Eleanor Sanderson

12.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
66 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Eleanor Sanderson is a scholar working on Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Eleanor Sanderson has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Genetics, 16 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Eleanor Sanderson's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (48 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (15 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (10 papers). Eleanor Sanderson is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (48 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (15 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (10 papers). Eleanor Sanderson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and United States. Eleanor Sanderson's co-authors include George Davey Smith, Frank Windmeijer, Jack Bowden, Michael V. Holmes, Tom Palmer, Tom G. Richardson, Marcus R. Munafò, Wes Spiller, Neil M Davies and Jean Morrison and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Eleanor Sanderson

59 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Mendelian randomization

2022 952 citations Eleanor Sanderson, Michael V. Holmes et al. profile →
An examination of multivariable Mendelian randomization in the single-sample and two-sample summary data settings

2018 634 citations Eleanor Sanderson, George Davey Smith et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →
Mendelian randomisation for mediation analysis: current methods and challenges for implementation

2021 587 citations Alice R Carter, Eleanor Sanderson et al. profile →
Evaluating the relationship between circulating lipoprotein lipids and apolipoproteins with risk of coronary heart disease: A multivariable Mendelian randomisation analysis

2020 491 citations Tom G. Richardson, Eleanor Sanderson et al. profile →
A weak instrument F-test in linear IV models with multiple endogenous variables

2015 466 citations Eleanor Sanderson, Frank Windmeijer profile →
Multivariable Mendelian Randomization and Mediation

2020 445 citations Eleanor Sanderson Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine profile →
Testing and correcting for weak and pleiotropic instruments in two‐sample multivariable Mendelian randomization

2021 302 citations Eleanor Sanderson, Wes Spiller et al. profile →
Use of genetic variation to separate the effects of early and later life adiposity on disease risk: mendelian randomisation study

2020 178 citations Tom G. Richardson, Eleanor Sanderson et al. profile →

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eleanor Sanderson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eleanor Sanderson

