Peter McCartney

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Peter McCartney is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter McCartney has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 6 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Peter McCartney's work include Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (5 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (4 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (3 papers). Peter McCartney is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (5 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (4 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (3 papers). Peter McCartney collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Peter McCartney's co-authors include R. J. Jarrett, H. Keen, D. D. Reid, G Rose, Geoffrey Rose, P. J. Hamilton, Peter J. Baxter, C. R. C. Heard, G. M. Besser and Lesley Rees and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Environmental Science & Technology and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Peter McCartney

20 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Self-administration of a questionnaire on chest pain and intermittent claudication.

1977 498 citations G Rose, Peter McCartney et al. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health profile →
The Bedford Survey: Ten year mortality rates in newly diagnosed diabetics, borderline diabetics and normoglycaemic controls and risk indices for coronary heart disease in borderline diabetics

1982 357 citations R. J. Jarrett, Peter McCartney et al. Diabetologia profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Peter McCartney	771	733	334	253	252	21	2.1k
Felix E. Moore	423 0.5×	922 1.3×	423 1.3×	396 1.6×	274 1.1×	21	2.8k
Stephen B. Hulley	446 0.6×	682 0.9×	220 0.7×	524 2.1×	320 1.3×	8	2.1k
Raphaël Lagasse	1.1k 1.4×	407 0.6×	259 0.8×	297 1.2×	185 0.7×	73	2.6k
José A. Casasnovas	694 0.9×	744 1.0×	332 1.0×	416 1.6×	311 1.2×	87	2.1k
Andrzej Pająk	438 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	321 1.0×	358 1.4×	165 0.7×	8	2.4k
K.‐T. Khaw	706 0.9×	352 0.5×	338 1.0×	262 1.0×	325 1.3×	35	2.0k
William B. Kannel	506 0.7×	862 1.2×	416 1.2×	384 1.5×	500 2.0×	13	2.1k
Brandi J. Witt	748 1.0×	1.4k 1.9×	299 0.9×	320 1.3×	296 1.2×	13	2.5k
June E. Eichner	614 0.8×	429 0.6×	523 1.6×	300 1.2×	399 1.6×	49	2.1k
Jose R. Pio	1.1k 1.4×	906 1.2×	490 1.5×	358 1.4×	293 1.2×	15	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter McCartney

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20 of 20 papers shown

McCartney, Peter. (2025). Written on a gravestone: a story of medical misadventure from 1869. British Journal of General Practice. 75(751). 69–71.

Li, Ke, Peng Zhang, John C. Crittenden, et al.. (2007). Development of a Framework for Quantifying the Environmental Impacts of Urban Development and Construction Practices. Environmental Science & Technology. 41(14). 5130–5136. 28 indexed citations

Vanderbilt, Kristin, et al.. (2005). NSF long term ecological research sites: praxis et theoria. 303–306. 1 indexed citations

Langham, Sue, Ian Basnett, Peter McCartney, et al.. (2003). Addressing the inverse care law in cardiac services. Journal of Public Health. 25(3). 202–207. 19 indexed citations

Brunt, J., Peter McCartney, Karen S. Baker, & Susan G. Stafford. (2002). The Future Of Ecoinformatics In Long Term Ecological Research. 11 indexed citations

McCartney, Peter, Wendy Macdowall, & Margaret Thorogood. (2001). Feedback in primary care can improve the prescribing of hormone replacement therapy in women with a history of hysterectomy. LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). 6(1). 17–21. 6 indexed citations

McCartney, Peter, Wendy Macdowall, & Margaret Thorogood. (1997). A randomised controlled trial of feedback to general practitioners of their prophylactic aspirin prescribing: Fig 1. BMJ. 315(7099). 35–36. 29 indexed citations

Scobie, Sarah, Ian Basnett, & Peter McCartney. (1995). Can general practice data be used for needs assessment and health care planning in an inner-London district?. Journal of Public Health. 17(4). 475–83. 20 indexed citations

Jarrett, R. J., H. Keen, & Peter McCartney. (1984). The Whitehall Study: Ten Year Follow‐up Report on Men With Impaired Glucose Tolerance With Reference to Worsening to Diabetes and Predictors of Death. Diabetic Medicine. 1(4). 279–283. 81 indexed citations

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Grossman, Ashley, R. Gaillard, Peter McCartney, Lesley Rees, & G. M. Besser. (1982). OPIATE MODULATION OF THE PITUITARY‐ADRENAL AXIS: EFFECTS OF STRESS AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. Clinical Endocrinology. 17(3). 279–286. 71 indexed citations

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Keen, H., R. J. Jarrett, & Peter McCartney. (1982). The ten-year follow-up of the Bedford Survey (1962?1972): Glucose tolerance and diabetes. Diabetologia. 22(2). 73–8. 243 indexed citations

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Jarrett, R. J., Peter McCartney, & H. Keen. (1982). The Bedford Survey: Ten year mortality rates in newly diagnosed diabetics, borderline diabetics and normoglycaemic controls and risk indices for coronary heart disease in borderline diabetics. Diabetologia. 22(2). 79–84. 357 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keen, H., R. J. Jarrett, J. H. Fuller, & Peter McCartney. (1981). Hyperglycemia and Arterial Disease. Diabetes. 30(Supplement_2). 49–53. 35 indexed citations

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Hollnagel, H & Peter McCartney. (1979). Relationship of fasting and post-load serum glucose to prevalence of ECG abnormalities in forty-year-old men: From the Glostrup population studies. Journal of Chronic Diseases. 32(11-12). 709–719. 7 indexed citations

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Rose, G, Peter J. Baxter, D. D. Reid, & Peter McCartney. (1978). Prevalence and prognosis of electrocardiographic findings in middle-aged men.. Heart. 40(6). 636–643. 188 indexed citations

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Heard, C. R. C., et al.. (1977). Biochemical characteristics of different forms of protein-energy malnutrition: an experimental model using young rats. British Journal Of Nutrition. 37(1). 1–21. 59 indexed citations

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Rose, G, Peter McCartney, & D. D. Reid. (1977). Self-administration of a questionnaire on chest pain and intermittent claudication.. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 31(1). 42–48. 498 indexed citations breakdown →

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McCartney, Peter, et al.. (1977). The pattern of loci on Drosophila chromosomes. Heredity. 38(1). 37–45. 2 indexed citations

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Rose, Geoffrey, P. J. Hamilton, H. Keen, et al.. (1977). MYOCARDIAL ISCHÆMIA, RISK FACTORS AND DEATH FROM CORONARY HEART-DISEASE. The Lancet. 309(8003). 105–109. 201 indexed citations

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Reid, D. D., Peter McCartney, P. J. Hamilton, et al.. (1976). SMOKING AND OTHER RISK FACTORS FOR CORONARY HEART-DISEASE IN BRITISH CIVIL SERVANTS. The Lancet. 308(7993). 979–984. 149 indexed citations

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