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Rebecca Hardy 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 Rebecca Hardy sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 588 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rebecca Hardy 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 Rebecca Hardy sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 122 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Rebecca Hardy is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions spanning subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Health, and Genetics.

Their work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Hardy has published extensively in multiple venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Genome Biology
  • International Journal of Obesity

Representative recent papers include:

  • Ethnicity-specific BMI cutoffs for obesity based on type 2 diabetes risk in England: a population-based cohort study (2021, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology)
  • Prospective study design and data analysis in UK Biobank (2024, Science Translational Medicine)
  • Early childhood lower respiratory tract infection and premature adult death from respiratory disease in Great Britain: a national birth cohort study (2023, The Lancet)
  • Type of menopause, age of menopause and variations in the risk of incident cardiovascular disease: pooled analysis of individual data from 10 international studies (2020, Human Reproduction)
  • Vasomotor menopausal symptoms and risk of cardiovascular disease: a pooled analysis of six prospective studies (2020, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)

Hardy frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, including:

  • Andrew Wong
  • Diana Kuh
  • Rachel Cooper
  • Alun D. Hughes
  • Nish Chaturvedi

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Objectively measured physical capability levels and mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Rachel Cooper;Diana Kuh;Rebecca Hardy

  • The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis.

    D I Swerdlow;M V Holmes;K B Kuchenbaecker

  • Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease:Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

    Michael V Holmes;Michael V Holmes;Caroline E Dale;Luisa Zuccolo;Richard J Silverwood

  • Detecting and describing heterogeneity in meta-analysis

    Rebecca J. Hardy;Simon G. Thompson

  • HMG-coenzyme A reductase inhibition, type 2 diabetes, and bodyweight: evidence from genetic analysis and randomised trials.

    Daniel I Swerdlow;David Preiss;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Michael Holmes

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Honor Bixby;James Bentham;Bin Zhou;Mariachiara Di Cesare

  • A likelihood approach to meta-analysis with random effects.

    Rebecca J. Hardy;Simon G. Thompson

  • Gender and telomere length : systematic review and meta-analysis

    Michael Gardner;David Bann;Laura Wiley;Rachel Cooper

  • Objective measures of physical capability and subsequent health: a systematic review

    Rachel Cooper;Diana Kuh;Cyrus Cooper;Catharine R. Gale

  • Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

    Cristian Pattaro;Alexander Teumer;Mathias Gorski;Audrey Y. Chu

  • Active placebos versus antidepressants for depression

    Joanna Moncrieff;Simon Wessely;Rebecca Hardy

  • Cohort Profile: The 1946 National Birth Cohort (MRC National Survey of Health and Development)

    Michael Wadsworth;Diana Kuh;Marcus Richards;Rebecca Hardy

  • Birth weight and cognitive function in the British 1946 birth cohort: longitudinal population based study

    Marcus Richards;Rebecca Hardy;Diana Kuh;Michael E J Wadsworth

  • HMG-COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITION, TYPE 2 DIABETES, AND BODYWEIGHT: EVIDENCE FROM GENETIC ANALYSIS AND RANDOMISED TRIALS

    D Swerdlow;D Preiss;A D Hingorani;N Sattar

Frequent Co-Authors

Diana Kuh
Diana Kuh University College London
Marcus Richards
Marcus Richards University College London
Andrew Wong
Andrew Wong University College London
Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
Peter H. Whincup
Peter H. Whincup St George's, University of London
Yoav Ben-Shlomo
Yoav Ben-Shlomo University of Bristol
Debbie A. Lawlor
Debbie A. Lawlor University of Bristol
Gita D. Mishra
Gita D. Mishra University of Queensland
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Meena Kumari
Meena Kumari University of Essex

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