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Medicine

D-Index
85
Citations
29313
World Ranking
14519
National Ranking
1341

Paul Welsh publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul Welsh sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 331 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Paul Welsh D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul Welsh sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Paul Welsh is a researcher affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom, with a primary focus on medicine and related fields. Their work encompasses a broad range of topics within medicine, including cardiology, endocrinology, physiology, surgery, and public health, with a significant emphasis on cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

The main fields of study represented in their research include:

  • Medicine

Subfields of their work cover specific domains such as:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Physiology
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Surgery
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The research topics frequently addressed by Paul Welsh include:

  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent papers, notable among these are:

  • "Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120 075 UK Biobank participants" (2020), published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • "Vitamin D concentrations and COVID-19 infection in UK Biobank" (2020), published in Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & Reviews
  • "Effect of Empagliflozin on Left Ventricular Volumes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, or Prediabetes, and Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (SUGAR-DM-HF)" (2020), published in Circulation
  • "Ethnic and socioeconomic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection: prospective cohort study using UK Biobank" (2020), published in BMC Medicine
  • "Is older age associated with COVID-19 mortality in the absence of other risk factors? General population cohort study of 470,034 participants" (2020), published in PLoS ONE

The frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Circulation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Medicine
  • European Heart Journal
  • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism

Collaborative efforts are important in Paul Welsh's research profile, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Naveed Sattar
  • Carlos Celis-Morales
  • Jill P. Pell
  • Frederick K. Ho
  • Jason M. R. Gill

Best Publications

  • Statins and risk of incident diabetes: a collaborative meta-analysis of randomised statin trials

    Naveed Sattar;David Preiss;Heather M Murray;Paul Welsh

  • Primary care-led weight management for remission of type 2 diabetes (DiRECT): an open-label, cluster-randomised trial

    Michael Ej Lean;Wilma S Leslie;Alison C Barnes;Naomi Brosnahan

  • Risk of Incident Diabetes With Intensive-Dose Compared With Moderate-Dose Statin Therapy A Meta-analysis

    David Preiss;Sreenivasa Rao Kondapally Seshasai;Paul Welsh;Sabina A. Murphy

  • Durability of a primary care-led weight-management intervention for remission of type 2 diabetes: 2-year results of the DiRECT open-label, cluster-randomised trial

    Michael E J Lean;Wilma S Leslie;Alison C Barnes;Naomi Brosnahan

  • Associations of grip strength with cardiovascular, respiratory, and cancer outcomes and all cause mortality: prospective cohort study of half a million UK Biobank participants

    Carlos A Celis-Morales;Paul Welsh;Donald M Lyall;Lewis Steell

  • Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120 075 UK Biobank participants.

    Miriam Mutambudzi;Claire Niedwiedz;Ewan Beaton Macdonald;Alastair Leyland

  • Genome-Wide Association Study of Blood Pressure Extremes Identifies Variant near UMOD Associated with Hypertension

    Sandosh Padmanabhan;Olle Melander;Toby Johnson;Anna Maria Di Blasio

  • Association between active commuting and incident cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality: prospective cohort study.

    Carlos A Celis-Morales;Donald M Lyall;Paul Welsh;Jana Anderson

  • Vitamin D concentrations and COVID-19 infection in UK Biobank.

    Claire E. Hastie;Daniel F. Mackay;Frederick Ho;Carlos A. Celis-Morales

  • GDF15 mediates the effects of metformin on body weight and energy balance

    Anthony P. Coll;Michael Chen;Pranali Taskar;Debra Rimmington

  • Ethnic and socioeconomic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection: prospective cohort study using UK Biobank.

    Claire L. Niedzwiedz;Catherine A. O’Donnell;Bhautesh Dinesh Jani;Evangelia Demou

  • Effect of Empagliflozin on Left Ventricular Volumes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, or Prediabetes, and Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (SUGAR-DM-HF).

    Matthew M.Y. Lee;Matthew M.Y. Lee;Katriona J.M. Brooksbank;Kirsty Wetherall;Kenneth Mangion

  • Is older age associated with COVID-19 mortality in the absence of other risk factors? General population cohort study of 470,034 participants.

    Frederick K. Ho;Fanny Petermann-Rocha;Stuart R. Gray;Bhautesh D. Jani

  • Cardiac Troponin T and Troponin I in the General Population

    Paul Welsh;David Preiss;Caroline Hayward;Anoop S.V. Shah

  • Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction and the Risk of Heart Failure in Older Persons at High Cardiovascular Risk

    David Nanchen;David Nanchen;Jacobijn Gussekloo;Rudi G. J. Westendorp;David J. Stott

  • High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Concentration and Risk of First-Ever Cardiovascular Outcomes in 154,052 Participants

    Peter Willeit;Paul Welsh;Jonathan D.W. Evans;Lena Tschiderer

  • Lipid-Modifying Therapies and Risk of Pancreatitis: A Meta-analysis

    David Preiss;Matti J. Tikkanen;Paul Welsh;Ian Ford

  • Glomerular filtration rate by differing measures, albuminuria and prediction of cardiovascular disease, mortality and end-stage kidney disease.

    Jennifer S Lees;Claire E Welsh;Carlos A Celis-Morales;Daniel Mackay

  • Body Mass Index and Risk of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Two Electronic Health Record Prospective Studies.

    A. Katrina Loomis;Shaum Kabadi;David Preiss;Craig Hyde

  • Risk of Incident Diabetes With Intensive-Dose Compared With Moderate-Dose Statin Therapy

    David Preiss;Sreenivasa Rao Kondapally;Paul Welsh;Sabina A. Murphy

Frequent Co-Authors

Naveed Sattar
Naveed Sattar University of Glasgow
Jill P. Pell
Jill P. Pell University of Glasgow
Jason M. R. Gill
Jason M. R. Gill University of Glasgow
Ian Ford
Ian Ford University of Glasgow
Colin Berry
Colin Berry University of Glasgow
Mark C. Petrie
Mark C. Petrie University of Glasgow
Mark Woodward
Mark Woodward Imperial College London
Peter H. Whincup
Peter H. Whincup St George's, University of London
Alex McConnachie
Alex McConnachie University of Glasgow
Gordon D.O. Lowe
Gordon D.O. Lowe University of Glasgow

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