Ali H. Mokdad

399.4k total citations · 19 hit papers
490 papers, 52.4k citations indexed

About

Ali H. Mokdad is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ali H. Mokdad has authored 490 papers receiving a total of 52.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 132 papers in General Health Professions and 98 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ali H. Mokdad's work include Health disparities and outcomes (73 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (67 papers) and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (45 papers). Ali H. Mokdad is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (73 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (67 papers) and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (45 papers). Ali H. Mokdad collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and Australia. Ali H. Mokdad's co-authors include Earl S. Ford, Tara W. Strine, Wayne H. Giles, James S. Marks, William H. Dietz, Barbara A. Bowman, Joyce T. Berry, Frank Vinicor, Kurt Kroenke and Chaoyang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Ali H. Mokdad

474 papers receiving 50.0k citations

Hit Papers

Prevalence of Obesity, Diabetes, and Obesity-Related Heal... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2003 2004 2008 2001 1999 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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.

  1. Prevalence of Obesity, Diabetes, and Obesity-Related Health Risk Factors, 2001
    2003 4.5k citations Ali H. Mokdad et al. profile →
  2. Actual Causes of Death in the United States, 2000
    2004 4.1k citations Ali H. Mokdad profile →
  3. The PHQ-8 as a measure of current depression in the general population
    2008 3.6k citations Tara W. Strine, Joyce T. Berry et al. profile →
  4. The Continuing Epidemics of Obesity and Diabetes in the United States
    2001 2.1k citations Ali H. Mokdad profile →
  5. The Spread of the Obesity Epidemic in the United States, 1991-1998
    1999 1.8k citations Ali H. Mokdad profile →
  6. Increasing Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among U.S. Adults
    2004 1.2k citations Ali H. Mokdad et al. profile →
  7. State of Disparities in Cardiovascular Health in the United States
    2005 971 citations George A. Mensah, Ali H. Mokdad et al. profile →
  8. Diabetes trends in the U.S.: 1990-1998.
    2000 846 citations Ali H. Mokdad et al. profile →
  9. Liver cirrhosis mortality in 187 countries between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis
    2014 845 citations Ali H. Mokdad et al. profile →
  10. Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease study highlights the global, regional, and national trends of chronic kidney disease epidemiology from 1990 to 2016
    2018 815 citations Ali H. Mokdad et al. profile →
  11. Binge Drinking Among US Adults
    2003 814 citations Timothy S. Naimi, Ali H. Mokdad et al. profile →
  12. The spread of the obesity epidemic in the United States
    1999 784 citations Ali H. Mokdad et al. profile →
  13. Global, regional, and national burden of multiple sclerosis 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
    2019 741 citations Ali H. Mokdad et al. profile →
  14. Global, Regional, and National Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease, 1990–2015
    2017 705 citations George A. Mensah, Ali H. Mokdad et al. profile →
  15. The Evolving Diabetes Burden in the United States
    2004 529 citations Jinan Saaddine, Ali H. Mokdad et al. profile →
  16. Trends and Patterns of Disparities in Cancer Mortality Among US Counties, 1980-2014
    2017 302 citations Ali H. Mokdad, Laura Dwyer‐Lindgren et al. profile →
  17. Inequalities in Life Expectancy Among US Counties, 1980 to 2014
    2017 278 citations Laura Dwyer‐Lindgren, Ali H. Mokdad et al. profile →
  18. Adolescence and the next generation
    2018 226 citations George Patton, Ali H. Mokdad et al. profile →
  19. Cause-specific mortality by county, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000–19: a systematic analysis of health disparities
    2023 52 citations Laura Dwyer‐Lindgren, Yekaterina O. Kelly et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers

Ali H. Mokdad
Alan D López Australia
Earl S. Ford United States
Jonathan A C Sterne United Kingdom
Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom
Margaret D. Carroll United States
L.M. Bouter Netherlands
Erik von Elm Switzerland
Robert B. Wallace United States
Kenneth F. Schulz United States
Jean Woo Hong Kong
Alan D López Australia
Ali H. Mokdad
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ali H. Mokdad

