Abdullah Ali

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Abdullah Ali is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Abdullah Ali has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 11 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 7 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Abdullah Ali's work include Malaria Research and Control (56 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (49 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (11 papers). Abdullah Ali is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (56 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (49 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (11 papers). Abdullah Ali collaborates with scholars based in Tanzania, United States and Sweden. Abdullah Ali's co-authors include Anders Björkman, Andreas Mårtensson, Mwinyi Msellem, Achuyt Bhattarai, Scott Montgomery, Fabrizio Molteni, Mahdi Ramsan, Akira Kaneko, S. Patrick Kachur and Ali K Abass and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Abdullah Ali

63 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Impact of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy and Insecticide-Treated Nets on Malaria Burden in Zanzibar

2007 471 citations Achuyt Bhattarai, Abdullah Ali et al. PLoS Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abdullah Ali Tanzania	29	2.1k	433	322	267	224	63	2.5k
Leanne J. Robinson Australia	29	2.2k 1.1×	293 0.7×	717 2.2×	359 1.3×	118 0.5×	113	3.0k
Sungano Mharakurwa United States	22	1.8k 0.9×	198 0.5×	508 1.6×	276 1.0×	148 0.7×	69	2.3k
Annette Erhart Belgium	34	2.5k 1.2×	355 0.8×	644 2.0×	287 1.1×	182 0.8×	90	3.3k
Chea Nguon Cambodia	29	2.4k 1.1×	439 1.0×	366 1.1×	291 1.1×	104 0.5×	56	2.9k
Wilfred Fon Mbacham Cameroon	23	848 0.4×	214 0.5×	162 0.5×	313 1.2×	118 0.5×	152	1.7k
Zul Premji Tanzania	37	2.1k 1.0×	639 1.5×	342 1.1×	321 1.2×	130 0.6×	73	3.1k
Lucy Okell United Kingdom	34	3.8k 1.8×	484 1.1×	977 3.0×	535 2.0×	137 0.6×	63	4.6k
Jimee Hwang United States	24	1.9k 0.9×	553 1.3×	389 1.2×	245 0.9×	68 0.3×	57	2.3k
Emmanuel Arinaitwe Uganda	29	2.0k 1.0×	337 0.8×	386 1.2×	356 1.3×	123 0.5×	103	2.5k
Ilona Carneiro United Kingdom	28	2.6k 1.2×	658 1.5×	526 1.6×	523 2.0×	287 1.3×	42	3.3k

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Hardy, Andrew, Khamis Haji, Abdullah Ali, et al.. (2023). Cost and quality of operational larviciding using drones and smartphone technology. Malaria Journal. 22(1). 286–286. 9 indexed citations

Ross, Amanda, Logan Stuck, Ramadhani Abdul, et al.. (2023). Risk of imported malaria infections in Zanzibar: a cross-sectional study. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 12(1). 80–80. 6 indexed citations

Mkali, Humphrey, Abdul-wahid Al-mafazy, Abdullah Ali, et al.. (2023). How Real-Time Case-Based Malaria Surveillance Helps Zanzibar Get a Step Closer to Malaria Elimination: Description of Operational Platform and Resources. Global Health Science and Practice. 11(5). e2200522–e2200522. 4 indexed citations

Hetzel, Manuel W., Joshua Yukich, Logan Stuck, et al.. (2022). The impact of reactive case detection on malaria transmission in Zanzibar in the presence of human mobility. Epidemics. 41. 100639–100639. 9 indexed citations

Mkali, Humphrey, Erik J. Reaves, Abdul-wahid Al-mafazy, et al.. (2021). Risk factors associated with malaria infection identified through reactive case detection in Zanzibar, 2012–2019. Malaria Journal. 20(1). 7 indexed citations

Hofmann, Natalie, Logan Stuck, Abdullah Ali, et al.. (2020). Molecular methods for tracking residual Plasmodium falciparum transmission in a close-to-elimination setting in Zanzibar. Malaria Journal. 19(1). 50–50. 19 indexed citations

