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Rachelle Buchbinder

Rachelle Buchbinder

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Medicine
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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
142
Citations
171320
World Ranking
213
National Ranking
6

Medicine

D-Index
146
Citations
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World Ranking
1305
National Ranking
38

Rachelle Buchbinder 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 Rachelle Buchbinder sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 786 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rachelle Buchbinder 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 Rachelle Buchbinder sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 146 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science

Overview

Rachelle Buchbinder is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has a significant body of research concentrating primarily on musculoskeletal conditions and public health. Their research output spans several topics within medicine, especially focusing on musculoskeletal pain, rehabilitation, and health systems evaluations.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine, with noteworthy involvement in subfields such as Surgery, Pharmacology, Rheumatology, General Health Professions, and Economics and Econometrics. Their work reflects an interdisciplinary approach combining clinical research with economic and health services evaluation.

Key themes in Rachelle Buchbinder's research include musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, health systems and economic evaluations, quality of life assessments, rheumatoid arthritis research and therapies, shoulder injury and treatment, clinical practice guidelines implementation, healthcare cost and quality practices, and pathology related to the spine and intervertebral discs.

Frequent associations with other researchers highlight collaborative efforts within this domain. The most common coauthors include:

  • Christopher G. Maher
  • Ian A. Harris
  • Denise O'Connor
  • Samuel Whittle
  • Romi Haas

Their recent notable papers include:

  • "Global low back pain prevalence and years lived with disability from 1990 to 2017: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017" (2020), Annals of Translational Medicine
  • "Global, regional, and national burden of low back pain, 1990-2020, its attributable risk factors, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021" (2023), The Lancet Rheumatology
  • "Global, regional, and national burden of neck pain in the general population, 1990-2017: systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017" (2020), BMJ
  • "Global, regional, and national burden of rheumatoid arthritis, 1990-2020, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021" (2023), The Lancet Rheumatology
  • "Prevalence, Deaths, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years Due to Musculoskeletal Disorders for 195 Countries and Territories 1990-2017" (2020), Arthritis & Rheumatology

Rachelle Buchbinder has published frequently in several venues, including:

  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • BMJ Open
  • Internal Medicine Journal
  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • Pain

In recognition of their contributions, Rachelle Buchbinder was named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science in 2015.

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

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • 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 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • 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 comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention

    Jan Hartvigsen;Mark J Hancock;Alice Kongsted;Quinette Louw

  • 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

  • The global burden of hip and knee osteoarthritis: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study

    Marita Cross;Emma Smith;Damian G Hoy;Sandra Nolte

  • A systematic review of the global prevalence of low back pain

    Damian Hoy;Christopher Bain;Gail Williams;Lyn March

  • The global burden of low back pain: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study

    Damian Hoy;Lyn March;Peter Brooks;Fiona Blyth

  • 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

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

  • The Epidemiology of low back pain.

    D G Hoy;Peter Brooks;Fiona Blyth;Rachelle Buchbinder

  • Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions.

    Nadine E Foster;Johannes R Anema;Dan Cherkin;Roger Chou

  • Non-specific low back pain

    Christopher G. Maher;Martin Underwood;Martin Underwood;Rachelle Buchbinder

  • Assessing risk of bias in prevalence studies: modification of an existing tool and evidence of interrater agreement

    Damian Hoy;Peter G Brooks;Anthony Woolf;Fiona Blyth

  • 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

  • A Randomized Trial of Vertebroplasty for Painful Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures

    Rachelle Buchbinder;Richard Harry Osborne;Peter Robert Ebeling;John D Wark

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard H. Osborne
Richard H. Osborne Swinburne University of Technology
Lyn March
Lyn March University of Sydney
Christopher G. Maher
Christopher G. Maher University of Sydney
Anthony D. Woolf
Anthony D. Woolf Royal Cornwall Hospital
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Andrew Forbes
Andrew Forbes Monash University
Jasvinder A. Singh
Jasvinder A. Singh Veterans Health Administration
Peter Tugwell
Peter Tugwell University of Ottawa
Fiona M. Blyth
Fiona M. Blyth University of Sydney
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne

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