Rayaz A. Malik

35.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
548 papers, 24.8k citations indexed

About

Rayaz A. Malik is a scholar working on Physiology, Ophthalmology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Rayaz A. Malik has authored 548 papers receiving a total of 24.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 201 papers in Physiology, 166 papers in Ophthalmology and 155 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Rayaz A. Malik's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (155 papers), Ocular Surface and Contact Lens (151 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (141 papers). Rayaz A. Malik is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (155 papers), Ocular Surface and Contact Lens (151 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (141 papers). Rayaz A. Malik collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Qatar and United States. Rayaz A. Malik's co-authors include Andrew J.M. Boulton, Ioannis N. Petropoulos, Uazman Alam, Jay M. Sosenko, Mitra Tavakoli, Roy Freeman, Nathan Efron, Dan Ziegler, Vera Bril and Eva L. Feldman and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Rayaz A. Malik

527 papers receiving 24.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Diabetic Neuropathies: Update on Definitions, Diagnostic Criteria, Estimation of Severity, and Treatments

2010 1.9k citations Solomon Tesfaye, Andrew J.M. Boulton et al. profile →
Diabetic Neuropathy: A Position Statement by the American Diabetes Association

2016 1.6k citations Andrew J.M. Boulton, Rayaz A. Malik et al. profile →
Diabetic Neuropathies

2005 1.4k citations Andrew J.M. Boulton, Rayaz A. Malik et al. profile →
Diabetic Somatic Neuropathies

2004 657 citations Andrew J.M. Boulton, Rayaz A. Malik et al. profile →
Prevalence and Characteristics of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy in a Large Community-Based Diabetic Population in the U.K.

2011 639 citations Rayaz A. Malik, Andrew J.M. Boulton et al. profile →
Local Inflammation and Hypoxia Abolish the Protective Anticontractile Properties of Perivascular Fat in Obese Patients

2009 487 citations Rayaz A. Malik et al. profile →
Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Pharmacotherapy

2018 335 citations Shazli Azmi, Maryam Ferdousi et al. profile →
Diabetes Dyslipidemia

2016 298 citations Rayaz A. Malik, Handrean Soran et al. profile →
Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: Epidemiology, Pathomechanisms and Treatment

2021 160 citations Jamie Burgess, Maryam Ferdousi et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Rayaz A. Malik	10.3k	6.7k	5.3k	5.1k	4.8k	548	24.8k
Andrew J.M. Boulton	10.5k 1.0×	8.3k 1.2×	2.9k 0.6×	24.4k 4.8×	1.6k 0.3×	429	41.6k
Vera Bril	6.0k 0.6×	8.4k 1.3×	973 0.2×	3.0k 0.6×	830 0.2×	386	15.7k
Eva L. Feldman	16.3k 1.6×	13.1k 2.0×	1.0k 0.2×	8.3k 1.6×	933 0.2×	573	41.5k
Dan Ziegler	8.0k 0.8×	5.8k 0.9×	742 0.1×	4.0k 0.8×	602 0.1×	274	17.9k
Bruce A. Perkins	3.6k 0.4×	2.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.2×	7.3k 1.5×	776 0.2×	253	14.4k
Solomon Tesfaye	7.8k 0.8×	5.4k 0.8×	696 0.1×	3.9k 0.8×	524 0.1×	234	14.5k
Yutaka Kiyohara	3.2k 0.3×	1.2k 0.2×	1.7k 0.3×	2.5k 0.5×	918 0.2×	291	16.6k
Christopher Chen	5.7k 0.6×	3.1k 0.5×	739 0.1×	551 0.1×	1.8k 0.4×	617	23.2k
Aaron I. Vinik	7.4k 0.7×	7.0k 1.1×	609 0.1×	6.2k 1.2×	461 0.1×	420	24.1k
L. Jaap Kappelle	2.7k 0.3×	8.2k 1.2×	727 0.1×	2.4k 0.5×	567 0.1×	486	32.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Khan, Adnan, Mohammed Alhatou, Georgios Ponirakis, et al.. (2025). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Identifies Corneal Nerve Loss in Patients With Guillain–Barré Syndrome. Muscle & Nerve. 72(1). 119–123. 1 indexed citations

