Nigel Beckett

11.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
71 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Nigel Beckett is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel Beckett has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 19 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 17 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Nigel Beckett's work include Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (46 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (19 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (17 papers). Nigel Beckett is often cited by papers focused on Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (46 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (19 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (17 papers). Nigel Beckett collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Belgium and Australia. Nigel Beckett's co-authors include Ruth Peters, Christopher J. Bulpitt, Astrid Fletcher, Lutgarde Thijs, Jan A. Staessen, Françoise Forette, Dan L. Dumitraşcu, Riitta Antikaínen, Chakravarthi Rajkumar and Craig S. Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Nigel Beckett

69 papers receiving 5.2k citations

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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.

Treatment of Hypertension in Patients 80 Years of Age or Older

2008 1.9k citations Nigel Beckett, Ruth Peters et al. profile →
Incident dementia and blood pressure lowering in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial cognitive function assessment (HYVET-COG): a double-blind, placebo controlled trial

2008 512 citations Ruth Peters, Nigel Beckett et al. profile →
The risk of overweight/obesity in mid-life and late life for the development of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

2016 331 citations Ruth Peters, Nigel Beckett et al. Age and Ageing profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Nigel Beckett	3.2k	921	797	773	724	71	5.4k
Riitta Antikaínen	3.3k 1.0×	845 0.9×	969 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	1.2k 1.6×	128	6.9k
James O. Taylor	2.7k 0.8×	784 0.9×	881 1.1×	980 1.3×	797 1.1×	23	6.0k
Olivier Hanon	3.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	483 0.6×	491 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	298	6.1k
Simona Giampaoli	1.3k 0.4×	562 0.6×	1.4k 1.8×	610 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	170	5.2k
Françoise Forette	5.9k 1.8×	2.0k 2.1×	845 1.1×	2.0k 2.5×	1.1k 1.5×	77	9.4k
William B. Applegate	3.6k 1.1×	804 0.9×	1.4k 1.7×	1.6k 2.1×	1.3k 1.8×	168	9.2k
Joel Handler	4.4k 1.4×	263 0.3×	924 1.2×	1.4k 1.8×	466 0.6×	68	7.0k
Mauro Di Bari	1.7k 0.5×	760 0.8×	458 0.6×	460 0.6×	1.7k 2.4×	172	6.0k
Mary Ann Forciea	963 0.3×	839 0.9×	671 0.8×	660 0.9×	635 0.9×	44	6.8k
W. H. Birkenhäger	4.6k 1.4×	691 0.8×	433 0.5×	1.9k 2.5×	633 0.9×	100	6.6k

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Juraschek, Stephen P., Jiun‐Ruey Hu, Carol Mita, et al.. (2025). Effects of intensive blood pressure treatment on orthostatic hypertension: individual level meta-analysis. BMJ. 388. e080507–e080507. 2 indexed citations

Peters, Ruth, Hiroko H. Dodge, Sarah‐Naomi James, et al.. (2021). The epidemiology is promising, but the trial evidence is weak. Why pharmacological dementia risk reduction trials haven't lived up to expectations, and where do we go from here?. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 18(3). 507–512. 9 indexed citations

Juraschek, Stephen P., Jiun‐Ruey Hu, Anthony Ishak, et al.. (2020). Effects of Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment on Orthostatic Hypotension. Annals of Internal Medicine. 174(1). 58–68. 49 indexed citations

Bulpitt, Christopher J., Richard Webb, Nigel Beckett, et al.. (2016). Antihypertensive treatment decreases arterial stiffness at night but not during the day. Results from the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial. Blood Pressure. 26(2). 109–114.

Antikaínen, Riitta, Ruth Peters, Nigel Beckett, et al.. (2016). Left ventricular hypertrophy is a predictor of cardiovascular events in elderly hypertensive patients. Journal of Hypertension. 34(11). 2280–2286. 26 indexed citations

Peters, Ruth, Nigel Beckett, Robert Fagard, et al.. (2013). Increased pulse pressure linked to dementia. Journal of Hypertension. 31(9). 1868–1875. 39 indexed citations

Antikaínen, Riitta, Nigel Beckett, Ruth Peters, et al.. (2013). Prevalence and covariates of electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial. Journal of Hypertension. 31(6). 1224–1232. 5 indexed citations

Peters, Ruth, Nigel Beckett, Robert Beardmore, et al.. (2010). Modelling Cognitive Decline in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial [HYVET] and Proposed Risk Tables for Population Use. PLoS ONE. 5(7). e11775–e11775. 11 indexed citations

Peters, Ruth, Elisabete Pinto, Nigel Beckett, et al.. (2010). Association of depression with subsequent mortality, cardiovascular morbidity and incident dementia in people aged 80 and over and suffering from hypertension. Data from the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET). Age and Ageing. 39(4). 439–445. 49 indexed citations

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Johansson, Lina, Ken Farrington, Hugh Gallagher, et al.. (2010). Broadening Options for Long-term Dialysis in the Elderly (BOLDE): differences in quality of life on peritoneal dialysis compared to haemodialysis for older patients. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 25(11). 3755–3763. 161 indexed citations

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Peters, Ruth, Nigel Beckett, Françoise Forette, et al.. (2009). Vascular risk factors and cognitive function among 3763 participants in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET): a cross-sectional analysis. International Psychogeriatrics. 21(2). 359–368. 13 indexed citations

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Bulpitt, Christopher J., Nigel Beckett, Ruth Peters, et al.. (2009). Baseline characteristics of participants in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET). Blood Pressure. 18(1-2). 17–22. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Lisheng, Ji‐Guang Wang, Wen Wang, et al.. (2008). Characteristics of the Chinese subjects entered the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial. Chinese Medical Journal. 121(16). 1509–1512. 8 indexed citations

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Peters, Ruth, et al.. (2008). Smoking, dementia and cognitive decline in the elderly, a systematic review. BMC Geriatrics. 8(1). 36–36. 221 indexed citations

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Peters, Ruth, et al.. (2006). Characteristics of very elderly hypertensive patients with atrial fibrillation [AF] in the hypertension in the very elderly trial (HYVET). Journal of Hypertension. 24. 51–51. 1 indexed citations

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Bulpitt, Christopher J., Ruth Peters, Jan A. Staessen, et al.. (2006). Fracture risk and the use of a diuretic (indapamide sr) ± perindopril: a substudy of the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET). Trials. 7(1). 33–33. 14 indexed citations

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Silveira, Ellen R. T., Nigel Beckett, Ruth Peters, et al.. (2004). ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE TREATMENT DOES NOT LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN POSTURAL HYPOTENSION IN MOST VERY ELDERLY PATIENTS -RESULTS FROM THE HYVET PILOT STUDY. Journal of Hypertension. 22(Suppl. 1). S93–S93. 1 indexed citations

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Bulpitt, Christopher J., Nigel Beckett, Astrid Fletcher, et al.. (2002). Withdrawal from treatment in the Syst-Eur Trial. Journal of Hypertension. 20(2). 339–346. 7 indexed citations

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Bulpitt, Christopher J., Astrid Fletcher, Nigel Beckett, et al.. (2001). Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET). Drugs & Aging. 18(3). 151–164. 123 indexed citations

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Beckett, Nigel, Maria Carmo Pereira Nunes, & Christopher J. Bulpitt. (2000). Is it Advantageous to Lower Cholesterol in the Elderly Hypertensive?. Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy. 14(4). 397–405. 23 indexed citations

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