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ali H. Mokdad. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ali H. Mokdad 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 H. Mokdad. Ali H. Mokdad is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mokdad, Ali H., et al.. (2025). Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy: Insights and Improvement Strategies Drawn from a Multi-Study Review. Vaccines. 13(10). 1003–1003. 1 indexed citations
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Nassereldine, Hasan, Kelly Compton, Zhuochen Li, et al.. (2024). The burden of cirrhosis mortality by county, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000–19: a systematic analysis of health disparities. The Lancet Public Health. 9(8). e551–e563. 6 indexed citations
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Mohtasham‐Amiri, Zahra, Parnian Shobeiri, Mohammad‐Reza Malekpour, et al.. (2023). Burden of autism spectrum disorders in North Africa and Middle East from 1990 to 2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Brain and Behavior. 13(7). e3067–e3067. 13 indexed citations
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Ríos-Zertuche, Diego, Casey K. Johanns, Bernardo Hernández, et al.. (2021). Performance of passive case detection for malaria surveillance: results from nine countries in Mesoamerica and the Dominican Republic. Malaria Journal. 20(1). 208–208. 1 indexed citations
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Mokdad, Ali H., et al.. (2020). Differences in Re-excision Rates for Breast-Conserving Surgery Using Intraoperative 2D Versus 3D Tomosynthesis Specimen Radiograph. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 27(12). 4767–4776. 12 indexed citations
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Moltafet, Mohammad, Paeiz Azmi, Mohammad Reza Javan, Nader Mokari, & Ali H. Mokdad. (2019). Optimal radio resource allocation to achieve a low BER in PD‐NOMA–based heterogeneous cellular networks. Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies. 30(5). 6 indexed citations
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Jensen, Paul N., Tran Quoc Bao, Susan R. Heckbert, et al.. (2018). The association of estimated salt intake with blood pressure in a Viet Nam national survey. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0191437–e0191437. 19 indexed citations
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Ríos-Zertuche, Diego, Paola Zúñiga-Brenes, Erin B. Palmisano, et al.. (2018). Methods to measure quality of care and quality indicators through health facility surveys in low- and middle-income countries. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 31(3). 183–190. 15 indexed citations
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Mokdad, Ali H., Erin B. Palmisano, Paola Zúñiga-Brenes, et al.. (2018). Supply-side interventions to improve health: Findings from the Salud Mesoamérica Initiative. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0195292–e0195292. 7 indexed citations
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Dansereau, Emily, Alexandra Schaefer, Bernardo Hernández, et al.. (2017). Perceptions of and barriers to family planning services in the poorest regions of Chiapas, Mexico: a qualitative study of men, women, and adolescents. Reproductive Health. 14(1). 129–129. 37 indexed citations
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Ríos-Zertuche, Diego, et al.. (2016). Alcohol abuse and other factors associated with risky sexual behaviors among adolescent students from the poorest areas in Costa Rica. International Journal of Public Health. 62(2). 271–282. 9 indexed citations
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Simões, Eduardo J., Juan José Cortez-Escalante, Déborah Carvalho Malta, et al.. (2015). A priority health index identifies the top six priority risk and related factors for non-communicable diseases in Brazilian cities. BMC Public Health. 15(1). 443–443. 12 indexed citations
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Patton, George, Carolyn Coffey, Claudia Cappa, et al.. (2012). Adolescent Health 4 Health of the world's adolescents: a synthesis of internationally comparable data. The Lancet. 379(9826). 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xinzhi, Jennifer Kahende, Amy Z. Fan, et al.. (2011). Peer Reviewed: Smoking and Visual Impairment Among Older Adults With Age-Related Eye Diseases. Preventing Chronic Disease. 8(4). 4 indexed citations
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Pearson, William S., et al.. (2009). Relationships between serious psychological distress and the use of health services in the United States: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. International Journal of Public Health. 54(S1). 23–29. 37 indexed citations
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Fan, Amy Z., Marcia Russell, Timothy S. Naimi, et al.. (2008). Patterns of Alcohol Consumption and the Metabolic Syndrome. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 93(10). 3833–3838. 108 indexed citations
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Jumaan, Aisha O., et al.. (1999). Beta-Carotene Intake and Risk of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer. Epidemiology. 10(1). 49–53. 59 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Michael, T. Byers, David S. Freedman, & Ali H. Mokdad. (1998). Validity of Self-reported Diagnoses Leading to Hospitalization: A Comparison of Self-reports with Hospital Records in a Prospective Study of American Adults. American Journal of Epidemiology. 147(10). 969–977. 318 indexed citations
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Kahn, James G., et al.. (1995). Avoiding missed opportunities for immunization in the Central African Republic: potential impact on vaccination coverage.. PubMed. 73(1). 47–55. 21 indexed citations
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Byers, T., Elaine W. Gunter, Ralph J. Coates, et al.. (1993). The accuracy of parental reports of their children's intake of fruits and vegetables: validation of a food frequency questionnaire with serum levels of carotenoids and vitamins C, A, and E.. PubMed. 4(4). 350–5. 78 indexed citations

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