Michaela Benzeval

12.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
124 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Michaela Benzeval is a scholar working on Health, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Michaela Benzeval has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Health, 46 papers in General Health Professions and 21 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Michaela Benzeval's work include Health disparities and outcomes (59 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (21 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (17 papers). Michaela Benzeval is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (59 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (21 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (17 papers). Michaela Benzeval collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Michaela Benzeval's co-authors include Ken Judge, Michael J. Green, Geoff Der, Cara Booker, Frank Popham, Alastair H. Leyland, Kate Hunt, Elise Whitley, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi and Claire L. Niedzwiedz and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michaela Benzeval

118 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Grip Strength across the Life Course: Normative Data from Twelve British Studies
    2014 794 citations Rachel Cooper, Michaela Benzeval et al. profile →
  2. Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK household longitudinal study
    2021 476 citations Elaine Robertson, Claire L. Niedzwiedz et al. Brain Behavior and Immunity profile →
  3. Mental health and health behaviours before and during the initial phase of the COVID-19 lockdown: longitudinal analyses of the UK Household Longitudinal Study
    2020 366 citations Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Michael J. Green et al. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michaela Benzeval United Kingdom 42 2.0k 1.9k 1.1k 848 811 124 6.1k
Sarah J. Shema United States 44 2.4k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 736 0.7× 966 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 70 7.4k
Bei Wu United States 41 2.0k 1.0× 2.1k 1.1× 622 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 1.4k 1.7× 466 7.3k
Marı́a Victoria Zunzunegui Canada 47 2.7k 1.3× 2.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 938 1.1× 1.0k 1.3× 231 7.7k
André Hajek Germany 34 1.9k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 437 0.4× 995 1.2× 965 1.2× 424 5.1k
Patrick M. Krueger United States 31 1.4k 0.7× 1.8k 1.0× 570 0.5× 959 1.1× 1.3k 1.6× 63 5.3k
Marja Jylhä Finland 44 3.8k 1.9× 3.1k 1.7× 891 0.8× 558 0.7× 867 1.1× 175 8.0k
Antti Uutela Finland 48 1.5k 0.7× 2.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 983 1.2× 604 0.7× 160 7.2k
Anna Zajacova United States 39 2.1k 1.1× 2.2k 1.2× 330 0.3× 706 0.8× 720 0.9× 107 5.6k
Jersey Liang United States 55 3.5k 1.7× 2.2k 1.2× 656 0.6× 816 1.0× 1.6k 2.0× 194 7.2k
Verena Menec Canada 42 2.4k 1.2× 1.9k 1.0× 348 0.3× 727 0.9× 675 0.8× 115 5.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michaela Benzeval

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Benzeval, Michaela, et al.. (2023). Understanding Society: health, biomarker and genetic data. Fiscal Studies. 44(4). 399–415. 2 indexed citations
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Rouxel, Patrick, Tarani Chandola, Meena Kumari, Teresa E. Seeman, & Michaela Benzeval. (2021). Biological costs and benefits of social relationships for men and women in adulthood: The role of partner, family and friends. Sociology of Health & Illness. 44(1). 5–24. 10 indexed citations
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Robertson, Elaine, Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Jamie Moore, et al.. (2021). Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK household longitudinal study. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 94. 41–50. 476 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fluharty, Meg, Snehal M. Pinto Pereira, Michaela Benzeval, et al.. (2020). Educational differentials in key domains of physical activity by ethnicity, age and sex: a cross-sectional study of over 40 000 participants in the UK household longitudinal study (2013–2015). BMJ Open. 10(1). e033318–e033318. 6 indexed citations
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Niedzwiedz, Claire L., Michael J. Green, Michaela Benzeval, et al.. (2020). Mental health and health behaviours before and during the initial phase of the COVID-19 lockdown: longitudinal analyses of the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 75(3). 224–231. 366 indexed citations breakdown →
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Benzeval, Michaela, Jonathan Burton, Thomas F. Crossley, et al.. (2020). The Idiosyncratic Impact of an Aggregate Shock: The Distributional Consequences of COVID-19. SSRN Electronic Journal. 48 indexed citations
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Whitley, Elise, Michaela Benzeval, & Frank Popham. (2018). Population Priorities for Successful Aging: A Randomized Vignette Experiment. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 75(2). 293–302. 10 indexed citations
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Prins, Bram P., Karoline Kuchenbaecker, Yanchun Bao, et al.. (2017). Genome-wide analysis of health-related biomarkers in the UK Household Longitudinal Study reveals novel associations. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11008–11008. 67 indexed citations
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Green, Michael J., Alastair H. Leyland, Helen Sweeting, & Michaela Benzeval. (2017). Causal effects of transitions to adult roles on early adult smoking and drinking: Evidence from three cohorts. Social Science & Medicine. 187. 193–202. 13 indexed citations
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Whitley, Elise, Ian J. Deary, Stuart J. Ritchie, et al.. (2016). Variations in cognitive abilities across the life course: Cross-sectional evidence from Understanding Society : The UK Household Longitudinal Study. Intelligence. 59. 39–50. 45 indexed citations
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Robertson, Tony, Frank Popham, & Michaela Benzeval. (2014). Socioeconomic position across the lifecourse & allostatic load: data from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 cohort study. BMC Public Health. 14(1). 184–184. 48 indexed citations
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Popham, Frank, Kathryn Skivington, & Michaela Benzeval. (2012). Why do those out of work because of sickness or disability have a high mortality risk? Evidence from a Scottish cohort. European Journal of Public Health. 23(4). 629–635. 3 indexed citations
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Espie, Colin A., Simon D. Kyle, Peter Hames, Eva Cyhlarova, & Michaela Benzeval. (2012). The Daytime ImpactofDSM-5Insomnia Disorder. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 73(12). e1478–e1484. 100 indexed citations
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Wills, Andrew K., Debbie A. Lawlor, Fiona E. Matthews, et al.. (2011). Life Course Trajectories of Systolic Blood Pressure Using Longitudinal Data from Eight UK Cohorts. PLoS Medicine. 8(6). e1000440–e1000440. 169 indexed citations
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Phillips, Anna C., Geoff Der, Deborah Shipton, & Michaela Benzeval. (2011). Prospective associations between cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress and change in physical disability in a large community sample. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 81(3). 332–337. 14 indexed citations
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Booker, Cara, Seeromanie Harding, & Michaela Benzeval. (2011). A systematic review of the effect of retention methods in population-based cohort studies. BMC Public Health. 11(1). 249–249. 226 indexed citations
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Gray, Cindy M., Kate Hunt, Karen Lorimer, et al.. (2011). Words matter: a qualitative investigation of which weight status terms are acceptable and motivate weight loss when used by health professionals. BMC Public Health. 11(1). 513–513. 69 indexed citations
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Benzeval, Michaela, Geoff Der, Anne Ellaway, et al.. (2008). Cohort Profile: West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study: Health in the Community. International Journal of Epidemiology. 38(5). 1215–1223. 76 indexed citations
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Benzeval, Michaela. (1996). Research in health care: Design, conduct and interpretation of health services research. Health & Place. 2(4). 255–256. 25 indexed citations
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Benzeval, Michaela, et al.. (1995). Tackling inequalities in health An agenda for action. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 151 indexed citations

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