2026 Rifat Atun: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	106	61	50	31	28	577	49703

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

2699
Citations
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

1368
Citations
Expanding global access to radiotherapy

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

1166
Citations
Global Economic Burden of Diabetes in Adults: Projections From 2015 to 2030

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

1131
Citations
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

975
Citations
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

953
Citations
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

865
Citations
Mobile phone messaging reminders for attendance at healthcare appointments.

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

856
Citations
Mobile phone messaging for facilitating self-management of long-term illnesses.

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

849
Citations
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

840
Citations
Towards an improved investment approach for an effective response to HIV/AIDS

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

662
Citations
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

634
Citations
An assessment of interactions between global health initiatives and country health systems

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

599
Citations
Artificial intelligence, machine learning and health systems.

Trishan Panch;Peter Szolovits;Rifat Atun

592
Citations
Universal health coverage in Turkey: enhancement of equity

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

573
Citations
Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis: a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission

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

566
Citations
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

558
Citations
Estimating the burden of antimicrobial resistance: a systematic literature review

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

549
Citations
The Brazilian health system at crossroads: progress, crisis and resilience.

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

549
Citations
Women and Health: the key for sustainable development

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

539
Citations
Technologies for global health

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

522
Citations
Mobile phone messaging for preventive health care

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

477
Citations
Integration of targeted health interventions into health systems: a conceptual framework for analysis

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

471
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Coker London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Felicia Marie Knaul University of Miami

Martin McKee London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Sebastian Vollmer University of Göttingen

Francis Drobniewski Imperial College London

Till Bärnighausen Heidelberg University

Jeffrey V. Lazarus University of Barcelona

David McDaid London School of Economics and Political Science

Barbara McPake University of Melbourne

Alimuddin Zumla University College London

External Links

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