Christopher J L Murray

550.2k total citations · 71 hit papers
460 papers, 112.9k citations indexed

About

Christopher J L Murray is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher J L Murray has authored 460 papers receiving a total of 112.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in General Health Professions, 90 papers in Health and 83 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Christopher J L Murray's work include Global Health Care Issues (96 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (77 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (73 papers). Christopher J L Murray is often cited by papers focused on Global Health Care Issues (96 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (77 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (73 papers). Christopher J L Murray collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Christopher J L Murray's co-authors include Alan D López, Majid Ezzati, Colin Mathers, Dean T. Jamison, Mohsen Naghavi, Anthony Rodgers, Rafael Lozano, Theo Vos, Stephen Vander Hoorn and Mohammad H. Forouzanfar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Christopher J L Murray

455 papers receiving 106.8k citations

Hit Papers

Alternative projections of mortality and disability ... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1997 1996 2013 2006 1997 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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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.

  1. Alternative projections of mortality and disability by cause 1990–2020: Global Burden of Disease Study
    1997 5.3k citations Christopher J L Murray, Alan D López profile →
  2. The global burden of disease: a comprehensive assessment of mortality and disability from diseases injuries and risk factors in 1990 and projected to 2020.
    1996 5.1k citations Christopher J L Murray, Alan D López profile →
  3. Global burden of disease attributable to mental and substance use disorders: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
    2013 4.3k citations Colin D. Rehm, Nicole E. Johns et al. profile →
  4. Global and regional burden of disease and risk factors, 2001: systematic analysis of population health data
    2006 4.2k citations Alan D López, Colin Mathers et al. profile →
  5. Global mortality, disability, and the contribution of risk factors: Global Burden of Disease Study
    1997 3.3k citations Christopher J L Murray, Alan D López profile →
  6. Worldwide Epidemiology of Atrial Fibrillation
    2013 3.2k citations Sumeet S. Chugh, Rasmus Havmoeller et al. Circulation profile →
  7. Global and regional burden of stroke during 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
    2013 2.9k citations Valery L. Feigin, Mohammad H. Forouzanfar et al. profile →
  8. Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease
    2002 2.7k citations Majid Ezzati, Alan D López et al. profile →
  9. Comparative quantification of health risks : global and regional burden of disease attributable to selected major risk factors
    2004 2.7k citations Majid Ezzati, Alan D López et al. profile →
  10. The Preventable Causes of Death in the United States: Comparative Risk Assessment of Dietary, Lifestyle, and Metabolic Risk Factors
    2009 2.3k citations Goodarz Danaei, Eric L. Ding et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
  11. Burden of Depressive Disorders by Country, Sex, Age, and Year: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
    2013 2.3k citations Christopher J L Murray, Theo Vos et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
  12. Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors
    2006 1.9k citations Alan D López, Colin Mathers et al. profile →
  13. World development report 1993 : investing in health
    1993 1.9k citations Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  14. The State of US Health, 1990-2010
    2013 1.8k citations Christopher J L Murray profile →
  15. Household catastrophic health expenditure: a multicountry analysis
    2003 1.6k citations Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  16. Global Burden of Severe Periodontitis in 1990-2010
    2014 1.6k citations Nicholas J Kassebaum, Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  17. Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980–2008: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5
    2010 1.6k citations Alan D López, Rafael Lozano et al. profile →
  18. Rapid health transition in China, 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
    2013 1.6k citations Theo Vos, Alan D López et al. profile →
