Five Children of the 90s researchers among the ‘world’s most influential scientific minds’

Professor George Davey SmithChildren of the 90s (ALSPAC)

Professor Debbie LawlorChildren of the 90s (ALSPAC)

Dr Wendy McArdle (front row, second from right) and her lab teamChildren of the 90s (ALSPAC)

Press release issued: 16 October 2015

Five Children of the 90s scientists have been named by Thomson Reuters as among the top one per cent of scientists in 2015 who are ‘the world’s most influential scientific minds’ and whose publications have ‘exceptional impact’.

The Highly Cited Researchers list from Thomson Reuters recognises leading academics in the sciences and social sciences from around the world.

The five academics are:

Professor George Davey Smith, the scientific director of Children of the 90s
Professor Debbie Lawlor, who leads the Focus on Mothers and COCO90s studies
Dr Wendy McArdle, who manages the Children of the 90s DNA collections
Professor David Evans, who studies the genetic causes of ill health
Dr Bruna Galobardes, who looks at the social and economic causes of ill health

This is the second year in a row that Professor George Davey Smith and Dr Wendy McArdle have featured on the list.

Thomson Reuters identified the best and brightest scientists by analysing highly cited papers in science and social sciences journals during the 11-year period 2003-2013. Highly cited papers are defined as those that rank in the top one per cent by citations for field and publication year in the Web of Science Core Collection.