Pawana Sharma

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Pawana Sharma is a scholar working on Surgery, Infectious Diseases and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Pawana Sharma has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Surgery, 6 papers in Infectious Diseases and 6 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Pawana Sharma's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (5 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (4 papers). Pawana Sharma is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (5 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (4 papers). Pawana Sharma collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Belgium. Pawana Sharma's co-authors include Cynthia Fraser, Pamela Royle, Norman Waugh, Christine Clar, D Shyangdan, Corri Black, Clare Robertson, Fiona Stewart, Graeme MacLennan and Alison Avenell and has published in prestigious journals such as Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, BMJ and Frontiers in Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Pawana Sharma

33 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Effects of weight loss interventions for adults who are obese on mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis

2017 326 citations Alison Avenell, Mark J Bolland et al. BMJ profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pawana Sharma United Kingdom	19	358	295	243	234	213	34	1.6k
Arnaud D. Kazé United States	21	314 0.9×	284 1.0×	390 1.6×	313 1.3×	124 0.6×	62	1.6k
Shuo‐Ming Ou Taiwan	25	222 0.6×	283 1.0×	294 1.2×	400 1.7×	160 0.8×	88	1.8k
Geetha Maddukuri United States	11	272 0.8×	246 0.8×	522 2.1×	155 0.7×	79 0.4×	14	1.5k
Edouard L. Fu Sweden	23	314 0.9×	203 0.7×	480 2.0×	460 2.0×	72 0.3×	82	1.7k
Paola Rebora Italy	25	281 0.8×	276 0.9×	225 0.9×	471 2.0×	77 0.4×	122	2.3k
Song Vogue Ahn South Korea	25	349 1.0×	238 0.8×	432 1.8×	344 1.5×	216 1.0×	74	1.6k
Ishir Bhan United States	29	284 0.8×	492 1.7×	741 3.0×	207 0.9×	294 1.4×	74	4.0k
Bülent Altun Türkiye	23	150 0.4×	245 0.8×	402 1.7×	534 2.3×	157 0.7×	105	1.8k
Jamie P. Traynor United Kingdom	22	448 1.3×	361 1.2×	994 4.1×	213 0.9×	118 0.6×	69	2.0k
Susan M. Hailpern United States	24	190 0.5×	272 0.9×	414 1.7×	482 2.1×	187 0.9×	45	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pawana Sharma

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Beese, Sophie, Malcolm J Price, Claire L Tomlinson, et al.. (2025). A systematic review and network meta-analysis of interventions to preserve insulin-secreting beta cell function in people newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes: results from randomised controlled trials of immunomodulatory therapies. BMC Medicine. 23(1). 351–351.

Wang, Xuan, Mary T. Bausch-Jurken, Pawana Sharma, et al.. (2025). Comparative Effectiveness of mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 Vaccines Among Adults with Underlying Medical Conditions: Systematic Literature Review and Pairwise Meta-Analysis Using GRADE. Advances in Therapy. 42(5). 2040–2077. 5 indexed citations

Haeussler, Katrin, Xuan Wang, Mary T. Bausch-Jurken, et al.. (2024). Immunogenicity of mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2 in Immunocompromised Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Using GRADE. Infectious Diseases and Therapy. 13(7). 1419–1438. 4 indexed citations

Haeussler, Katrin, Xuan Wang, Mary T. Bausch-Jurken, et al.. (2024). Comparative Effectiveness of mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 Vaccines Among Older Adults: Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis Using the GRADE Framework. Infectious Diseases and Therapy. 13(4). 779–811. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Xuan, Katrin Haeussler, Leslie E. Phillips, et al.. (2023). Comparative effectiveness of mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines in immunocompromised individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis using the GRADE framework. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1204831–1204831. 18 indexed citations

Brazzelli, Miriam, Rodolfo Hernández, Pawana Sharma, et al.. (2018). Contrast-enhanced ultrasound and/or colour duplex ultrasound for surveillance after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: a systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment. 22(72). 1–220. 7 indexed citations

Robertson, Lynn, et al.. (2017). Models of care for chronic kidney disease: A systematic review. Nephrology. 23(5). 389–396. 42 indexed citations

Avenell, Alison, Mark J Bolland, Jemma Hudson, et al.. (2017). Effects of weight loss interventions for adults who are obese on mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 359. j4849–j4849. 326 indexed citations breakdown →

Sharma, Pawana, Graham Scotland, Moira Cruickshank, et al.. (2015). The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of point-of-care tests (CoaguChek system, INRatio2 PT/INR monitor and ProTime Microcoagulation system) for the self-monitoring of the coagulation status of people receiving long-term vitamin K antagonist therapy, compared with standard UK practice: systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment. 19(48). 1–172. 33 indexed citations

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Robertson, Clare, Andrew Close, Cynthia Fraser, et al.. (2013). Relative effectiveness of robot‐assisted and standard laparoscopic prostatectomy as alternatives to open radical prostatectomy for treatment of localised prostate cancer: a systematic review and mixed treatment comparison meta‐analysis. British Journal of Urology. 112(6). 798–812. 64 indexed citations

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Ford, John, Rob Jones, Andrew Elders, et al.. (2012). Denosumab for treatment of bone metastases secondary to solid tumours: Systematic review and network meta-analysis. European Journal of Cancer. 49(2). 416–430. 44 indexed citations

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Ford, John, Norman Waugh, Pawana Sharma, Mark Sculpher, & Andrew Walker. (2012). NICE guidance: a comparative study of the introduction of the single technology appraisal process and comparison with guidance from Scottish Medicines Consortium. BMJ Open. 2(1). e000671–e000671. 16 indexed citations

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Shyangdan, D, Pamela Royle, Christine Clar, et al.. (2011). Glucagon-like peptide analogues for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013(7). CD006423–CD006423. 205 indexed citations

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Hislop, Jennifer, G Mowatt, Pawana Sharma, et al.. (2011). Systematic Review of Escalated Imatinib Doses Compared with Sunitinib or Best Supportive Care, for the Treatment of People with Unresectable/Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours Whose Disease has Progressed on the Standard Imatinib Dose. Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer. 43(2). 168–176. 19 indexed citations

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McCullough, Keith, Pawana Sharma, Tariq Ali, et al.. (2011). Measuring the population burden of chronic kidney disease: a systematic literature review of the estimated prevalence of impaired kidney function. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 27(5). 1812–1821. 91 indexed citations

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Sharma, Pawana, et al.. (2011). Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers for adults with early (stage 1 to 3) non-diabetic chronic kidney disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. CD007751–CD007751. 66 indexed citations

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Black, Corri, Pawana Sharma, Graham Scotland, et al.. (2010). Early referral strategies for management of people with markers of renal disease: a systematic review of the evidence of clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and economic analysis. Health Technology Assessment. 14(21). 1–184. 158 indexed citations

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Shyangdan, D, Pamela Royle, Christine Clar, Pawana Sharma, & Norman Waugh. (2010). Glucagon-like peptide analogues for type 2 diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Endocrine Disorders. 10(1). 20–20. 71 indexed citations

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Sharma, Pawana, et al.. (2002). Intraoperative ultrasound-guided retrieval of an airgun pellet from the tongue: a case report. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 40(2). 153–155. 27 indexed citations

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JENKINS, B. J., Pawana Sharma, D. F. BADENOCH, C. G. FOWLER, & J. P. BLANDY. (1992). Ethics, Logistics and a Trial of Transurethral versus Open Prostatectomy. British Journal of Urology. 69(4). 372–374. 6 indexed citations

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