Skip to content

Home Search Authors Pakistan News Saved

SciRah

SciRah does not host or store research papers. Results come live from free, official scholarly APIs, and every paper links back to its original source.

Data sources

OpenAlex
Semantic Scholar
Crossref
CORE
arXiv
PubMed

Privacy policy Terms of service

Asif Hanif · SciRah

Researcher profile · OpenAlex

Asif Hanif

Sakarya University
Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Türkiye
TR
University of Lahore
Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Türkiye
PK

Share profile

Asif Hanif — researcher profile on SciRah

ORCID iD 0000-0002-2670-6402

Citations: 40.5K
h-index: 39
i10-index: 75
Works: 336

From OpenAlex.

Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationGlobal Maternal and Child Health

Most-cited papers

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 +96 more
2021The Lancet Neurology7,996 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Emma L. Nichols, Jaimie D Steinmetz, Stein Emil Vollset, Kai Glenn Fukutaki +96 more
2022The Lancet Public Health5,517 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Mohsen Naghavi, Kanyin Liane Ong, Amirali Aali, Hazim Ababneh +96 more
2024The Lancet2,862 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Michael D Brauer, Gregory A. Roth, Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Peng Zheng +96 more
2024The Lancet2,853 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global mortality associated with 33 bacterial pathogens in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Kevin Shunji Ikuta, Lucien R Swetschinski, Gisela Robles Aguilar, Fablina Sharara +96 more
2022The Lancet2,222 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global, regional, and national burden of osteoarthritis, 1990–2020 and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Jaimie D Steinmetz, Garland T Culbreth, Lydia M Haile, Quinn Rafferty +96 more
2023The Lancet Rheumatology2,084 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019
Jonathan Kocarnik, Kelly Compton, Frances E. Dean, Weijia Fu +96 more
2021JAMA Oncology2,038 citations Open access
OpenAlex
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
Manuela Loureiro Ferreira, Katie E. de Luca, Lydia M Haile, Jaimie D Steinmetz +96 more
2023The Lancet Rheumatology1,896 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Valery L Feigin, Melsew Dagne Abate, Yohannes Habtegiorgis Abate, Samar Abd ElHafeez +96 more
2024The Lancet Neurology1,770 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Marie Ng, Emmanuela E. Gakidou, Justin Lo, Yohannes Habtegiorgis Abate +96 more
2025The Lancet1,138 citations Open access
OpenAlex
The global burden of cancer attributable to risk factors, 2010–19: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Khanh Bao Tran, Justin J. Lang, Kelly Compton, Rixing Xu +96 more
2022The Lancet958 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
Simon Iain Hay, Kanyin Liane Ong, Damian Francesco Santomauro, Bhoomadevi A +96 more
2025The Lancet880 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors, 1990–2019: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Sara Momtazmanesh, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Seyyed‐Hadi Ghamari, Elaheh Malakan Rad +96 more
2023EClinicalMedicine818 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global, regional, and national burden of hepatitis B, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Brittney S Sheena, Lindsey Hiebert, Hannah Han, Helen Ippolito +96 more
2022The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology808 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Rafael Lozano, Nancy Fullman, John Everett Mumford, Megan Knight +96 more
2020The Lancet717 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Prevalence, years lived with disability, and trends in anaemia burden by severity and cause, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
William M. Gardner, Christian Razo, Theresa A. McHugh, Hailey Hagins +96 more
2023The Lancet Haematology637 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
Mohsen Naghavi, Hmwe Hmwe Kyu, Bhoomadevi A, Mohammad Amin Aalipour +96 more
2025The Lancet572 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Katherine R. Paulson, Aruna M. Kamath, Shazia Alam, Kelly Bienhoff +96 more
2021The Lancet497 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Jessica A Kerr, George C. Patton, Karly I. Cini, Yohannes Habtegiorgis Abate +96 more
2025The Lancet472 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Joseph Ward, Peter S. Azzopardi, Kate Louise Francis, John S. Santelli +96 more
2021The Lancet296 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Assessing performance of the Healthcare Access and Quality Index, overall and by select age groups, for 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Annie Haakenstad, Jamal Akeem Yearwood, Nancy Fullman, Corinne Bintz +96 more
2022The Lancet Global Health258 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Measuring routine childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020, Release 1
Natalie C Galles, Patrick Y Liu, Rachel L Updike, Nancy Fullman +96 more
2021The Lancet215 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2018
Damaris K. Kinyoki, Aaron E. Osgood-Zimmerman, Natalia V. Bhattacharjee, Local Burden of Disease Anaemia Collaborators +96 more
2021Nature Medicine204 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950–2023: a demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
Austin E Schumacher, Peng Zheng, Ryan M Barber, Bhoomadevi A +96 more
2025The Lancet199 citations Open access
OpenAlex
The Global, Regional, and National Burden of Adult Lip, Oral, and Pharyngeal Cancer in 204 Countries and Territories
GBD 2019 Lip, Oral, and Pharyngeal Cancer Collaborators, Amanda Ramos da Cunha, Kelly Compton, Rixing Xu +96 more
2023JAMA Oncology189 citations Open access
OpenAlex
The state of health in Pakistan and its provinces and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Assad Hafeez, William James Dangel, Samuel M Ostroff, Ayyaz Kiani +49 more
2023The Lancet Global Health181 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Tracking development assistance for health and for COVID-19: a review of development assistance, government, out-of-pocket, and other private spending on health for 204 countries and territories, 1990–2050
Angela E Micah, Ian E Cogswell, Brandon Cunningham, Satoshi Ezoe +96 more
