Simon Capewell

26.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
303 papers, 17.5k citations indexed

About

Simon Capewell is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Capewell has authored 303 papers receiving a total of 17.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 94 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 94 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Simon Capewell's work include Health disparities and outcomes (69 papers), Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (67 papers) and Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention (64 papers). Simon Capewell is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (69 papers), Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (67 papers) and Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention (64 papers). Simon Capewell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Simon Capewell's co-authors include Julia Critchley, Earl S. Ford, Martín O’Flaherty, John J.V. McMurray, Simon Stewart, Belgin Ünal, Kate Macintyre, Darwin R. Labarthe, Janet B. Croft and Thomas E. Kottke and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Simon Capewell

288 papers receiving 16.8k citations

Hit Papers

Explaining the Decrease in U.S. Deaths from Coronary Dise... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2007 2001 2003 2004 2015 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. Explaining the Decrease in U.S. Deaths from Coronary Disease, 1980–2000
    2007 1.9k citations Julia Critchley, Simon Capewell et al. profile →
  2. More ‘Malignant’ Than Cancer? Five-Year Survival Following a First Admission for Heart Failure
    2001 766 citations Simon Stewart, Simon Capewell et al. European Journal of Heart Failure profile →
  3. Mortality Risk Reduction Associated With Smoking Cessation in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease
    2003 726 citations Julia Critchley, Simon Capewell profile →
  4. Explaining the Decline in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in England and Wales Between 1981 and 2000
    2004 531 citations Belgin Ünal, Julia Critchley et al. profile →
  5. Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Declines in the United States From 1979 Through 2011
    2015 362 citations Martín O’Flaherty, Simon Capewell et al. profile →
  6. The Use of Research Evidence in Public Health Decision Making Processes: Systematic Review
    2011 352 citations Ffion Lloyd‐Williams, Martín O’Flaherty et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  7. Are interventions to promote healthy eating equally effective for all? Systematic review of socioeconomic inequalities in impact
    2015 291 citations Helen Bromley, Ffion Lloyd‐Williams et al. profile →
  8. Return on investment of public health interventions: a systematic review
    2017 235 citations Brendan Collins, Simon Capewell 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
Simon Capewell United Kingdom 63 7.3k 5.2k 4.0k 2.2k 2.0k 303 17.5k
Dorairaj Prabhakaran India 63 7.6k 1.0× 4.7k 0.9× 2.1k 0.5× 774 0.4× 1.2k 0.6× 564 20.8k
K. Srinath Reddy India 60 3.6k 0.5× 7.6k 1.4× 4.3k 1.1× 863 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 334 20.0k
Kirsten Bibbins‐Domingo United States 72 4.6k 0.6× 4.7k 0.9× 3.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 1.8k 0.9× 337 21.4k
Harry Hemingway United Kingdom 75 9.1k 1.2× 2.1k 0.4× 5.0k 1.2× 2.1k 1.0× 1.7k 0.8× 254 23.7k
Catarina I. Kiefe United States 71 4.5k 0.6× 3.1k 0.6× 3.8k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 331 16.3k
Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb United States 46 10.4k 1.4× 3.4k 0.6× 2.7k 0.7× 931 0.4× 1.6k 0.8× 245 22.5k
Stephanie Ôunpuu Canada 24 8.2k 1.1× 4.2k 0.8× 2.1k 0.5× 902 0.4× 889 0.4× 29 18.5k
Goodarz Danaei United States 48 2.8k 0.4× 4.5k 0.9× 2.2k 0.5× 776 0.4× 964 0.5× 148 17.6k
Kristi Reynolds United States 63 12.4k 1.7× 5.9k 1.1× 2.8k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 282 30.6k
Shanthi Mendis Switzerland 48 4.2k 0.6× 2.5k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 548 0.3× 1.4k 0.7× 123 14.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Capewell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Capewell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lloyd‐Williams, Ffion, et al.. (2023). Putting a price on healthy eating: public perceptions of the need for further food pricing policies in the UK. Journal of Public Health. 45(4). e722–e728. 2 indexed citations
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Khan, Sadiya S., Adam S. Vaughan, Katharine Harrington, et al.. (2023). US County–Level Variation in Preterm Birth Rates, 2007-2019. JAMA Network Open. 6(12). e2346864–e2346864. 8 indexed citations
