Abdullah M. Assiri

15.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
156 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Abdullah M. Assiri is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Abdullah M. Assiri has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Infectious Diseases, 44 papers in Epidemiology and 40 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Abdullah M. Assiri's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (46 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (31 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (30 papers). Abdullah M. Assiri is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (46 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (31 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (30 papers). Abdullah M. Assiri collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, United States and United Kingdom. Abdullah M. Assiri's co-authors include Ziad A. Memish, Jaffar A. Al‐Tawfiq, Rafat F. Alhakeem, Alimuddin Zumla, Hatem Q. Makhdoom, Ali Albarrak, Abdullah A Al-Rabeeah, Abdullah A. Al Rabeeah, Fahad Alrabiah and Hanan H. Balkhy and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Abdullah M. Assiri

147 papers receiving 7.2k citations

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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.

Epidemiological, demographic, and clinical characteristics of 47 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease from Saudi Arabia: a descriptive study

2013 1.0k citations Abdullah M. Assiri, Jaffar A. Al‐Tawfiq et al. profile →
Hospital Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

2013 892 citations Abdullah M. Assiri, Hatem Q. Makhdoom et al. profile →
Viral Shedding and Antibody Response in 37 Patients With Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection

2015 266 citations Ali Albarrak, Abdullah M. Assiri et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Persistent signals from MERS-CoV in 2025: surveillance gaps, clinical heterogeneity, and preparedness priorities 2026 ·New Microbes and New Infections ·(unknown), Abdullah M. Assiri	0
2	Serological insights into MERS-CoV dynamics of antibody responses during acute and convalescent phases and their clinical relevance for diagnostics and immunity 2025 ·Journal of Infection and Public Health ·(unknown), Ahmad M. Alharbi, Waleed H. Mahallawi, (unknown), Abdullah M. Assiri, Abdullah Algaissi, Anwar M. Hashem, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Saleh AlGhamdi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nigel A. Cunliffe, Qibo Zhang	0
3	Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Saudi Arabia: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 2025 ·Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health ·Najim Z. Alshahrani, (unknown), Abdullah M. Assiri	0
4	International Health Regulations (IHR) and the success story of public health preparedness during Hajj in Saudi Arabia 2025 ·Najim Z. Alshahrani, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Abdullah M. Assiri	1
5	Magnitude and Determinants of Latent Tuberculosis Among Inmates of Saudi Correctional Facilities: A Cross-Sectional Study 2024 ·International Journal of General Medicine ·(unknown), Abdullah M. Assiri, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
6	Adult vaccination in three Eastern Mediterranean countries: current status, challenges and the way forward 2024 ·Expert Review of Vaccines ·İftihar Köksal, Salah Al Awaidy, Abdullah M. Assiri, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Selim Badur	1
7	Prevalence, severity, and risk factors of eczema among young children and adolescents in Saudi Arabia: A national cross-sectional study, 2019 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Noura Abouammoh, (unknown), Shaker A. Alomary, (unknown), Abdullah M. Assiri, Abdulrahman Alqahtani, (unknown)	0
8	The Epidemiology of Work-Related Injuries in Saudi Arabia Between 2016 and 2021 2023 ·Cureus ·(unknown), (unknown), Abdullah M. Assiri, (unknown)	2
9	Clinical features and outcome of human Mpox (Monkeypox) in Saudi Arabia: An observational study of travel-related cases 2023 ·Journal of Infection and Public Health ·Abdullah M. Assiri, Jaffar A. Al‐Tawfiq, Hani Jokhdar, Abdullah Algwizani, (unknown), Khalid H. Alanazi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Haleema Alserehi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Salma AlBahrani	14
10	β-Catenin Attenuation Inhibits Tumor Growth and Promotes Differentiation in a BRAFV600E-Driven Thyroid Cancer Animal Model 2021 ·Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Minjing Zou, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Monther Al‐Alwan, Ibrahim Al‐Jammaz, Khalid S.A. Khabar, Falah Almohanna, Abdullah M. Assiri, Brian F. Meyer, Ali S. Alzahrani, Futwan Al‐Mohanna, Yufei Shi	8
11	The Role of Digital Technology in Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic: Saudi Arabia’s Experience 2021 ·Risk Management and Healthcare Policy ·Anas Khan, Ahmed Alahmari, Yasir Almuzaini, (unknown), (unknown), Fahad Alamri, (unknown), (unknown), Turki Alharbi, (unknown), (unknown), Abdullah M. Assiri, Hani Jokhdar	25
12	The economic burden of dengue fever in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2020 ·PLoS neglected tropical diseases ·(unknown), Abdullah M. Assiri, (unknown), (unknown), Rajaa Al‐Raddadi, (unknown), Esam I. Azhar, (unknown), (unknown), Abdulhakeem Althaqafi	9
13	Risk factors associated with worse outcomes in COVID-19: a retrospective study in Saudi Arabia 2020 ·Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal ·Anas Khan, Saqer M. Althunayyan, ‏Yousef Alsofayan, (unknown), Abdullah Mubarak, (unknown), Abdullah M. Assiri, Hani Jokhdar	39
14	Surveillance and testing for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-COV), Saudi Arabia, 2016-2019 2020 ·Oman Medical Journal ·Ali Al‐Zahrani, Abdullah M. Assiri, (unknown), Glen R. Abedi, Stephanie Kujawski, Holly M. Biggs, (unknown), John T. Watson, (unknown)	7
15	Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Knowledge and Perceptions: A Survey of Dental students in King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia 2020 ·Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Abdullah M. Alshahrani, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Abdullah M. Assiri	1
16	Middle East respiratory coronavirus (MERS-CoV) spike (S) protein vesicular stomatitis virus pseudoparticle neutralization assays offer a reliable alternative to the conventional neutralization assay in human seroepidemiological studies 2019 ·Access Microbiology ·Sandra Lester, Jennifer L. Harcourt, Michael A. Whitt, Hail M. Al-Abdely, Claire M. Midgley, (unknown), Hani Jokhdar, Abdullah M. Assiri, Azaibi Tamin, Natalie J. Thornburg	10
17	Cyp24a1 Attenuation Limits Progression of BrafV600E -Induced Papillary Thyroid Cancer Cells and Sensitizes Them to BRAFV600E Inhibitor PLX4720 2017 ·Cancer Research ·Minjing Zou, Essa Y. Baitei, (unknown), Futwan Al‐Mohanna, Ranjit S. Parhar, René St‐Arnaud, Shioko Kimura, Catrin Pritchard, Ali S. Alzahrani, Abdullah M. Assiri, Brian F. Meyer, Yufei Shi	17
18	Cardiovascular risk profiles of adults with type-2 diabetes treated at urban hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2015 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), Abdullah M. Assiri, Ziad A. Memish, Mohammed K. Ali	15
19	Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Disease in Children 2014 ·The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal ·Ziad A. Memish, Jaffar A. Al‐Tawfiq, Abdullah M. Assiri, Fahad Alrabiah, Sami Al Hajjar, Ali Albarrak, (unknown), Rafat F. Alhakeem, Hatem Q. Makhdoom, Sarah Alsubaie, Abdullah A Al-Rabeeah	117
20	Risk analysis of needle stick and sharp object injuries among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital (Saudi Arabia) 2013 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Ziad A. Memish, Abdullah M. Assiri, (unknown), H. Hathout, (unknown), (unknown)	61

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