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106
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61
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30

Rifat Atun 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 Rifat Atun sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 577 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rifat Atun 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 Rifat Atun sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 106 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award

Overview

Rifat Atun is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research is positioned primarily within the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Finance.

The scientist's work spans a range of global and health system topics. Key themes in their research include:

  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Global Health and Surgery

Atun's recent notable publications include:

  • "Conversational Agents in Health Care: Scoping Review and Conceptual Analysis," 2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • "Effect of socioeconomic inequalities and vulnerabilities on health-system preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Brazil: a comprehensive analysis," 2021, The Lancet Global Health
  • "Physical multimorbidity, health service use, and catastrophic health expenditure by socioeconomic groups in China: an analysis of population-based panel data," 2020, The Lancet Global Health
  • "The Lancet Commission on diagnostics: transforming access to diagnostics," 2021, The Lancet
  • "Sustainable care for children with cancer: a Lancet Oncology Commission," 2020, The Lancet Oncology

Frequently, Atun collaborates with several other researchers, including:

  • Pascal Geldsetzer
  • Till Bärnighausen
  • Sebastián Vollmer
  • Justine Davies
  • Jennifer Manne-Goehler

The scientist has published extensively in a variety of academic journals, with the most common venues being:

  • The Lancet Oncology
  • The Lancet Global Health
  • BMJ Global Health
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Estimating the true global burden of mental illness.

    Daniel Vigo;Daniel Vigo;Graham Thornicroft;Rifat Atun

  • Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage: the Lancet Commission report

    Felicia Marie Knaul;Paul E Farmer;Eric L Krakauer;Eric L Krakauer;Liliana De Lima

  • Expanding global access to radiotherapy

    Rifat Atun;David A Jaffray;David A Jaffray;David A Jaffray;Michael B Barton;Freddie Bray

  • Global Economic Burden of Diabetes in Adults: Projections From 2015 to 2030

    Christian Bommer;Vera Sagalova;Esther Heesemann;Jennifer Manne-Goehler;Jennifer Manne-Goehler

  • Brazil's unified health system: the first 30 years and prospects for the future.

    Marcia C Castro;Adriano Massuda;Adriano Massuda;Gisele Almeida;Naercio Aquino Menezes-Filho;Naercio Aquino Menezes-Filho

  • Expansion of cancer care and control in countries of low and middle income: a call to action.

    Paul Farmer;Julio Frenk;Felicia M Knaul;Lawrence N Shulman

  • The global economic burden of diabetes in adults aged 20–79 years: a cost-of-illness study

    Christian Bommer;Esther Heesemann;Vera Sagalova;Jennifer Manne-Goehler

  • Mobile phone messaging reminders for attendance at healthcare appointments.

    Ipek Gurol-Urganci;Thyra de Jongh;Vlasta Vodopivec-Jamsek;Rifat Atun

  • Mobile phone messaging for facilitating self-management of long-term illnesses.

    Thyra de Jongh;Ipek Gurol-Urganci;Vlasta Vodopivec-Jamsek;Josip Car

  • Health-system reform and universal health coverage in Latin America

    Rifat Atun;Luiz Odorico Monteiro De Andrade;Luiz Odorico Monteiro De Andrade;Gisele Almeida;Daniel Cotlear

  • Towards an improved investment approach for an effective response to HIV/AIDS

    Bernhard Schwartländer;John Stover;Timothy Hallett;Rifat Atun;Rifat Atun

  • The state of hypertension care in 44 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative individual-level data from 1·1 million adults

    Pascal Geldsetzer;Jennifer Manne-Goehler;Maja Emilia Marcus;Cara Ebert;Cara Ebert

  • An assessment of interactions between global health initiatives and country health systems

    Badara Samb;Badara Samb;Tim Evans;Mark Dybul;Mark Dybul

  • Artificial intelligence, machine learning and health systems.

    Trishan Panch;Peter Szolovits;Rifat Atun

  • Universal health coverage in Turkey: enhancement of equity

    Rifat Atun;Rifat Atun;Sabahattin Aydın;Sarbani Chakraborty;Safir Sümer

  • Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis: a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission

    Graham S Cooke;Isabelle Andrieux-Meyer;Tanya L Applegate;Rifat Atun

  • Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: from clinical care to health policy

    Rifat Atun;Justine I Davies;Justine I Davies;Edwin A M Gale;Till Bärnighausen;Till Bärnighausen

  • Estimating the burden of antimicrobial resistance: a systematic literature review

    Nichola R. Naylor;Rifat Atun;Rifat Atun;Nina Zhu;Kavian Kulasabanathan

  • The Brazilian health system at crossroads: progress, crisis and resilience.

    Adriano Massuda;Thomas Hone;Fernando Antonio Gomes Leles;Marcia C de Castro

  • Women and Health: the key for sustainable development

    Ana Langer;Afaf Meleis;Felicia M Knaul;Rifat Atun

  • Technologies for global health

    Peter Howitt;Ara Darzi;Guang-Zhong Yang;Hutan Ashrafian

  • Mobile phone messaging for preventive health care

    Vlasta Vodopivec-Jamsek;Thyra de Jongh;Ipek Gurol-Urganci;Rifat Atun

  • Integration of targeted health interventions into health systems: a conceptual framework for analysis

    Rifat Atun;Thyra de Jongh;Federica Secci;Kelechi Ohiri

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Coker
Richard Coker London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Felicia Marie Knaul
Felicia Marie Knaul University of Miami
Sebastian Vollmer
Sebastian Vollmer University of Göttingen
Martin McKee
Martin McKee London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Josip Car
Josip Car Imperial College London
Francis Drobniewski
Francis Drobniewski Imperial College London
Till Bärnighausen
Till Bärnighausen Heidelberg University
Jeffrey V. Lazarus
Jeffrey V. Lazarus University of Barcelona
David McDaid
David McDaid London School of Economics and Political Science
Azeem Majeed
Azeem Majeed Imperial College London

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