W. David Hill

8.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

W. David Hill is a scholar working on Genetics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, W. David Hill has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Genetics, 10 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 8 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in W. David Hill's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (33 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (9 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (8 papers). W. David Hill is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (33 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (9 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (8 papers). W. David Hill collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. W. David Hill's co-authors include Ian J. Deary, Andrew M. McIntosh, Gail Davies, Catharine R. Galé, Riccardo E. Marioni, Saskia P. Hagenaars, Sarah E. Harris, Stuart J. Ritchie, David C. Liewald and David J. Porteous and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Genetics and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

W. David Hill

43 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Genomic structural equation modelling provides insights into the multivariate genetic architecture of complex traits

2019 422 citations Stuart J. Ritchie, W. David Hill et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →
GWAS on family history of Alzheimer’s disease

2018 345 citations Riccardo E. Marioni, Sarah E. Harris et al. Translational Psychiatry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. David Hill United Kingdom	24	1.4k	649	546	314	292	44	2.8k
Saskia P. Hagenaars United Kingdom	24	955 0.7×	541 0.8×	423 0.8×	359 1.1×	401 1.4×	46	2.6k
Abdel Abdellaoui Netherlands	31	1.2k 0.8×	495 0.8×	517 0.9×	161 0.5×	294 1.0×	81	2.8k
David C. Liewald United Kingdom	22	890 0.6×	423 0.7×	498 0.9×	204 0.6×	382 1.3×	37	2.8k
Kyoko Watanabe Netherlands	16	1.9k 1.4×	1.3k 2.0×	258 0.5×	361 1.1×	333 1.1×	34	3.9k
Shaun Purcell United Kingdom	18	1.2k 0.9×	630 1.0×	751 1.4×	231 0.7×	245 0.8×	20	3.5k
Oliver S. P. Davis United Kingdom	30	1.0k 0.7×	448 0.7×	764 1.4×	123 0.4×	303 1.0×	71	3.1k
Verneri Anttila United States	18	1.9k 1.3×	764 1.2×	213 0.4×	361 1.1×	514 1.8×	30	3.2k
Shing Wan Choi United Kingdom	15	1.3k 0.9×	644 1.0×	199 0.4×	198 0.6×	327 1.1×	24	2.6k
Oleksandr Frei Norway	27	1.7k 1.2×	824 1.3×	221 0.4×	221 0.7×	493 1.7×	102	2.9k
Felix R. Day United Kingdom	27	2.3k 1.6×	1.1k 1.7×	231 0.4×	562 1.8×	305 1.0×	58	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. David Hill

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Xia, Charley, Mattia Marchi, Hyeokmoon Kweon, et al.. (2025). Deciphering the influence of socioeconomic status on brain structure: insights from Mendelian randomization. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(10). 4613–4626. 1 indexed citations

Marchi, Mattia, Charley Xia, Chris H. L. Thio, et al.. (2024). Investigating the impact of poverty on mental illness in the UK Biobank using Mendelian randomization. Nature Human Behaviour. 8(9). 1771–1783. 9 indexed citations

Xia, Charley, Sarah J. Pickett, David C. Liewald, et al.. (2023). The contributions of mitochondrial and nuclear mitochondrial genetic variation to neuroticism. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3146–3146. 4 indexed citations

Lam, Max, Chia‐Yen Chen, W. David Hill, et al.. (2022). Collective genomic segments with differential pleiotropic patterns between cognitive dimensions and psychopathology. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6868–6868. 5 indexed citations

Deary, Ian J., W. David Hill, & Catharine R. Galé. (2021). Intelligence, health and death. Nature Human Behaviour. 5(4). 416–430. 53 indexed citations

Deary, Ian J., Simon R. Cox, & W. David Hill. (2021). Genetic variation, brain, and intelligence differences. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(1). 335–353. 67 indexed citations

Anderson, Emma L., Laura D Howe, Kaitlin H. Wade, et al.. (2020). Education, intelligence and Alzheimer’s disease: evidence from a multivariable two-sample Mendelian randomization study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 49(4). 1163–1172. 95 indexed citations

Hill, W. David, Neil M Davies, Stuart J. Ritchie, et al.. (2019). Genome-wide analysis identifies molecular systems and 149 genetic loci associated with income. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5741–5741. 110 indexed citations

Ritchie, Stuart J., W. David Hill, Riccardo E. Marioni, et al.. (2019). Polygenic predictors of age-related decline in cognitive ability. Molecular Psychiatry. 25(10). 2584–2598. 40 indexed citations

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Hill, W. David, Alexander Weiß, David C. Liewald, et al.. (2019). Genetic contributions to two special factors of neuroticism are associated with affluence, higher intelligence, better health, and longer life. Molecular Psychiatry. 25(11). 3034–3052. 49 indexed citations

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Davies, Neil M, W. David Hill, Emma L. Anderson, et al.. (2019). Multivariable two-sample Mendelian randomization estimates of the effects of intelligence and education on health. eLife. 8. 91 indexed citations

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Hill, W. David, Ruben C. Arslan, Charley Xia, et al.. (2018). Genomic analysis of family data reveals additional genetic effects on intelligence and personality. Molecular Psychiatry. 23(12). 2347–2362. 71 indexed citations

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Marioni, Riccardo E., Sarah E. Harris, Qian Zhang, et al.. (2018). GWAS on family history of Alzheimer’s disease. Translational Psychiatry. 8(1). 99–99. 345 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hill, W. David, Sarah E. Harris, & Ian J. Deary. (2018). What genome-wide association studies reveal about the association between intelligence and mental health. Current Opinion in Psychology. 27. 25–30. 22 indexed citations

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Hagenaars, Saskia P., W. David Hill, Sarah E. Harris, et al.. (2017). Genetic prediction of male pattern baldness. PLoS Genetics. 13(2). e1006594–e1006594. 86 indexed citations

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Hagenaars, Saskia P., Simon R. Cox, W. David Hill, et al.. (2017). Genetic contributions to Trail Making Test performance in UK Biobank. Molecular Psychiatry. 23(7). 1575–1583. 19 indexed citations

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Luciano, Michelle, Saskia P. Hagenaars, Simon R. Cox, et al.. (2017). Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Reading Ability Show Connection to Socio-Economic Outcomes. Behavior Genetics. 47(5). 469–479. 6 indexed citations

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Harris, Sarah E., Saskia P. Hagenaars, Gail Davies, et al.. (2016). Molecular genetic contributions to self-rated health. International Journal of Epidemiology. 46(3). dyw219–dyw219. 50 indexed citations

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Hill, W. David, Gail Davies, David C. Liewald, Andrew M. McIntosh, & Ian J. Deary. (2015). Age-Dependent Pleiotropy Between General Cognitive Function and Major Psychiatric Disorders. Biological Psychiatry. 80(4). 266–273. 57 indexed citations

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Hoda, Md Nasrul, Weiguo Li, Ajmal Ahmad, et al.. (2011). Sex-independent neuroprotection with minocycline after experimental thromboembolic stroke. PubMed. 3(1). 16–16. 43 indexed citations

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