Shofiqul Islam

16.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Shofiqul Islam is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Shofiqul Islam has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 14 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Shofiqul Islam's work include Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (14 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (9 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (8 papers). Shofiqul Islam is often cited by papers focused on Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (14 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (9 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (8 papers). Shofiqul Islam collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Bangladesh and United States. Shofiqul Islam's co-authors include Salim Yusuf, Sumathy Rangarajan, Sonia S. Anand, Rafael Díaz, Khawar Kazmi, Mátyás Keltai, Afzalhussein Yusufali, Prem Pais, Annika Rosengren and Shanthi Mendis and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Shofiqul Islam

56 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Risk Factors for Early Myocardial Infarction in South Asians Compared With Individuals in Other Countries

2007 722 citations Shashank Joshi, Shofiqul Islam et al. JAMA profile →
Risk factors for myocardial infarction in women and men: insights from the INTERHEART study

2008 622 citations Sonia S. Anand, Shofiqul Islam et al. European Heart Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shofiqul Islam Canada	28	1.6k	909	802	586	418	65	3.7k
Sumathy Rangarajan Canada	26	1.6k 1.0×	869 1.0×	696 0.9×	475 0.8×	426 1.0×	83	3.7k
Panniyammakal Jeemon India	31	1.2k 0.7×	531 0.6×	556 0.7×	265 0.5×	403 1.0×	121	3.0k
Srinath Reddy India	15	2.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.6×	1.2k 1.5×	746 1.3×	699 1.7×	24	5.3k
Joshua D. Bundy United States	23	2.6k 1.6×	833 0.9×	601 0.7×	370 0.6×	366 0.9×	52	4.8k
Albertino Damasceno Mozambique	32	2.3k 1.4×	979 1.1×	473 0.6×	383 0.7×	848 2.0×	141	4.7k
Xigui Wu China	29	2.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.5×	486 0.8×	884 2.1×	61	5.4k
Mark R. Cobain United Kingdom	7	2.5k 1.5×	877 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	956 1.6×	671 1.6×	7	5.5k
Markku Mähönen Finland	28	2.1k 1.3×	649 0.7×	686 0.9×	568 1.0×	928 2.2×	51	4.5k
Zhengjing Huang China	24	782 0.5×	740 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	530 0.9×	860 2.1×	64	4.5k
Xiufang Duan China	24	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	308 0.5×	854 2.0×	35	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Shofiqul Islam

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shofiqul Islam

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shofiqul Islam. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shofiqul Islam based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Shofiqul Islam. Shofiqul Islam is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Watkins, David, David Flood, Thomas A. Gaziano, et al.. (2025). Global Impact of Fixed-Dose Combination Therapies on Cardiovascular Mortality and Events, 2023-2050. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 86(3). 149–161.

Khetan, Aditya, Lia M. Palileo‐Villanueva, Nafiza Mat Nasir, et al.. (2024). Mortality, Cardiovascular Disease, and Their Associations With Risk Factors in Southeast Asia. JACC Asia. 4(8). 624–633. 1 indexed citations

Kaur, Hargun, Jeff S. Healey, Emilie P. Belley‐Côté, et al.. (2024). Recurrence of new-onset post-operative AF after cardiac surgery detected by implantable loop recorders: A systematic review and Meta-analysis. International Journal of Cardiology. 404. 131930–131930. 7 indexed citations

Joseph, Philip, V. Raman Kutty, Viswanathan Mohan, et al.. (2022). Cardiovascular disease, mortality, and their associations with modifiable risk factors in a multi-national South Asia cohort: a PURE substudy. European Heart Journal. 43(30). 2831–2840. 50 indexed citations

Uddin, Zakir, et al.. (2022). Analyzing chronic disease biomarkers using electrochemical sensors and artificial neural networks. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 158. 116861–116861. 42 indexed citations

Schwalm, Jon-David, Tara McCready, Scott A. Lear, et al.. (2020). Exploring New Models for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: The Heart Outcomes Prevention and Evaluation 4 (HOPE 4) Canada Pilot Study. CJC Open. 3(3). 267–275. 4 indexed citations

Bhatt, Meha, Stefan Perera, Laura Zielinski, et al.. (2018). Profile of suicide attempts and risk factors among psychiatric patients: A case-control study. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0192998–e0192998. 27 indexed citations

Islam, Shofiqul, Sonia S. Anand, Jemila S. Hamid, Lehana Thabane, & Joseph Beyene. (2017). Comparing the performance of linear and nonlinear principal components in the context of high-dimensional genomic data integration. Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology. 16(3). 199–216. 1 indexed citations

Yusufali, Afzalhussein, Rasha Khatib, Shofiqul Islam, et al.. (2017). Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in four Middle East countries. Journal of Hypertension. 35(7). 1457–1464. 53 indexed citations

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Avezum, Álvaro, Gustavo B.F. Oliveira, Fernando Laņas, et al.. (2016). Secondary CV Prevention in South America in a Community Setting: The PURE Study. Global Heart. 12(4). 305–305. 29 indexed citations

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Islam, Shofiqul, et al.. (2013). Evaluation of school oral health education program- A review. 3(2). 45–50. 3 indexed citations

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Chow, Clara K, Shofiqul Islam, Leonelo E. Bautista, et al.. (2011). Parental History and Myocardial Infarction Risk Across the World. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 57(5). 619–627. 82 indexed citations

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Mente, Andrew, Salim Yusuf, Shofiqul Islam, et al.. (2010). Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 55(21). 2390–2398. 166 indexed citations

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Rosengren, Annika, S. V. Subramanian, Shofiqul Islam, et al.. (2009). Education and risk for acute myocardial infarction in 52 high, middle and low-income countries: INTERHEART case-control study. Heart. 95(24). 2014–2022. 96 indexed citations

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Karthikeyan, Ganesan, Koon Teo, Shofiqul Islam, et al.. (2009). Lipid Profile, Plasma Apolipoproteins, and Risk of a First Myocardial Infarction Among Asians. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 53(3). 244–253. 166 indexed citations

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Anand, Sonia S., Shofiqul Islam, Annika Rosengren, et al.. (2008). Risk factors for myocardial infarction in women and men: insights from the INTERHEART study. European Heart Journal. 29(7). 932–940. 622 indexed citations breakdown →

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Grewal, Jasmine, Sonia S. Anand, Shofiqul Islam, & Eva Lonn. (2007). Prevalence and predictors of subclinical atherosclerosis among asymptomatic “low risk” individuals in a multiethnic population. Atherosclerosis. 197(1). 435–442. 47 indexed citations

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Joshi, Shashank, Shofiqul Islam, Prem Pais, et al.. (2007). Risk Factors for Early Myocardial Infarction in South Asians Compared With Individuals in Other Countries. JAMA. 297(3). 286–286. 722 indexed citations breakdown →

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Islam, Shofiqul, et al.. (2005). Widening participation in medicine. Medical Education. 39(5). 511–512. 4 indexed citations

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Khan, Mohammed M., et al.. (1996). Parasuicide in Pakistan: experience at a university hospital. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 93(4). 264–267. 28 indexed citations

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