Updated trends in the global prevalence and burden of mental disorders, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 D Santomauro, P Miller, J Shadid, S Hanson, A Vo, I ... Weerasekara, ... The Lancet 407 (10543), 2040-2064 , 2026 2026 Citations: 1
Simulated changes in systematic review screening sensitivity and specificity associated with varying co-screening proportions S Prentice, B Mundy, C Prentice, D Dorstyn, N Massy-Westropp, ... JBI Evidence Synthesis (Accepted) , 2026 2026
Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis, its risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 S Sirota, R Bender, R Dominguez, I ... Weerasekara, .. et al. The Lancet Neurology , 2026 2026
Effectiveness of fall prevention interventions for community-dwelling adults aged 60 years and above in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis FMD Chellapillai, TD Dissanayaka, I Weerasekara, A Tiedemann, KD Hill, ... BMC geriatrics , 2026 2026
Global burden of lower respiratory infections and aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 SB Sirota, RG Bender, et al. Dominguez, ... Weerasekara, I... The Lancet Infectious Diseases , 2025 2025 Citations: 27
Global, regional, and national burden of cardiovascular diseases and risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2023 BA Stark, NK DeCleene, EC Desai, I ...Weerasekara, ... Journal of the American College of Cardiology 86 (22), 2167-2243 , 2025 2025 Citations: 272
An Overview of Reviews on Telemedicine and Telehealth in Dementia Care: Mixed Methods Synthesis IJB do Nascimento, HM Abdulazeem, I Weerasekara, A Sharifan, ... JMIR Mental Health 12 (1), e75266 , 2025 2025 Citations: 2
An overview of reviews on telemedicine and telehealth in dementia care: Mixed methods synthesis IJ Borges do Nascimento, HM Abdulazeem, I Weerasekara, A Sharifan, ... JMIR Mental Health 12, e75266 , 2025 2025 Citations: 4
Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease in adults, 1990–2023, and its attributable risk factors: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease … Q Rafferty, LK Stafford, T Vos, FS Thomé, H Aalruz, YH Abate, C Abbafati, ... The Lancet , 2025 2025 Citations: 195
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 M aghavi, HH Kyu, A Bhoomadevi, MA Aalipour, H Aalruz, HS Ababneh, ... The Lancet , 2025 2025 Citations: 314
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 … SI Hay, KL Ong, DF Santomauro, A Bhoomadevi, MA Aalipour, H Aalruz, ... The Lancet , 2025 2025 Citations: 283
Development of an internationally agreed national minimum dataset for low back pain: a modified Delphi study BJ McKenzie, GE Ferreira, R Haas, A Gorelik, CG Maher, R Buchbinder, ... The Spine Journal , 2025 2025 Citations: 2
Reporting guidelines can be used to foster reporting of evidence-based research principles: a cross-sectional study T Kabić, MŠ Munitić, I Weerasekara, MM Bala, J Zajac, M Briel, D Pieper, ... Journal of clinical epidemiology, 112008 , 2025 2025
Birth weight and prematurity for predicting type 2 diabetes mellitus: a prognostic review I Weerasekara, L Styrmisdóttir, M Ringsten, N Orsini, C Mukiira, S Sharma, ... Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews , 2025 2025
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 … E Haeuser, S Byrne, J Nguyen, ......, I Weerasekara, N Wickramasinghe, ... The Lancet , 2025 2025 Citations: 132
Do Rheumatology Systematic Reviews Adhere to PRISMA Literature Search Guidelines? Preliminary Findings of an Umbrella Review. C Pineda, I Pérez-Neri, RG González, LT Vasanthan, LKD Le, ... Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 84, 1625-1626 , 2025 2025
Transforming women's health, empowerment, and gender equality with digital health: evidence-based policy and practice I do Nascimento, H Abdulazeem, I Weerasekara, J Marquez, L Vasanthan, ... The Lancet Digital Health , 2025 2025 Citations: 33
Painful considerations in exercise-management for rotator cuff related shoulder pain: a scoping review on pain-related prescription parameters K Ullern, M Richardsen, I Weerasekara, B Bogen BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 26 (180) , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Physical Exercise Therapy for Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: Protocol for a Meta-Analysis of Individual Participant Data I Senarath, I Weerasekara, M Humphries, K Chen, S Farrell, R de Zoete Systematic Reviews 14 (43) , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Use of Digital Health Technologies for Dementia Care: Bibliometric Analysis and Report H Abdulazeem, I do Nascimento, I Weerasekara, A Sharifan, V Bianco, ... JMIR Mental Health 12, e64445 , 2025 2025 Citations: 17