Stuck, Logan, Abdul-wahid Al-mafazy, Natalie Hofmann, et al.. (2020). Malaria infection prevalence and sensitivity of reactive case detection in Zanzibar. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 97. 337–346. 28 indexed citations

Ashton, Ruth A., Adam Bennett, Abdul-wahid Al-mafazy, et al.. (2019). Use of Routine Health Information System Data to Evaluate Impact of Malaria Control Interventions in Zanzibar, Tanzania from 2000 to 2015. EClinicalMedicine. 12. 11–19. 27 indexed citations

Morris, Ulrika, Berit Aydin-Schmidt, Ali K Abass, et al.. (2017). Field Deployment of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Centralized Mass-Screening of Asymptomatic Malaria in Zanzibar: A Pre-Elimination Setting. 2(2). 1 indexed citations

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Björkman, Anders, Jackie Cook, Hugh J. W. Sturrock, et al.. (2017). Spatial Distribution of Falciparum Malaria Infections in Zanzibar: Implications for Focal Drug Administration Strategies Targeting Asymptomatic Parasite Carriers. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 64(9). 1236–1243. 23 indexed citations

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Al-mafazy, Abdul-wahid, et al.. (2017). Using Mobile Technology to Facilitate Reactive Case Detection of Malaria. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics. 9(1). 2 indexed citations

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Hardy, Andrew, Zawadi Mageni, Stefan Dongus, et al.. (2015). Mapping hotspots of malaria transmission from pre-existing hydrology, geology and geomorphology data in the pre-elimination context of Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania. Parasites & Vectors. 8(1). 41–41. 40 indexed citations

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Morris, Ulrika, Berit Aydin-Schmidt, Delér Shakely, et al.. (2013). Rapid diagnostic tests for molecular surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum malaria -assessment of DNA extraction methods and field applicability. Malaria Journal. 12(1). 106–106. 33 indexed citations

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Shakely, Delér, Kristina Elfving, Berit Aydin-Schmidt, et al.. (2013). The Usefulness of Rapid Diagnostic Tests in the New Context of Low Malaria Transmission in Zanzibar. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e72912–e72912. 49 indexed citations

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Baltzell, Kimberly, Kristina Elfving, Delér Shakely, et al.. (2013). Febrile illness management in children under five years of age: a qualitative pilot study on primary health care workers’ practices in Zanzibar. Malaria Journal. 12(1). 37–37. 29 indexed citations

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Baltzell, Kimberly, Delér Shakely, Michelle S. Hsiang, et al.. (2012). Prevalence of PCR Detectable Malaria Infection among Febrile Patients with a Negative Plasmodium falciparum Specific Rapid Diagnostic Test in Zanzibar. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 88(2). 289–291. 26 indexed citations

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Beer, Netta, Abdullah Ali, Andreas Jansson, et al.. (2012). A qualitative study on caretakers' perceived need of bed-nets after reduced malaria transmission in Zanzibar, Tanzania. BMC Public Health. 12(1). 606–606. 26 indexed citations

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Beer, Netta, Abdullah Ali, Don de Savigny, et al.. (2010). System effectiveness of a targeted free mass distribution of long lasting insecticidal nets in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Malaria Journal. 9(1). 173–173. 40 indexed citations

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Tatem, Andrew J., Youliang Qiu, David L. Smith, et al.. (2009). The use of mobile phone data for the estimation of the travel patterns and imported Plasmodium falciparum rates among Zanzibar residents. Malaria Journal. 8(1). 287–287. 126 indexed citations

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Msellem, Mwinyi, Andreas Mårtensson, Achuyt Bhattarai, et al.. (2009). Influence of Rapid Malaria Diagnostic Tests on Treatment and Health Outcome in Fever Patients, Zanzibar—A Crossover Validation Study. PLoS Medicine. 6(4). e1000070–e1000070. 154 indexed citations

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