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Koustuv Dalal publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Koustuv Dalal sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 163 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Koustuv Dalal D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Koustuv Dalal sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 40 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Koustuv Dalal is affiliated with Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Kazakhstan. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of medicine and health professions, with substantive publications in fields such as general health professions, clinical psychology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and public health related to environmental and occupational health.

Their scholarly output includes contributions to journals and venues like BMC Public Health, Journal of Public Health, BMC Health Services Research, Advances in Therapy, and Injury Prevention. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work within public health and clinical disciplines.

Key topics addressed across their research include:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Disaster Response and Management

Koustuv Dalal has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Sayantan Chakraborty, Md. Abdullah Saeed Khan, and Mohammad Hayatun Nabi.

Representative publications include:

  • "Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019," 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • "Burden of injury along the development spectrum: associations between the Socio-demographic Index and disability-adjusted life year estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017," 2020, Injury Prevention
  • "Violence against physicians and nurses: a systematic literature review," 2022, Journal of Public Health
  • "Medicine storage, wastage, and associated determinants among urban households: a systematic review and meta-analysis of household surveys," 2021, BMC Public Health
  • "Menstrual hygiene practices and associated factors among Indian adolescent girls: a meta-analysis," 2022, Reproductive Health

Their research output features a considerable number of publications in medicine (67) and health professions (36), with an emphasis on integrating clinical psychological perspectives and public health concerns.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Valery L Feigin;Benjamin A Stark;Catherine Owens Johnson;Gregory A Roth

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016

    Simon I. Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Healthcare Access and Quality Index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2015: a novel analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Ryan M Barber;Nancy Fullman;Reed J D Sorensen;Thomas Bollyky

  • Past, present, and future of global health financing: A review of development assistance, government, out-of-pocket, and other private spending on health for 195 countries, 1995-2050

    Angela Y. Chang;Krycia Cowling;Angela E. Micah;Abigail Chapin

  • Evolution and patterns of global health financing 1995–2014: development assistance for health, and government, prepaid private, and out-of-pocket health spending in 184 countries

    Joseph Dieleman;Madeline Campbell;Abigail Chapin;Erika Eldrenkamp

  • Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017

    Roy Burstein;Nathaniel J. Henry;Michael L. Collison;Laurie B. Marczak

  • Does economic empowerment protect women from intimate partner violence

    Koustuv Dalal

  • Future and potential spending on health 2015-40: development assistance for health, and government, prepaid private, and out-of-pocket health spending in 184 countries

    Joseph L Dieleman;Madeline Campbell;Abigail Chapin;Erika Eldrenkamp

  • Epidemiology of injuries from fire, heat and hot substances: global, regional and national morbidity and mortality estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study.

    Spencer L. James;Lydia R. Lucchesi;Catherine Bisignano;Chris D. Castle

  • A National Study of the Prevalence and Correlates of Domestic Violence Among Women in India

    Koustuv Dalal;Kent Lindqvist

  • Tracking development assistance for health and for COVID-19: a review of development assistance, government, out-of-pocket, and other private spending on health for 204 countries and territories, 1990-2050.

    Angela E Micah;Ian E Cogswell;Brandon Cunningham;Satoshi Ezoe

  • Intimate partner violence and reproductive health of women in Kenya.

    E. Emenike;Stephen Lawoko;Koustuv Dalal

  • Social inequalities in intimate partner violence : a study of women in Kenya

    Stephen Lawoko;Koustuv Dalal;Luo Jiayou;Bjarne Jansson

  • Violence against physicians and nurses: a systematic literature review

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  • Patterns of intimate partner violence: a study of female victims in Malawi.

    Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi;Sarah Medeiros;Reza Mohammadi;Johnny Lin

  • Women’s attitudes towards discontinuation of female genital mutilation in Egypt

    Koustuv Dalal;Stephen Lawoko;Bjarne Jansson

  • Wife abuse in rural Bangladesh.

    Koustuv Dalal;Fazlur Rahman;Bjarne Jansson

  • Burden of injury along the development spectrum: associations between the Socio-demographic Index and disability-adjusted life year estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Juanita A Haagsma;Spencer L James;Chris D Castle;Zachary V Dingels

  • Perceptions of health care providers and patients on quality of care in maternal and neonatal health in fourteen Bangladesh government healthcare facilities : a mixed-method study

    Farzana Islam;Aminur Rahman;Abdul Halim;Charli Eriksson

  • Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, individual wealth status and patterns of delivery care utilization in Nigeria: a multilevel discrete choice analysis.

    Olatunde Aremu;Stephen Lawoko;Koustuv Dalal

  • Economics of global burden of road traffic injuries and their relationship with health system variables.

    Koustuv Dalal;Zhiquin Lin;Mervyn Gifford;Leif Svanström

Frequent Co-Authors

Sadaf G. Sepanlou
Sadaf G. Sepanlou Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Reza Malekzadeh
Reza Malekzadeh Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Shafiu Mohammed
Shafiu Mohammed Ahmadu Bello University
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute
Mustafa Z Younis
Mustafa Z Younis Jackson State University
Jost B. Jonas
Jost B. Jonas Heidelberg University
Ali H. Mokdad
Ali H. Mokdad University of Washington
Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar
Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Florian Fischer
Florian Fischer Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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