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Syed Masud Ahmed

Syed Masud Ahmed

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
43
Citations
6349
World Ranking
4499
National Ranking
2

Syed Masud Ahmed 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 Syed Masud Ahmed sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 177 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Syed Masud Ahmed 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 Syed Masud Ahmed sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Syed Masud Ahmed is affiliated with BRAC University in Bangladesh and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their scholarly focus includes a range of subfields such as General Health Professions, Finance, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Economics and Econometrics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research covers several key topics, including:

  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored by Syed Masud Ahmed include:

  • "Tackling antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh: A scoping review of policy and practice in human, animal and environment sectors" (2020), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Assessing Meaningful Community Engagement: A Conceptual Model to Advance Health Equity through Transformed Systems for Health" (2022), published in NAM Perspectives
  • "The influence of corruption and governance in the delivery of frontline health care services in the public sector: a scoping review of current and future prospects in low and middle-income countries of south and south-east Asia" (2020), published in BMC Public Health
  • "Prevalence and Population-Attributable Risk for Chronic Airflow Obstruction in a Large Multinational Study" (2020), published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • "The burden of diseases and risk factors in Bangladesh, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019" (2023), published in The Lancet Global Health

Syed Masud Ahmed has co-authored extensively with researchers including Nahitun Naher, Samiun Nazrin Bente Kamal Tune, Bushra Zarin Islam, Dina Balabanova, and Eleanor Hutchinson.

Their scholarly work frequently appears in publication venues such as BMJ Open, BMC Public Health, The Lancet Global Health, The Lancet, and BMJ Global Health, with multiple papers published in each of these journals.

Best Publications

  • Gender, socioeconomic development and health-seeking behaviour in Bangladesh.

    Syed Masud Ahmed;Alayne M Adams;Mushtaque Chowdhury;Abbas Bhuiya

  • The health workforce crisis in Bangladesh: shortage, inappropriate skill-mix and inequitable distribution

    Syed Masud Ahmed;Awlad Hossain;Ahmed Mushtaque RajaChowdhury;Abbas Uddin Bhuiya

  • Socioeconomic status overrides age and gender in determining health-seeking behaviour in rural Bangladesh

    Syed Masud Ahmed;Göran Tomson;Max Petzold;Zarina Nahar Kabir

  • Micro-Credit and Emotional Well-Being: Experience of Poor Rural Women from Matlab, Bangladesh

    Syed Masud Ahmed;Mushtaque Chowdhury;Abbas Bhuiya

  • Harnessing pluralism for better health in Bangladesh

    Syed Masud Ahmed;Syed Masud Ahmed;Timothy G Evans;Hilary Standing;Simeen Mahmud

  • Informal sector providers in Bangladesh: how equipped are they to provide rational health care?

    Syed Masud Ahmed;Md. Awlad Hossain;Mushtaque Raja Chowdhury

  • Intimate Partner Violence against Women: Experiences from a Woman-Focused Development Programme in Matlab, Bangladesh

    Syed Masud Ahmed

  • Rice-based oral rehydration solution decreases the stool volume in acute diarrhoea.

    A. M. Molla;S. M. Ahmed;W. B. Greenough

  • Knowledge on the transmission, prevention and treatment of malaria among two endemic populations of Bangladesh and their health-seeking behaviour

    Syed Masud Ahmed;Rashidul Haque;Ubydul Haque;Awlad Hossain

  • Maternal care practices among the ultra poor households in rural Bangladesh: a qualitative exploratory study

    Nuzhat Choudhury;Nuzhat Choudhury;Syed Masud Ahmed

  • Changing health-seeking behaviour in Matlab, Bangladesh: do development interventions matter?

    Syed Masud Ahmed;Alayne M Adams;Mushtaque Chowdhury;Abbas Bhuiya

  • Tackling antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh: A scoping review of policy and practice in human, animal and environment sectors.

    Roksana Hoque;Syed Masud Ahmed;Nahitun Naher;Mohammad Aminul Islam;Mohammad Aminul Islam

  • Prevalence of physical inactivity in nine rural INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems in five Asian countries

    Nawi Ng;Mohammad Hakimi;Hoang Van Minh;Sanjay Juvekar

  • The influence of corruption and governance in the delivery of frontline health care services in the public sector: a scoping review of current and future prospects in low and middle-income countries of south and south-east Asia

    Nahitun Naher;Roksana Hoque;Muhammad Shaikh Hassan;Dina Balabanova

  • Exploring health-seeking behaviour of disadvantaged populations in rural Bangladesh

    Syed Masud Ahmed

  • Targeted intervention for the ultra poor in rural Bangladesh: Does it make any difference in their health-seeking behaviour?

    Syed Masud Ahmed;Max Petzold;Zarina Nahar Kabir;Göran Tomson

  • Malaria Prevalence in Endemic Districts of Bangladesh

    Ubydul Haque;Syed Masud Ahmed;Shahed Hossain;Mamun Huda

  • Fruit and vegetable consumption in rural adults population in INDEPTH HDSS sites in Asia

    Uraiwan Kanungsukkasem;Nawi Ng;Hoang Van Minh;Abdur Razzaque

  • Clustering of chronic non-communicable disease risk factors among selected Asian populations: levels and determinants.

    Syed Masud Ahmed;Abdullahel Hadi;Abdur Razzaque;Ali Ashraf

  • Knowledge and practice of unqualified and semi-qualified allopathic providers in rural Bangladesh: Implications for the HRH problem

    Syed Masud Ahmed;Md. Awlad Hossain

Frequent Co-Authors

Abbas Bhuiya
Abbas Bhuiya International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
Rashidul Haque
Rashidul Haque International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
Nawi Ng
Nawi Ng University of Gothenburg
Hoang Van Minh
Hoang Van Minh Hanoi University of Public Health
Timothy G. Evans
Timothy G. Evans McGill University
Dina Balabanova
Dina Balabanova London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Åke Wahlin
Åke Wahlin Jönköping University
Göran Tomson
Göran Tomson Karolinska Institute
Gregory E. Glass
Gregory E. Glass University of Florida
Archie C. A. Clements
Archie C. A. Clements Queen's University Belfast

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