  19. A systematic analysis of global anemia burden from 1990 to 2010
    2013 1.4k citations Nicholas J Kassebaum, Rashmi Jasrasaria et al. Blood profile →
  20. AGE STANDARDIZATION OF RATES: A NEW WHO STANDARD
    2000 1.4k citations Alan D López, Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  21. Measuring the Global Burden of Disease
    2013 1.3k citations Christopher J L Murray, Alan D López profile →
  22. Smoking Prevalence and Cigarette Consumption in 187 Countries, 1980-2012
    2014 1.2k citations Alan D López, Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  23. Global Burden of Untreated Caries
    2015 1.1k citations Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  24. Tuberculosis: Commentary on a Reemergent Killer
    1992 1.1k citations Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  25. Global Burden of Oral Conditions in 1990-2010
    2013 1.1k citations Mohsen Naghavi, Alan D López et al. profile →
  26. The Global Burden of Skin Disease in 2010: An Analysis of the Prevalence and Impact of Skin Conditions
    2013 1.1k citations Nicole E. Johns, Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  27. Global burden of stroke and risk factors in 188 countries, during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
    2016 1.1k citations Valery L. Feigin, Gregory A. Roth et al. profile →
  28. Global malaria mortality between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis
    2012 1.1k citations Christopher J L Murray, Stephen S Lim et al. profile →
  29. WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: development of an evidence based global public health treaty
    2003 1.0k citations Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  30. Global and regional burden of first-ever ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke during 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
    2013 971 citations Rita Krishnamurthi, Valery L. Feigin et al. profile →
  31. Causes of cancer in the world: comparative risk assessment of nine behavioural and environmental risk factors
    2005 948 citations Goodarz Danaei, Alan D López et al. profile →
  32. Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER statement
    2016 871 citations Majid Ezzati, Colin Mathers et al. profile →
  33. Demographic and Epidemiologic Drivers of Global Cardiovascular Mortality
    2015 845 citations Gregory A. Roth, Mohammad H. Forouzanfar et al. profile →
  34. Liver cirrhosis mortality in 187 countries between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis
    2014 845 citations Alan D López, Rafael Lozano et al. profile →
  35. Physical activity and risk of breast cancer, colon cancer, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and ischemic stroke events: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
    2016 841 citations Hmwe Hmwe Kyu, Theo Vos et al. BMJ profile →
  36. Breast and cervical cancer in 187 countries between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis
    2011 790 citations Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, Rafael Lozano et al. profile →
  37. The global burden of dengue: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
    2016 778 citations Jeffrey D Stanaway, Simon I Hay et al. profile →
  38. GBD 2010: design, definitions, and metrics
    2012 777 citations Christopher J L Murray, Majid Ezzati et al. profile →
  39. Disability weights for the Global Burden of Disease 2013 study
    2015 753 citations Christopher J L Murray, Theo Vos et al. profile →
  40. Global, regional, and national burden of multiple sclerosis 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
    2019 741 citations Simon I Hay, Mohsen Naghavi et al. profile →
  41. Healthy life expectancy for 187 countries, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden Disease Study 2010
    2012 731 citations Theo Vos, Alan D López et al. profile →
  42. Global, Regional, and National Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease, 1990–2015
    2017 705 citations Catherine O. Johnson, Mohammed H. Forouzanfar et al. profile →
  43. Health systems performance assessment: debates, methods and empiricism.
    2003 700 citations Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  44. Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on maternal and child mortality: an updated systematic analysis
    2011 670 citations Rafael Lozano, Alan D López et al. profile →
  45. Comparative quantification of health risks: Conceptual framework and methodological issues
    2003 653 citations Christopher J L Murray, Majid Ezzati et al. profile →