2021The Lancet162 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global, regional, and national sex differences in the global burden of tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Jorge R Ledesma, Jianing Ma, Avina Vongpradith, Emilie R Maddison +96 more
2021The Lancet Infectious Diseases161 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global, regional, and national age-specific progress towards the 2020 milestones of the WHO End TB Strategy: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Jorge R Ledesma, Jianing Ma, Meixin Zhang, Ann V L Basting +96 more
2024The Lancet Infectious Diseases145 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global, regional, and national trends in routine childhood vaccination coverage from 1980 to 2023 with forecasts to 2030: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
Emily Haeuser, Sam Byrne, Jason Nguyen, Catalina Raggi +96 more
2025The Lancet140 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Unfiltered Nanofat Injections Rejuvenate Postburn Scars of Face
Saadia Nosheen Jan, Muhammad Mustehsan Bashir, Farid Ahmad Khan, Zohaib Hidayat +7 more
2018Annals of Plastic Surgery102 citations
OpenAlex
Global, regional, and national progress towards the 2030 global nutrition targets and forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Michael Benjamin Arndt, Yohannes Habtegiorgis Abate, Mohsen Abbasi‐Kangevari, Samar Abd ElHafeez +96 more
2024The Lancet100 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Adolescent transport and unintentional injuries: a systematic analysis using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Amy E. Peden, Patricia Cullen, Kate Louise Francis, Holger Moeller +96 more
2022The Lancet Public Health88 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global burden of lower respiratory infections and aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
Sarah Brooke Sirota, Rose Grace Bender, Regina-Mae Villanueva Dominguez, Amanda Movo +96 more
2025The Lancet Infectious Diseases76 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Combined effects of virtual reality techniques and motor imagery on balance, motor function and activities of daily living in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a randomized controlled trial
Muhammad Kashif, Ashfaq Ahmad, Mohammad Ali Mohseni Bandpei, Syed Amir Gilani +2 more
2022BMC Geriatrics73 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Global, regional, and national burden of breast cancer among females, 1990–2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
Kayleigh Pavitra Bhangdia, Miranda L May, Jonathan Kocarnik, Natalie R. Pritchett +96 more
2026The Lancet Oncology66 citations Open access
OpenAlex
The global, regional, and national burden attributable to low bone mineral density, 1990–2020: an analysis of a modifiable risk factor from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Evelyn Hsieh, Dana Bryazka, Kanyin Liane Ong, Phoebe-Anne Rhinehart +96 more
2025The Lancet Rheumatology57 citations Open access
OpenAlex
In Hydronephrosis Less than 10 % Kidney Function is not an Indication for Nephrectomy in Children
M. A. Aziz, A. Z. Hossain, Tahmina Banu, M. S. Karim +5 more
2002European Journal of Pediatric Surgery47 citations
OpenAlex
Comparison of Laser Doppler Imaging (LDI) and clinical assessment in differentiating between superficial and deep partial thickness burn wounds
Saadia Nosheen Jan, Farid Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Mustehsan Bashir, Muneeb Nasir +5 more
2017Burns40 citations
OpenAlex
Chikungunya fever among children presenting with nonspecific febrile illness during an epidemic of dengue fever in Lahore, Pakistan
Muhammad Afzal, Syed Qasim Naqvi, Muhammad Ashraf Sultan, Asif Hanif
201538 citations
OpenAlex
Virtual Reality Training Using Nintendo Wii Games for Patients With Stroke: Randomized Controlled Trial
Naveed Muhammad Anwar, Hossein Karimi, Ashfaq Ahmad, Syed Amir Gilani +3 more
2022JMIR Serious Games36 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Disease burden attributable to intimate partner violence against females and sexual violence against children in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
Luísa Sório Flor, Cory N Spencer, Jack Cagney, Gabriela Gil +96 more
2025The Lancet33 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Effects of non-surgical decompression therapy in addition to routine physical therapy on pain, range of motion, endurance, functional disability and quality of life versus routine physical therapy alone in patients with lumbar radiculopathy; a randomized controlled trial
Fareeha Amjad, Mohammad Ali Mohseni Bandpei, Syed Amir Gilani, Ashfaq Ahmad +1 more
2022BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders32 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Assessment of Dengue fever severity through liver function tests.
Asim Ahmed, Aftab Alvi, Ambreen Butt, Arif Amir Nawaz +1 more
2014PubMed28 citations
OpenAlex
Urdu version of Oswestry disability index; a reliability and validity study
Fareeha Amjad, Mohammad Ali Mohseni Bandpei, Syed Amir Gilani, Ashfaq Ahmad +2 more
2021BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders27 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Transient Stability Analysis of the IEEE-9 Bus System under Multiple Contingencies
Naveed Anwar, Asif Hanif, Hafiz Farhaj Khan, Mian Farhan Ullah
2020Engineering Technology & Applied Science Research25 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Congenital hypothyroidism in neonates
Muhammad Faheem Afzal, Aneela Anjum, Syed Mohammad Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Ashraf Sultan +1 more
2014Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism25 citations Open access
OpenAlex
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Forecast of an Emerging Urgency in Pakistan
Rabia Mushtaq Chaudhry, Asif Hanif, Muhammad Chaudhary, Sadia Minhas +4 more
2020Cureus24 citations Open access
OpenAlex
CLINICO-EPIDEMIOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICAL TRIALS ON BABESIOSIS IN SHEEP AND GOATS IN LAHORE, PAKISTAN
Muhammad Usman Ijaz, Abdul Rehman, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Muhammad Umair +3 more
2013The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences23 citations
OpenAlex
Prevalence and risk factors of preterm birth in Pakistan
Asif Hanif, Tahira Ashraf, Muhammad Pervaiz, Nesrin Güler
2020Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association21 citations Open access
OpenAlex

