Shah Ebrahim

74.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
394 papers, 36.3k citations indexed

About

Shah Ebrahim is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shah Ebrahim has authored 394 papers receiving a total of 36.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 86 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 73 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Shah Ebrahim's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (50 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (48 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (41 papers). Shah Ebrahim is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (50 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (48 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (41 papers). Shah Ebrahim collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, India and United States. Shah Ebrahim's co-authors include George Davey Smith, Debbie A. Lawlor, Karen Rees, David R. Thompson, Neil Oldridge, Andrew D Beswick, Rod S Taylor, Fiona Taylor, Pandora Pound and Tom Fahey and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Shah Ebrahim

386 papers receiving 34.7k 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.

‘Mendelian randomization’: can genetic epidemiology contribute to understanding environmental determinants of disease?*

2003 3.5k citations George Davey Smith, Shah Ebrahim International Journal of Epidemiology profile →
Exercise-based rehabilitation for patients with coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

2004 1.6k citations Rod S Taylor, Shah Ebrahim et al. profile →
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease

2011 1.4k citations Shah Ebrahim, T Moxham et al. profile →
Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease

2013 1.3k citations George Davey Smith, Shah Ebrahim et al. profile →
Prospective study of serum total homocysteine concentration and risk of stroke in middle-aged British men

1995 707 citations Shah Ebrahim et al. profile →
Exercise-based rehabilitation for coronary heart disease

2001 680 citations Karen Rees, Shah Ebrahim et al. profile →
Complex interventions to improve physical function and maintain independent living in elderly people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2008 590 citations Andrew D Beswick, Karen Rees et al. profile →
Improving the prevention and management of chronic disease in low-income and middle-income countries: a priority for primary health care

2008 486 citations Shah Ebrahim et al. profile →
Manufacturing Epidemics: The Role of Global Producers in Increased Consumption of Unhealthy Commodities Including Processed Foods, Alcohol, and Tobacco

2012 461 citations David Stückler, Shah Ebrahim et al. PLoS Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shah Ebrahim United Kingdom	96	9.1k	6.1k	6.1k	4.2k	4.2k	394	36.3k
Liam Smeeth United Kingdom	95	7.7k 0.8×	4.8k 0.8×	7.9k 1.3×	3.7k 0.9×	4.3k 1.0×	626	40.2k
Eric Vittinghoff United States	113	7.4k 0.8×	5.6k 0.9×	10.4k 1.7×	5.3k 1.3×	4.6k 1.1×	759	50.0k
Lisa Sullivan United States	96	8.7k 1.0×	4.4k 0.7×	6.0k 1.0×	2.4k 0.6×	4.6k 1.1×	393	35.1k
Oscar H. Franco Netherlands	93	7.2k 0.8×	8.1k 1.3×	4.7k 0.8×	2.7k 0.6×	6.6k 1.6×	660	39.3k
Jesse A. Berlin United States	89	5.1k 0.6×	4.8k 0.8×	4.6k 0.7×	3.2k 0.8×	3.1k 0.7×	291	39.7k
Christopher H. Schmid United States	88	10.4k 1.1×	5.2k 0.8×	8.3k 1.4×	2.7k 0.6×	4.9k 1.2×	404	63.2k
Richard Cooper United States	76	10.8k 1.2×	5.5k 0.9×	3.7k 0.6×	2.8k 0.7×	3.7k 0.9×	352	30.8k
Robert B. Wallace United States	106	7.6k 0.8×	6.0k 1.0×	7.2k 1.2×	5.3k 1.3×	11.7k 2.8×	729	57.2k
Donna K. Arnett United States	74	14.7k 1.6×	4.8k 0.8×	3.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.4×	4.0k 1.0×	495	35.2k
William A. Ghali Canada	80	9.0k 1.0×	4.7k 0.8×	8.5k 1.4×	5.7k 1.4×	1.7k 0.4×	392	39.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shah Ebrahim

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Kinra, Sanjay, John Gregson, Poornima Prabhakaran, et al.. (2020). Effect of supplemental nutrition in pregnancy on offspring’s risk of cardiovascular disease in young adulthood: Long-term follow-up of a cluster trial from India. PLoS Medicine. 17(7). e1003183–e1003183. 7 indexed citations

Tillin, Therese, Kaushik Chattopadhyay, Naveed Sattar, et al.. (2019). Yoga and Cardiovascular Health Trial (YACHT): a UK-based randomised mechanistic study of a yoga intervention plus usual care versus usual care alone following an acute coronary event. BMJ Open. 9(11). e030119–e030119. 18 indexed citations