  46. Global and Regional Patterns in Cardiovascular Mortality From 1990 to 2013
    2015 652 citations Gregory A. Roth, Andrew Moran et al. Circulation profile →
  47. Neonatal, postneonatal, childhood, and under-5 mortality for 187 countries, 1970–2010: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4
    2010 632 citations Alan D López, Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  48. The global burden of neurological disorders: translating evidence into policy
    2019 625 citations Valery L. Feigin, Theo Vos et al. profile →
  49. Global burden of disease attributable to illicit drug use and dependence: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
    2013 623 citations Nicole E. Johns, Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  50. Age-specific and sex-specific mortality in 187 countries, 1970–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
    2012 591 citations Alan D López, Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  51. Health metrics and evaluation: strengthening the science
    2008 564 citations Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  52. Increased educational attainment and its effect on child mortality in 175 countries between 1970 and 2009: a systematic analysis
    2010 509 citations Emmanuela Gakidou, Rafael Lozano et al. profile →
  53. The Global Burden of Ischemic Heart Disease in 1990 and 2010
    2014 482 citations Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, Gregory A. Roth et al. Circulation profile →
  54. Global Burden of Severe Tooth Loss
    2014 481 citations Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  55. The effect of air pollution on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy across China and its provinces, 1990–2017: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
    2020 447 citations Michael Bräuer, Jeffrey D Stanaway et al. profile →
  56. Temporal Trends in Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality in 21 World Regions, 1980 to 2010
    2014 421 citations Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, Gregory A. Roth et al. Circulation profile →
  57. The Global Burden of Disease Study at 30 years
    2022 413 citations Christopher J L Murray Nature Medicine profile →
  58. Hydrogen Tunneling in Enzyme Reactions
    1989 375 citations Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  59. The adverse effect of iron repletion on the course of certain infections.
    1978 347 citations A. B. Murray, Christopher J L Murray et al. BMJ profile →
  60. Maternal Mortality for 181 Countries, 1980−2008
    2011 320 citations Rafael Lozano, Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  61. Trends and Patterns of Disparities in Cancer Mortality Among US Counties, 1980-2014
    2017 302 citations Mohsen Naghavi, Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  62. National health expenditures: a global analysis.
    1994 294 citations Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  63. Inequalities in Life Expectancy Among US Counties, 1980 to 2014
    2017 278 citations Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  64. The Vaccine-Hesitant Moment
    2022 269 citations Emmanuela Gakidou, Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  65. Estimating the cause-specific relative risks of non-optimal temperature on daily mortality: a two-part modelling approach applied to the Global Burden of Disease Study
    2021 240 citations Katrin Burkart, Michael Bräuer et al. profile →
  66. Factors Associated With Increases in US Health Care Spending, 1996-2013
    2017 238 citations Joseph L. Dieleman, Abigail Chapin et al. profile →
  67. Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
    2024 233 citations Christopher J L Murray profile →
  68. Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER statement
    2016 227 citations Majid Ezzati, Colin Mathers et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
  69. Adolescence and the next generation
    2018 226 citations George Patton, Nicholas J Kassebaum et al. profile →
  70. Global, regional, and national time trends in mortality for congenital heart disease, 1990–2019: An age-period-cohort analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study
    2022 147 citations Zhanhao Su, Zhiyong Zou et al. EClinicalMedicine profile →
  71. Health effects associated with exposure to secondhand smoke: a Burden of Proof study
    2024 46 citations Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Sinclair Carr et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers

