Deborah Carvalho Malta Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Deborah Carvalho Malta's h-index is 151 (975 i10-index, 248,289+ total citations across 1,002+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. Deborah Carvalho Malta is affiliated with Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
Deborah Carvalho Malta is a researcher affiliated with Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, specializing in saúde coletiva. Their work has been cited 248,289 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in China.
Deborah Carvalho Malta's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 1,002 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 151
- i10-Index
- 975
- Total Citations
- 248,289
- Citing Countries
- 130
As of October 2026.
Deborah Carvalho Malta has an h-index of 151 and 248,289 total citations across 1002 publications, with research cited by institutions in 130 countries.
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Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic …
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The researcher established a foundational framework for quantifying the global burden of 369 diseases, subsequently extending this methodology to provide detailed analyses of nervous system and cardiovascular disorders.
The researcher established a foundational framework for global comparative risk assessment, subsequently extending it to forecast disease burdens through 2050, as evidenced by highly cited publications in The Lancet.
The researcher produced a seminal global burden of disease analysis and extended this framework to examine mental health comorbidities in specific populations.
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About Deborah Carvalho Malta's research
Deborah Carvalho Malta is a researcher in saúde coletiva at Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Their work has been cited 248,289 times across 1,002 publications (h-index 151), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic …” (2018), has accumulated 25,386 citations. Other influential works include “Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and …” (2018) with 17,676 citations and “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” (2020) with 15,828 citations.
Citations of Deborah Carvalho Malta's research come primarily from China, United States and Brazil, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
