Majid Ezzati

155.7k total citations · 50 hit papers
327 papers, 71.9k citations indexed

About

Majid Ezzati is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Majid Ezzati has authored 327 papers receiving a total of 71.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 90 papers in Pollution and 64 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Majid Ezzati's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (94 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (90 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (48 papers). Majid Ezzati is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (94 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (90 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (48 papers). Majid Ezzati collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Majid Ezzati's co-authors include Alan D López, Christopher J L Murray, Colin Mathers, Anthony Rodgers, Robert E. Black, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Dean T. Jamison, Mercedes de Onís, Stephen Vander Hoorn and Daniel M. Kammen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Majid Ezzati

320 papers receiving 68.8k citations

Hit Papers

Maternal and child undernutrition and overweig... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2013 2008 2006 2013 2013 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. Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries
    2013 5.5k citations Robert E. Black, Zulfiqar A Bhutta et al. The Lancet profile →
  2. Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences
    2008 4.6k citations Robert E. Black, Lindsay H. Allen et al. The Lancet profile →
  3. 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. The Lancet profile →
  4. Worldwide Epidemiology of Atrial Fibrillation
    2013 3.2k citations Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, Mohsen Naghavi et al. Circulation profile →
  5. Global and regional burden of stroke during 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
    2013 2.9k citations Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, George A. Mensah et al. The Lancet profile →
  6. National, regional, and global trends in fasting plasma glucose and diabetes prevalence since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 370 country-years and 2·7 million participants
    2011 2.8k citations Goodarz Danaei, Mariel M. Finucane et al. The Lancet profile →
  7. Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease
    2002 2.7k citations Majid Ezzati, Alan D López et al. The Lancet profile →
  8. 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 →
  9. Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors
    2006 1.9k citations Alan D López, Colin Mathers et al. profile →
  10. Fine-Particulate Air Pollution and Life Expectancy in the United States
    2009 1.7k citations Majid Ezzati et al. profile →
  11. Global, regional, and national trends in haemoglobin concentration and prevalence of total and severe anaemia in children and pregnant and non-pregnant women for 1995–2011: a systematic analysis of population-representative data
    2013 1.3k citations Gretchen A Stevens, Mariel M. Finucane et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →
  12. 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 Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, George A. Mensah et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →
  13. Estimates of global mortality attributable to smoking in 2000
    2003 954 citations Majid Ezzati, Alan D López The Lancet profile →
  14. Major risk factors for stillbirth in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2011 897 citations Majid Ezzati et al. The Lancet profile →
  15. Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER statement
    2016 871 citations Gretchen A Stevens, Robert E. Black et al. The Lancet profile →
