Tom G. Richardson

10.1k citations

92 papers · 2.8k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 29

Genetics top 1%
Molecular Biology top 10%
Epidemiology top 5%
Surgery top 10%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism top 5%

Co-authors: George Davey Smith Eleanor Sanderson Michael V. Holmes Brian A. Ference Mika Ala‐Korpela Gibran Hemani Tom R. Gaunt Tom Palmer
Topics: Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (63 papers)Birth, Development, and Health (13 papers)Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (13 papers)
Cited by: Genetics Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Journals: The Lancet Nature Communications PLoS ONE
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Denmark

In The Last Decade

Tom G. Richardson

88 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Evaluating the relationship between circulating lipoprotein lipids and apolipoproteins with risk of coronary heart disease: A multivariable Mendelian randomisation analysis

2020 491 citations Tom G. Richardson, Eleanor Sanderson et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
Use of genetic variation to separate the effects of early and later life adiposity on disease risk: mendelian randomisation study

2020 178 citations Tom G. Richardson, Eleanor Sanderson et al. profile →
Characterising metabolomic signatures of lipid-modifying therapies through drug target mendelian randomisation

2022 159 citations Tom G. Richardson, Qin Wang et al. profile →

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1	A structural mean modeling Mendelian randomization approach to investigate the lifecourse effect of adiposity: applied and methodological considerations 2025 ·American Journal of Epidemiology ·Grace M. Power,Tom Palmer,Nicole M. Warrington,Jon Heron,Tom G. Richardson,Vanessa Didelez,(unknown),George Davey Smith,Eleanor Sanderson	0
2	The genomic architecture of circulating cytokine levels points to drug targets for immune-related diseases 2025 ·Communications Biology ·(unknown),(unknown),Lanyue Zhang,Rainer Malik,Tom G. Richardson,Sebastian‐Edgar Baumeister,Jürgen Bernhagen,Martin Dichgans,Marios K. Georgakis	1
3	Exploring pleiotropy in Mendelian randomisation analyses: What are genetic variants associated with ‘cigarette smoking initiation’ really capturing? 2024 ·Genetic Epidemiology ·(unknown),Robyn E. Wootton,Jasmine Khouja,Tom G. Richardson,Eleanor Sanderson,George Davey Smith,Marcus R. Munafò	2
4	The role of body image dissatisfaction in the relationship between body size and disordered eating and self-harm: complimentary Mendelian randomization and mediation analyses 2024 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·Grace M. Power,Naomi Warne,Helen Bould,Francesco Casanova,Samuel E. Jones,Tom G. Richardson,Jessica Tyrrell,George Davey Smith,Jon Heron	0
5	Genetic evidence that high BMI in childhood has a protective effect on intermediate diabetes traits, including measures of insulin sensitivity and secretion, after accounting for BMI in adulthood 2023 ·Diabetologia ·(unknown),Robin N. Beaumont,Jessica Tyrrell,Grace M. Power,Andrew R. Wood,Markku Laakso,Lilian Fernandes Silva,Michael Boehnke,Xianyong Yin,Tom G. Richardson,George Davey Smith,Timothy M. Frayling	5
6	Genetic variation and elevated liver enzymes during childhood, adolescence and early adulthood 2023 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Stefan Stender,George Davey Smith,Tom G. Richardson	2
7	Association between genetically proxied PCSK9 inhibition and prostate cancer risk: A Mendelian randomisation study 2023 ·PLoS Medicine ·Si Fang,James Yarmolinsky,Dipender Gill,Caroline J. Bull,Claire M. Perks,George Davey Smith,Tom R. Gaunt,Tom G. Richardson	30
8	Childhood adiposity and novel subtypes of adult-onset diabetes: a Mendelian randomisation and genome-wide genetic correlation study 2023 ·Diabetologia ·Yuxia Wei,Tom G. Richardson,Yiqiang Zhan,Sofia Carlsson	5
