Ali Abbas

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 971 citations indexed

About

Ali Abbas is a scholar working on Transportation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ali Abbas has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 971 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Transportation, 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 4 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Ali Abbas's work include Urban Transport and Accessibility (7 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (4 papers). Ali Abbas is often cited by papers focused on Urban Transport and Accessibility (7 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (4 papers). Ali Abbas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Brazil. Ali Abbas's co-authors include James Woodcock, Leandro García, Alexander Mok, Paul Kelly, Yvonne Laird, Matthew Pearce, Andrea Smith, Rajna Golubić, Tessa Strain and Søren Brage and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS Medicine, Environment International and British Journal of Sports Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ali Abbas

16 papers receiving 959 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Association Between Physical Activity and Risk of Depression

2022 621 citations Matthew Pearce, Leandro García et al. JAMA Psychiatry profile →
Non-occupational physical activity and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and mortality outcomes: a dose–response meta-analysis of large prospective studies

2023 113 citations Leandro García, Matthew Pearce et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ali Abbas United Kingdom	9	323	197	192	184	137	17	971
Jennifer L. Gay United States	18	393 1.2×	123 0.6×	337 1.8×	117 0.6×	189 1.4×	76	1.3k
George Mammen Canada	10	456 1.4×	312 1.6×	372 1.9×	316 1.7×	207 1.5×	11	1.3k
Jonathan Kurka United States	14	336 1.0×	112 0.6×	371 1.9×	252 1.4×	154 1.1×	22	865
Ka Long Chan Hong Kong	9	306 0.9×	110 0.6×	230 1.2×	58 0.3×	110 0.8×	17	779
Kabir P. Sadarangani Chile	19	413 1.3×	240 1.2×	380 2.0×	63 0.3×	246 1.8×	66	1.0k
Alexander Mok United Kingdom	8	499 1.5×	214 1.1×	282 1.5×	38 0.2×	192 1.4×	11	1.0k
Richard Patterson United Kingdom	9	737 2.3×	106 0.5×	503 2.6×	206 1.1×	278 2.0×	19	1.2k
Akitomo Yasunaga Japan	24	570 1.8×	62 0.3×	322 1.7×	300 1.6×	129 0.9×	55	1.4k
Kari Tokola Finland	23	572 1.8×	93 0.5×	370 1.9×	60 0.3×	255 1.9×	75	1.6k
David Hupin France	14	514 1.6×	167 0.8×	181 0.9×	42 0.2×	156 1.1×	66	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ali Abbas

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ali Abbas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ali Abbas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ali Abbas based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ali Abbas. Ali Abbas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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17 of 17 papers shown

Williams, Andrew James, Ali Abbas, Stephen J. Sharp, et al.. (2024). Effect of 20 mph speed limits on traffic injuries in Edinburgh, UK: a natural experiment and modelling study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 78(7). 437–443. 2 indexed citations

García, Leandro, Matthew Pearce, Ali Abbas, et al.. (2023). Non-occupational physical activity and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and mortality outcomes: a dose–response meta-analysis of large prospective studies. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 57(15). 979–989. 113 indexed citations breakdown →

Zapata-Diomedi, Belén, Alan Both, Ali Abbas, et al.. (2023). Shifting car travel to active modes to improve population health and achieve transport goals: A simulation study. Journal of Transport & Health. 31. 101628–101628. 4 indexed citations

Pearce, Matthew, Leandro García, Ali Abbas, et al.. (2022). Association Between Physical Activity and Risk of Depression. JAMA Psychiatry. 79(6). 550–550. 621 indexed citations breakdown →

Khreis, Haneen, Veronica Phillips, Ali Abbas, et al.. (2022). Impact of long-term air pollution exposure on incidence of neurodegenerative diseases: A protocol for a systematic review and exposure-response meta-analysis. Environment International. 170. 107596–107596. 22 indexed citations

García, Leandro, Rob Johnson, Ali Abbas, et al.. (2021). Health impacts of changes in travel patterns in Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana. Environment International. 155. 106680–106680. 21 indexed citations

Williams, Antony, et al.. (2020). OP90 An evaluation of the impact of the 20mph speed limits in the City of Edinburgh on road traffic casualty and collision rates. Oral Presentations. A42.1–A42. 2 indexed citations

Goodman, Anna, et al.. (2019). Scenarios of cycling to school in England, and associated health and carbon impacts: Application of the ‘Propensity to Cycle Tool’. Journal of Transport & Health. 12. 263–278. 26 indexed citations

Woodcock, James, Ali Abbas, Marko Tainio, et al.. (2018). Development of the Impacts of Cycling Tool (ICT): A modelling study and web tool for evaluating health and environmental impacts of cycling uptake. PLoS Medicine. 15(7). e1002622–e1002622. 30 indexed citations

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Lovelace, Robin, et al.. (2017). The propensity to cycle tool: An open source online system for sustainable transport planning. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 96 indexed citations

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Gupta, Umesh Datta, et al.. (2016). Murine model of TB meningitis. International Journal of Mycobacteriology. 5. S178–S178.

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Abbas, Ali. (2014). Determinants of women’s labour supply in Bangladesh and Pakistan. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Abbas, Ali. (2013). Homophily, popularity and randomness: modelling growth of online social network. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 135–142. 2 indexed citations

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Abbas, Ali. (2013). An agent-based model of the development of friendship links within Facebook. Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory. 19(2). 232–252. 6 indexed citations

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Abbas, Ali, et al.. (2010). Traumatic testicular injury: a fracture not to miss!. Emergency Medicine Journal. 28(9). 820–820. 1 indexed citations

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Abbas, Ali, Johan Pouwelse, Dick Epema, & Henk Sips. (2009). A Gossip-Based Distributed Social Networking System. TU/e Research Portal. 93–98. 14 indexed citations

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Abbas, Ali & Guy N. Rutty. (2005). Ear Piercing Affects Earprints: The Role of Ear Piercing in Human Identification. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 50(2). JFS2003374–7. 10 indexed citations

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