  16. Future life expectancy in 35 industrialised countries: projections with a Bayesian model ensemble
    2017 868 citations Vasilis Kontis, James E. Bennett et al. The Lancet profile →
  17. Global Sodium Consumption and Death from Cardiovascular Causes
    2014 862 citations Dariush Mozaffarian, Saman Fahimi et al. profile →
  18. NCD Countdown 2030: worldwide trends in non-communicable disease mortality and progress towards Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4
    2018 816 citations James E. Bennett, Gretchen A Stevens et al. The Lancet profile →
  19. Global epidemiology, health burden and effective interventions for elevated blood pressure and hypertension
    2021 807 citations Bin Zhou, Pablo Perel et al. Nature Reviews Cardiology profile →
  20. GBD 2010: design, definitions, and metrics
    2012 777 citations Christopher J L Murray, Majid Ezzati et al. The Lancet profile →
  21. The obesity transition: stages of the global epidemic
    2019 776 citations Dariush Mozaffarian, Majid Ezzati et al. profile →
  22. Global burden of cancer attributable to high body-mass index in 2012: a population-based study
    2014 684 citations Gretchen A Stevens, Majid Ezzati et al. profile →
  23. National, regional, and global trends in adult overweight and obesity prevalences
    2012 683 citations Gretchen A Stevens, Goodarz Danaei et al. profile →
  24. Global, regional and national sodium intakes in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis of 24 h urinary sodium excretion and dietary surveys worldwide
    2013 658 citations John Powles, Saman Fahimi et al. BMJ Open profile →
  25. Comparative quantification of health risks: Conceptual framework and methodological issues
    2003 653 citations Christopher J L Murray, Majid Ezzati et al. profile →
  26. Anaemia, prenatal iron use, and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis
    2013 581 citations Majid Ezzati et al. profile →
  27. Exposure Assessment for Estimation of the Global Burden of Disease Attributable to Outdoor Air Pollution
    2011 572 citations Michael Bräuer, Majid Ezzati et al. profile →
  28. Eight Americas: Investigating Mortality Disparities across Races, Counties, and Race-Counties in the United States
    2006 537 citations Sandeep C. Kulkarni, Majid Ezzati et al. profile →
  29. The Age-Specific Quantitative Effects of Metabolic Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes: A Pooled Analysis
    2013 532 citations Goodarz Danaei, Gretchen A Stevens et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  30. Behavioral and Dietary Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases
    2013 514 citations Majid Ezzati et al. profile →
  31. The Global Burden of Ischemic Heart Disease in 1990 and 2010
    2014 482 citations Andrew E. Moran, Mohammad H. Forouzanfar et al. Circulation profile →
  32. Inequalities in non-communicable diseases and effective responses
    2013 478 citations Majid Ezzati et al. The Lancet profile →
  33. Global, Regional, and National Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Fruit Juices, and Milk: A Systematic Assessment of Beverage Intake in 187 Countries
    2015 448 citations Gitanjali Singh, Renata Micha et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  34. Temporal Trends in Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality in 21 World Regions, 1980 to 2010
    2014 421 citations Andrew E. Moran, Mohammad H. Forouzanfar et al. Circulation profile →
  35. Trends and mortality effects of vitamin A deficiency in children in 138 low-income and middle-income countries between 1991 and 2013: a pooled analysis of population-based surveys
    2015 390 citations Gretchen A Stevens, James E. Bennett et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →
  36. Ambient PM2.5 Reduces Global and Regional Life Expectancy
    2018 378 citations Michael Bräuer, Majid Ezzati et al. profile →
