Εvangelos Εvangelou

35.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
160 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Εvangelos Εvangelou is a scholar working on Genetics, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Εvangelos Εvangelou has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Genetics, 20 papers in Epidemiology and 19 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Εvangelos Εvangelou's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (32 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (15 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (10 papers). Εvangelos Εvangelou is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (32 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (15 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (10 papers). Εvangelos Εvangelou collaborates with scholars based in Greece, United Kingdom and United States. Εvangelos Εvangelou's co-authors include John P. A. Ioannidis, Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Lazaros Belbasis, Vanesa Bellou, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis, Paul Elliott, Stefania Papatheodorou, P. Kyzas and Abbas Dehghan and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Εvangelos Εvangelou

157 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

Uncertainty in heterogeneity estimates in meta-analyses 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2008 2015 2018 2020 250 500 750
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.

  1. Uncertainty in heterogeneity estimates in meta-analyses
    2007 977 citations John P. A. Ioannidis, Εvangelos Εvangelou et al. profile →
  2. Sensitivity of between-study heterogeneity in meta-analysis: proposed metrics and empirical evaluation
    2008 892 citations Εvangelos Εvangelou, John P. A. Ioannidis et al. profile →
  3. Environmental risk factors and multiple sclerosis: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
    2015 501 citations Lazaros Belbasis, Vanesa Bellou et al. profile →
  4. Risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus: An exposure-wide umbrella review of meta-analyses
    2018 453 citations Vanesa Bellou, Lazaros Belbasis et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  5. Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and cancer prognosis: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies
    2020 382 citations Ioanna Tzoulaki, Εvangelos Εvangelou et al. profile →
  6. Meta-analysis methods for genome-wide association studies and beyond
    2013 374 citations Εvangelos Εvangelou, John P. A. Ioannidis profile →
  7. Environmental risk factors and Parkinson's disease: An umbrella review of meta-analyses
    2015 313 citations Vanesa Bellou, Lazaros Belbasis et al. profile →
  8. Dietary fiber and health outcomes: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
    2018 304 citations Εvangelos Εvangelou, Ioanna Tzoulaki et al. profile →
  9. Predictive Accuracy of a Polygenic Risk Score–Enhanced Prediction Model vs a Clinical Risk Score for Coronary Artery Disease
    2020 261 citations Εvangelos Εvangelou, Karel G.M. Moons et al. profile →
  10. Causal association between periodontitis and hypertension: evidence from Mendelian randomization and a randomized controlled trial of non-surgical periodontal therapy
    2019 229 citations Marta Cześnikiewicz‐Guzik, Grzegorz Osmenda et al. European Heart Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Εvangelos Εvangelou Greece 54 1.6k 1.5k 1.4k 1.3k 1.3k 160 11.5k
Glenn E. Palomaki United States 52 1.9k 1.1× 1.5k 1.0× 1.5k 1.1× 892 0.7× 764 0.6× 255 14.2k
Jae Il Shin South Korea 49 840 0.5× 1.6k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 1.5k 1.2× 547 14.8k
Cheng‐Chieh Lin Taiwan 54 1.3k 0.8× 2.9k 1.9× 1.0k 0.7× 1.3k 1.1× 1.7k 1.3× 568 12.5k
Adrian S. Dobs United States 62 1.2k 0.7× 2.8k 1.9× 1.5k 1.1× 902 0.7× 851 0.7× 266 15.0k
Qiang Li China 51 1.0k 0.6× 2.0k 1.4× 1.2k 0.9× 684 0.5× 1.9k 1.5× 446 12.2k
Ioanna Tzoulaki United Kingdom 58 1.4k 0.9× 2.1k 1.4× 2.4k 1.7× 981 0.8× 1.9k 1.5× 186 13.9k
Maurice P. Zeegers Netherlands 56 1.2k 0.7× 2.0k 1.3× 1.8k 1.3× 1.6k 1.2× 1.3k 1.0× 323 11.2k
Joseph C. Cappelleri United States 58 821 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 996 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 496 17.5k
Timothy L. Lash United States 60 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 1.6k 1.2× 3.6k 2.8× 1.9k 1.5× 348 15.0k
Chris R. Cardwell United Kingdom 57 956 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 1.5k 1.1× 2.1k 1.7× 1.1k 0.9× 307 12.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Evangelopoulos, Dimitris, D. L. Wood, Barbara K. Butland, et al.. (2025). Measurement error correction methods for the effects of ambient air pollution on mortality and morbidity using the UK Biobank cohort: the MELONS study. Environmental Research. 284. 122237–122237. 1 indexed citations
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Christakoudi, Sofia, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis, Εvangelos Εvangelou, & Elio Ríboli. (2023). Sex differences in the associations of body size and body shape with platelets in the UK Biobank cohort. Biology of Sex Differences. 14(1). 12–12. 8 indexed citations
