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  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in India Leader Award
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Overview

Rajeev Gupta is affiliated with the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences in India and primarily works within the field of medicine. Their research output includes 216 publications, with significant contributions to subfields such as cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, infectious diseases, surgery, public health, environmental and occupational health, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

Their main research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Rajeev Gupta has published extensively in a variety of journals, with frequent publications in:

  • RUHS Journal of Health Science (15 publications)
  • Indian Heart Journal (13 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (10 publications)
  • European Heart Journal (5 publications)
  • Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & Reviews (4 publications)

Notable recent papers include:

  • Health and economic impact of air pollution in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, 2020, published in The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Association of Symptoms of Depression With Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries, 2020, published in JAMA Psychiatry
  • The household economic burden of non-communicable diseases in 18 countries, 2020, published in BMJ Global Health
  • Salt and cardiovascular disease: insufficient evidence to recommend low sodium intake, 2020, published in European Heart Journal
  • Associations of outdoor fine particulate air pollution and cardiovascular disease in 157,836 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study, 2020, published in The Lancet Planetary Health

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Salim Yusuf (23 publications), Sumathy Rangarajan (21 publications), Patricio López-Jaramillo (21 publications), Karen Yeates (21 publications), and Jephat Chifamba (20 publications).

In addition to journal publications, Rajeev Gupta has contributed to scholarly books, including a publication with IGI Global titled Artificial Intelligence of Things for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Behavioral Analysis (2022), which has been cited six times.

Best Publications

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Marie Ng;Tom P Fleming;Margaret W. Robinson;Blake Thomson

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • 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 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 age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Boris Bikbov;Caroline A. Purcell;Andrew S. Levey;Mari Smith

  • 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 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

  • 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 burden of cardiovascular diseases for 10 causes, 1990 to 2015

    Gregory A. Roth;Catherine Johnson;Amanuel Abajobir;Foad Abd-Allah

  • 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

  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Max G Griswold;Nancy Fullman;Caitlin Hawley;Nicholas Arian

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Catherine Owens Johnson;Minh Nguyen;Gregory A. Roth;Emma Nichols

  • 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

  • Global Burden of Hypertension and Systolic Blood Pressure of at Least 110 to 115 mm Hg, 1990-2015

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Patrick Liu;Gregory A. Roth;Marie Ng

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin McKee
Martin McKee London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Jost B. Jonas
Jost B. Jonas Heidelberg University
Annika Rosengren
Annika Rosengren Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Sadaf G. Sepanlou
Sadaf G. Sepanlou Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Farshad Farzadfar
Farshad Farzadfar Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Viswanathan Mohan
Viswanathan Mohan Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University

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