Amir Attaran

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
119 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Amir Attaran is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Amir Attaran has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 43 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 21 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Amir Attaran's work include Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (38 papers), Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting (24 papers) and Intellectual Property and Patents (21 papers). Amir Attaran is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (38 papers), Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting (24 papers) and Intellectual Property and Patents (21 papers). Amir Attaran collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Amir Attaran's co-authors include Jeffrey D. Sachs, Kumanan Wilson, Lehana Thabane, Edward J. Mills, Iain Buchan, Wu Ping, James Orbinski, Gordon Guyatt, David R. Bangsberg and Beth Rachlis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Amir Attaran

108 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 200 400 600

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Amir Attaran Canada 22 1.1k 797 699 605 489 119 2.8k
Richard Laing United States 31 557 0.5× 771 1.0× 2.6k 3.7× 798 1.3× 487 1.0× 98 5.0k
Andy Gray South Africa 21 1.2k 1.1× 358 0.4× 610 0.9× 714 1.2× 934 1.9× 106 3.3k
Robert Steinbrook United States 36 323 0.3× 1.3k 1.6× 889 1.3× 1.2k 1.9× 399 0.8× 110 3.8k
Peter Lurie United States 29 707 0.7× 1.2k 1.5× 434 0.6× 719 1.2× 849 1.7× 117 3.1k
Francis Bajunirwe Uganda 30 1.2k 1.1× 936 1.2× 303 0.4× 1.0k 1.7× 782 1.6× 165 3.8k
Sylvester Kimaiyo United States 26 1.5k 1.4× 241 0.3× 266 0.4× 1.2k 2.0× 670 1.4× 54 2.8k
Peter Barron South Africa 26 766 0.7× 296 0.4× 402 0.6× 1.3k 2.2× 524 1.1× 68 2.7k
James Orbinski Canada 19 790 0.7× 391 0.5× 270 0.4× 447 0.7× 460 0.9× 78 2.1k
Stefano Bertozzi Mexico 36 1.8k 1.7× 351 0.4× 495 0.7× 1.2k 1.9× 1.7k 3.4× 134 3.9k
Dan Wu China 24 641 0.6× 239 0.3× 354 0.5× 608 1.0× 665 1.4× 223 2.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Attaran, Amir. (2016). Commentary: The Limits of Conscientious and Religious Objection to Physician-Assisted Dying after the Supreme Court's Decision in Carter v. Canada.. PubMed. 36(3). 86–98. 1 indexed citations
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Mackey, Tim K., Bryan A. Liang, Amir Attaran, & Jillian Clare Köhler. (2015). Ensuring the Future of Health Information Online. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Attaran, Amir, et al.. (2015). Solving the "Khadr Problem": Retention of Jurisdiction – A Comparative Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 34(2). 145–171. 1 indexed citations
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Petkovic, Jennifer, Vivian Welch, Erin Ueffing, et al.. (2015). Strategies to Increase the Ownership and Use of Insecticide‐Treated Bednets to Prevent Malaria. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 11(1). 1–127. 8 indexed citations
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Attaran, Amir & Jason Nickerson. (2012). The Inadequate Treatment of Pain: Collateral Damage from the War on Drugs. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Attaran, Amir. (2010). Why Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime Can Never Succeed. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Attaran, Amir & Roger Bate. (2010). A Counterfeit Drug Treaty: Great Idea, Wrong Implementation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Bate, Roger, et al.. (2009). Pilot Study of Essential Drug Quality in Two Major Cities in India. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Bate, Roger, et al.. (2009). Physical and Chemical Stability of Expired Fixed Dose Combination Artemether-Lumefantrine in Uncontrolled Tropical Conditions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Attaran, Amir. (2009). Take Your Medicine?: The Risk of Patient-Led Litigation in Canada's Medicine Access System. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Attaran, Amir, et al.. (2008). Corrections. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 179(1). 56–56. 1 indexed citations
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Attaran, Amir, et al.. (2008). Civil Liability in Canada's Courts for Torture Committed Abroad: The Unsatisfactory Interpretation of the State Immunity Act 1985 (Can). SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Attaran, Amir. (2008). HAVE CHARTER, WILL TRAVEL? EXTRATERRITORIALITY IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND CANADIAN EXCEPTIONALISM. SSRN Electronic Journal. 87(2).
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Attaran, Amir & Kumanan Wilson. (2007). A Legal and Epidemiological Justification for Federal Authority in Health Emergencies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Attaran, Amir. (2007). A Wobbly Balance? A Comparison of Proportionality Testing in Canada, the United States, the European Union and the World Trade Organization. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Attaran, Amir. (2005). Author's Reply. PLoS Medicine. 2(11). e405–e405. 3 indexed citations
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Attaran, Amir. (2004). How Do Patents and Economic Policies Affect Access to Essential Medicines in Developing Countries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Attaran, Amir & Brigitte Granville. (2003). Delivering essential medicines. 2 indexed citations
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Attaran, Amir, et al.. (2003). Declawing the Vulture Funds: Rehabilitation of a Comity Defense in Sovereign Debt Litigation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Attaran, Amir, et al.. (2002). Patent Rights and Local Working Under the WTO TRIPS Agreement: An Analysis of the U.S.-Brazil Patent Dispute. ˜The œYale journal of international law. 27(2). 5. 8 indexed citations

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