| Making evidence based medicine work for individual patients M McCartney, J Treadwell, N Maskrey, R Lehman Bmj 353, 2016 | 120 | 2016 |
| There is no evidence base for proposed dementia screening MD Brunet, M McCartney, I Heath, J Tomlinson, P Gordon, J Cosgrove, ... Bmj 345, 2012 | 120 | 2012 |
| Margaret McCartney: game on for Pokémon GO M McCartney BMJ: British Medical Journal (Online) 354, 2016 | 102 | 2016 |
| How do we know whether medical apps work? M McCartney Bmj 346, 2013 | 98 | 2013 |
| The patient paradox M McCartney Pinter & Martin Publishers, 2013 | 89 | 2013 |
| Science, society, and policy in the face of uncertainty: reflections on the debate around face coverings for the public during COVID-19 GP Martin, E Hanna, M McCartney, R Dingwall Critical public health 30 (5), 501-508, 2020 | 72 | 2020 |
| Will doctor rating sites improve the quality of care? No M McCartney BMJ 338, 2009 | 66 | 2009 |
| Invited debate: NHS Health Checks—a naked emperor? S Capewell, M McCartney, W Holland Journal of Public Health 37 (2), 187-192, 2015 | 64 | 2015 |
| Margaret McCartney: Clean eating and the cult of healthism M McCartney Bmj 354, 2016 | 58 | 2016 |
| Overdiagnosis and overtreatment: generalists—it’s time for a grassroots revolution J Treadwell, M McCartney British Journal of General Practice 66 (644), 116-117, 2016 | 55 | 2016 |
| How much of a social media profile can doctors have? M McCartney Bmj 344, 2012 | 47 | 2012 |
| Medicine: before COVID-19, and after M McCartney The Lancet 395 (10232), 1248-1249, 2020 | 43 | 2020 |
| Patient information leaflets:“a stupid system” M McCartney BMJ 347, 2013 | 37 | 2013 |
| Sex, gender, and medical data S Bewley, M McCartney, C Meads, A Rogers bmj 372, 2021 | 36 | 2021 |
| Margaret McCartney: The “breakthrough” drug that’s not been shown to help in Alzheimer’s disease M McCartney BMJ 351, 2015 | 36* | 2015 |
| Waterlogged? M McCartney BMJ 343, 2011 | 36 | 2011 |
| Show us the evidence for telehealth M McCartney BMJ 344, 2012 | 34 | 2012 |
| The fight is on: military metaphors for cancer may harm patients M McCartney BMJ 349, 2014 | 32 | 2014 |
| Where’s the evidence for NHS health checks? M McCartney BMJ 347, 2013 | 31 | 2013 |
| Margaret McCartney: AI in medicine must be rigorously tested M McCartney Bmj 361, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
