Rifat Atun

47.7k total citations · 16 hit papers
442 papers, 22.6k citations indexed

About

Rifat Atun is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Rifat Atun has authored 442 papers receiving a total of 22.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in General Health Professions, 137 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 114 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Rifat Atun's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (106 papers), Healthcare Systems and Reforms (89 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (61 papers). Rifat Atun is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (106 papers), Healthcare Systems and Reforms (89 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (61 papers). Rifat Atun collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Rifat Atun's co-authors include Daniel Vigo, Graham Thornicroft, Thyra de Jongh, Ipek Gurol‐Urganci, Josip Car, Till Bärnighausen, Vlasta Vodopivec‐Jamšek, Sebastián Vollmer, Trishan Panch and Jennifer Manne‐Goehler and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Rifat Atun

429 papers receiving 21.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Estimating the true global burden of mental illness

2016 1.6k citations Rifat Atun et al. profile →
Global Economic Burden of Diabetes in Adults: Projections From 2015 to 2030

2018 758 citations Jennifer Manne‐Goehler, Rifat Atun et al. profile →
Expanding global access to radiotherapy

2015 683 citations Rifat Atun, Felícia Marie Knaul et al. profile →
The global economic burden of diabetes in adults aged 20–79 years: a cost-of-illness study

2017 563 citations Jennifer Manne‐Goehler, Rifat Atun et al. profile →
Brazil's unified health system: the first 30 years and prospects for the future

2019 545 citations Rifat Atun et al. profile →
Mobile phone messaging for facilitating self-management of long-term illnesses

2012 479 citations Josip Car, Rifat Atun et al. profile →
Mobile phone messaging reminders for attendance at healthcare appointments

2013 464 citations Rifat Atun, Josip Car et al. profile →
Health-system reform and universal health coverage in Latin America

2014 432 citations Rifat Atun, Luiz Odorico Monteiro de Andrade et al. profile →
Estimating the burden of antimicrobial resistance: a systematic literature review

2018 387 citations Rifat Atun et al. profile →
The Brazilian health system at crossroads: progress, crisis and resilience

2018 332 citations Rifat Atun et al. BMJ Global Health profile →
Conversational Agents in Health Care: Scoping Review and Conceptual Analysis

2020 314 citations Lorainne Tudor Car, Bhone Myint Kyaw et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →
Physical multimorbidity, health service use, and catastrophic health expenditure by socioeconomic groups in China: an analysis of population-based panel data

2020 250 citations Yang Zhao, Rifat Atun et al. profile →
Childhood cancer burden: a review of global estimates

2019 246 citations Rifat Atun et al. profile →
Estimating the total incidence of global childhood cancer: a simulation-based analysis

2019 239 citations Zachary J. Ward, Rifat Atun et al. profile →
Effect of socioeconomic inequalities and vulnerabilities on health-system preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Brazil: a comprehensive analysis

2021 228 citations Rifat Atun et al. profile →
Medical imaging and nuclear medicine: a Lancet Oncology Commission

2021 161 citations Rifat Atun, Zachary J. Ward et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rifat Atun