9	A phenome-wide bidirectional Mendelian randomization analysis of atrial fibrillation 2022 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Qin Wang,Tom G. Richardson,Eleanor Sanderson,Matthew Tudball,Mika Ala‐Korpela,George Davey Smith,Michael V. Holmes	25
10	Evaluating and implementing block jackknife resampling Mendelian randomization to mitigate bias induced by overlapping samples 2022 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Si Fang,Gibran Hemani,Tom G. Richardson,Tom R. Gaunt,George Davey Smith	15
11	The use of negative control outcomes in Mendelian randomization to detect potential population stratification 2021 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Eleanor Sanderson,Tom G. Richardson,Gibran Hemani,George Davey Smith	61
12	Evaluating the direct effects of childhood adiposity on adult systemic metabolism: a multivariable Mendelian randomization analysis 2021 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Tom G. Richardson,Juha Mykkänen,Katja Pahkala,Mika Ala‐Korpela,Joshua A. Bell,Kurt Taylor,Jorma Viikari,Terho Lehtimäki,Olli T. Raitakari,George Davey Smith	34
13	Childhood obesity and multiple sclerosis: A Mendelian randomization study 2021 ·Multiple Sclerosis Journal ·Adil Harroud,Ruth E. Mitchell,Tom G. Richardson,John Morris,Vincenzo Forgetta,George Davey Smith,Sergio E. Baranzini,J. Brent Richards	33
14	Pleiotropy of polygenic factors associated with focal and generalized epilepsy in the general population 2020 ·PLoS ONE ·Costin Leu,Tom G. Richardson,Tobias Kaufmann,Dennis van der Meer,Ole A. Andreassen,Lars T. Westlye,Robyn M. Busch,George Davey Smith,Dennis Lal	14
15	Integrating Mendelian randomization and multiple-trait colocalization to uncover cell-specific inflammatory drivers of autoimmune and atopic disease 2019 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·(unknown),George Davey Smith,Tom R. Gaunt,Tom G. Richardson	31
16	PhenoSpD: an integrated toolkit for phenotypic correlation estimation and multiple testing correction using GWAS summary statistics 2018 ·GigaScience ·Jie Zheng,Tom G. Richardson,Louise A C Millard,Gibran Hemani,Benjamin Elsworth,(unknown),Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson,Benjamin M. Neale,Philip Haycock,George Davey Smith,Tom R. Gaunt	40
17	Using Y-Chromosomal Haplogroups in Genetic Association Studies and Suggested Implications 2018 ·Genes ·A. Mesut Erzurumluoglu,Denis Baird,Tom G. Richardson,Nicholas J. Timpson,Santiago Rodrı́guez	4
18	A pathway-centric approach to rare variant association analysis 2016 ·European Journal of Human Genetics ·Tom G. Richardson,Nicholas J. Timpson,Colin Campbell,Tom R. Gaunt	10
19	Identifying Highly Penetrant Disease Causal Mutations Using Next Generation Sequencing: Guide to Whole Process 2015 ·BioMed Research International ·A. Mesut Erzurumluoglu,Santiago Rodrı́guez,Hashem A. Shihab,Denis Baird,Tom G. Richardson,Ian N.M. Day,Tom R. Gaunt	7
20	Inhibitory control in psychiatric disorders- a review of neuropsychological and neuroimaging research. 2008 ·Tom G. Richardson	2

About Tom G. Richardson

Tom G. Richardson is a scholar working on Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Biological Psychiatry, having authored 92 papers that have together received 2.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (63 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (13 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (1.3k citations), Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (363 citations) and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (317 citations). Tom G. Richardson has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Frequent co-authors include George Davey Smith, Eleanor Sanderson, Michael V. Holmes, Brian A. Ference, Mika Ala‐Korpela, Gibran Hemani, Tom R. Gaunt, Tom Palmer, Benjamin Elsworth and Kate Tilling. Their work appears in journals such as The Lancet, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

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