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Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam

Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
79
Citations
141208
World Ranking
389
National Ranking
27

Medicine

D-Index
86
Citations
146433
World Ranking
13821
National Ranking
7014

Overview

Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia. Their research output is predominantly situated in the field of Medicine, with a focus on several key subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of issues such as Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, COVID-19 diagnosis using AI, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet, as well as Mental Health Treatment and Access.

Some of the recent papers associated with Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam include:

  • Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2020, The Lancet)
  • Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study (2020, The Lancet Global Health)
  • Prevalence and attributable health burden of chronic respiratory diseases, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine)
  • Hearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990-2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (2021, The Lancet)
  • Psychometric Validation of the Bangla Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Rasch Analysis (2020, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction)

Frequent co-authors in Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam's work include Ralph Maddison, Roohallah Alizadehsani, Abbas Khosravi, Riaz Uddin, and Muhammad Aziz Rahman.

Their publication venues reflect diverse scientific journals and platforms, with notable frequency in:

  • PLoS ONE
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Hypertension

Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam has contributed to book publications with Springer International Publishing and River Publishers eBooks. Titles include "The Science behind the COVID Pandemic and Healthcare Technology Solutions" (2022) and "Brain Networks in Neuroscience: Personalization Unveiled Via Artificial Intelligence" (2025).

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

  • 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 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

  • 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 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 cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 1990 to 2017

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Degu Abate;Naghmeh Abbasi;Hedayat Abbastabar

  • 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 diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

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  • 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 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

  • Prevalence and attributable health burden of chronic respiratory diseases, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Joan B Soriano;Parkes J Kendrick;Katherine R Paulson;Vinay Gupta

  • 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

  • Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of disease Study 2016

    Spencer L James;Alice Theadom;Richard G Ellenbogen;Marlena S Bannick

  • Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Marissa B Reitsma;Parkes J Kendrick;Emad Ababneh;Cristiana Abbafati

  • 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

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  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Nancy Fullman;Jamal Yearwood;Solomon M Abay;Cristiana Abbafati

Frequent Co-Authors

Benn Sartorius
Benn Sartorius University of Oxford
Shafiu Mohammed
Shafiu Mohammed Ahmadu Bello University
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Ali H. Mokdad
Ali H. Mokdad University of Washington
Andrew T Olagunju
Andrew T Olagunju University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Gholamreza Roshandel
Gholamreza Roshandel Golestan University
Jost B. Jonas
Jost B. Jonas Heidelberg University
Florian Fischer
Florian Fischer Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Bach Xuan Tran
Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam National University, Hanoi

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