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Evaluation of performance of generative large language models for stroke care 2025 ·npj Digital Medicine ·John Tayu Lee, (unknown), (unknown), Hsin‐Hsi Chen, Sheng‐Fang Su, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rifat Atun	2
2	Rethinking HIV care for youth: Insights from qualitative research with youth in Chad 2025 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rifat Atun, Aisha K. Yousafzai	0
3	Differences in Expert Perspectives on AI Training in Medical Education: Secondary Analysis of a Multinational Delphi Study 2025 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·(unknown), Chin‐Siang Ang, Nai Ming Lai, Rifat Atun, Josip Car	1
4	Contribution of investment in health and cancer control to economic growth in Commonwealth countries 2025 ·EClinicalMedicine ·Rifat Atun, (unknown), K. Hernández-Villafuerte, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
5	Optimising adolescents and young adults’ utilisation of sexual and reproductive health and HIV services in Chad: a sensemaking approach 2025 ·BMJ Global Health ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rifat Atun, Aisha K. Yousafzai	1
6	A review calling for research directed at early detection of childhood cancers: The clinical, scientific, and economic arguments for population screening and surveillance 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·John Apps, Timothy Ritzmann, Jo‐Fen Liu, (unknown), Christina Halsey, Kathy Pritchard‐Jones, Rifat Atun, Kathy Oliver, Kavita Vedhara, (unknown), (unknown), Angela Polanco, (unknown), Adam L. Green, David Walker	1
7	Functional limitation as a mediator of the relationship between multimorbidity on health-related quality of life in Australia: evidence from a national panel mediation analysis 2023 ·Frontiers in Medicine ·John Tayu Lee, Marie Ishida, Tilahun Haregu, Sanghamitra Pati, Yang Zhao, Raffaele Palladino, Kanya Anindya, Rifat Atun, Brian Oldenburg, Tiara Marthias	2
8	Conversational Agents in Health Care: Expert Interviews to Inform the Definition, Classification, and Conceptual Framework 2023 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Laura Martinengo, (unknown), (unknown), Tobias Kowatsch, Rifat Atun, Josip Car, Lorainne Tudor Car	7
9	Scope, Characteristics, Behavior Change Techniques, and Quality of Conversational Agents for Mental Health and Well-Being: Systematic Assessment of Apps 2023 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·(unknown), Laura Martinengo, (unknown), Andy Hau Yan Ho, Josip Car, Rifat Atun, Lorainne Tudor Car	6
10	A simulation-based comparative effectiveness analysis of policies to improve global maternal health outcomes 2023 ·Nature Medicine ·Zachary J. Ward, Rifat Atun, Gary King, Brenda Sequeira Dmello, Sue J. Goldie	8
11	Simulation-based estimates and projections of global, regional and country-level maternal mortality by cause, 1990–2050 2023 ·Nature Medicine ·Zachary J. Ward, Rifat Atun, Gary King, Brenda Sequeira Dmello, Sue J. Goldie	17
12	Sentiment Analysis in Understanding the Potential of Online News in the Public Health Crisis Response 2022 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Angélica Espinosa Miranda, (unknown), (unknown), Hugo Gonçalo Oliveira, Rifat Atun, Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim	5
13	Digital Education for Health Professionals: An Evidence Map, Conceptual Framework, and Research Agenda 2021 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Lorainne Tudor Car, (unknown), Bhone Myint Kyaw, David A. Cook, Victoria Ward, Rifat Atun, Azeem Majeed, Jamie Johnston, Rianne van der Kleij, Mariam Molokhia, Florian von Wangenheim, Martin Lupton, Niels H. Chavannes, Onyema Ajuebor, Charles G. Prober, Josip Car	42
14	Should doctors use their judgment? How a system dynamics model elicited knowledge in neonatal care services 2020 ·Journal of the Operational Research Society ·Reda Lebcir, Rifat Atun	3
15	Shifting the paradigm: using disease outbreaks to build resilient health systems 2020 ·BMJ Global Health ·Kara Durski, Michael T. Osterholm, Suman Majumdar, Eric J. Nilles, Daniel G. Bausch, Rifat Atun	20
16	Digital Education in Health Professions: The Need for Overarching Evidence Synthesis 2019 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Josip Car, Jan Carlstedt‐Duke, Lorainne Tudor Car, Paul Posadzki, Penny Whiting, Nabil Zary, Rifat Atun, Azeem Majeed, James Campbell	111
17	Geographic and sociodemographic variation of cardiovascular disease risk in India: A cross-sectional study of 797,540 adults 2018 ·PLoS Medicine ·Pascal Geldsetzer, Jennifer Manne‐Goehler, Michaela Theilmann, Justine Davies, Ashish Awasthi, Goodarz Danaei, Thomas A. Gaziano, Sebastián Vollmer, Lindsay M. Jaacks, Till Bärnighausen, Rifat Atun	61
18	La lucha contra la segregación social en la atención de salud en América Latina 2015 ·MEDICC Review ·Daniel Cotlear, Octavio Gómez‐Dantés, Felícia Marie Knaul, Rifat Atun, Ivana Cristina de Holanda Cunha Barrêto, Oscar Cetrángolo, Marcos Cueto, (unknown), Patricia Frenz, Ramiro Guerrero, Rafael Lozano, Robert Marten, Rocío Sáenz	1
19	Determinantes sociales de salud, cobertura universal de salud y desarrollo sostenible: estudios de caso en países latinoamericanos 2015 ·MEDICC Review ·Luiz Odorico Monteiro de Andrade, Alberto Pellegrini Filho, Orielle Solar, Félix Rígoli, Lígia Malagón de Salazar, Pastor Castell-Florit Serrate, Kelen Gomes Ribeiro, Theadora Swift Koller, (unknown), Rifat Atun	1
20	Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative 2012 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Felícia Marie Knaul, Julie R. Gralow, Rifat Atun, Afsan Bhadelia	62

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