2026 Ara Darzi: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	167	590	539	72	66	1800	108856

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Ara Darzi is a researcher affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their work focuses primarily on the field of Medicine with significant contributions to Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery, and Oncology.

Their research covers various topics, including:

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
COVID-19 epidemiological studies
SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

Ara Darzi has published extensively in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
BMJ Open
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Nature Communications
The Lancet Digital Health

Their recent papers include:

International evaluation of an AI system for breast cancer screening, 2020, Nature
Reporting guidelines for clinical trial reports for interventions involving artificial intelligence: the CONSORT-AI extension, 2020, Nature Medicine
Diagnostic accuracy of deep learning in medical imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, npj Digital Medicine
Guidelines for clinical trial protocols for interventions involving artificial intelligence: the SPIRIT-AI extension, 2020, Nature Medicine
Persistent COVID-19 symptoms in a community study of 606,434 people in England, 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent collaborators in Ara Darzi's research include:

Hutan Ashrafian
Graham Cooke
Helen Ward
Paul Elliott
William Barclay

Ara Darzi was awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2013.

Best Publications

International evaluation of an AI system for breast cancer screening.

Scott Mayer McKinney;Marcin Sieniek;Varun Godbole;Jonathan Godwin

2995
Citations
Systematic review of the application of the plan–do–study–act method to improve quality in healthcare

Michael J Taylor;Chris McNicholas;Chris Nicolay;Ara Darzi

1794
Citations
Preparing for Precision Medicine

Reza Mirnezami;Jeremy Nicholson;Ara Darzi

844
Citations
Objective assessment of technical skills in surgery

Krishna Moorthy;Yaron Munz;Sudip K Sarker;Ara Darzi

795
Citations
Gut microbiome-host interactions in health and disease.

James M Kinross;Ara W Darzi;Jeremy K Nicholson

755
Citations
The impact of stress on surgical performance: a systematic review of the literature.

Sonal Arora;Nick Sevdalis;Debra Nestel;Debra Nestel;Maria Woloshynowych

753
Citations
Intraoperative tissue identification using rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry.

Júlia Balog;László Sasi-Szabó;James Kinross;Matthew R. Lewis

678
Citations
Laparoscopic skills training and assessment.

R Aggarwal;K Moorthy;A Darzi

607
Citations
Systems Approaches to Surgical Quality and Safety: From Concept to Measurement

Charles Vincent;Krishna Moorthy;Sudip K. Sarker;Avril Chang

600
Citations
Effect of sleep deprivation on surgeons' dexterity on laparoscopy simulator

NJ Taffinder;IC McManus;Y Gul;Rcg Russell

599
Citations
Laparoscopic Versus Open Surgery for Rectal Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

Omer Aziz;Vasilis Constantinides;Paris P. Tekkis;Thanos Athanasiou

592
Citations
Metabolic phenotyping in clinical and surgical environments

Jeremy K. Nicholson;Elaine Holmes;James M. Kinross;Ara W. Darzi

579
Citations
Simulation and clinical practice: strengthening the relationship.

R L Kneebone;W Scott;A Darzi;M Horrocks

555
Citations
The effects of stress on surgical performance

Cordula M. Wetzel;Roger L. Kneebone;Maria Woloshynowych;Debra Nestel

543
Citations
Abdominal wall metastases following laparoscopy.

C. C. Nduka;J. R. T. Monson;N. Menzies‐Gow;A. Darzi

519
Citations
Metabolic surgery profoundly influences gut microbial–host metabolic cross-talk

J. V. Li;H. Ashrafian;M. Bueter;M. Bueter;J. Kinross

514
Citations
Proving the effectiveness of virtual reality simulation for training in laparoscopic surgery.

Rajesh Aggarwal;Jonnie Ward;Indran Balasundaram;Parvinderpal Sains

513
Citations
Diagnostic precision of fecal calprotectin for inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal malignancy.

Alexander C von Roon;Leonidas Karamountzos;Sanjay Purkayastha;George E Reese

502
Citations
Emotional intelligence in medicine: a systematic review through the context of the ACGME competencies.

Sonal Arora;Hutan Ashrafian;Rachel Davis;Thanos Athanasiou

497
Citations
Diagnostic accuracy of deep learning in medical imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ravi Aggarwal;Viknesh Sounderajah;Guy Martin;Daniel S. W. Ting

497
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Guang-Zhong Yang Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Thanos Athanasiou Imperial College London

Rajesh Aggarwal Thomas Jefferson University

Nick Sevdalis King's College London

Graham S Cooke Imperial College London

Paris P. Tekkis Imperial College London

Charles Vincent University of Oxford

George B. Hanna Imperial College London

Christl A. Donnelly University of Oxford

Roger Kneebone Imperial College London

External Links

Personal website of Ara Darzi

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