# Ashkan Afshin

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/ashkan-afshin/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 162,300 |
| Field | Nutritional Studies and Diet |
| h-index | 71 |
| i10-index | 92 |
| Last Known Institution | Novel (United States) |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5028948429 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6239-8809 |
| Works | 149 |

## Researcher papers

Showing 12 of 28.

- [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](https://scholariq.org/papers/global-burden-of-369-diseases-and-injuries-in-204-countries-and-territories-1990/)
- [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 analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017](https://scholariq.org/papers/global-regional-and-national-incidence-prevalence-and-years-lived-with-4/)
- [Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016](https://scholariq.org/papers/global-regional-and-national-incidence-prevalence-and-years-lived-with-3/)
- [Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems](https://scholariq.org/papers/food-in-the-anthropocene-the-eat-lancet-commission-on-healthy-diets-from/)
- [Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015](https://scholariq.org/papers/global-regional-and-national-comparative-risk-assessment-of-79-behavioural/)
- [Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015](https://scholariq.org/papers/global-regional-and-national-life-expectancy-all-cause-mortality-and-cause/)
- [Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017](https://scholariq.org/papers/health-effects-of-dietary-risks-in-195-countries-1990-2017-a-systematic-analysis/)
- [Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017](https://scholariq.org/papers/global-regional-and-national-comparative-risk-assessment-of-84-behavioural/)
- [Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016](https://scholariq.org/papers/global-regional-and-national-age-sex-specific-mortality-for-264-causes-of-death/)
- [Mortality, morbidity, and risk factors in China and its provinces, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017](https://scholariq.org/papers/mortality-morbidity-and-risk-factors-in-china-and-its-provinces-1990-2017-a/)
- [Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study](https://scholariq.org/papers/causes-of-blindness-and-vision-impairment-in-2020-and-trends-over-30-years-and/)
- [Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013](https://scholariq.org/papers/global-regional-and-national-comparative-risk-assessment-of-79-behavioural-2/)

## Researcher topics

- [Nutritional Studies and Diet](https://scholariq.org/topics/nutritional-studies-and-diet/)
- [Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology](https://scholariq.org/topics/global-public-health-policies-and-epidemiology/)
- [Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet](https://scholariq.org/topics/obesity-physical-activity-diet/)
- [Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors](https://scholariq.org/topics/cardiovascular-health-and-risk-factors/)
- [Global Maternal and Child Health](https://scholariq.org/topics/global-maternal-and-child-health/)

## Researcher university

- [Novel (United States)](https://scholariq.org/institutions/novel-united-states/)

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