0.9×	23	7.2k
James Yarmolinsky United Kingdom	17	3.2k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	954 1.4×	754 1.3×	30	7.1k
Dipender Gill United Kingdom	39	1.6k 0.6×	977 0.7×	998 1.2×	489 0.7×	337 0.6×	227	5.1k

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17 of 17 papers shown

Lam, Max, et al.. (2025). Circulating Blood-Based Proteins in Psychopathology and Cognition. JAMA Psychiatry. 82(5). 481–481. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Jian, Isobel D. Stewart, Denis Baird, et al.. (2023). Causal effects of maternal circulating amino acids on offspring birthweight: a Mendelian randomisation study. EBioMedicine. 88. 104441–104441. 10 indexed citations

Zheng, Jie, Yuemiao Zhang, Huiling Zhao, et al.. (2022). Multi-ancestry Mendelian randomization of omics traits revealing drug targets of COVID-19 severity. EBioMedicine. 81. 104112–104112. 14 indexed citations

Hansson, Oskar, Atul Kumar, Shorena Janelidze, et al.. (2022). The genetic regulation of protein expression in cerebrospinal fluid. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 15(1). e16359–e16359. 19 indexed citations

Faber, Benjamin G, Todd L. Bredbenner, Denis Baird, et al.. (2020). Subregional statistical shape modelling identifies lesser trochanter size as a possible risk factor for radiographic hip osteoarthritis, a cross-sectional analysis from the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 28(8). 1071–1078. 12 indexed citations

Frysz, Monika, Denis Baird, J.S. Gregory, et al.. (2020). The influence of adult hip shape genetic variants on adolescent hip shape: Findings from a population-based DXA study. Bone. 143. 115792–115792. 7 indexed citations

Erzurumluoglu, A. Mesut, Denis Baird, Tom G. Richardson, Nicholas J. Timpson, & Santiago Rodrı́guez. (2018). Using Y-Chromosomal Haplogroups in Genetic Association Studies and Suggested Implications. Genes. 9(1). 45–45. 4 indexed citations

Hemani, Gibran, Jie Zheng, Benjamin Elsworth, et al.. (2018). The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome. eLife. 7. 4374 indexed citations breakdown →

Baird, Denis, Lavinia Paternoster, J.S. Gregory, et al.. (2018). Investigation of the Relationship Between Susceptibility Loci for Hip Osteoarthritis and Dual X‐Ray Absorptiometry–Derived Hip Shape in a Population‐Based Cohort of Perimenopausal Women. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 70(12). 1984–1993. 19 indexed citations

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Zheng, Jie, Denis Baird, Maria Carolina Borges, et al.. (2017). Recent Developments in Mendelian Randomization Studies. Current Epidemiology Reports. 4(4). 330–345. 662 indexed citations breakdown →

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Faber, Benjamin G, Denis Baird, Celia L. Gregson, et al.. (2017). DXA-derived hip shape is related to osteoarthritis: findings from in the MrOS cohort. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 25(12). 2031–2038. 28 indexed citations

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Baird, Denis, R.J. Barr, Fiona R. Saunders, et al.. (2017). Adult hip shape is influenced by variation in genes involved in endochondral bone formation: findings from a genome-wide association study followed by meta-analysis.. 32. 1 indexed citations

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Faber, Benjamin G, Denis Baird, J.S. Gregory, et al.. (2016). Joint shape may contribute to relationships between body weight and hip osteoarthritis: Findings from a cross sectional study in peri-menopausal women. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 24. S196–S196. 1 indexed citations

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Zheng, Jie, Santiago Rodrı́guez, Charles Laurin, et al.. (2016). HAPRAP: a haplotype-based iterative method for statistical fine mapping using GWAS summary statistics. Bioinformatics. 33(1). 79–86. 4 indexed citations

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Erzurumluoglu, A. Mesut, Santiago Rodrı́guez, Hashem A. Shihab, et al.. (2015). Identifying Highly Penetrant Disease Causal Mutations Using Next Generation Sequencing: Guide to Whole Process. BioMed Research International. 2015. 1–16. 7 indexed citations

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Dr, Scobie, David O’Connell, & Denis Baird. (1999). Chimaeras overcome the genotype X environment interaction.. PubMed. 8(4). 365–6. 2 indexed citations

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Thompson, B., Denis Baird, & Ian MacGillivray. (1978). Some aspects of reproductive performance in twin sisters of known zygosity.. PubMed. 24 Pt C. 57–62. 2 indexed citations

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