Chalapati Rao

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
99 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Chalapati Rao is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Chalapati Rao has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 29 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 28 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Chalapati Rao's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (53 papers), Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes (29 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (23 papers). Chalapati Rao is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (53 papers), Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes (29 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (23 papers). Chalapati Rao collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Indonesia. Chalapati Rao's co-authors include Alan D López, Colin Mathers, Mie Inoue, Doris Ma Fat, Kenji Shibuya, Leonhard Held, Anna Hansell, Volker Schmid, Sonia Buist and Gonghuan Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Chalapati Rao

93 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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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.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: current burden and future projections

2006 977 citations Alan D López, Kenji Shibuya et al. profile →
Counting the dead and what they died from: an assessment of the global status of cause of death data.

2005 941 citations Colin Mathers, Doris Ma Fat et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chalapati Rao

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The role of mortality surveillance in pandemic preparedness and response 2025 ·Bulletin of the World Health Organization ·Chalapati Rao, Don de Savigny, (unknown), Samantha Dolan, Daniel Cobos Muñoz, Doris Ma Fat, (unknown), Mona Sharan, Anthony Ofosu, Debbie Bradshaw, Rob Dorrington, Erin Nichols	2
2	Knowledge of Medical Education on Maternal and Child Primary-Care Among Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study 2024 ·International Journal of Public Health ·Haribondhu Sarma, (unknown), Matthew Kelly, Tran Van Anh, Chalapati Rao, (unknown)	0
3	Implementation research for developing Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems: lessons from Indonesia 2023 ·BMJ Global Health ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Matthew Kelly, Chalapati Rao	0
4	Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS-attributed mortalities and associated sociodemographic factors in Papua New Guinea: evidence from the comprehensive health and epidemiological surveillance system 2022 ·BMJ Open ·Bang Nguyen Pham, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Chalapati Rao, (unknown), (unknown)	5
5	Premature adult mortality in India: what is the size of the matter? 2021 ·BMJ Global Health ·Chalapati Rao, Aashish Gupta, Mamta Gupta, Ajit Kumar Yadav	6
6	Subnational mortality estimates for India in 2019: a baseline for evaluating excess deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 ·BMJ Global Health ·Chalapati Rao, (unknown), Ajit Kumar Yadav, (unknown)	5
7	The civil registration system is a potentially viable data source for reliable subnational mortality measurement in India 2020 ·BMJ Global Health ·Chalapati Rao, Mamta Gupta	22
8	Cause-specific mortality estimates for Malaysia in 2013: results from a national sample verification study using medical record review and verbal autopsy 2019 ·BMC Public Health ·Mohd Azahadi Omar, Shubash Shander Ganapathy, (unknown), Yi Yi Khoo, (unknown), S. Maria Awaluddin, Miaw Yn Jane Ling, Chalapati Rao	20
9	Death in Transitional Asia: 11-Year All-Cause Mortality in the Thai Cohort Study 2019 ·Global Journal of Health Science ·Matthew Kelly, Chalapati Rao, Sam‐ang Seubsman, Adrian Sleigh	2
10	Completeness and reliability of mortality data in Viet Nam: Implications for the national routine health management information system 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Nguyen Phuong Hoa, Sue Walker, Peter Hill, Chalapati Rao	14
11	An Updated Method for Risk Adjustment in Outcomes Research 2014 ·Value in Health ·Suhail A.R. Doi, Jan J. Barendregt, Chalapati Rao	14
12	Causes of death in Tonga: quality of certification and implications for statistics 2012 ·Population Health Metrics ·Karen Carter, (unknown), Chalapati Rao, (unknown), Alan D López, Rasika Rampatige, Richard Taylor	17
13	Using Historical Vital Statistics to Predict the Distribution of Under-Five Mortality by Cause 2010 ·Clinical Medicine & Research ·Chalapati Rao, Tim Adair, Yohannes Kinfu	7
14	Cause-of-death ascertainment for deaths that occur outside hospitals in Thailand: application of verbal autopsy methods 2010 ·Population Health Metrics ·(unknown), Chalapati Rao, Tim Adair, Junya Pattaraarchachai, Yawarat Porapakkham, Alan D López	55
15	Compiling mortality statistics from civil registration systems in Viet Nam: the long road ahead 2009 ·Bulletin of the World Health Organization ·Chalapati Rao, (unknown), (unknown), Malcolm N. MacDonald, Nguyễn Thị Kim Chúc, Peter Hill	42
16	Impact of Misclassification on Measures of Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in the Islamic Republic of Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study/ Impact Des Erreurs De Classification Des Deces Sur la Mesure De la Mortalite Cardiovasculaire En Republique Islamique d'Iran: Etude transversale/Estudio Transversal Sobre El Impacto De Los Errores De Clasificacion En la Medicion De la Mortalidad Cardiovascular En la Republica Islamica del Iran 2008 ·Bulletin of the World Health Organization ·Ardeshir Khosravi, Chalapati Rao, Mohsen Naghavi, Richard Taylor, (unknown), (unknown)	0
17	Analysis of socio-political and health practices influencing sex ratio at birth in Viet Nam 2008 ·Reproductive Health Matters ·Bang Nguyen Pham, Wayne Hall, Peter Hill, Chalapati Rao	25
18	Civil registration systems and vital statistics: successes and missed opportunities 2007 ·The Lancet ·P.K. Mahapatra, Kenji Shibuya, Alan D López, (unknown), Francis Notzon, Chalapati Rao, Simon Szreter	251
19	Core Verbal Autopsy Procedures with Comparative Validation Results from Two Countries 2006 ·PLoS Medicine ·Philip Setel, Chalapati Rao, Yusuf Hemed, David Whiting, Gonghuan Yang, Daniel Chandramohan, K. G. M. M. Alberti, Alan D López	56
20	Improving death registration and statistics in developing countries: Lessons from SubSaharan Africa 2004 ·Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) ·Chalapati Rao, Debbie Bradshaw, Colin Mathers	42

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