Ali Zafar

1.0k total citations
31 papers, 590 citations indexed

About

Ali Zafar is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Ali Zafar has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 590 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in General Health Professions, 7 papers in Clinical Psychology and 7 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Ali Zafar's work include COVID-19 and Mental Health (6 papers), International Development and Aid (4 papers) and Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (3 papers). Ali Zafar is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 and Mental Health (6 papers), International Development and Aid (4 papers) and Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (3 papers). Ali Zafar collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Ali Zafar's co-authors include Jobst‐Hendrik Schultz, Gwendolyn Mayer, Svenja Hummel, Junfeng Du, Nadine Gronewold, Óscar Ribeiro, Vincenza Frisardi, Steffi Weidt, Raquel Losada and Alexandra König and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Medical Internet Research.

In The Last Decade

Ali Zafar

28 papers receiving 515 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ali Zafar Germany 11 183 170 152 142 113 31 590
Huiyun Feng Australia 12 134 0.7× 81 0.5× 63 0.4× 34 0.2× 75 0.7× 37 623
Siddharth Chandra United States 18 18 0.1× 36 0.2× 89 0.6× 45 0.3× 156 1.4× 65 854
Simon Wigley Türkiye 11 29 0.2× 15 0.1× 150 1.0× 41 0.3× 102 0.9× 24 463
Ravi Batra United States 11 4 0.0× 355 2.1× 232 1.5× 111 0.8× 186 1.6× 45 710
Gina Yannitell Reinhardt United Kingdom 12 73 0.4× 28 0.2× 81 0.5× 5 0.0× 49 0.4× 28 469
Carmen Meneses Falcón Spain 11 25 0.1× 157 0.9× 99 0.7× 7 0.0× 48 0.4× 76 686
Elena S. Rotarou Chile 15 13 0.1× 63 0.4× 186 1.2× 6 0.0× 75 0.7× 31 656
Ahmed Skali Australia 7 8 0.0× 60 0.4× 35 0.2× 15 0.1× 111 1.0× 16 300
Umakrishnan Kollamparambil South Africa 13 6 0.0× 155 0.9× 168 1.1× 10 0.1× 214 1.9× 49 655
Peter Walker United States 15 38 0.2× 56 0.3× 116 0.8× 11 0.1× 18 0.2× 58 561

Countries citing papers authored by Ali Zafar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ali Zafar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ali Zafar

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

All Works

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Schuster, Tobias, Katharina M. Steiner, Katja Koelkebeck, et al.. (2025). Game-based learning in undergraduate medical education: evaluation of an interdisciplinary escape room. BMC Medical Education. 25(1). 1606–1606. 1 indexed citations
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Piccinni, Armando, Ali Zafar, Gwendolyn Mayer, et al.. (2024). COVID-19 prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation: a scoping review of key concepts for future pandemic preparedness. Journal of Public Health. 34(3). 571–583.
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Mayer, Gwendolyn, et al.. (2023). Individualisation, personalisation and person-centredness in mental healthcare: a scoping review of concepts and linguistic network visualisation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 26(1). e300831–e300831. 2 indexed citations
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Hummel, Svenja, Ali Zafar, Steffen Moritz, et al.. (2023). Unmet Psychosocial Needs of Health Care Professionals in Europe During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mixed Methods Approach. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 9. e45664–e45664. 3 indexed citations
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Zafar, Ali. (2023). Emerging Markets in a World of Chaos. 2 indexed citations
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Zafar, Ali, et al.. (2022). A Needs-Based Analysis of Teaching on Vaccinations and COVID-19 in German Medical Schools. Vaccines. 10(6). 975–975. 5 indexed citations
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Du, Junfeng, Gwendolyn Mayer, Svenja Hummel, et al.. (2022). Communication Skills (CS) training of physicians in China and its role in actual challenges of patient-physician relationship: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Medical Education. 22(1). 783–783. 10 indexed citations
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Zafar, Ali, et al.. (2021). Low cost mask (Niqab) to prevent COVID19 spread in Muslim countries. Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy. 12(1). 753–758. 2 indexed citations
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Sartorius, Norman, Afzal Javed, Allan Tasman, et al.. (2021). Training the trainers: Finding new educational opportunities in the virtual world. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry. 13(4). e12499–e12499. 2 indexed citations
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Zafar, Ali, Thomas Gargot, Mariana Pinto da Costa, et al.. (2021). Psychiatry training in 42 European countries: A comparative analysis. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 46. 68–82. 11 indexed citations
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Zafar, Ali, et al.. (2020). Analysis of risk communication teaching in psychosocial and other medical departments. Medical Education Online. 25(1). 1746014–1746014. 5 indexed citations
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Du, Junfeng, Gwendolyn Mayer, Svenja Hummel, et al.. (2020). Mental Health Burden in Different Professions During the Final Stage of the COVID-19 Lockdown in China: Cross-sectional Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(12). e24240–e24240. 90 indexed citations
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Hummel, Svenja, Junfeng Du, Raquel Losada, et al.. (2020). Mental Health Among Medical Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Eight European Countries: Cross-sectional Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(1). e24983–e24983. 120 indexed citations
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Zafar, Ali, et al.. (2020). Impact of an educational workshop on psychiatrists’ attitude towards psychosomatic medicine. BMC Psychiatry. 20(1). 6–6. 2 indexed citations
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Weidlich, Joshua, Ali Zafar, Michael S. Wolf, et al.. (2020). What and how are students taught about communicating risks to patients? Analysis of a medical curriculum. PLoS ONE. 15(5). e0233682–e0233682. 4 indexed citations
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Zafar, Ali, Anja Sander, Joshua Weidlich, et al.. (2019). Are we preparing future doctors to deal with emotionally challenging situations? Analysis of a medical curriculum. Patient Education and Counseling. 102(7). 1304–1312. 9 indexed citations
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Rawski, Thomas G., et al.. (2013). Tales from the Development Frontier: How China and Other Countries Harness Light Manufacturing to Create Jobs and Prosperity. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 12 indexed citations
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Zafar, Ali, et al.. (2012). Frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility of acinetobacter species isolated from blood samples of paediatric patients. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences. 28(3). 363–366. 2 indexed citations
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Zafar, Ali. (2007). The Growing Relationship Between China and Sub-Saharan Africa: Macroeconomic, Trade, Investment, and Aid Links. The World Bank Research Observer. 22(1). 103–130. 215 indexed citations
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Zafar, Ali. (2004). What Happens When a Country Does Not Adjust to Terms of Trade Shocks? The Case of Oil-Rich Gabon. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 7 indexed citations

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