Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar

12.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
229 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 38 papers in Epidemiology and 35 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar's work include Diabetes Management and Research (19 papers), Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (17 papers) and Chronic Disease Management Strategies (15 papers). Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar is often cited by papers focused on Diabetes Management and Research (19 papers), Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (17 papers) and Chronic Disease Management Strategies (15 papers). Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Greece. Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar's co-authors include Konstantinos A. Toulis, Krishna Gokhale, Joht Singh Chandan, Nicola J. Adderley, G. Neil Thomas, Tom Marshall, Anuradhaa Subramanian, Parth Narendran, Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay and Julie Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar

211 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

  1. Symptoms, complications and management of long COVID: a review
    2021 543 citations Joht Singh Chandan, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar et al. profile →
  2. Metabolically Healthy Obese and Incident Cardiovascular Disease Events Among 3.5 Million Men and Women
    2017 378 citations G. Neil Thomas, Konstantinos A. Toulis et al. profile →
  3. Association between the reproductive health of young women and cardiovascular disease in later life: umbrella review
    2020 268 citations Kelvin Okoth, Joht Singh Chandan et al. profile →
  4. Increased risk of ischemic heart disease, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes in women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus, a target group in general practice for preventive interventions: A population-based cohort study
    2018 228 citations Konstantinos A. Toulis, G. Neil Thomas et al. profile →
  5. Examining variation in the measurement of multimorbidity in research: a systematic review of 566 studies
    2021 172 citations Iris Ho, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar 1.6k 926 889 797 698 229 6.3k
Karel Kostev 1.4k 0.9× 1.3k 1.4× 862 1.0× 629 0.8× 453 0.6× 675 7.9k
Patrick McElduff 1.1k 0.7× 2.8k 3.0× 964 1.1× 641 0.8× 813 1.2× 238 9.8k
Fabio Pellegrini 2.8k 1.7× 1.2k 1.3× 1.5k 1.7× 2.0k 2.5× 562 0.8× 201 10.7k
Cynthia L. Leibson 1.2k 0.7× 1.5k 1.6× 1.9k 2.2× 2.1k 2.6× 855 1.2× 91 9.3k
Maria de Ridder 851 0.5× 548 0.6× 618 0.7× 380 0.5× 181 0.3× 117 5.9k
David M. Reboussin 1.7k 1.0× 604 0.7× 869 1.0× 1.6k 2.0× 209 0.3× 138 9.6k
David K. Blough 1.4k 0.9× 1.3k 1.4× 914 1.0× 490 0.6× 182 0.3× 115 9.3k
Jasmin Divers 2.8k 1.7× 454 0.5× 1.3k 1.5× 662 0.8× 192 0.3× 180 7.1k
Petra Otterblad Olausson 486 0.3× 1.2k 1.3× 1.3k 1.5× 1.2k 1.6× 197 0.3× 64 8.5k
Arthur J. Hartz 676 0.4× 747 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 232 0.3× 131 8.0k

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All Works

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Singh, Megha, et al.. (2024). Pregnancy complications and autoimmune diseases in women: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medicine. 22(1). 339–339. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhaonan, Francesca L. Crowe, Abd A. Tahrani, et al.. (2024). The effect of bariatric surgery on diabetes related foot complications among patients with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. 38(9). 108813–108813. 2 indexed citations
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Phillips, Katherine W., Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Benjamin R. Wakerley, & Francesca L. Crowe. (2024). Trends in the prevalence and pharmacological management of migraine during pregnancy in the UK, 2000–2018. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 95(10). jnnp–2024. 2 indexed citations
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Xia, Bin, Qiangsheng He, Fang Gao Smith, et al.. (2024). Individualized prevention of proton pump inhibitor related adverse events by risk stratification. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3591–3591. 13 indexed citations
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Kidy, Farah, G. Neil Thomas, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, et al.. (2023). Safety and efficacy of tuberculosis vaccine candidates in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of randomised controlled clinical trials. BMC Infectious Diseases. 23(1). 120–120. 5 indexed citations
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Mollan, Susan P., et al.. (2023). Depression and anxiety in women with idiopathic intracranial hypertension compared to migraine: A matched controlled cohort study. Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 63(2). 290–298. 12 indexed citations
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Anand, Astha, Katherine W. Phillips, Anuradhaa Subramanian, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of polypharmacy in pregnancy: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 13(3). e067585–e067585. 5 indexed citations
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Šumilo, Dana, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Brian H Willis, et al.. (2022). Long-term impact of pre-incision antibiotics on children born by caesarean section: a longitudinal study based on UK electronic health records. Health Technology Assessment. 26(30). 1–160. 3 indexed citations
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Ho, Iris, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Ashley Akbari, et al.. (2022). Variation in the estimated prevalence of multimorbidity: systematic review and meta-analysis of 193 international studies. BMJ Open. 12(4). e057017–e057017. 88 indexed citations
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Singh, Megha, Francesca L. Crowe, Shakila Thangaratinam, et al.. (2022). Association of pregnancy complications/risk factors with the development of future long-term health conditions in women: overarching protocol for umbrella reviews. BMJ Open. 12(12). e066476–e066476. 2 indexed citations
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Ho, Iris, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Ashley Akbari, et al.. (2022). Measuring multimorbidity in research: Delphi consensus study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). e000247–e000247. 91 indexed citations
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Zemedikun, Dawit, Joht Singh Chandan, Amarkumar Dhirajlal Rajgor, et al.. (2021). Burden of chronic diseases associated with periodontal diseases: a retrospective cohort study using UK primary care data. BMJ Open. 11(12). e048296–e048296. 30 indexed citations
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Phillips, Katherine W., Anuradhaa Subramanian, G. Neil Thomas, et al.. (2021). Trends in the pharmacological management of atrial fibrillation in UK general practice 2008–2018. Heart. 108(7). 517–522. 7 indexed citations
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Subramanian, Anuradhaa, Jan Idkowiak, Konstantinos A. Toulis, et al.. (2020). Pubertal timing in boys and girls born to mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review. European Journal of Endocrinology. 184(1). 51–64. 12 indexed citations
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Sapey, Elizabeth, Suzy Gallier, Peter Nightingale, et al.. (2020). Ethnicity and risk of death in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 infection in the UK: an observational cohort study in an urban catchment area. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 7(1). e000644–e000644. 55 indexed citations
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Chandan, Joht Singh, Nathan Hughes, Tom Thomas, et al.. (2020). Exploration of a Novel Preventative Policing Approach in the United Kingdom to Adverse Childhood Experiences. Child Abuse Review. 29(2). 144–158. 1 indexed citations
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Šumilo, Dana, Konstantinos A. Toulis, Alessandro Prete, et al.. (2019). Increased Infection Risk in Addison’s Disease and Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 105(2). 418–429. 47 indexed citations

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