George B. Ploubidis

9.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
164 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

George B. Ploubidis is a scholar working on Health, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, George B. Ploubidis has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Health, 48 papers in General Health Professions and 40 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in George B. Ploubidis's work include Health disparities and outcomes (65 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (28 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (26 papers). George B. Ploubidis is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (65 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (28 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (26 papers). George B. Ploubidis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. George B. Ploubidis's co-authors include Donna L. Lamping, Anna Goodman, Tim Croudace, Tabea Schoeler, Jean‐Baptiste Pingault, Rosemary Abbott, Felicia A. Huppert, Bianca De Stavola, Lynda Clarke and Alissa Goodman and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Psychological Bulletin and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

George B. Ploubidis

153 papers receiving 4.9k citations

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When to Use Broader Internalising and Externalising Subscales Instead of the Hypothesised Five Subscales on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ): Data from British Parents, Teachers and Children

2010 1.1k citations George B. Ploubidis et al. profile →
Using genetic data to strengthen causal inference in observational research

2018 289 citations George B. Ploubidis et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sex differences between mid-life glycaemic traits and brain volume at age 70: a population-based study 2025 ·European Journal of Endocrinology ·(unknown), Alun D. Hughes, Carole H. Sudre, Nish Chaturvedi, Victoria Garfield, Richard J. Silverwood, George B. Ploubidis, Thomas D. Parker, Kirsty Lu, David M. Cash, Ian B. Malone, Andrew Wong, Josephine Barnes, Marcus Richards, Nick C. Fox, Jonathan M. Schott, Sarah‐Naomi James	0
2	Data Resource Profile: Genomic data in multiple British birth cohorts (1946–2001)—linkage with health, social, and environmental data from birth to old age 2025 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Gemma Shireby, Tim Morris, Andrew Wong, Nish Chaturvedi, George B. Ploubidis, (unknown), Alissa Goodman, Adelaida Sánchez-Gálvez, Neil M Davies, Liam Wright, David Bann	0
3	Life-course social participation and physical activity in midlife: longitudinal associations in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) 2024 ·European Journal of Epidemiology ·(unknown), Daisy Fancourt, Alice Sullivan, Mark Hamer, George B. Ploubidis, Ichiro Kawachi	1
4	The performance of long vs. short questionnaire-based measures of depression, anxiety, and psychological distress among UK adults: A comparison of the patient health questionnaires, generalized anxiety disorder scales, malaise inventory, and Kessler scales 2023 ·Journal of Affective Disorders ·Dorottya Lantos, Darío Moreno‐Agostino, Lasana T. Harris, George B. Ploubidis, (unknown), Emla Fitzsimons	7
5	Fast food proximity and weight gain in childhood and adolescence: Evidence from Great Britain 2023 ·Health Economics ·(unknown), David B. Church, George B. Ploubidis, Emla Fitzsimons	10
6	Differences in the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the long-term trajectories of life satisfaction by sex in the UK: a prospective cohort study 2023 ·The Lancet ·Darío Moreno‐Agostino, Jayati Das‐Munshi, George B. Ploubidis	0
7	Association between psychological distress trajectories from adolescence to midlife and mental health during the pandemic: evidence from two British birth cohorts 2023 ·Psychological Medicine ·Vanessa Moulton, Alice Sullivan, Praveetha Patalay, Emla Fitzsimons, Morag Henderson, David Bann, George B. Ploubidis	1
8	Psychological Distress Across Adulthood: Equating Scales in Three British Birth Cohorts 2022 ·Clinical Psychological Science ·Hannah E. Jongsma, Vanessa Moulton, George B. Ploubidis, Emily Gilbert, Marcus Richards, Praveetha Patalay	2
9	Generational, sex, and socioeconomic inequalities in mental and social wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: prospective longitudinal observational study of five UK cohorts 2022 ·Psychological Medicine ·Darío Moreno‐Agostino, Helen L. Fisher, Stephani L. Hatch, Craig Morgan, George B. Ploubidis, Jayati Das‐Munshi	4
10	Covid‐19, social restrictions, and mental distress among young people: a UK longitudinal, population‐based study 2022 ·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ·Gemma Knowles, Charlotte Gayer‐Anderson, Alice Turner, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Vanessa Pinfold, (unknown), (unknown), Stephani L. Hatch, George B. Ploubidis, Kamaldeep Bhui, Seeromanie Harding, Craig Morgan	27
11	Inequalities in healthcare disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from 12 UK population-based longitudinal studies 2022 ·BMJ Open ·Jane Maddock, Samantha Parsons, Giorgio Di Gessa, Michael J. Green, Ellen J. Thompson, Anna J. Stevenson, Alex S. F. Kwong, Eoin McElroy, Gillian Santorelli, Richard J. Silverwood, Gabriella Captur, Nish Chaturvedi, Claire J. Steves, Andrew Steptoe, Praveetha Patalay, George B. Ploubidis, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi	25
12	SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first trimester and the risk of early miscarriage: a UK population-based prospective cohort study of 3041 pregnancies conceived during the pandemic 2022 ·Human Reproduction ·(unknown), Melanie Davies, Jennifer Hall, Judith Stephenson, Anna L. David, Geraldine Barrett, Helen C. O’Neill, George B. Ploubidis, Ephia Yasmin, D. Mavrelos	31
13	Inequality in hospitalization due to non-communicable diseases in Sweden: Age-cohort analysis of the Uppsala Birth Cohort Multigenerational Study 2021 ·SSM - Population Health ·Dawid Gondek, George B. Ploubidis, Muhammad Zakir Hossin, Menghan Gao, David Bann, Ilona Koupil	6
14	Changes in the behavioural determinants of health during the COVID-19 pandemic: gender, socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in five British cohort studies 2021 ·Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ·David Bann, (unknown), Jane Maddock, Alun D. Hughes, George B. Ploubidis, Richard J. Silverwood, Praveetha Patalay	61
15	COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Studies: Waves 1 and 2: User Guide (Version 2) 2020 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), Anna L. Goodman, (unknown), George B. Ploubidis, (unknown), Richard J. Silverwood, (unknown)	28
16	Socioeconomic inequalities across life and premature mortality from 1971 to 2016: findings from three British birth cohorts born in 1946, 1958 and 1970 2020 ·Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ·Meg Fluharty, Rebecca Hardy, George B. Ploubidis, Benedetta Pongiglione, David Bann	3
17	Duration of obesity exposure between ages 10 and 40 years and its relationship with cardiometabolic disease risk factors: A cohort study 2020 ·PLoS Medicine ·Tom Norris, Tim Cole, David Bann, Mark Hamer, Rebecca Hardy, Leah Li, Ken K. Ong, George B. Ploubidis, Russell Viner, William Johnson	51
18	Self-Stigma, Public-Stigma and Attitudes towards Professional Psychological Help: Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version of Three Relevant Questionnaires 2018 ·International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling ·Georgios Efstathiou, (unknown), George B. Ploubidis, (unknown)	9
19	Association of nursery and early school attendance with later health behaviours, biomedical risk factors, and mortality: evidence from four decades of follow-up of participants in the 1958 birth cohort study 2018 ·Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ·G. David Batty, George B. Ploubidis, Alissa Goodman, David Bann	5
20	The path from social origins to top jobs: social reproduction via education 2017 ·British Journal of Sociology ·Alice Sullivan, Samantha Parsons, Francis Green, Richard D. Wiggins, George B. Ploubidis	48

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