Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies
if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the
same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average
within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research
topics.
Alternative projections of mortality and disability by cause 1990–2020: Global Burden of Disease Study
19975.3k citationsChristopher J L Murray, Alan D LópezThe Lancetprofile →
Breast and cervical cancer in 187 countries between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis
2011790 citationsRafael Lozano, Alan D López et al.The Lancetprofile →
GBD 2010: design, definitions, and metrics
2012777 citationsChristopher J L Murray, Rafael Lozano et al.The Lancetprofile →
Healthy life expectancy for 187 countries, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden Disease Study 2010
2012731 citationsJoshua A. Salomon, Haidong Wang et al.The Lancetprofile →
Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on maternal and child mortality: an updated systematic analysis
2011670 citationsRafael Lozano, Haidong Wang et al.The Lancetprofile →
Comparative quantification of health risks: Conceptual framework and methodological issues
2003653 citationsChristopher J L Murray, Alan D López et al.Population Health Metricsprofile →
Neonatal, postneonatal, childhood, and under-5 mortality for 187 countries, 1970–2010: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4
2010632 citationsAbraham D. Flaxman, Laura Dwyer‐Lindgren et al.The Lancetprofile →
Age-specific and sex-specific mortality in 187 countries, 1970–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
2012591 citationsLaura Dwyer‐Lindgren, Alan D López et al.The Lancetprofile →
Burden of disease and injury in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: the Indigenous health gap
2008503 citationsTheo Vos, Bridget M. Barker et al.profile →
Global, regional, and national age–sex specifi c all-cause andcause-specifi c mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990–2013:a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of DiseaseStudy 2013
2015456 citationsMohsen Naghavi, Rafael Lozano et al.profile →
Stages of the cigarette epidemic on entering its second century
This map shows the geographic impact of Alan D López's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Alan D López with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Alan D López more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Alan D López. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Alan D López. The network helps show where Alan D López may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan D López
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan D López.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan D López based on the total number of
citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges
represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together.
Node borders
signify the number of papers an author published with Alan D López. Alan D López is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
Ng, Marie, Michael K Freeman, Thomas Fleming, et al.. (2014). Smoking Prevalence and Cigarette Consumption in 187 Countries, 1980-2012. JAMA. 311(2). 183–183.1169 indexed citations breakdown →
Yang, Gonghuan, Yu Wang, Yi‐Xin Zeng, et al.. (2013). Rapid health transition in China, 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. The Lancet. 381(9882). 1987–2015.1582 indexed citations breakdown →
Salomon, Joshua A., Haidong Wang, Michael K Freeman, et al.. (2012). Healthy life expectancy for 187 countries, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden Disease Study 2010. The Lancet. 380(9859). 2144–2162.731 indexed citations breakdown →
Shibuya, Kenji, Colin Mathers, Cynthia Boschi-Pinto, Alan D López, & Christopher J L Murray. (2003). Correction: Global and regional estimates of cancer mortality and incidence by site: II. results for the global burden of disease 2000 (vol 2, pg 37, 2002). BMC Cancer. 3(20). 1–6.26 indexed citations
Murray, Christopher J L & Alan D López. (1994). Quantifying disability: data, methods and results.. PubMed. 72(3). 481–94.186 indexed citations
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Murray, Christopher J L, Alan D López, & Dean T. Jamison. (1994). The global burden of disease in 1990: summary results, sensitivity analysis and future directions.. PubMed. 72(3). 495–509.400 indexed citations
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López, Alan D. (1990). Changes in tobacco consumption and lung cancer risk: evidence from national statistics.. PubMed. 57–76.10 indexed citations
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