Ali A. Rabaan

18.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
308 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Ali A. Rabaan is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ali A. Rabaan has authored 308 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Infectious Diseases, 67 papers in Epidemiology and 45 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ali A. Rabaan's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (72 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (54 papers) and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 (23 papers). Ali A. Rabaan is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (72 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (54 papers) and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 (23 papers). Ali A. Rabaan collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and India. Ali A. Rabaan's co-authors include Kuldeep Dhama, Alfonso J. Rodríguez‐Morales, Ranjit Sah, Saad Alhumaid, Abbas Al Mutair, Jaffar A. Al‐Tawfiq, Ruchi Tiwari, D. Katterine Bonilla‐Aldana, Shamsah H. Al-Ahmed and Naseem Akhter and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ali A. Rabaan

295 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

Antimicrobial Resistance: A Growing Serious Threat for Global Public Health

2023 802 citations Ali A. Rabaan et al. profile →
SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-COV: A comparative overview

2020 430 citations Ali A. Rabaan, Shamsah H. Al-Ahmed et al. profile →
Monkeypox (mpox) virus: Classification, origin, transmission, genome organization, antiviral drugs, and molecular diagnosis

2023 154 citations Ali A. Rabaan et al. profile →
Global emerging Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2: Impacts, challenges and strategies

2022 144 citations Kuldeep Dhama, Firzan Nainu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ali A. Rabaan Saudi Arabia	43	3.1k	1.5k	1.1k	647	611	308	7.7k
Sotirios Tsiodras Greece	50	4.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	2.3k 2.2×	1.0k 1.6×	658 1.1×	316	9.7k
Chih‐Cheng Lai Taiwan	44	4.7k 1.5×	1.3k 0.8×	2.9k 2.7×	1.3k 2.1×	491 0.8×	444	12.0k
Hung-Jen Tang Taiwan	29	2.4k 0.8×	578 0.4×	805 0.7×	626 1.0×	306 0.5×	68	5.9k
Esam I. Azhar Saudi Arabia	42	4.4k 1.4×	2.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	366 0.6×	485 0.8×	357	9.5k
Norio Ohmagari Japan	39	3.7k 1.2×	837 0.5×	1.5k 1.4×	671 1.0×	287 0.5×	509	7.3k
Charles W. Stratton United States	43	3.9k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	2.2k 2.1×	613 0.9×	380 0.6×	260	8.9k
André Charlett United Kingdom	51	3.3k 1.0×	718 0.5×	2.6k 2.4×	820 1.3×	349 0.6×	275	9.7k
Patrizio Pezzotti Italy	54	4.8k 1.5×	809 0.5×	3.3k 3.1×	390 0.6×	377 0.6×	289	10.6k
David Chien Lye Singapore	54	5.5k 1.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	736 1.1×	548 0.9×	314	9.5k
Hanan H. Balkhy Saudi Arabia	43	3.6k 1.2×	583 0.4×	1.7k 1.6×	895 1.4×	270 0.4×	154	8.0k

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Dhawan, Manish, et al.. (2025). The comprehensive insights into the B-cells-mediated immune response against COVID-19 infection amid the ongoing evolution of SARS-CoV-2. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 185. 117936–117936.

Imran, Mohd, Abida Khan, Muhammad Irfan Siddique, et al.. (2024). Beyond the genome: MALAT1's role in advancing urologic cancer care. Pathology - Research and Practice. 256. 155226–155226. 2 indexed citations

Nayak, Arpan Kumar, et al.. (2024). Smart Micro- and Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery. 2 indexed citations

Behera, Ajit, Arpan Kumar Nayak, Ranjan K. Mohapatra, & Ali A. Rabaan. (2024). Smart Micro- and Nanomaterials for Pharmaceutical Applications. 3 indexed citations

Padhi, Bijaya Kumar, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Shilpa Gaidhane, et al.. (2023). Association of cardiovascular disease with severe dengue: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Current Problems in Cardiology. 49(2). 102346–102346. 3 indexed citations