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in humans: a scoping review and meta-analysis IJ Borges do Nascimento, N Cacic, HM Abdulazeem, TC Von Groote, ... Journal of clinical medicine 9 (4), 941 , 2020 2020 Citations: 772
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 M aghavi, HH Kyu, A Bhoomadevi, MA Aalipour, H Aalruz, HS Ababneh, ... The Lancet , 2025 2025 Citations: 314
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 … SI Hay, KL Ong, DF Santomauro, A Bhoomadevi, MA Aalipour, H Aalruz, ... The Lancet , 2025 2025 Citations: 283
Global, regional, and national burden of cardiovascular diseases and risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2023 BA Stark, NK DeCleene, EC Desai, I ...Weerasekara, ... Journal of the American College of Cardiology 86 (22), 2167-2243 , 2025 2025 Citations: 272
Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease in adults, 1990–2023, and its attributable risk factors: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease … Q Rafferty, LK Stafford, T Vos, FS Thomé, H Aalruz, YH Abate, C Abbafati, ... The Lancet , 2025 2025 Citations: 195
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Suicidal Attempts and Death Rates: A Systematic Review M Pathirathna, R Nandasena, M Atapattu, I Weerasekara BMC Psychiatry 22 , 2022 2022 Citations: 186
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 … E Haeuser, S Byrne, J Nguyen, ......, I Weerasekara, N Wickramasinghe, ... The Lancet , 2025 2025 Citations: 132
Impact of big data analytics on people’s health: Overview of systematic reviews and recommendations for future studies IJ Borges do Nascimento, MS Marcolino, HM Abdulazeem, I Weerasekara, ... Journal of medical Internet research 23 (4), e27275 , 2021 2021 Citations: 120
Clinical, laboratory and radiological characteristics and outcomes of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection in humans: A systematic review and series of meta-analyses IJ Borges do Nascimento, TC von Groote, DP O’Mathúna, ... PloS one 15 (9), e0239235 , 2020 2020 Citations: 98
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: an overview of systematic reviews IJ Borges do Nascimento, DP O’Mathúna, TC von Groote, ... BMC infectious diseases 21 (1), 525 , 2021 2021 Citations: 89
Factors associated for mortality of older people with COVID 19: a systematic review and meta-analysis H Damayanthi, KIP Prabani, I Weerasekara Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 7, 23337214211057392 , 2021 2021 Citations: 86
Clinical benefits of joint mobilization on ankle sprains: a systematic review and meta-analysis I Weerasekara, P Osmotherly, S Snodgrass, J Marquez, R de Zoete, ... Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 99 (7), 1395-1412. e5 , 2018 2018 Citations: 73
Adverse perinatal outcomes in COVID-19 infected pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis ML Pathirathna, BPP Samarasekara, TS Dasanayake, P Saravanakumar, ... Healthcare 10 (2), 203 , 2022 2022 Citations: 60
The Prevalence of Hamstring Tightness among the Male Athletes of University of Peradeniya in 2010, Sri Lanka I Weerasekara, I Kumari, N Weerarathna, C Withanage, C Wanniarachchi, ... Int J Phys Med Rehabil 1 (108), 2 , 2013 2013 Citations: 57
COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis KP Prabani, I Weerasekara, D Dasanayaka Public Health , 2022 2022 Citations: 49
Injuries in netball-a systematic review C Downs, SJ Snodgrass, I Weerasekara, SR Valkenborghs, R Callister Sports medicine-open 7 (1), 3 , 2021 2021 Citations: 44
Is the inclinometer a valid measure of thoracic kyphosis? A cross-sectional study D Hunter, D Rivett, S McKiernan, I Weerasekara, S Snodgrass Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy , 2018 2018 Citations: 41
Relationships between the physical work environment, postures and musculoskeletal pain during COVID-19: A survey of frequent computer users SJ Snodgrass, I Weerasekara, S Edwards, NR Heneghan, EJ Puentedura, ... Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine , 2022 2022 Citations: 37
Effect of Mobilisation with Movement (MWM) on clinical outcomes in lateral ankle sprains: A systematic review and meta-analysis I Weerasekara, H Deam, N Bamborough, S Brown, J Donnelly, N Thorp, ... The Foot 43 , 2019 2019 Citations: 37
Frequency of use and adequacy of Cochrane risk of bias tool 2 in non-Cochrane systematic reviews published in 2020: meta-research study A Babić, O Barcot, T Visković, F Šarić, A Kirkovski, I Barun, Z Križanac, ... Research Synthesis Methods , 2024 2024 Citations: 34