Garagnani, Paolo, Massimiliano Bonafè, Maria Giulia Bacalini, et al.. (2025). Painful diabetic neuropathy is associated with accelerated epigenetic aging. GeroScience. 47(3). 4041–4054. 2 indexed citations

Verma, Subodh, Hani Sabbour, Naji Alamuddin, et al.. (2023). A cross‐sectional study of the prevalence and clinical management of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes across the Middle East and Africa ( PACT‐MEA ): Study design and rationale. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 25(6). 1444–1452. 8 indexed citations

Tesfaye, Solomon, Christopher H. Gibbons, Rayaz A. Malik, & Aristidis Veves. (2023). Diabetic Neuropathy. 4 indexed citations

Khandakar, Amith, Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury, Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz, et al.. (2023). DSPNet: A Self-ONN Model for Robust DSPN Diagnosis From Temperature Maps. IEEE Sensors Journal. 23(5). 5370–5381. 9 indexed citations

Gad, Hoda, Ibrahim Mohammed, Abdulaziz Al‐Ali, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal Studies of Wearables in Patients with Diabetes: Key Issues and Solutions. Sensors. 23(11). 5003–5003. 4 indexed citations

Pacaud, Danièle, Kenneth Romanchuk, Heidi Virtanen, et al.. (2022). Corneal nerve and nerve conduction abnormalities in children with type 1 diabetes. Pediatric Diabetes. 23(8). 1665–1673. 1 indexed citations

Hassanein, Mohamed, Ebtesam Ba-Essa, Fatheya Alawadi, et al.. (2022). Recommendations for Titration and Administration of Oral Semaglutide for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes during Ramadan. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 28(4). 131–135. 3 indexed citations

Duke, Kathryn, et al.. (2021). Frozen Shoulder. JBJS Reviews. 9(1). e19.00153–e19.00153. 26 indexed citations

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Meng, Yanda, Jamie Burgess, Maryam Ferdousi, et al.. (2021). Artificial intelligence utilising corneal confocal microscopy for the diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy in diabetes mellitus and prediabetes. Diabetologia. 65(3). 457–466. 44 indexed citations

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Ponirakis, Georgios, Muhammad Abdul‐Ghani, Amin Jayyousi, et al.. (2021). Insulin resistance limits corneal nerve regeneration in patients with type 2 diabetes undergoing intensive glycemic control. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 12(11). 2002–2009. 7 indexed citations

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Kalteniece, Alise, Maryam Ferdousi, Shazli Azmi, et al.. (2021). Corneal nerve loss is related to the severity of painful diabetic neuropathy. European Journal of Neurology. 29(1). 286–294. 20 indexed citations

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Radwan, Ahmed Bahgat, John‐John Cabibihan, Abdulaziz Al‐Ali, et al.. (2021). Superior Non-Invasive Glucose Sensor Using Bimetallic CuNi Nanospecies Coated Mesoporous Carbon. Biosensors. 11(11). 463–463. 17 indexed citations

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Goulart, Alessandra C., Amrit Ray, Barrett W. Jeffers, et al.. (2020). <p>Systemic Solutions for Addressing Non-Communicable Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries</p>. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. Volume 13. 693–707. 22 indexed citations

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Verjee, Mohamud A., et al.. (2019). <p>Diabetic muscle infarction: often misdiagnosed and mismanaged</p>. Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity. Volume 12. 285–290. 2 indexed citations

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Malik, Rayaz A., et al.. (2019). Diabetes mellitus does not increase the risk of knee stiffness after total knee arthroplasty: a meta-analysis of 7 studies including 246 053 cases. Knee Surgery and Related Research. 31(1). 6–6. 5 indexed citations

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Bitirgen, Gülfidan, et al.. (2013). Corneal nerve fibre damage precedes diabetic retinopathy in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetic Medicine. 31(4). 431–438. 87 indexed citations

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Tavakoli, Mitra, Parwez Hossain, & Rayaz A. Malik. (2008). Clinical applications of corneal confocal microscopy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12 indexed citations

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Tesfaye, Solomon, Rayaz A. Malik, & J. D. Ward. (1994). Vascular factors in diabetic neuropathy. Diabetologia. 37(9). 847–854. 25 indexed citations

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Tesfaye, Solomon, Rayaz A. Malik, & J. D. Ward. (1994). Vascular factors in diabetic neuropathy. Diabetologia. 37(9). 847–854. 169 indexed citations

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