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Nicholas Wald

Active 1973–2025

100
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32,337
Citations
87
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Citations

Citations per year for Nicholas Wald1922: 1 citations1952: 1 citations1974: 3 citations1975: 5 citations1976: 2 citations1977: 3 citations1978: 2 citations1979: 3 citations1980: 1 citations1981: 11 citations1982: 2 citations1983: 7 citations1984: 10 citations1985: 5 citations1986: 11 citations1987: 16 citations1988: 30 citations1989: 23 citations1990: 24 citations1991: 30 citations1992: 60 citations1993: 65 citations1994: 99 citations1995: 135 citations1996: 149 citations1997: 143 citations1998: 169 citations1999: 162 citations2000: 162 citations2001: 152 citations2002: 192 citations2003: 232 citations2004: 183 citations2005: 179 citations2006: 173 citations2007: 194 citations2008: 178 citations2009: 164 citations2010: 166 citations2011: 207 citations2012: 177 citations2013: 192 citations2014: 178 citations2015: 200 citations2016: 188 citations2017: 233 citations2018: 185 citations2019: 550 citations2020: 483 citations2021: 457 citations2022: 350 citations2023: 242 citations2024: 359 citations2025: 186 citations2026: 16 citations1923–1951: no citations, so these years are not shown1953–1973: no citations, so these years are not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 2,598 citing papers, 21.9% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,686 citing papers, 14.2% of this breakdownItaly: 505 citing papers, 4.3% of this breakdownCanada: 497 citing papers, 4.2% of this breakdownAustralia: 487 citing papers, 4.1% of this breakdownChina: 481 citing papers, 4.1% of this breakdownNetherlands: 446 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownGermany: 417 citing papers, 3.5% of this breakdownFrance: 349 citing papers, 2.9% of this breakdownSweden: 280 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdownSpain: 253 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownDenmark: 215 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdown
0%21.9%Other 30.7%

Institutions

Fields

  • Medicine81.7%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.8%
  • Nursing2.4%
  • Health Professions1.4%
  • Environmental Science1%
  • Immunology and Microbiology0.9%
  • Other5.8%

Topics

  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health4.3%
  • Folate and B Vitamins Research3.7%
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies3.7%
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins2.5%
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics2.3%
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment1.8%
  • Other81.7%

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  1. Interpretation of the evidence for the efficacy and safety of statin therapy

    Authors: Rory Collins, Christina Reith, Jonathan Emberson, Jane Armitage, Colin Baigent, Lisa Blackwell, Roger S. Blumenthal, John Danesh, George Davey Smith, David L. DeMets, Stephen Evans, Malcolm Law, Stephen MacMahon, Seth S. Martin, Bruce Neal, Neil R Poulter, David Preiss, Paul M. Ridker, Ian Roberts, Anthony Rodgers, Peter Sandercock, Kenneth F. Schulz, Peter Sever, John Simes, Liam Smeeth, Nicholas Wald, Salim Yusuf, Richard Peto - The Lancet 2016 cited by 1,844

  2. Use of blood pressure lowering drugs in the prevention of cardiovascular disease: meta-analysis of 147 randomised trials in the context of expectations from prospective epidemiological studies

    Authors: M R Law, Joan K. Morris, Nicholas Wald - BMJ 2009 cited by 2,785

  3. Lung cancer mortality reduction by LDCT screening: UKLS randomised trial results and international meta-analysis

    Authors: John K. Field, Daniel Vulkan, Michael P.A. Davies, David Baldwin, Kate Brain, Anand Devaraj, Tim Eisen, John R. Gosney, Beverley A Green, John A. Holemans, T. Kavanagh, Keith M. Kerr, M.J. Ledson, Kate Lifford, Fiona E. McRonald, Arjun Nair, Richard D. Page, Mahesh Parmar, Doris M. Rassl, Robert C. Rintoul, Nicholas Screaton, Nicholas Wald, David Weller, David K. Whynes, Paula Williamson, Gasham Yadegarfar, Rhian Gabe, Stephen W. Duffy - The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2021 cited by 223

  4. Randomized Trial of Preventive Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction

    Authors: David S Wald, Joan K. Morris, Nicholas Wald, Alexander Chase, Richard Edwards, Liam O. Hughes, Colin Berry, Keith G. Oldroyd - New England Journal of Medicine 2013 cited by 1,038

  5. Combination Therapy Versus Monotherapy in Reducing Blood Pressure: Meta-analysis on 11,000 Participants from 42 Trials

    Authors: David S Wald, Malcolm Law, Joan K. Morris, Jonathan P. Bestwick, Nicholas Wald - The American Journal of Medicine 2009 cited by 933

