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Rustam Al-Shahi Salman

Rustam Al-Shahi Salman

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
75
Citations
43799
World Ranking
18960
National Ranking
1714

Rustam Al-Shahi Salman 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 Rustam Al-Shahi Salman sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 322 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rustam Al-Shahi Salman 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 Rustam Al-Shahi Salman sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rustam Al-Shahi Salman is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and has made significant contributions mainly in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Neurology, Epidemiology, and related subfields.

The scientist's work covers several specialized areas including:

  • Neurology
  • Epidemiology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Molecular Biology

The main topics addressed in their research encompass:

  • Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications
  • Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases

Rustam Al-Shahi Salman has frequently published in prominent venues, including:

  • The Lancet Neurology
  • Stroke
  • Neurology
  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • European Stroke Journal

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019" (2021, The Lancet Neurology)
  • "Neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 in 153 patients: a UK-wide surveillance study" (2020, The Lancet Psychiatry)
  • "Neuroimaging standards for research into small vessel disease-advances since 2013" (2023, The Lancet Neurology)
  • "The Boston criteria version 2.0 for cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a multicentre, retrospective, MRI-neuropathology diagnostic accuracy study" (2022, The Lancet Neurology)
  • "Medical management with interventional therapy versus medical management alone for unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations (ARUBA): final follow-up of a multicentre, non-blinded, randomised controlled trial" (2020, The Lancet Neurology)

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • David J. Werring
  • Joanna M. Wardlaw
  • Hans Rolf Jäger
  • Gregory Y.H. Lip
  • Nikola Sprigg

Best Publications

  • 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 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

  • Cerebral microbleeds: a guide to detection and interpretation

    Steven M. Greenberg;Meike W. Vernooij;Charlotte Cordonnier;Anand Viswanathan

  • Neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 in 153 patients: a UK-wide surveillance study.

    Aravinthan Varatharaj;Aravinthan Varatharaj;Naomi Thomas;Mark A Ellul;Mark A Ellul;Mark A Ellul;Nicholas W S Davies

  • Medical management with or without interventional therapy for unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations (ARUBA): a multicentre, non-blinded, randomised trial

    J. P. Mohr;Michael K. Parides;Christian Stapf;Christian Stapf;Ellen Moquete

  • Biomedical research: increasing value, reducing waste

    Malcolm R. Macleod;Susan Michie;Ian Roberts;Ulrich Dirnagl

  • European Stroke Organisation (ESO) guidelines for the management of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

    Thorsten Steiner;Rustam Al-Shahi Salman;Ronnie Beer;Hanne Christensen

  • Spontaneous brain microbleeds: systematic review, subgroup analyses and standards for study design and reporting

    Charlotte Cordonnier;Rustam Al-Shahi Salman;Joanna Wardlaw

  • Incidental findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Zoe Morris;William N. Whiteley;W. T. Longstreth;Frank Weber

  • Platelet transfusion versus standard care after acute stroke due to spontaneous cerebral haemorrhage associated with antiplatelet therapy (patch): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial

    M. Irem Baharoglu;Charlotte Cordonnier;Rustam Al-Shahi Salman;Koen De Gans

  • Vascular dysfunction-The disregarded partner of Alzheimer's disease

    Melanie D. Sweeney;Axel Montagne;Abhay P. Sagare;Daniel A. Nation

  • Long-term prognosis after intracerebral haemorrhage: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Michael Tin Chung Poon;Arthur François Fonville;Rustam Al-Shahi Salman

  • Increasing value and reducing waste in biomedical research regulation and management

    Rustam Al-Shahi Salman;Elaine Beller;Jonathan Kagan;Elina Hemminki

  • Treatment of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Janneke van Beijnum;H Bart van der Worp;Dennis R Buis;Rustam Al-Shahi Salman

  • Synopsis of Guidelines for the Clinical Management of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: Consensus Recommendations Based on Systematic Literature Review by the Angioma Alliance Scientific Advisory Board Clinical Experts Panel.

    Amy Akers;Rustam Al-Shahi Salman;Issam A. Awad;Kristen Dahlem

  • The unruptured intracranial aneurysm treatment score: A multidisciplinary consensus

    Nima Etminan;Robert D. Brown;Kerim Beseoglu;Seppo Juvela

  • Tranexamic acid for hyperacute primary IntraCerebral Haemorrhage (TICH-2): an international randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 superiority trial

    Nikola Sprigg;Nikola Sprigg;Katie Flaherty;Jason P Appleton;Rustam Al-Shahi Salman

  • Convalescent plasma in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised controlled, open-label, platform trial

    M Landray;P W Horby;Emberson;N Staplin

  • improving interrater agreement about brain microbleeds: development of the Brain Observer MicroBleed Scale (BOMBS).

    Charlotte Cordonnier;Gillian M. Potter;Caroline A. Jackson;Fergus Doubal

  • Antithrombotic drug use, cerebral microbleeds, and intracerebral hemorrhage: a systematic review of published and unpublished studies

    Caroline E. Lovelock;Charlotte Cordonnier;Hiromitsu Naka;Rustam Al-Shahi Salman

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Werring
David J. Werring University College London
Gregory Y.H. Lip
Gregory Y.H. Lip University of Liverpool
Charlotte Cordonnier
Charlotte Cordonnier University of Lille
Joanna M. Wardlaw
Joanna M. Wardlaw University of Edinburgh
Keith W. Muir
Keith W. Muir University of Glasgow
Craig S. Anderson
Craig S. Anderson George Institute for Global Health
Philip M.W. Bath
Philip M.W. Bath University of Nottingham
Tarek A. Yousry
Tarek A. Yousry University College London
Martin M. Brown
Martin M. Brown University College London
Cathie Sudlow
Cathie Sudlow University of Edinburgh

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