Rachel Huxley

33.5k total citations · 14 hit papers
216 papers, 20.4k citations indexed

About

Rachel Huxley is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Huxley has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 20.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 50 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 43 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Rachel Huxley's work include Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (33 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (31 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (24 papers). Rachel Huxley is often cited by papers focused on Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (33 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (31 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (24 papers). Rachel Huxley collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Rachel Huxley's co-authors include Mark Woodward, Sanne A. E. Peters, Federica Barzi, Alireza Ansari‐Moghaddam, Crystal Lee, Alistair W. Shiell, Catherine Law, Álvaro Alonso, Rachel P. Wildman and Rory Collins and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Huxley

209 papers receiving 19.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Excess risk of fatal coronary heart disease associated with diabetes in men and women: meta-analysis of 37 prospective cohort studies
    2005 1.1k citations Rachel Huxley, Federica Barzi et al. profile →
  2. Indices of abdominal obesity are better discriminators of cardiovascular risk factors than BMI: a meta-analysis
    2008 878 citations Crystal Lee, Rachel Huxley et al. profile →
  3. Type-II diabetes and pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis of 36 studies
    2005 805 citations Rachel Huxley, Federica Barzi et al. profile →
  4. The role of size at birth and postnatal catch-up growth in determining systolic blood pressure
    2000 802 citations Rachel Huxley et al. profile →
  5. Cigarette smoking as a risk factor for coronary heart disease in women compared with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies
    2011 621 citations Rachel Huxley, Mark Woodward profile →
  6. Body mass index, waist circumference and waist:hip ratio as predictors of cardiovascular risk—a review of the literature
    2009 560 citations Rachel Huxley et al. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
  7. Diabetes as a risk factor for stroke in women compared with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 64 cohorts, including 775 385 individuals and 12 539 strokes
    2014 538 citations Sanne A. E. Peters, Rachel Huxley et al. profile →
  8. Obesity and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Meta-analysis of 31 Studies with 70,000 Events
    2007 503 citations Mark Woodward, Rachel Huxley et al. profile →
  9. The impact of dietary and lifestyle risk factors on risk of colorectal cancer: A quantitative overview of the epidemiological evidence
    2009 496 citations Rachel Huxley, Sébastien Czernichow et al. profile →
  10. Unravelling the fetal origins hypothesis: is there really an inverse association between birthweight and subsequent blood pressure?
    2002 496 citations Rachel Huxley et al. profile →
  11. Diabetes as risk factor for incident coronary heart disease in women compared with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 64 cohorts including 858,507 individuals and 28,203 coronary events
    2014 449 citations Sanne A. E. Peters, Rachel Huxley et al. Diabetologia profile →
  12. Absolute and Attributable Risks of Atrial Fibrillation in Relation to Optimal and Borderline Risk Factors
    2011 448 citations Rachel Huxley, Faye L. Lopez et al. Circulation profile →
  13. Meta-Analysis of Cohort and Case–Control Studies of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation
    2011 395 citations Rachel Huxley, Suma Konety et al. profile →
  14. Sex differences in the burden of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk across the life course
    2019 228 citations Rachel Huxley et al. Diabetologia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rachel Huxley Australia 71 6.0k 4.1k 3.8k 2.9k 2.6k 216 20.4k
Yvonne T. van der Schouw Netherlands 79 3.2k 0.5× 4.9k 1.2× 6.8k 1.8× 1.6k 0.6× 3.0k 1.1× 473 23.2k
Lars J. Vatten Norway 76 3.1k 0.5× 4.5k 1.1× 2.6k 0.7× 4.6k 1.6× 3.0k 1.1× 330 20.9k
Kathryn M. Rexrode United States 87 6.2k 1.0× 8.3k 2.0× 4.1k 1.1× 1.7k 0.6× 6.1k 2.3× 337 26.5k
Bruce Bartholow Duncan Brazil 69 3.8k 0.6× 3.7k 0.9× 5.7k 1.5× 1.6k 0.6× 3.1k 1.2× 382 22.4k
Erin D. Michos United States 77 11.7k 1.9× 4.7k 1.1× 5.4k 1.4× 1.4k 0.5× 3.3k 1.2× 689 30.5k
Alan R. Dyer United States 76 5.7k 0.9× 5.5k 1.3× 2.6k 0.7× 2.4k 0.8× 2.5k 1.0× 227 20.9k
Gary C. Curhan United States 107 4.0k 0.7× 3.7k 0.9× 4.3k 1.1× 6.8k 2.4× 3.5k 1.3× 404 41.8k
André Pascal Kengne South Africa 64 3.7k 0.6× 4.0k 1.0× 5.3k 1.4× 1.5k 0.5× 2.3k 0.9× 580 20.5k
Ronald J. Prineas United States 77 10.6k 1.8× 4.4k 1.1× 4.5k 1.2× 1.8k 0.6× 2.3k 0.9× 321 22.5k
Tapani Rönnemaa Finland 80 8.6k 1.4× 4.9k 1.2× 8.7k 2.3× 2.7k 0.9× 4.1k 1.6× 392 26.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Robinson, Suzanne, Sean Randall, George Mnatzaganian, et al.. (2025). Global comparison of the economic costs of coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 15(1). e084917–e084917. 4 indexed citations
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Forbes, Malcolm, Michael Berk, Daniel Clayton‐Chubb, et al.. (2025). Contribution of depression and cardiometabolic diseases and the role of depression treatment in survival and functioning in older adults. EClinicalMedicine. 82. 103182–103182.
