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D-Index
87
Citations
108642
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13365
National Ranking
552

Niranjan Kissoon publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Niranjan Kissoon sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 645 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Niranjan Kissoon D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Niranjan Kissoon sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 87 D-Index — 34th percentile

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

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Overview

Niranjan Kissoon is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada with a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work encompasses various subfields including Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The researcher has contributed extensively to topics such as Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, Global Maternal and Child Health, Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Neonatal and Maternal Infections, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Among their recent significant publications are:

  • Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis, 2022, The Lancet
  • Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990-2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study, 2020, The Lancet
  • Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Septic Shock and Sepsis-Associated Organ Dysfunction in Children, 2020, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Surviving sepsis campaign international guidelines for the management of septic shock and sepsis-associated organ dysfunction in children, 2020, Intensive Care Medicine
  • Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: 2020 Update of the Decompressive Craniectomy Recommendations, 2020, Neurosurgery

Frequent publication venues for Kissoon's research include:

  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Frontiers in Pediatrics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • PLoS ONE

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research career with frequent co-authors being:

  • Matthew O. Wiens
  • J. Mark Ansermino
  • Abner Tagoola
  • Dustin Dunsmuir
  • Luregn J. Schlapbach

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Mohsen Naghavi;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990–2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study

    Kristina E Rudd;Sarah Charlotte Johnson;Kareha M Agesa;Katya Anne Shackelford

  • Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Fourth Edition

    Nancy Carney;Annette M. Totten;Cindy O'Reilly;Jamie S. Ullman

  • 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

  • Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of lower respiratory infections in 195 countries, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Christopher Troeger;Brigette Blacker;Ibrahim A Khalil;Puja C Rao

  • 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

  • Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Septic Shock and Sepsis-Associated Organ Dysfunction in Children

    Scott L. Weiss;Mark J. Peters;Waleed Alhazzani;Michael S.D. Agus

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Megha Arora;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

  • Estimates of global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of diarrhoeal diseases: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Christopher Troeger;Mohammad Forouzanfar;Puja C. Rao;Ibrahim Khalil

  • Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of diarrhoea in 195 countries: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Christopher Troeger;Brigette F Blacker;Ibrahim A Khalil;Puja C Rao

  • Clinical practice parameters for hemodynamic support of pediatric and neonatal septic shock: 2007 update from the American College of Critical Care Medicine*

    Joe Brierley;Joseph A. Carcillo;Karen Choong;Tim Cornell

  • Recognizing Sepsis as a Global Health Priority - A WHO Resolution.

    Konrad Reinhart;Ron Daniels;Niranjan Kissoon;Flavia R. Machado

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Nancy Fullman;Jamal Yearwood;Solomon M Abay;Cristiana Abbafati

  • The global burden of paediatric and neonatal sepsis: a systematic review.

    Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek;David M Goldfarb;Peter Schlattmann;Luregn J Schlapbach

  • A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19

    Bram Rochwerg;Arnav Agarwal;Reed Ac Siemieniuk;Thomas Agoritsas

  • Guidelines for the acute medical management of severe traumatic brain injury in infants, children, and adolescents--second edition.

    Patrick M Kochanek;Nancy Carney;P David Adelson;Stephen Ashwal

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick M. Kochanek
Patrick M. Kochanek University of Pittsburgh
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Benn Sartorius
Benn Sartorius University of Oxford
Juan Sanabria
Juan Sanabria Marshall University
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Amir Kasaeian
Amir Kasaeian Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Shafiu Mohammed
Shafiu Mohammed Ahmadu Bello University
Ali H. Mokdad
Ali H. Mokdad University of Washington
Rakhi Dandona
Rakhi Dandona Public Health Foundation of India

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