  37. Body-mass index and obesity in urban and rural China: findings from consecutive nationally representative surveys during 2004–18
    2021 359 citations Bin Zhou, Majid Ezzati et al. The Lancet profile →
  38. Stillbirths: the way forward in high-income countries
    2011 355 citations Majid Ezzati et al. The Lancet profile →
  39. Associations of Suboptimal Growth with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Children under Five Years: A Pooled Analysis of Ten Prospective Studies
    2013 347 citations Majid Ezzati, Robert E. Black et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  40. Risk Factors for Childhood Stunting in 137 Developing Countries: A Comparative Risk Assessment Analysis at Global, Regional, and Country Levels
    2016 342 citations Goodarz Danaei, Günther Fink et al. profile →
  41. Early Childhood Developmental Status in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: National, Regional, and Global Prevalence Estimates Using Predictive Modeling
    2016 339 citations Majid Ezzati, Goodarz Danaei et al. profile →
  42. What has made the population of Japan healthy?
    2011 333 citations Mohsen Naghavi, Majid Ezzati et al. The Lancet profile →
  43. Linear Growth and Child Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Meta-Analysis
    2015 317 citations Goodarz Danaei, Günther Fink et al. profile →
  44. Estimated Global, Regional, and National Disease Burdens Related to Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in 2010
    2015 274 citations Gitanjali Singh, Renata Micha et al. Circulation profile →
  45. Magnitude, demographics and dynamics of the effect of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on all-cause mortality in 21 industrialized countries
    2020 268 citations Vasilis Kontis, James E. Bennett et al. profile →
  46. NCD Countdown 2030: pathways to achieving Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4
    2020 260 citations James E. Bennett, Vasilis Kontis et al. The Lancet profile →
  47. National, regional, and global estimates of anaemia by severity in women and children for 2000–19: a pooled analysis of population-representative data
    2022 240 citations Gretchen A Stevens, Christopher Paciorek et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →
  48. Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER statement
    2016 227 citations Gretchen A Stevens, Robert E. Black et al. profile →
  49. Trends in predominant causes of death in individuals with and without diabetes in England from 2001 to 2018: an epidemiological analysis of linked primary care records
    2021 196 citations James E. Bennett, Majid Ezzati et al. profile →
  50. Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in China, 2004-18: findings from six rounds of a national survey
    2023 149 citations Bin Zhou, Majid Ezzati et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Majid Ezzati United States 106 16.9k 11.7k 10.8k 9.9k 9.6k 327 71.9k
Christopher J L Murray United States 137 7.3k 0.4× 18.2k 1.6× 20.1k 1.9× 13.3k 1.3× 5.5k 0.6× 460 112.9k
Alan D López Australia 95 5.3k 0.3× 12.8k 1.1× 13.9k 1.3× 7.4k 0.8× 4.5k 0.5× 328 74.7k
Colin Mathers Switzerland 81 11.5k 0.7× 11.9k 1.0× 14.3k 1.3× 5.2k 0.5× 2.6k 0.3× 167 114.5k
David R. Jacobs United States 151 12.0k 0.7× 32.9k 2.8× 8.0k 0.7× 17.1k 1.7× 9.1k 0.9× 1.4k 109.6k
Julian P. T. Higgins United Kingdom 118 6.6k 0.4× 18.9k 1.6× 10.0k 0.9× 18.8k 1.9× 3.1k 0.3× 471 205.3k
Alessandro Liberati Italy 41 4.5k 0.3× 24.0k 2.1× 18.6k 1.7× 14.8k 1.5× 3.3k 0.3× 87 193.0k
Paul Elliott United Kingdom 100 8.8k 0.5× 11.3k 1.0× 1.8k 0.2× 6.5k 0.7× 5.7k 0.6× 625 44.9k
Frank E. Speizer United States 113 3.5k 0.2× 12.8k 1.1× 3.2k 0.3× 4.6k 0.5× 13.5k 1.4× 340 64.2k
Bernard Rosner United States 146 11.2k 0.7× 25.9k 2.2× 3.6k 0.3× 8.3k 0.8× 3.3k 0.3× 1.1k 97.0k
Albert Hofman Netherlands 166 6.5k 0.4× 15.1k 1.3× 3.5k 0.3× 27.4k 2.8× 4.2k 0.4× 1.5k 122.0k

