John Macleod

33.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
484 papers, 20.3k citations indexed

About

John Macleod is a scholar working on Epidemiology, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, John Macleod has authored 484 papers receiving a total of 20.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Epidemiology, 66 papers in General Health Professions and 63 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in John Macleod's work include Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging (34 papers), Reproductive tract infections research (28 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (28 papers). John Macleod is often cited by papers focused on Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging (34 papers), Reproductive tract infections research (28 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (28 papers). John Macleod collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. John Macleod's co-authors include George Davey Smith, Edward M. Brown, Ruth Z. Gold, Matthew Hickman, Andy Boyd, Susan M. Ring, Jean Golding, Debbie A. Lawlor, Andy Ness and Abigail Fraser and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

John Macleod

461 papers receiving 19.0k citations

Hit Papers

Cohort Profile... 1951 2026 1976 2001 2012 2012 2001 2016 1965 500 1000 1.5k
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. Cohort Profile: The ‘Children of the 90s’—the index offspring of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
    2012 2.0k citations Andy Boyd, John Macleod et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →
  2. Cohort Profile: The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: ALSPAC mothers cohort
    2012 1.6k citations Kate Tilling, Andy Boyd et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →
  3. Extracellular Calcium Sensing and Extracellular Calcium Signaling
    2001 1.1k citations John Macleod et al. profile →
  4. The natural history of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women: a multi-parameter evidence synthesis
    2016 342 citations John Macleod et al. profile →
  5. Seminal Cytology in the Presence of Varicocele
    1965 307 citations John Macleod profile →
  6. Implementation of remote consulting in UK primary care following the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods longitudinal study
    2021 281 citations Rachel Denholm, John Macleod et al. British Journal of General Practice profile →
  7. THE MALE FACTOR IN FERTILITY AND INFERTILITY. III. AN ANALYSIS OF MOTILE ACTIVITY IN THE SPERMATOZOA OF 1000 FERTILE MEN AND 1000 MEN IN INFERTILE MARRIAGE
    1951 197 citations John Macleod et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Macleod United Kingdom 66 4.0k 3.2k 2.8k 2.7k 2.7k 484 20.3k
Lynn Rosenberg United States 88 5.1k 1.3× 2.2k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 3.4k 1.3× 2.4k 0.9× 628 28.2k
Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin Finland 87 5.7k 1.4× 2.2k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 2.8k 1.0× 6.2k 2.3× 553 26.0k
John Wright United Kingdom 73 2.3k 0.6× 1.8k 0.6× 3.0k 1.1× 1.5k 0.6× 2.2k 0.8× 639 21.7k
Gretchen A Stevens Switzerland 44 7.7k 1.9× 5.0k 1.6× 4.3k 1.5× 2.2k 0.8× 3.3k 1.2× 85 31.5k
Rebecca Hardy United Kingdom 79 4.4k 1.1× 1.6k 0.5× 2.2k 0.8× 2.2k 0.8× 3.6k 1.3× 448 21.5k
Nicholas de Klerk Australia 76 4.1k 1.0× 3.5k 1.1× 957 0.3× 1.8k 0.7× 3.3k 1.2× 508 21.7k
Julie R. Palmer United States 68 3.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 1.9k 0.7× 1.6k 0.6× 419 16.7k
Valerie Beral United Kingdom 84 5.7k 1.4× 5.3k 1.7× 1.2k 0.4× 3.3k 1.2× 2.2k 0.8× 343 33.2k
Leslie Bernstein United States 106 5.9k 1.5× 2.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.5× 6.2k 2.3× 3.5k 1.3× 624 41.3k
Henry A. Feldman United States 72 5.7k 1.4× 1.2k 0.4× 2.2k 0.8× 2.7k 1.0× 1.9k 0.7× 356 25.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Macleod