Rabaan, Ali A., Amal H. Alfaraj, Amer Alshengeti, et al.. (2023). Antibodies to Combat Fungal Infections: Development Strategies and Progress. Microorganisms. 11(3). 671–671. 10 indexed citations

Tallei, Trina Ekawati, Fatimawali Fatimawali, İsmail Çeli̇k, et al.. (2022). 4’-fluorouridine and its derivatives as potential COVID-19 oral drugs: a review. F1000Research. 11. 410–410. 2 indexed citations

Rabaan, Ali A., Saad Alhumaid, Hawra Albayat, et al.. (2022). Promising Antimycobacterial Activities of Flavonoids against Mycobacterium sp. Drug Targets: A Comprehensive Review. Molecules. 27(16). 5335–5335. 16 indexed citations

Rabie, Ahmed, et al.. (2022). Recurrent malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the scalp: a case report and literature review. Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine. 56(2). 103–108. 4 indexed citations

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Rabaan, Ali A., Muhammed A. Bakhrebah, Majed S. Nassar, et al.. (2022). Suspected Adenovirus Causing an Emerging HEPATITIS among Children below 10 Years: A Review. Pathogens. 11(7). 712–712. 11 indexed citations

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Imran, Mohd, Mandeep Kumar Arora, Anurag Chaudhary, et al.. (2022). MmpL3 Inhibition as a Promising Approach to Develop Novel Therapies against Tuberculosis: A Spotlight on SQ109, Clinical Studies, and Patents Literature. Biomedicines. 10(11). 2793–2793. 20 indexed citations

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Rabaan, Ali A., et al.. (2021). An evaluation of toxigenic Clostridioides difficile positivity as a patient outcome metric of antimicrobial stewardship in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Infection Prevention. 22(5). 231–236. 3 indexed citations

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Koritala, Thoyaja, Vishwanath Pattan, Raghavendra Tirupathi, et al.. (2021). Infection risk with the use of interleukin inhibitors in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: A narrative review. Infezioni in Medicina. 29(4). 495–503. 15 indexed citations

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Koritala, Thoyaja, Raghavendra Tirupathi, Ali A. Rabaan, et al.. (2021). A narrative review of emergency use authorization versus full FDA approval and its effect on COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy. Infezioni in Medicina. 29(3). 339–344. 30 indexed citations

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Syahrul, Syahrul, Helnida Anggun Maliga, Muhammad Ilmawan, et al.. (2021). Hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke in patients with coronavirus disease 2019: incidence, risk factors, and pathogenesis - a systematic review and meta-analysis. F1000Research. 10. 34–34. 36 indexed citations

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Fahriani, Marhami, Sukamto S. Mamada, Jonny Karunia Fajar, et al.. (2021). Anosmia and dysgeusia in SARS-CoV-2 infection: incidence and effects on COVID-19 severity and mortality, and the possible pathobiology mechanisms - a systematic review and meta-analysis. F1000Research. 10. 40–40. 79 indexed citations

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Arteaga‐Livias, Kovy, et al.. (2021). A multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in a Peruvian hospital: Another threat from the COVID-19 pandemic. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 43(2). 267–268. 33 indexed citations

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Maguiña, Jorge L., et al.. (2021). Blastocystis species and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Peruvian Adults Attended in a Public Hospital. Infection and Chemotherapy. 53(2). 374–374. 5 indexed citations

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Singh, Ramesh, Meenu Rani, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, et al.. (2020). Prediction of the COVID-19 Pandemic for the Top 15 Affected Countries: Advanced Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) Model. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 6(2). e19115–e19115. 145 indexed citations

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Rabaan, Ali A., Shamsah H. Al-Ahmed, Ranjit Sah, et al.. (2020). SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and Advances in Developing Potential Therapeutics and Vaccines to Counter this Emerging Pandemic Virus – A Review. Preprints.org. 15 indexed citations

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