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Ogata, Soshiro, Kunihiro Nishimura, Maria Guzman-Castillo, et al.. (2019). Explaining the decline in coronary heart disease mortality rates in Japan: Contributions of changes in risk factors and evidence-based treatments between 1980 and 2012. International Journal of Cardiology. 291. 183–188. 26 indexed citations
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Seferidi, Paraskevi, Anthony A Laverty, Jonathan Pearson‐Stuttard, et al.. (2019). Impacts of Brexit on fruit and vegetable intake and cardiovascular disease in England: a modelling study. BMJ Open. 9(1). e026966–e026966. 16 indexed citations
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Kypridemos, Chris, Maria Guzman-Castillo, Lirije Hyseni, et al.. (2017). Estimated reductions in cardiovascular and gastric cancer disease burden through salt policies in England: an IMPACT NCD microsimulation study. BMJ Open. 7(1). e013791–e013791. 38 indexed citations
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Pearson‐Stuttard, Jonathan, Julia Critchley, Simon Capewell, et al.. (2016). Cost-effectiveness analysis of eliminating industrial and all trans fats in England and Wales: modelling study. Journal of Public Health. 39(3). 574–582. 20 indexed citations
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Björck, Lena, Annika Rosengren, Anna Winkvist, et al.. (2016). Changes in Dietary Fat Intake and Projections for Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in Sweden: A Simulation Study. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0160474–e0160474. 15 indexed citations
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Hyseni, Lirije, et al.. (2016). Sugar-sweetened beverages coverage in the British media: an analysis of public health advocacy versus pro-industry messaging. BMJ Open. 6(7). e011295–e011295. 42 indexed citations
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Guzman-Castillo, Maria, Rushdiá Ahmed, Nathaniel M. Hawkins, et al.. (2015). The contribution of primary prevention medication and dietary change in coronary mortality reduction in England between 2000 and 2007: a modelling study. BMJ Open. 5(1). e006070–e006070. 16 indexed citations
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Collins, Marissa, Helen Mason, Martín O’Flaherty, et al.. (2014). An Economic Evaluation of Salt Reduction Policies to Reduce Coronary Heart Disease in England: A Policy Modeling Study. Value in Health. 17(5). 517–524. 77 indexed citations
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Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M. E., et al.. (2013). Preventing type 2 diabetes among Palestinians: comparing five future policy scenarios. BMJ Open. 3(12). e003558–e003558. 51 indexed citations
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Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M. E., Azza Shoaibi, Martín O’Flaherty, Simon Capewell, & Abdullatif Husseini. (2012). Analysing falls in coronary heart disease mortality in the West Bank between 1998 and 2009. BMJ Open. 2(4). e001061–e001061. 14 indexed citations
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Hawkins, Nathaniel M., Pardeep S. Jhund, John J.V. McMurray, & Simon Capewell. (2012). Heart Failure and Socioeconomic Status: Accumulating Evidence of Inequality. European Journal of Heart Failure. 14(2). 138–146. 222 indexed citations
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Maziak, Wasim, Julia Critchley, Shahaduz Zaman, et al.. (2012). Mediterranean studies of cardiovascular disease and hyperglycemia: analytical modeling of population socio-economic transitions (MedCHAMPS)—rationale and methods. International Journal of Public Health. 58(4). 547–553. 17 indexed citations
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Bristow, Katie, Simon Capewell, Katharine Abba, Mark Goodall, & Ffion Lloyd‐Williams. (2011). Healthy eating in early years settings: a review of current national to local guidance for North West England. Public Health Nutrition. 14(6). 1008–1016. 4 indexed citations
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Buchan, Iain, John Ainsworth, Philip Couch, et al.. (2010). IMPACT: A generalisable system for simulating public health interventions.. PubMed. 160(Pt 1). 486–90. 5 indexed citations
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Lloyd‐Williams, Ffion, et al.. (2004). A pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of nurse-led heart failure clinics in primary care. European Heart Journal. 25. 2 indexed citations
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Stewart, Simon, Lynda Blue, Simon Capewell, John D. Horowitz, & John J.V. McMurray. (2001). Poles Apart, but are they the Same? A Comparative Study of Australian and Scottish Patients with Chronic Heart Failure. European Journal of Heart Failure. 3(2). 249–255. 14 indexed citations

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