SciRah Score

Patents and graduated students count once the researcher verifies this profile.

Citations per year

112 in 2026

20122026

Frequent co-authors

Invite them to SciRah by sharing their profile.

Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah AdnaniUniversity of Washington×24
Invite
Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah Adnani — researcher profile on SciRah
Jalal ArablooAuckland University of Technology×21
Invite
Jalal Arabloo — researcher profile on SciRah
Bright Opoku AhinkorahAuckland University of Technology×20
Invite
Bright Opoku Ahinkorah — researcher profile on SciRah

Hassan Abolhassani

University of Washington

×20

Invite

Hassan Abolhassani — researcher profile on SciRah

Saira AfzalUniversity of Washington×20

Invite

Saira Afzal — researcher profile on SciRah

Hanadi Khamis Al HamadAuckland University of Technology×19

Invite

Hanadi Khamis Al Hamad — researcher profile on SciRah

Sherief Mohamed Abd-ElsalamUniversity of Washington×18

Invite

Sherief Mohamed Abd-Elsalam — researcher profile on SciRah

Syed Mohamed AljunidAuckland University of Technology×17

Invite

Syed Mohamed Aljunid — researcher profile on SciRah

Richard Gyan AboagyeUniversity of Washington×17

Invite

Richard Gyan Aboagye — researcher profile on SciRah

Isaac Yeboah AddoUniversity of Washington×17

Invite

Isaac Yeboah Addo — researcher profile on SciRah

Mohsen Abbasi‐KangevariAuckland University of Technology×16

Invite

Mohsen Abbasi‐Kangevari — researcher profile on SciRah

Fares AlahdabAuckland University of Technology×16

Invite

Fares Alahdab — researcher profile on SciRah

Affiliation history

Sakarya University2024–2026
The University of Sydney2023
Information Technology University2019–2021
Mayo Clinic2025
Pakistan Health Research Council2021
King Edward Medical University2014–2026
University of Lahore2015–2026
University of Engineering and Technology Taxila2006–2007
Fatima Jinnah Medical University2022
Hamdard University2016