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Islam, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful, Reza Daryabeygi‐Khotbehsara, Riaz Uddin, et al.. (2023). Burden of Hypertensive Heart Disease and High Systolic Blood Pressure in Australia from 1990 to 2019: Results From the Global Burden of Diseases Study. Heart Lung and Circulation. 32(10). 1178–1188. 3 indexed citations
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Reid, Christopher M., et al.. (2022). The Association between Exposure to Residential Indoor Volatile Organic Compounds and Measures of Central Arterial Stiffness in Healthy Middle-Aged Men and Women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(2). 981–981. 10 indexed citations
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Zhao, Qi, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coêlho, Shanshan Li, et al.. (2020). Trends in Hospital Admission Rates and Associated Direct Healthcare Costs in Brazil: A Nationwide Retrospective Study between 2000 and 2015. The Innovation. 1(1). 100013–100013. 31 indexed citations
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Zhao, Qi, Shanshan Li, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coêlho, et al.. (2019). Temperature variability and hospitalization for ischaemic heart disease in Brazil: A nationwide case-crossover study during 2000–2015. The Science of The Total Environment. 664. 707–712. 30 indexed citations
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Zhao, Qi, Shanshan Li, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coêlho, et al.. (2019). Ambient heat and hospitalisation for COPD in Brazil: a nationwide case-crossover study. Thorax. 74(11). 1031–1036. 36 indexed citations
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O’Keeffe, Linda M., Gemma Taylor, Rachel Huxley, et al.. (2018). Smoking as a risk factor for lung cancer in women and men: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 8(10). e021611–e021611. 195 indexed citations
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Zhao, Qi, Yi Zhao, Shanshan Li, et al.. (2017). Impact of ambient temperature on clinical visits for cardio-respiratory diseases in rural villages in northwest China. The Science of The Total Environment. 612. 379–385. 69 indexed citations
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Peters, Sanne A. E., Rachel Huxley, & Mark Woodward. (2016). Sex differences in body anthropometry and composition in individuals with and without diabetes in the UK Biobank. BMJ Open. 6(1). e010007–e010007. 22 indexed citations
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Lubin, Jay H., David Couper, Pamela L. Lutsey, et al.. (2016). Risk of Cardiovascular Disease from Cumulative Cigarette Use and the Impact of Smoking Intensity. Epidemiology. 27(3). 395–404. 79 indexed citations
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Hussain, Mohammad Akhtar, Rachel Huxley, & Abdullah Al Mamun. (2015). Multimorbidity prevalence and pattern in Indonesian adults: an exploratory study using national survey data. BMJ Open. 5(12). e009810–e009810. 58 indexed citations
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Peters, Sanne A. E., Rachel Huxley, & Mark Woodward. (2014). Do smoking habits differ between women and men in contemporary Western populations? Evidence from half a million people in the UK Biobank study. BMJ Open. 4(12). e005663–e005663. 91 indexed citations
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Peters, Sanne A. E., Rachel Huxley, & Mark Woodward. (2014). Diabetes as risk factor for incident coronary heart disease in women compared with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 64 cohorts including 858,507 individuals and 28,203 coronary events. Diabetologia. 57(8). 1542–1551. 449 indexed citations breakdown →
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Adabağ, Selçuk, Faye L. Lopez, Álvaro Alonso, et al.. (2013). Abdominal Obesity is an Independent Risk Factor for Sudden Cardiac Death in Non-Smoking Individuals: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Circulation. 128(22). 1–2. 33 indexed citations
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Batty, G. David, Qiang Li, Sébastien Czernichow, et al.. (2010). Erectile Dysfunction and Later Cardiovascular Disease in Men With Type 2 Diabetes. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 56(23). 1908–1913. 75 indexed citations
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Perkovic, Vlado, Christine Verdon, Toshiharu Ninomiya, et al.. (2008). The Relationship between Proteinuria and Coronary Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS Medicine. 5(10). e207–e207. 166 indexed citations
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Whincup, Peter H., H. S. Kaye, Christopher G. Owen, Rachel Huxley, & Derek G. Cook. (2008). Birth weight and risk of type 2 diabetes: a quantitative systematic review of published evidence. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 62. 7 indexed citations
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Woodward, Mark, Federica Barzi, & Rachel Huxley. (2005). Women have a greater excess relative risk for coronary death associated with diabetes than men. Circulation. 111(4). 2 indexed citations
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Huxley, Rachel & H. A. W. Neil. (2003). The relation between dietary flavonol intake and coronary heart disease mortality: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 57(8). 904–908. 304 indexed citations

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