  6. A strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease by more than 80%

    Authors: Nicholas Wald, M R Law - BMJ 2003 cited by 1,569

  7. The UK Lung Cancer Screening Trial: a pilot randomised controlled trial of low-dose computed tomography screening for the early detection of lung cancer

    Authors: John K. Field, Stephen W. Duffy, David Baldwin, Kate Brain, Anand Devaraj, Tim Eisen, Beverley A Green, John A. Holemans, T. Kavanagh, Keith M. Kerr, M.J. Ledson, Kate Lifford, Fiona E. McRonald, Arjun Nair, Richard D. Page, Mahesh Parmar, Robert C. Rintoul, Nicholas Screaton, Nicholas Wald, David Weller, David K. Whynes, Paula Williamson, Ghasem Yadegarfar, David M. Hansell - Health Technology Assessment 2016 cited by 290

  8. Performance of polygenic risk scores in screening, prediction, and risk stratification: secondary analysis of data in the Polygenic Score Catalog

    Authors: Aroon D. Hingorani, Jasmine Gratton, Chris Finan, Amand F. Schmidt, Riyaz Patel, Reecha Sofat, Valerie Kuan, Claudia Langenberg, Harry Hemingway, Joan K. Morris, Nicholas Wald - BMJ Medicine 2023 cited by 91

  9. UK Lung Cancer RCT Pilot Screening Trial: baseline findings from the screening arm provide evidence for the potential implementation of lung cancer screening

    Authors: John K. Field, Stephen W. Duffy, David Baldwin, David K. Whynes, Anand Devaraj, Kate Brain, Timothy Eisen, John R. Gosney, B A Green, John A. Holemans, T. Kavanagh, K.M. Kerr, M.J. Ledson, Kate Lifford, Fiona E. McRonald, Arjun Nair, Richard D. Page, Mahesh Parmar, DM Rassl, Robert C. Rintoul, N. Screaton, Nicholas Wald, David Weller, Paula Williamson, Ghasem Yadegarfar, David M. Hansell - Thorax 2015 cited by 339

  10. Child–Parent Familial Hypercholesterolemia Screening in Primary Care

    Authors: David S Wald, Jonathan P. Bestwick, Joan K. Morris, Ken Whyte, Lucy Jenkins, Nicholas Wald - New England Journal of Medicine 2016 cited by 314

  11. Glycated Hemoglobin Measurement and Prediction of Cardiovascular Disease

    Authors: Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Pei Gao, Hassan Khan, Adam S. Butterworth, David Wormser, Stephen Kaptoge, Sreenivasa Rao Kondapally Seshasai, Alex Thompson, Nadeem Sarwar, Peter Willeit, Paul M. Ridker, Elizabeth Barr, Kay-Tee Khaw, Bruce M. Psaty, Hermann Brenner, Beverley Balkau, Joost Dekker, Debbie A. Lawlor, Makoto Daimon, Johann Willeit, Inger Njølstad, Aulikki Nissinen, Eric J. Brunner, Lewis H. Kuller, Jackie F. Price, Johan Sundström, Matthew Knuiman, Edith J. M. Feskens, W. M. Monique Verschuren, Nicholas Wald, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Peter H. Whincup, Ian Ford, Uri Goldbourt, Agustı́n Gómez de la Cámara, John Gallacher, Leon A. Simons, Annika Rosengren, Susan E. Sutherland, Cecilia Björkelund, Dan G. Blazer, Sylvia Wassertheil‐Smoller, Altan Onat, Alejandro Marín Ibañez, Edoardo Casiglia, J. Wouter Jukema, Lara M. Simpson, Simona Giampaoli, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Randi Selmer, Patrik Wennberg, Jussi Kauhanen, Jukka T. Salonen, Rachel Dankner, Elizabeth Barrett‐Connor, Maryam Kavousi, Vilmundur Guðnason, Denis A. Evans, Robert B. Wallace, Mary Cushman, Ralph B. D’Agostino, Jason G. Umans, Yutaka Kiyohara, Hidaeki Nakagawa, Shinichi Sato, Richard F. Gillum, Aaron R. Folsom, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, Karel G.M. Moons, Simon J. Griffin, Naveed Sattar, Nicholas J. Wareham, Elizabeth Selvin, Simon G. Thompson, John Danesh - JAMA 2014 cited by 233

