Research Publications
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Publications of the Month
Each month, Health Data Research UK’s Early Career Committee selects ‘Open Access Publication of the Month’. The six criteria against which the publications are judged are research quality, national team working, scale, open access, public/patient involvement/impact, as well as diversity and inclusion.
To view the latest list of publications visit the HDR Innovation Gateway.

Our Open Access Publication of the Month – March 2021
In this month’s review of published papers, the Early Career Committee considered dozens of articles made open access this month. They were ranked against core pillars of the HDR UK ethos:...

Our Open Access Publication of the Month – February 2021
In this month’s review of published papers and pre-prints, the Early Career Committee considered dozens of open access articles. They were ranked according to the core pillars of the HDR UK...

Our Open Access Publication of the Month – January 2021
In this month’s review of published papers and pre-prints on covid-19, the Early Career Committee considered dozens of articles made open access this month. They were ranked against core pillars...

Our Open Access Publication of the Month – November 2020
In this month’s review of published papers and pre-prints on COVID-19, the Early Career Committee considered dozens of articles made open access this month. They were ranked against core pillars...

Mapping the UK COVID-19 epidemic in real-time by neighbourhood
HDR UK Open Access Publication of the Month – September 2020

RECOVERY trial: The potential health and economic impact of dexamethasone treatment for patients with COVID-19
HDR UK Open Access Publication of the Month - August 2020

The psychological impact of COVID-19 on patients & mental health care workers
HDR UK Open Access Publication of the Month - July 2020

TRACKED: An interactive online tool to monitor excess deaths associated with COVID-19 in the UK
HDR UK Open Access Publication of the Month - June 2020

The OpenSAFELY health data platform: harnessing NHS records to tackle COVID-19
HDR UK Open Access Publication of the Month - May 2020

Development of the ZOE Symptom Tracker App: citizen science for COVID-19 in the UK
HDR UK Open Access Publication of the Month - April 2020

WHO cardiovascular disease risk charts: revised models to estimate risk in 21 global regions
HDR UK Open Access Publication of the Month - March 2020

PhenoScanner v2: Improving the usability of human genomic data to improve health
HDR UK Open Access Publication of the Month - January 2020

Using health data to understand risks of antibiotics in tuberculosis and after caesarean section
HDR UK Open Access Publication of the Month - November 2019

Using machine learning to predict and prevent patients having heart attacks
HDR UK Open Access Publication of the Month - October 2019