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All Works

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Baumgartner, Jill, Honor Bixby, Alexandra M. Schmidt, et al.. (2023). Strangers in a strange land: Mapping household and neighbourhood associations with improved wellbeing outcomes in Accra, Ghana. Cities. 143. 104584–104584. 2 indexed citations
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Parks, Robbie M., Vasilis Kontis, G. Brooke Anderson, et al.. (2023). Short-term excess mortality following tropical cyclones in the United States. Science Advances. 9(33). eadg6633–eadg6633. 11 indexed citations
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Moulds, Simon, Honor Bixby, George Owusu, et al.. (2022). Sachet water in Ghana: A spatiotemporal analysis of the recent upward trend in consumption and its relationship with changing household characteristics, 2010–2017. PLoS ONE. 17(5). e0265167–e0265167. 14 indexed citations
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Sorek‐Hamer, Meytar, Ata Akbari Asanjan, Esra Süel, et al.. (2022). A Deep Learning Approach for Meter-Scale Air Quality Estimation in Urban Environments Using Very High-Spatial-Resolution Satellite Imagery. Atmosphere. 13(5). 696–696. 9 indexed citations
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Zhou, Bin, Pablo Perel, George A. Mensah, & Majid Ezzati. (2021). Global epidemiology, health burden and effective interventions for elevated blood pressure and hypertension. Nature Reviews Cardiology. 18(11). 785–802. 807 indexed citations breakdown →
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Clark, Sierra, Allison Hughes, Majid Ezzati, et al.. (2021). Space-time characterization of community noise and sound sources in Accra, Ghana. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 11113–11113. 16 indexed citations
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Carter, Ellison, Li Yan, Yu Fu, et al.. (2019). Household transitions to clean energy in a multiprovincial cohort study in China. Nature Sustainability. 3(1). 42–50. 129 indexed citations
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Lai, Alexandra, Ellison Carter, Ming Shan, et al.. (2018). Chemical composition and source apportionment of ambient, household, and personal exposures to PM2.5 in communities using biomass stoves in rural China. The Science of The Total Environment. 646. 309–319. 61 indexed citations
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Arku, Raphael E., Majid Ezzati, Jill Baumgartner, et al.. (2017). Elevated blood pressure and household solid fuel use in premenopausal women: Analysis of 12 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) from 10 countries. Environmental Research. 160. 499–505. 54 indexed citations
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Singh, Gitanjali, Renata Micha, Shahab Khatibzadeh, et al.. (2015). Estimated Global, Regional, and National Disease Burdens Related to Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in 2010. Circulation. 132(8). 639–666. 274 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moran, Andrew E., Keane Y. Tzong, Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, et al.. (2014). Variations in Ischemic Heart Disease Burden by Age, Country, and Income: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2010 Study. Global Heart. 9(1). 91–91. 69 indexed citations
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Powles, John, Saman Fahimi, Renata Micha, et al.. (2013). Global, regional and national sodium intakes in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis of 24 h urinary sodium excretion and dietary surveys worldwide. BMJ Open. 3(12). e003733–e003733. 658 indexed citations breakdown →
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Paciorek, Christopher, Gretchen A Stevens, Mariel M. Finucane, & Majid Ezzati. (2013). Children's height and weight in rural and urban populations in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic analysis of population-representative data. The Lancet Global Health. 1(5). e300–e309. 96 indexed citations
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Niessen, Louis, et al.. (2009). Comparative Impact Assessment of Child Pneumonia interventions/Evaluation Comparative Des Impacts Des Interventions Contre la Pneumonie Chez l'enfant/Evaluacion Comparativa del Impacto De Las Intervenciones Contra la Neumonia En la Ninez. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 87(6). 472. 1 indexed citations
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Heikens, Geert Tom, Beatrice Amadi, Mark Manary, et al.. (2008). Maternal and child undernutrition : global and regional exposures and health consequences. Commentary. The Lancet. 371(9608). 1 indexed citations
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González-Pier, Eduardo, Cristina Gutiérrez-Delgado, Gretchen A Stevens, et al.. (2006). Health System Reform in Mexico 2 - Priority setting for health interventions in Mexico's system of Social Protection in Health. The Lancet. 368(9547). 2 indexed citations
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Ezzati, Majid & Alan D López. (2003). Estimates of global mortality attributable to smoking in 2000. The Lancet. 362(9387). 847–852. 954 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ezzati, Majid, Alan D López, Anthony Rodgers, Stephen Vander Hoorn, & Christopher J L Murray. (2002). Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease. The Lancet. 360(9343). 1347–1360. 2697 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ezzati, Majid & Daniel M. Kammen. (2001). Quantifying the effects of exposure to indoor air pollution from biomass combustion on acute respiratory infections in developing countries.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 109(5). 481–488. 233 indexed citations
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Ezzati, Majid, et al.. (2000). The contributions of emissions and spatial microenvironments to exposure to indoor air pollution from biomass combustion in Kenya.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 108(9). 833–839. 177 indexed citations

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