MRC Epidemiology Unit

4.9k papers and 239.6k indexed citations i.

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with MRC Epidemiology Unit have published 4.9k papers, which have received a total of 239.6k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 1.4k papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 912 papers in Physiology and 611 papers in Genetics on the topics of Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (982 papers), Physical Activity and Health (464 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (406 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (52.7k citations), Physiology (43.9k citations) and Molecular Biology (31.8k citations). Authors at MRC Epidemiology Unit collaborate with scholars in United Kingdom, United States and Australia and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Cell. Some of MRC Epidemiology Unit's most productive authors include Nicholas J. Wareham, George Davey Smith, D.J.P. Barker, Alan J. Silman, Nita G. Forouhi, Esther van Sluijs, Simon J. Griffin, Deborah Symmons, Søren Brage and Ulf Ekelund.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published by authors at MRC Epidemiology Unit

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing scholars working at MRC Epidemiology Unit

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