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Azad Rasul

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Remote Sensing in AgricultureLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesGlobal Health and EpidemiologyUrban Heat Island MitigationHydrology and Drought Analysis

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.

  1. 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 citations
  2. Global mortality associated with 33 bacterial pathogens in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    2022 · 2,235 citations
  3. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks, 1990-2022

    2023 · 1,691 citations
  4. Global 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 citations
  5. Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    2024 · 1,025 citations
  6. 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

    2025 · 916 citations
  7. Global 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 citations
  8. 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

    2025 · 592 citations
  9. Age–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 citations
  10. Applying Built-Up and Bare-Soil Indices from Landsat 8 to Cities in Dry Climates

    2018 · 266 citations
  11. Spatial variation of the daytime Surface Urban Cool Island during the dry season in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, from Landsat 8

    2015 · 234 citations
  12. 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

    2025 · 205 citations
  13. A Review on Remote Sensing of Urban Heat and Cool Islands

    2017 · 176 citations
  14. 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

    2025 · 141 citations
  15. Suitable Site Selection for Rainwater Harvesting and Storage Case Study Using Dohuk Governorate

    2019 · 114 citations
  16. Diurnal and Seasonal Variation of Surface Urban Cool and Heat Islands in the Semi-Arid City of Erbil, Iraq

    2016 · 93 citations
  17. Effect 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 citations
  18. Adolescent transport and unintentional injuries: a systematic analysis using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    2022 · 88 citations
  19. Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    2024 · 77 citations
  20. Assessment of land use/land cover changes and their impacts on land surface temperature in Bangui (the capital of Central African Republic)

    2021 · 75 citations
  21. Improving Crop Classification Accuracy with Integrated Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Data: a Case Study of Barley and Wheat

    2023 · 63 citations
  22. A GIS-based Boolean logic-analytical hierarchy process for solar power plant (case study: Erbil Governorate—Iraq)

    2020 · 47 citations
  23. Applying a normalized ratio scale technique to assess influences of urban expansion on land surface temperature of the semi-arid city of Erbil

    2017 · 41 citations
  24. Meteorological drought in semi-arid regions: A case study of Iran

    2022 · 31 citations
  25. A Trend Analysis of Leaf Area Index and Land Surface Temperature and Their Relationship from Global to Local Scale

    2020 · 26 citations

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