George Davey Smith

Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

Matthias Egger, George Davey Smith, Martin Schneider et al. · BMJ · 1997 · 56.3K citations

Public Health, Biostatistics, Causal Inference +13

Mendelian randomization with invalid instruments: effect estimation and bias detection through Egger regression

Jack Bowden, George Davey Smith, Stephen Burgess · International Journal of Epidemiology · 2015 · 10.6K citations · Full text

Public Health, Biostatistics, Genetics +15

Consistent Estimation in Mendelian Randomization with Some Invalid Instruments Using a Weighted Median Estimator

Jack Bowden, George Davey Smith, Philip Haycock et al. · Genetic Epidemiology · 2016 · 9.6K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biostatistics, Genetics +12

The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome

Gibran Hemani, Jie Zheng, Benjamin Elsworth et al. · eLife · 2018 · 8.4K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biostatistics, Genetics +16

‘Mendelian randomization’: can genetic epidemiology contribute to understanding environmental determinants of disease?*

George Davey Smith, Shah Ebrahim · International Journal of Epidemiology · 2003 · 6.4K citations

Life Sciences, Biostatistics, Genetics +15