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A structural mean modeling Mendelian randomization approach to investigate the lifecourse effect of adiposity: applied and methodological considerations 2025 ·American Journal of Epidemiology ·Grace M. Power, Tom Palmer, Nicole M. Warrington, Jon Heron, Tom G. Richardson, Vanessa Didelez, (unknown), George Davey Smith, Eleanor Sanderson	0
2	Assessing the causal and independent impact of parity-related reproductive factors on risk of breast cancer subtypes 2025 ·BMC Medicine ·Claire Prince, Laura D Howe, Eleanor Sanderson, Gemma C. Sharp, Abigail Fraser, Bethan Lloyd‐Lewis, Rebecca C. Richmond	0
3	Elevated Remnant and LDL Cholesterol and the Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease 2025 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Benjamin Nilsson Wadström, (unknown), Anders Berg Wulff, George Davey Smith, Eleanor Sanderson, Børge G. Nordestgaard	3
4	Exploring pleiotropy in Mendelian randomisation analyses: What are genetic variants associated with ‘cigarette smoking initiation’ really capturing? 2024 ·Genetic Epidemiology ·(unknown), Robyn E. Wootton, Jasmine Khouja, Tom G. Richardson, Eleanor Sanderson, George Davey Smith, Marcus R. Munafò	2
5	Investigating causality in the association between DNA methylation and type 2 diabetes using bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomisation 2023 ·Diabetologia ·(unknown), Gemma C. Sharp, Eleanor Sanderson, Caroline L. Relton, Hannah R. Elliott	12
6	Causal factors in primary open angle glaucoma: a phenome-wide Mendelian randomisation study 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·Thomas Julian, (unknown), Eleanor Sanderson, Hui Guo, (unknown), Johnathan Cooper‐Knock, Graeme C. Black, Panagiotis I. Sergouniotis	10
7	Interpretation of Mendelian randomization using a single measure of an exposure that varies over time 2022 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Tim Morris, Jon Heron, Eleanor Sanderson, George Davey Smith, Vanessa Didelez, Kate Tilling	27
8	A phenome-wide bidirectional Mendelian randomization analysis of atrial fibrillation 2022 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Qin Wang, Tom G. Richardson, Eleanor Sanderson, Matthew Tudball, Mika Ala‐Korpela, George Davey Smith, Michael V. Holmes	25
9	Investigating causal relations between sleep duration and risks of adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes: linear and nonlinear Mendelian randomization analyses 2022 ·BMC Medicine ·Qian Yang, Maria C. Magnus, Fanny Kilpi, Gillian Santorelli, Ana Gonçalves Soares, Jane West, Per Magnus, John Wright, Siri E. Håberg, Eleanor Sanderson, Debbie A. Lawlor, Kate Tilling, Maria Carolina Borges	14
10	Interaction-based Mendelian randomization with measured and unmeasured gene-by-covariate interactions 2022 ·PLoS ONE ·Wes Spiller, Fernando Pires Hartwig, Eleanor Sanderson, George Davey Smith, Jack Bowden	7
11	The use of negative control outcomes in Mendelian randomization to detect potential population stratification 2021 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Eleanor Sanderson, Tom G. Richardson, Gibran Hemani, George Davey Smith	61
12	Exploring the Relationship Between Schizophrenia and Cardiovascular Disease: A Genetic Correlation and Multivariable Mendelian Randomization Study 2021 ·Schizophrenia Bulletin ·(unknown), Jentien M. Vermeulen, Abdel Abdellaoui, Eleanor Sanderson, Robyn E. Wootton, Rafik Tadros, Connie R. Bezzina, Damiaan Denys, Marcus R. Munafò, Karin J. H. Verweij, Jorien L. Treur	40
13	The impact of education inequality on rheumatoid arthritis risk is mediated by smoking and body mass index: Mendelian randomization study 2021 ·Lara D. Veeken ·Sizheng Steven Zhao, Michael V. Holmes, Jie Zheng, Eleanor Sanderson, Alice R Carter	48
14	Contributions of obesity to kidney health and disease: insights from Mendelian randomization and the human kidney transcriptomics 2021 ·Cardiovascular Research ·Xiaoguang Xu, James Eales, Xiao Jiang, Eleanor Sanderson, (unknown), Sushant Saluja, (unknown), Bryan Williams, Andrew P. Morris, Tomasz J Guzik, Fadi J. Charchar, Michael V. Holmes, Maciej Tomaszewski	22
15	Education, intelligence and Alzheimer’s disease: evidence from a multivariable two-sample Mendelian randomization study 2020 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Emma L. Anderson, Laura D Howe, Kaitlin H. Wade, Yoav Ben‐Shlomo, W. David Hill, Ian J. Deary, Eleanor Sanderson, Jie Zheng, Roxanna Korologou‐Linden, Evie Stergiakouli, George Davey Smith, Neil M Davies, Gibran Hemani	95
16	A multivariable Mendelian randomization analysis investigating smoking and alcohol consumption in oral and oropharyngeal cancer 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Mark Gormley, Tom Dudding, Eleanor Sanderson, Richard M. Martin, Steven J. Thomas, Jessica Tyrrell, Andy Ness, Paul Brennan, Marcus R. Munafò, Miranda Pring, Stefania Boccia, Andrew F. Olshan, Brenda Diergaarde, Rayjean J. Hung, Geoffrey Liu, George Davey Smith, Rebecca C. Richmond	72
17	Mendelian randomization provides evidence for a causal effect of higher serum IGF-1 concentration on risk of hip and knee osteoarthritis 2020 ·Lara D. Veeken ·April Hartley, Eleanor Sanderson, Lavinia Paternoster, Alexander Teumer, Robert C. Kaplan, Jonathan H. Tobias, Celia L. Gregson	14
18	Multivariable Mendelian Randomization and Mediation breakdown → 2020 ·Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine ·Eleanor Sanderson	445
19	Mendelian randomisation analysis of the effect of educational attainment and cognitive ability on smoking behaviour 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Eleanor Sanderson, George Davey Smith, Jack Bowden, Marcus R. Munafò	42
20	An examination of multivariable Mendelian randomization in the single-sample and two-sample summary data settings breakdown → 2018 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Eleanor Sanderson, George Davey Smith, Frank Windmeijer, Jack Bowden	634

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