Sumathy Rangarajan

32.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Sumathy Rangarajan is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Sumathy Rangarajan has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 25 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 18 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Sumathy Rangarajan's work include Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (18 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (15 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (12 papers). Sumathy Rangarajan is often cited by papers focused on Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (18 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (15 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (12 papers). Sumathy Rangarajan collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and Colombia. Sumathy Rangarajan's co-authors include Salim Yusuf, Shofiqul Islam, Sonia S. Anand, Mátyás Keltai, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Afzalhussein Yusufali, Rafael Díaz, Khawar Kazmi, Srinath Reddy and Shashank Joshi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Sumathy Rangarajan

80 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

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

2007 722 citations Shofiqul Islam, Sumathy Rangarajan et al. 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 →

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Sumathy Rangarajan

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Shofiqul Islam Canada

Panniyammakal Jeemon India

Joshua D. Bundy United States

Albertino Damasceno Mozambique

Tomasz Zdrojewski Poland

Zhengjing Huang China

Paola Primatesta United Kingdom

Xigui Wu China

Srinath Reddy India

Christina M. Shay United States

Shofiqul Islam Canada

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802 ×1.2

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586 ×1.2

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Countries citing papers authored by Sumathy Rangarajan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sumathy Rangarajan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sumathy Rangarajan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sumathy Rangarajan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sumathy Rangarajan 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 Sumathy Rangarajan. Sumathy Rangarajan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Lear, Scott A., Martin McKee, Perry Hystad, et al.. (2025). Social factors, health policy, and environment: implications for cardiovascular disease across the globe. European Heart Journal. 46(30). 2959–2973. 5 indexed citations

Scheier, Thomas, Tafese Beyene Tufa, Torsten Feldt, et al.. (2025). Standard of care in advanced HIV disease: review of HIV treatment guidelines in sub-Saharan African countries—an extension study of eight countries. AIDS Research and Therapy. 22(1). 39–39. 1 indexed citations

Yusufali, Afzalhussein, Marwan Zidan, Rasha Khatib, et al.. (2024). Use of Cardiovascular Disease Secondary Prevention Medications in Four Middle East Countries in a Community Setting. Global Heart. 19(1). 70–70. 1 indexed citations

Dehghan, Mahshid, Lap Ah Tse, Sumathy Rangarajan, et al.. (2023). Associations of dietary copper intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality: findings from the Chinese Perspective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE-China) Study. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 2525–2525. 13 indexed citations

Smyth, Andrew, Martin O’Donnell, Sumathy Rangarajan, et al.. (2022). Alcohol Intake as a Risk Factor for Acute Stroke. Neurology. 100(2). e142–e153. 31 indexed citations

Lear, Scott A., et al.. (2022). Relationship of parental feeding practices and diet with children's diet among South Asians in Canada. Appetite. 173. 105991–105991. 3 indexed citations

Costello, Maria, Conor Judge, Catriona Reddin, et al.. (2022). Role of Proxy Respondents in International Stroke Research: Experience of the INTERSTROKE Study. Neuroepidemiology. 56(5). 355–364. 1 indexed citations

Leong, Darryl P., Jehonathan H. Pinthus, Sarah Karampatos, et al.. (2021). Development and Comparability of a Short Food-Frequency Questionnaire to Assess Diet in Prostate Cancer Patients: The Role of Androgen Deprivation Therapy in CArdiovascular Disease – A Longitudinal Prostate Cancer Study (RADICAL PC) Substudy. Current Developments in Nutrition. 5(11). nzab106–nzab106. 2 indexed citations

Smyth, Andrew, Martin O’Donnell, Graeme J. Hankey, et al.. (2021). Anger or emotional upset and heavy physical exertion as triggers of stroke: the INTERSTROKE study. European Heart Journal. 43(3). 202–209. 15 indexed citations

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Leong, Darryl P., Nazanin Aghel, Christopher Hillis, et al.. (2021). Tyrosine kinase inhibitors in chronic myeloid leukaemia and emergent cardiovascular disease. Heart. 107(8). 667–673. 12 indexed citations

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Baldeón, Manuel E., Camilo Félix, Marco Fornasini, et al.. (2021). Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus type-2 and their association with intake of dairy and legume in Andean communities of Ecuador. PLoS ONE. 16(7). e0254812–e0254812. 10 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhiguang, Perry Hystad, Yuqing Zhang, et al.. (2020). Associations of household solid fuel for heating and cooking with hypertension in Chinese adults. Journal of Hypertension. 39(4). 667–676. 20 indexed citations

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Narula, Sukrit, Salim Yusuf, Michael Chong, et al.. (2020). Plasma ACE2 and risk of death or cardiometabolic diseases: a case-cohort analysis. The Lancet. 396(10256). 968–976. 113 indexed citations

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Walker, Blake Byron, Danijela Gašević, Nadine Schuurman, et al.. (2019). The Local Food Environment and Obesity: Evidence from Three Cities. Obesity. 28(1). 40–45. 27 indexed citations

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Punthakee, Zubin, Charlotte Waddell, Miriam P. Rosin, et al.. (2019). Adiposity measures and their validity in estimating risk of hypertension in South Asian children: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 9(2). e024087–e024087. 7 indexed citations

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Punthakee, Zubin, Charlotte Waddell, Miriam P. Rosin, et al.. (2019). Multifactorial correlates of blood pressure in South Asian children in Canada: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 9(4). e027844–e027844. 3 indexed citations

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Smyth, Andrew, Martin O’Donnell, Pablo Lamelas, et al.. (2016). Physical Activity and Anger or Emotional Upset as Triggers of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation. 134(15). 1059–1067. 96 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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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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Rangarajan, Sumathy. (2008). Mediators and Moderators of Parental Alcoholism Effects on Offspring Self-Esteem. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 43(4). 481–491. 23 indexed citations

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