Carrillo‐Larco, Rodrigo M., J. Jaime Miranda, Robert H. Gilman, et al.. (2019). Urbanization and Altitude Are Associated with Low Kidney Function in Peru. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 20(2). 133–140. 4 indexed citations

Vellakkal, Sukumar, Christopher Millett, Sanjay Basu, et al.. (2014). Are estimates of socioeconomic inequalities in chronic disease artefactually narrowed by self-reported measures of prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries? Findings from the WHO-SAGE survey. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 69(3). 218–225. 74 indexed citations

Agrawal, Sutapa, Christopher Millett, Preet K. Dhillon, S. V. Subramanian, & Shah Ebrahim. (2014). Type of vegetarian diet, obesity and diabetes in adult Indian population. Nutrition Journal. 13(1). 89–89. 95 indexed citations

Jafar, Tazeen H., Muhammad Shariful Islam, Rasool Bux, et al.. (2011). Cost-Effectiveness of Community-Based Strategies for Blood Pressure Control in a Low-Income Developing Country. Circulation. 124(15). 1615–1625. 58 indexed citations

Bowen, Liza, Shah Ebrahim, Bianca De Stavola, et al.. (2011). Dietary Intake and Rural-Urban Migration in India: A Cross-Sectional Study. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e14822–e14822. 95 indexed citations

Ebrahim, Shah, Sanjay Kinra, Liza Bowen, et al.. (2011). Correction: The Effect of Rural-to-Urban Migration on Obesity and Diabetes in India: A Cross-Sectional Study. PLoS Medicine. 8(5). 1 indexed citations

Davies, Edward J., T Moxham, Karen Rees, et al.. (2010). Exercise Training for Systolic Heart Failure: Cochrane Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. European Journal of Heart Failure. 12(7). 706–715. 228 indexed citations

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Hunt, Kate, Joy Adamson, Shah Ebrahim, & Nanette Mutrie. (2010). Exercise and the Onset of Disability in Later Life. Journal of Aging and Health. 22(6). 734–747. 3 indexed citations

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Satija, Ambika, Neha Khandpur, Liza Bowen, et al.. (2010). Effects of migration on food consumption patterns in a sample of Indian factory workers and their families. Public Health Nutrition. 13(12). 1982–1989. 14 indexed citations

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Smith, George Davey & Shah Ebrahim. (2008). Mendelian Randomization: Genetic Variants as Instruments for Strengthening Causal Inference in Observational Studies. 5(6). 547–55. 31 indexed citations

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Beswick, Andrew D, Peter Brindle, Tom Fahey, & Shah Ebrahim. (2008). MEDLINE search strategy. European Journal of Pharmacology. 125(2). 169–75.

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Timpson, Nicholas J., Mikkel Christensen, Debbie A. Lawlor, et al.. (2005). TAS2R38 (phenylthiocarbamide) haplotypes, coronary heart disease traits, and eating behavior in the British Women’s Heart and Health Study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 81(5). 1005–1011. 81 indexed citations

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Pound, Pandora, Shah Ebrahim, Peter Sandercock, Michael B. Bracken, & Ian Roberts. (2004). Where is the evidence that animal research benefits humans?. BMJ. 328(7438). 514–517. 341 indexed citations

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Lawlor, Debbie A., Shah Ebrahim, & George Davey Smith. (2004). Smoking before the birth of a first child is not associated with increased risk of breast cancer: findings from the British Women's Heart and Health Cohort Study and a meta-analysis. British Journal of Cancer. 91(3). 512–518. 29 indexed citations

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Song, Yun‐Mi, Joohon Sung, Debbie A. Lawlor, et al.. (2004). Blood pressure, haemorrhagic stroke, and ischaemic stroke: the Korean national prospective occupational cohort study. BMJ. 328(7435). 324–325. 48 indexed citations

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Smith, George Davey & Shah Ebrahim. (2003). ‘Mendelian randomization’: can genetic epidemiology contribute to understanding environmental determinants of disease?*. International Journal of Epidemiology. 32(1). 1–22. 3542 indexed citations breakdown →

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Harwood, Rowan, Patrick Gompertz, Pandora Pound, & Shah Ebrahim. (1997). Determinants of handicap 1 and 3 years after a stroke. Disability and Rehabilitation. 19(5). 205–211. 42 indexed citations

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Ebrahim, Shah. (1993). COUNTDOWN TO COMMUNITY CARE. British Journal of General Practice. 43(376). 486–486. 2 indexed citations

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