Christopher J L Murray
Alessandro Liberati Italy
Alan D López Australia
Peter C Gøtzsche Denmark
Matthias Egger Switzerland
Jennifer Tetzlaff Canada
John P. A. Ioannidis United States
Colin Mathers Switzerland
Julian P. T. Higgins United Kingdom
Stuart Pocock United Kingdom
Gordon Guyatt Canada
Alessandro Liberati Italy
Christopher J L Murray
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Steinmetz, Jaimie D, Elizabeth K. Marsh, Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, et al.. (2025). A systematic review with a Burden of Proof meta-analysis of health effects of long-term ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure on dementia. Nature Aging. 5(5). 897–908. 12 indexed citations
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Haile, Demewoz, Kassandra L. Harding, Susan A. McLaughlin, et al.. (2025). Health effects associated with consumption of processed meat, sugar-sweetened beverages and trans fatty acids: a Burden of Proof study. Nature Medicine. 31(7). 2244–2254. 1 indexed citations
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Carr, Sinclair, Dana Bryazka, Susan A. McLaughlin, et al.. (2024). A burden of proof study on alcohol consumption and ischemic heart disease. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4082–4082. 15 indexed citations
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Ledesma, Jorge R, Jianing Ma, Meixin Zhang, et al.. (2023). Global-, Regional-, and National-Level Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Diagnoses, 2020–2021. Microorganisms. 11(9). 2191–2191. 4 indexed citations
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Su, Zhanhao, Zhiyong Zou, Simon I Hay, et al.. (2022). Global, regional, and national time trends in mortality for congenital heart disease, 1990–2019: An age-period-cohort analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study. EClinicalMedicine. 43. 101249–101249. 147 indexed citations breakdown →
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Friedman, Joseph, Patrick Liu, Christopher Troeger, et al.. (2021). Predictive performance of international COVID-19 mortality forecasting models. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2609–2609. 68 indexed citations
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Zheng, Peng, Ryan M Barber, Reed J D Sorensen, Christopher J L Murray, & Aleksandr Y. Aravkin. (2021). Trimmed Constrained Mixed Effects Models: Formulations and Algorithms. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. 30(3). 544–556. 49 indexed citations
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Moses, Mark, Homi Kharas, Molly K. Miller-Petrie, et al.. (2021). Global poverty and inequality from 1980 to the COVID-19 pandemic. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Kyu, Hmwe Hmwe, Deepa Jahagirdar, Matthew Cunningham, et al.. (2021). Accounting for misclassified and unknown cause of death data in vital registration systems for estimating trends in HIV mortality. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 24(S5). e25791–e25791. 4 indexed citations
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Micah, Angela E, Yingxi Zhao, Catherine S Chen, et al.. (2019). Tracking development assistance for health from China, 2007–2017. BMJ Global Health. 4(5). e001513–e001513. 18 indexed citations
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Krishnamurthi, Rita, Andrew Moran, Valery L. Feigin, et al.. (2015). Stroke Prevalence, Mortality and Disability-Adjusted Life Years in Adults Aged 20-64 Years in 1990-2013: Data from the Global Burden of Disease 2013 Study. Neuroepidemiology. 45(3). 190–202. 240 indexed citations
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Kassebaum, Nicholas J, Rashmi Jasrasaria, Mohsen Naghavi, et al.. (2013). A systematic analysis of global anemia burden from 1990 to 2010. Blood. 123(5). 615–624. 1405 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chugh, Sumeet S., Rasmus Havmoeller, Kumar Narayanan, et al.. (2013). Worldwide Epidemiology of Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation. 129(8). 837–847. 3197 indexed citations breakdown →
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Danaei, Goodarz, Eric L. Ding, Dariush Mozaffarian, et al.. (2011). Correction: The Preventable Causes of Death in the United States: Comparative Risk Assessment of Dietary, Lifestyle, and Metabolic Risk Factors. PLoS Medicine. 8(1). 12 indexed citations
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Ezzati, Majid, Ari B. Friedman, Sandeep C. Kulkarni, & Christopher J L Murray. (2008). The Reversal of Fortunes: Trends in County Mortality and Cross-County Mortality Disparities in the United States. PLoS Medicine. 5(4). e66–e66. 245 indexed citations
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Murray, Christopher J L, et al.. (2005). Monitoring global health: time for new solutions. BMJ. 330(7482). 82.2–82.2. 3 indexed citations
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Mathers, Colin, Majid Ezzati, Alan D López, Christopher J L Murray, & Anthony Rodgers. (2002). Causal decomposition of summary measures of population health.. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 11(2). 273–290. 16 indexed citations
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Scheil, Wendy, Scott Cameron, Martyn Kirk, et al.. (1996). Human salmonellosis and peanut butter. 20(14). 326. 9 indexed citations
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Murray, M. J., A. B. Murray, & Christopher J L Murray. (1980). The salutary effect of milk on amoebiasis and its reversal by iron.. BMJ. 280(6228). 1351–1352. 54 indexed citations
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Murray, Christopher J L. (1970). Status conflict: cattle and education in Ankole.. 34(1). 1–14. 1 indexed citations

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