  12. The illusion of polygenic disease risk prediction

    Authors: Nicholas Wald, Robert Old - Genetics in Medicine 2019 cited by 165

  13. Antenatal Thyroid Screening and Childhood Cognitive Function

    Authors: John H. Lazarus, Jonathan P. Bestwick, Sue Channon, Ruth Paradice, Aldo Maina, Rhian Rees, Elisabetta Chiusano, Rhys John, V. Guaraldo, Lynne M. George, M Perona, D. Dall’Amico, Arthur B. Parkes, Mohammed Joomun, Nicholas Wald - New England Journal of Medicine 2012 cited by 632

  14. GRAIL-Galleri: why the special treatment?

    Authors: Clare Turnbull, Nicholas Wald, Richard Sullivan, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Richard S. Houlston, Ajay Aggarwal, Stuart Hogarth, Margaret McCartney - The Lancet 2024 cited by 38

  15. Folic acid and neural tube defects: Discovery, debate and the need for policy change

    Authors: Nicholas Wald - Journal of Medical Screening 2022 cited by 52

  16. The Underlying Risk of Death After Myocardial Infarction in the Absence of Treatment

    Authors: M R Law, Hilary Watt, Nicholas Wald - Archives of Internal Medicine 2002 cited by 218

  17. Randomized Polypill Crossover Trial in People Aged 50 and Over

    Authors: David S Wald, Joan K. Morris, Nicholas Wald - PLoS ONE 2012 cited by 155

  18. First-Trimester or Second-Trimester Screening, or Both, for Down's Syndrome

    Authors: Fergal D. Malone, Jacob A. Canick, Robert H. Ball, David A. Nyberg, Christine H. Comstock, Radek Bukowski, Richard L. Berkowitz, Susan J. Gross, Lorraine Dugoff, Sabrina Craigo, Ilan E. Timor‐Tritsch, Stephen R. Carr, Honor M. Wolfe, Kimberly A. Dukes, Diana W. Bianchi, Alicja R. Rudnicka, Allan Hackshaw, Geralyn Lambert‐Messerlian, Nicholas Wald, Mary E. D’Alton - New England Journal of Medicine 2005 cited by 1,081

  19. Lowering blood pressure to prevent myocardial infarction and stroke: a new preventive strategy

    Authors: Matthew Law, Nicholas Wald, Joan K. Morris - Health Technology Assessment 2003 cited by 328

  20. Association between infection with Helicobacter pylori and risk of gastric cancer: evidence from a prospective investigation.

    Authors: D Forman, D. G. Newell, F Fullerton, J. W. G. Yarnell, Alison Stacey, Nicholas Wald, Freddy Sitas - BMJ 1991 cited by 1,392

  21. A Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data Reveals an Association between Circulating Levels of IGF-I and Prostate Cancer Risk

    Authors: Ruth C. Travis, Paul N. Appleby, Richard M. Martin, Jeff M.P. Holly, Demetrius Albanes, Amanda Black, H. Bas Bueno‐de‐Mesquita, June M. Chan, Chu Chen, María‐Dolores Chirlaque, Michael B. Cook, Mélanie Deschasaux, Jenny L. Donovan, Luigi Ferrucci, Pilar Galán, Graham G. Giles, Edward L. Giovannucci, Marc J. Gunter, Laurel A. Habel, Freddie C. Hamdy, Kathy J. Helzlsouer, Serge Herçberg, Robert N. Hoover, J. A. M. J. L. Janssen, Rudolf Kaaks, Tatsuhiko Kubo, Loïc Le Marchand, E. Jeffrey Metter, Kazuya Mikami, Joan K. Morris, David E. Neal, Marian L. Neuhouser, Kotaro Ozasa, Domenico Palli, Elizabeth A. Platz, Michaël Pollak, Alison Price, Monique J. Roobol, Catherine Schaefer, Jeannette M. Schenk, Gianluca Severi, Meir J. Stampfer, Pär Stattin, Akiko Tamakoshi, Catherine M. Tangen, Mathilde Touvier, Nicholas Wald, Noel S. Weiss, Regina G. Ziegler, Timothy J. Key, Naomi E. Allen - Cancer Research 2016 cited by 163

  22. Public health failure in the prevention of neural tube defects: time to abandon the tolerable upper intake level of folate

    Authors: Nicholas Wald, Joan K. Morris, Colin Blakemore - Public health reviews 2018 cited by 104

  23. By how much and how quickly does reduction in serum cholesterol concentration lower risk of ischaemic heart disease?

    Authors: M R Law, Nicholas Wald, Simon G. Thompson - BMJ 1994 cited by 1,220

  24. The accumulated evidence on lung cancer and environmental tobacco smoke

    Authors: Allan Hackshaw, M R Law, Nicholas Wald - BMJ 1997 cited by 736