| Mitigating the wider health effects of covid-19 pandemic response M Douglas, SV Katikireddi, M Taulbut, M McKee, G McCartney Bmj 369, 2020 | 1160 | 2020 |
| Defining health and health inequalities G McCartney, F Popham, R McMaster, A Cumbers Public health 172, 22-30, 2019 | 371 | 2019 |
| Relationship between childhood socioeconomic position and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): a systematic review D Walsh, G McCartney, M Smith, G Armour J Epidemiol Community Health 73 (12), 1087-1093, 2019 | 357 | 2019 |
| The health and socioeconomic impacts of major multi-sport events: systematic review (1978-2008) G McCartney, S Thomas, H Thomson, J Scott, V Hamilton, P Hanlon, ... BMj 340, 2010 | 295 | 2010 |
| What (or who) causes health inequalities: theories, evidence and implications? G McCartney, C Collins, M Mackenzie Health Policy 113 (3), 221-227, 2013 | 233 | 2013 |
| Contribution of smoking-related and alcohol-related deaths to the gender gap in mortality: evidence from 30 European countries G McCartney, L Mahmood, AH Leyland, GD Batty, K Hunt Tobacco control 20 (2), 166-168, 2011 | 216 | 2011 |
| History, politics and vulnerability: explaining excess mortality in Scotland and Glasgow D Walsh, G McCartney, C Collins, M Taulbut, GD Batty Public health 151, 1-12, 2017 | 172 | 2017 |
| Impact of political economy on population health: a systematic review of reviews G McCartney, W Hearty, J Arnot, F Popham, A Cumbers, R McMaster American journal of public health 109 (6), e1-e12, 2019 | 161 | 2019 |
| The impact of Thatcherism on health and well-being in Britain A Scott-Samuel, C Bambra, C Collins, DJ Hunter, G McCartney, K Smith International Journal of Health Services 44 (1), 53-71, 2014 | 161 | 2014 |
| COVID-19–exploring the implications of long-term condition type and extent of multimorbidity on years of life lost: a modelling study P Hanlon, F Chadwick, A Shah, R Wood, J Minton, G McCartney, ... Wellcome Open Research 5, 2020 | 141 | 2020 |
| Has Scotland always been the ‘sick man’of Europe? An observational study from 1855 to 2006 G McCartney, D Walsh, B Whyte, C Collins The European Journal of Public Health 22 (6), 756-760, 2012 | 111 | 2012 |
| How do income changes impact on mental health and wellbeing for working-age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis RM Thomson, E Igelström, AK Purba, M Shimonovich, H Thomson, ... The Lancet Public Health 7 (6), e515-e528, 2022 | 104 | 2022 |
| Why the Scots die younger: synthesizing the evidence G McCartney, C Collins, D Walsh, GD Batty Public health 126 (6), 459-470, 2012 | 79 | 2012 |
| Theorising social class and its application to the study of health inequalities G McCartney, M Bartley, R Dundas, SV Katikireddi, R Mitchell, F Popham, ... SSM-Population Health 7, 100315, 2019 | 74 | 2019 |
| The impact of neoliberal “political attack” on health: the case of the “Scottish effect” C Collins, G McCartney International Journal of Health Services 41 (3), 501-523, 2011 | 73 | 2011 |
| Accounting for Scotland's excess mortality: towards a synthesis G McCartney, C Collins, W David, GD Batty Glasgow Centre for Population Health, 2011 | 73 | 2011 |
| Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy (MESAS). Third annual Report. C Beeston, G Reid, M Robinson, N Craig, G McCartney, L Graham, I Grant NHS health Scotland, 2013 | 70 | 2013 |
| Assessing the representativeness of population-sampled health surveys through linkage to administrative data on alcohol-related outcomes E Gorman, AH Leyland, G McCartney, IR White, SV Katikireddi, ... American Journal of Epidemiology 180 (9), 941-948, 2014 | 68 | 2014 |
| Health inequalities, fundamental causes and power: towards the practice of good theory G McCartney, E Dickie, O Escobar, C Collins Sociology of health & illness 43 (1), 20-39, 2021 | 63 | 2021 |
| Regeneration and health: a structured, rapid literature review G McCartney, W Hearty, M Taulbut, R Mitchell, R Dryden, C Collins Public health 148, 69-87, 2017 | 63 | 2017 |
