RESEARCHER PROFILE
Azad Rasul
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Soran University
Azad Rasul works in Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Global Health and Epidemiology, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Hydrology and Drought Analysis. Recorded institutional associations include Soran University, Salahaddin University-Erbil.
81Publications
13,298Citations
25H-index
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Selected research works
Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.
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
2024 · 2,886 citationsGlobal mortality associated with 33 bacterial pathogens in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
2022 · 2,235 citationsGlobal Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks, 1990-2022
2023 · 1,691 citationsGlobal age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
2024 · 1,044 citationsBurden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
2024 · 1,025 citationsBurden 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
2025 · 916 citationsGlobal fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
2024 · 628 citationsGlobal 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
2025 · 592 citationsAge–sex differences in the global burden of lower respiratory infections and risk factors, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
2022 · 333 citationsApplying Built-Up and Bare-Soil Indices from Landsat 8 to Cities in Dry Climates
2018 · 266 citationsSpatial variation of the daytime Surface Urban Cool Island during the dry season in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, from Landsat 8
2015 · 234 citationsGlobal 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
2025 · 205 citationsA Review on Remote Sensing of Urban Heat and Cool Islands
2017 · 176 citationsGlobal, 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
2025 · 141 citationsSuitable Site Selection for Rainwater Harvesting and Storage Case Study Using Dohuk Governorate
2019 · 114 citationsDiurnal and Seasonal Variation of Surface Urban Cool and Heat Islands in the Semi-Arid City of Erbil, Iraq
2016 · 93 citationsEffect of air pollution on disease burden, mortality, and life expectancy in North Africa and the Middle East: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
2023 · 91 citationsAdolescent transport and unintentional injuries: a systematic analysis using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
2022 · 88 citationsBurden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
2024 · 77 citationsAssessment of land use/land cover changes and their impacts on land surface temperature in Bangui (the capital of Central African Republic)
2021 · 75 citationsImproving Crop Classification Accuracy with Integrated Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Data: a Case Study of Barley and Wheat
2023 · 63 citationsA GIS-based Boolean logic-analytical hierarchy process for solar power plant (case study: Erbil Governorate—Iraq)
2020 · 47 citationsApplying a normalized ratio scale technique to assess influences of urban expansion on land surface temperature of the semi-arid city of Erbil
2017 · 41 citationsMeteorological drought in semi-arid regions: A case study of Iran
2022 · 31 citationsA Trend Analysis of Leaf Area Index and Land Surface Temperature and Their Relationship from Global to Local Scale
2020 · 26 citations