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Powell, Annabel, Samreen Ijaz, Sema Mandal, et al.. (2024). Pilot postal birth cohort hepatitis C virus screening in UK primary care: HepCAPP study. British Journal of General Practice. 75(751). e122–e128. 1 indexed citations
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Burton, David L., et al.. (2024). Dissolved nitrous oxide emissions associated with agricultural drainage water as influenced by manure application. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 12. 2 indexed citations
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Hiller, Rachel M., et al.. (2024). A qualitative investigation into care‐leavers' experiences of accessing mental health support. Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice. 97(3). 439–455. 4 indexed citations
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Green, Mark, Martin McKee, Olivia KL Hamilton, et al.. (2023). Associations between self-reported healthcare disruption due to covid-19 and avoidable hospital admission: evidence from seven linked longitudinal studies for England. BMJ. 382. e075133–e075133. 5 indexed citations
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Edwards, Hannah B, Maria Theresa Redaniel, T. J. Peters, et al.. (2023). National PReCePT Programme: a before-and-after evaluation of the implementation of a national quality improvement programme to increase the uptake of magnesium sulfate in preterm deliveries. Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal. 108(4). 342–347. 8 indexed citations
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Pickett, James, Darren M. Ashcroft, Hajira Dambha‐Miller, et al.. (2023). UK research data resources based on primary care electronic health records: review and summary for potential users. BJGP Open. 7(3). BJGPO.2023.0057–BJGPO.2023.0057. 4 indexed citations
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Tanner, Alastair R., Valerio Maggio, Richard Thomas, et al.. (2023). Epicosm—a framework for linking online social media in epidemiological cohorts. International Journal of Epidemiology. 52(3). 952–957. 1 indexed citations
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Dawson, Shoba, Gene Feder, John Macleod, et al.. (2021). Trauma-informed approaches to primary and community mental health care: protocol for a mixed-methods systematic review. BMJ Open. 11(2). e042112–e042112. 9 indexed citations
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Cornish, Rosie, John Macleod, Andy Boyd, & Kate Tilling. (2020). Factors associated with participation over time in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: a study using linked education and primary care data. International Journal of Epidemiology. 50(1). 293–302. 23 indexed citations
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Anderson, Emma, Roxanne Parslow, William Hollingworth, et al.. (2020). Recruiting Adolescents With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis to Internet-Delivered Therapy: Internal Pilot Within a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(8). e17768–e17768. 12 indexed citations
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Teyhan, Alison, Dinithi Wijedasa, & John Macleod. (2018). Adult psychosocial outcomes of men and women who were looked-after or adopted as children: prospective observational study. BMJ Open. 8(2). e019095–e019095. 27 indexed citations
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Hickman, Matthew, Colin Steer, Kate Tilling, et al.. (2018). The impact of buprenorphine and methadone on mortality: a primary care cohort study in the United Kingdom. Addiction. 113(8). 1461–1476. 82 indexed citations
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Cornish, Rosie, Ann John, Andy Boyd, Kate Tilling, & John Macleod. (2016). Defining adolescent common mental disorders using electronic primary care data: a comparison with outcomes measured using the CIS-R. BMJ Open. 6(12). e013167–e013167. 16 indexed citations
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Macleod, John, et al.. (2010). Cannabis and the Lung. The Surgeon. 40. 328–330. 5 indexed citations
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Pokomandy, Alexandra de, Danielle Rouleau, Sylvie Vézina, et al.. (2009). Prevalence, Clearance, and Incidence of Anal Human Papillomavirus Infection in HIV‐Infected Men: The HIPVIRG Cohort Study. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 199(7). 965–973. 156 indexed citations
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Copello, Alex, Lorna Templeton, Jim Orford, et al.. (2008). The relative efficacy of two levels of a primary care intervention for family members affected by the addiction problem of a close relative: a randomized trial. Addiction. 104(1). 49–58. 73 indexed citations
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Pacheco, Ivan, et al.. (2008). Intrinsically Disordered Human C/EBP Homologous Protein Regulates Biological Activity of Colon Cancer Cells during Calcium Stress. Journal of Molecular Biology. 380(2). 313–326. 19 indexed citations
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Lynch, Derek H., et al.. (2003). AJA volume 18 issue 3 Front matter. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture. 18(3). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Zheng, Z. M., Léon E. Parent, & John Macleod. (2003). Influence of soil texture on fertilizer and soil phosphorus transformations in Gleysolic soils. Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 83(4). 395–403. 36 indexed citations

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