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Siedliński, Mateusz, Lorenzo Carnevale, Xiaoguang Xu, et al.. (2023). Genetic analyses identify brain structures related to cognitive impairment associated with elevated blood pressure. European Heart Journal. 44(23). 2114–2125. 39 indexed citations
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Koskeridis, Fotios, Εvangelos Εvangelou, Joseph J. Boyle, et al.. (2022). Pleiotropic genetic architecture and novel loci for C-reactive protein levels. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6939–6939. 25 indexed citations
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Bellou, Vanesa, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Maarten van Smeden, et al.. (2021). Prognostic factors for adverse outcomes in patients with COVID-19: a field-wide systematic review and meta-analysis. European Respiratory Journal. 59(2). 2002964–2002964. 47 indexed citations
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Kanellopoulou, Afroditi, Georgios Markozannes, Emmanouil Bouras, et al.. (2021). Prevalence and Determinants of Sex-Specific Dietary Supplement Use in a Greek Cohort. Nutrients. 13(8). 2857–2857. 18 indexed citations
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Εvangelou, Εvangelos, Hideaki Suzuki, Wenjia Bai, et al.. (2021). Alcohol consumption in the general population is associated with structural changes in multiple organ systems. eLife. 10. 19 indexed citations
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Gill, Dipender, Alan C. Cameron, Stephen Burgess, et al.. (2020). Urate, Blood Pressure, and Cardiovascular Disease. Hypertension. 77(2). 383–392. 91 indexed citations
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Belbasis, Lazaros, et al.. (2020). Environmental factors, serum biomarkers and risk of atrial fibrillation: an exposure-wide umbrella review of meta-analyses. European Journal of Epidemiology. 35(3). 223–239. 20 indexed citations
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Georgakis, Marios K., Dipender Gill, Alastair J.S. Webb, et al.. (2020). Genetically determined blood pressure, antihypertensive drug classes, and risk of stroke subtypes. Neurology. 95(4). e353–e361. 63 indexed citations
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Gill, Dipender, Marios K. Georgakis, Fotios Koskeridis, et al.. (2019). Use of Genetic Variants Related to Antihypertensive Drugs to Inform on Efficacy and Side Effects. Circulation. 140(4). 270–279. 89 indexed citations
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Gill, Dipender, Beben Benyamin, Luke Moore, et al.. (2019). Associations of genetically determined iron status across the phenome: A mendelian randomization study. PLoS Medicine. 16(6). e1002833–e1002833. 41 indexed citations
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Cześnikiewicz‐Guzik, Marta, Grzegorz Osmenda, Mateusz Siedliński, et al.. (2019). Causal association between periodontitis and hypertension: evidence from Mendelian randomization and a randomized controlled trial of non-surgical periodontal therapy. European Heart Journal. 40(42). 3459–3470. 229 indexed citations breakdown →
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Marouli, Eirini, Fabiola Del Greco M, Christina M. Astley, et al.. (2019). Mendelian randomisation analyses find pulmonary factors mediate the effect of height on coronary artery disease. Communications Biology. 2(1). 119–119. 31 indexed citations
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Dragioti, Elena, Εvangelos Εvangelou, Britt Larsson, & Björn Gerdle. (2018). Effectiveness of multidisciplinary programmes for clinical pain conditions: An umbrella review. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 50(9). 779–791. 32 indexed citations
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Skalkidou, Alkistis, Theodoros Ν. Sergentanis, Marios K. Georgakis, et al.. (2017). Risk of endometrial cancer in women treated with ovary-stimulating drugs for subfertility. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2017(3). CD010931–CD010931. 26 indexed citations
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Giannakou, Konstantinos, Εvangelos Εvangelou, & Stefania Papatheodorou. (2017). Genetic and non‐genetic risk factors for pre‐eclampsia: umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta‐analyses of observational studies. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 51(6). 720–730. 91 indexed citations
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Stefanaki, Irene, Christina M. Lill, Katerina Kypreou, et al.. (2014). Updated Field Synopsis and Systematic Meta-Analyses of Genetic Association Studies in Cutaneous Melanoma: The MelGene Database. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 135(4). 1074–1079. 25 indexed citations
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McGill, Sarah, Εvangelos Εvangelou, John P. A. Ioannidis, Roy Soetikno, & Tonya Kaltenbach. (2013). Narrow band imaging to differentiate neoplastic and non-neoplastic colorectal polyps in real time: a meta-analysis of diagnostic operating characteristics. Gut. 62(12). 1704–1713. 118 indexed citations
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Gao, Jin, Zhenglun Pan, Feng Li, et al.. (2012). TPH2 Gene Polymorphisms and Major Depression – A Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e36721–e36721. 87 indexed citations

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