Donald M. Lyall

9.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
118 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Donald M. Lyall is a scholar working on Genetics, Physiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald M. Lyall has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Genetics, 28 papers in Physiology and 22 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Donald M. Lyall's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (30 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (14 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (13 papers). Donald M. Lyall is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (30 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (14 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (13 papers). Donald M. Lyall collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and United States. Donald M. Lyall's co-authors include Jill P. Pell, Naveed Sattar, Daniel Mackay, Carlos Celis‐Morales, Jason M. R. Gill, Jana Anderson, Paul Welsh, Stuart R. Gray, Stamatina Iliodromiti and Daniel J. Smıth and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Donald M. Lyall

112 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

3 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 →
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 Laura M. Lyall, Nicholas Graham et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Donald M. Lyall United Kingdom	39	1.6k	974	738	579	544	118	4.9k
Thomas J. Littlejohns United Kingdom	20	978 0.6×	899 0.9×	506 0.7×	529 0.9×	822 1.5×	55	4.6k
Isabelle Carrière France	43	1.2k 0.8×	554 0.6×	511 0.7×	1.0k 1.8×	359 0.7×	135	5.6k
Sölve Elmståhl Sweden	44	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	890 1.2×	1.5k 2.6×	278 0.5×	267	7.8k
Fujiko Ando Japan	43	1.5k 1.0×	788 0.8×	311 0.4×	426 0.7×	366 0.7×	222	5.7k
Hiroshi Shimokata Japan	46	2.7k 1.7×	1.4k 1.4×	561 0.8×	900 1.6×	450 0.8×	314	8.3k
Weili Xu Sweden	45	2.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	666 0.9×	1.8k 3.2×	244 0.4×	203	6.7k
Claudio Macchi Italy	31	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	589 0.8×	756 1.3×	118 0.2×	172	5.4k
Fanny Petermann‐Rocha Chile	34	2.6k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	475 0.6×	397 0.7×	207 0.4×	250	4.8k
Marc M. Budge Australia	31	884 0.6×	610 0.6×	930 1.3×	1.2k 2.1×	299 0.5×	56	4.3k
Lisa H. Colbert United States	38	2.5k 1.6×	969 1.0×	748 1.0×	639 1.1×	177 0.3×	76	5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Donald M. Lyall

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald M. Lyall

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Aman, Alisha, Joey Ward, Jana Anderson, et al.. (2025). Association of GLP1R locus with mental ill‐health endophenotypes and cardiometabolic traits: A trans‐ancestry study in UK Biobank. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 27(4). 1845–1858.

Wardlaw, Joanna M., et al.. (2024). Clinical Phenotypes Associated with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease – An Overview of Systematic Reviews. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 100252–100252.

Anderson, Jana, Mark E.S. Bailey, Claire L. Niedzwiedz, et al.. (2024). Genetic variation in circadian regulator gene BMAL1 in psychiatric, psychological and cardiometabolic traits: a trans-ancestry UK Biobank study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 27(1). e301267–e301267.

Beydoun, May A., Hind A. Beydoun, Yi‐Han Hu, et al.. (2024). Helicobacter pylori, persistent infection burden and structural brain imaging markers. Brain Communications. 6(2). fcae088–fcae088. 3 indexed citations

Ward, Joey, Rona J. Strawbridge, Carlos Celis‐Morales, et al.. (2024). How do lifestyle factors modify the association between genetic predisposition and obesity-related phenotypes? A 4-way decomposition analysis using UK Biobank. BMC Medicine. 22(1). 230–230. 7 indexed citations

Lyall, Donald M., Andrey Kormilitzin, Claire Lancaster, et al.. (2023). Artificial intelligence for dementia—Applied models and digital health. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(12). 5872–5884. 30 indexed citations

Ranson, Janice M., Magda Bucholc, Donald M. Lyall, et al.. (2023). Harnessing the potential of machine learning and artificial intelligence for dementia research. Brain Informatics. 10(1). 6–6. 12 indexed citations

Beydoun, May A., Hind A. Beydoun, Marie Fanelli Kuczmarski, et al.. (2023). Pathways explaining racial/ethnic and socio-economic disparities in dementia incidence: the UK Biobank study. Aging. 15(18). 9310–9340. 14 indexed citations

Stolicyn, Aleks, Laura M. Lyall, Donald M. Lyall, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive assessment of sleep duration, insomnia, and brain structure within the UK Biobank cohort. SLEEP. 47(2). 14 indexed citations

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Lyall, Laura M., Xingxing Zhu, Donald M. Lyall, et al.. (2023). Subjective and objective sleep and circadian parameters as predictors of depression-related outcomes: A machine learning approach in UK Biobank. Journal of Affective Disorders. 335. 83–94. 20 indexed citations

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Cullen, Breda, Marc J. Gameroff, Joey Ward, et al.. (2023). Cognitive Function in People With Familial Risk of Depression. JAMA Psychiatry. 80(6). 610–610. 4 indexed citations

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Aman, Alisha, Eric A. W. Slob, Joey Ward, et al.. (2022). Investigating the potential impact of PCSK9-inhibitors on mood disorders using eQTL-based Mendelian randomization. PLoS ONE. 17(12). e0279381–e0279381. 8 indexed citations

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Anderson, Jana, Frederick K. Ho, Claire L. Niedzwiedz, et al.. (2021). Remote history of VTE is associated with severe COVID‐19 in middle and older age: UK Biobank cohort study. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 19(10). 2533–2538. 4 indexed citations

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Shen, Xueyi, Amelia Edmondson-Stait, Claire Green, et al.. (2021). Associations between major psychiatric disorder polygenic risk scores and blood-based markers in UK biobank. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 97. 32–41. 17 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xingxing, Joey Ward, Breda Cullen, et al.. (2021). Polygenic Risk for Schizophrenia, Brain Structure, and Environmental Risk in UK Biobank. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open. 2(1). 8 indexed citations

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Jani, Bhautesh, Barbara I. Nicholl, Peter Hanlon, et al.. (2021). Family history of diabetes and risk of SARS‐COV‐2 in UK Biobank: A prospective cohort study. Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism. 4(4). e00283–e00283. 1 indexed citations

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Ward, Joey, et al.. (2021). The association between C-reactive protein, mood disorder, and cognitive function in UK Biobank. European Psychiatry. 64(1). e14–e14. 25 indexed citations

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Hayes, Sara, John Forbes, Carlos Celis‐Morales, et al.. (2020). Association Between Walking Pace and Stroke Incidence. Stroke. 51(5). 1388–1395. 13 indexed citations

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Welsh, Paul, Claire Welsh, Carlos Celis‐Morales, et al.. (2020). Lipoprotein(a) and cardiovascular disease: prediction, attributable risk fraction and estimating benefits from novel interventions. European Heart Journal. 41(Supplement_2). 6 indexed citations

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Strawbridge, Rona J., Joey Ward, Mark E.S. Bailey, et al.. (2019). Carotid Intima-Media Thickness. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 40(2). 446–461. 21 indexed citations

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