Azam Bazrafshan

636 total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 419 citations indexed

About

Azam Bazrafshan is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Azam Bazrafshan has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 419 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 8 papers in Surgery and 8 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Azam Bazrafshan's work include scientometrics and bibliometrics research (6 papers), Innovations in Medical Education (5 papers) and Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research (5 papers). Azam Bazrafshan is often cited by papers focused on scientometrics and bibliometrics research (6 papers), Innovations in Medical Education (5 papers) and Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research (5 papers). Azam Bazrafshan collaborates with scholars based in Iran, Canada and France. Azam Bazrafshan's co-authors include Morteza Zare, Hamid Sharifi, Mohammad Karamouzian, Naser Nasiri, Atefeh Noori, Ali Sharifi, Seyed Mohammad Mazloomi, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Samane Rahmdel and Armita Shahesmaeili and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Azam Bazrafshan

42 papers receiving 413 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.

Ocular Manifestations of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2021 119 citations Hamid Sharifi, Azam Bazrafshan et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Azam Bazrafshan Iran	12	108	62	55	48	44	46	419
Rosana Cipolotti Brazil	16	39 0.4×	53 0.9×	98 1.8×	31 0.6×	52 1.2×	72	703
Ali Al-Hazmi Saudi Arabia	10	90 0.8×	16 0.3×	66 1.2×	54 1.1×	15 0.3×	33	415
Nismat Javed United States	11	15 0.1×	58 0.9×	33 0.6×	99 2.1×	35 0.8×	81	485
Aditi Gupta India	11	258 2.4×	39 0.6×	77 1.4×	43 0.9×	14 0.3×	40	614
Antonio Oliva Italy	10	16 0.1×	26 0.4×	29 0.5×	30 0.6×	26 0.6×	39	327
Tengyue Zhang China	8	28 0.3×	12 0.2×	41 0.7×	27 0.6×	41 0.9×	24	343
Edward A. Michelson United States	11	15 0.1×	27 0.4×	29 0.5×	11 0.2×	31 0.7×	24	407
Bruce Goldner United States	15	39 0.4×	106 1.7×	15 0.3×	217 4.5×	47 1.1×	42	1.0k
Lina Titievsky United States	10	26 0.2×	10 0.2×	50 0.9×	27 0.6×	30 0.7×	17	338
Xiao Chi Zhang United States	13	70 0.6×	10 0.2×	135 2.5×	5 0.1×	29 0.7×	65	521

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Farokhzadian, Jamileh, et al.. (2025). Comparison of intention to immigration and relative factors among undergraduate nursing students at universities of medical sciences in Kerman, Iran and Erbil, Iraq in 2023. BMC Nursing. 24(1). 650–650.

Bazrafshan, Azam, et al.. (2023). Health risk communication and infodemic management in Iran: development and validation of a conceptual framework. BMJ Open. 13(7). e072326–e072326. 2 indexed citations

Mirzaee, Moghaddameh, et al.. (2022). Prevalence of Bladder Cancer in the Kerman Province, Southeastern Iran, using the Complete Prevalence Method. 11(3). 180–186. 1 indexed citations

Pakmanesh, Hamid, Nathalie Forey, Elisabete Weiderpass, et al.. (2022). TERT Promoter Mutations as Simple and Non-Invasive Urinary Biomarkers for the Detection of Urothelial Bladder Cancer in a High-Risk Region. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(22). 14319–14319. 10 indexed citations

Afrashteh, Sima, et al.. (2022). Prevalence of Violence in Iranian Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 26(10). 1983–2019.

Tavakoli, Fatemeh, et al.. (2021). Condomless Sex With Partners and Clients Among Female Sex Workers in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 33(1). 63–77. 4 indexed citations

Shahesmaeili, Armita, et al.. (2018). Cancer Incidence in Kerman Province, Southeast of Iran: Report of an ongoing Population-Based Cancer Registry, 2014. PubMed. 19(6). 1533–1541. 18 indexed citations

Iranpour, Abedin, et al.. (2017). Bibliometric and Content Analysis of Scientific Outputs Relevant to Health Education and Promotion in Iran during 1998-2011. Research Information System of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences (Ardabil University of Medical Sciences). 6(2). 144–153. 1 indexed citations

Mazhari, Shahrzad, et al.. (2017). Chlorpromazine versus clotiapine for schizophrenia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2017(4). CD011810–CD011810. 13 indexed citations

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Haghdoost, Ali Akbar, et al.. (2016). Factors Affecting Undergraduate Students’ Academic Failure in Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran; A Case-Control Study. 13(5). 505–514. 1 indexed citations

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Ghafouri, Hamed Basir, et al.. (2016). Azithromycin versus Cephalexin for Simple Traumatic Wounds in the Emergency Department: A Randomised Trial. Global Journal of Health Science. 8(10). 185–185. 1 indexed citations

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Bazrafshan, Azam, et al.. (2015). A Practical Framework for Evaluating Health Services Management Educational Program: The Application of The Mixed-Method Sequential Explanatory Design. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 47–54. 4 indexed citations

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Mostafavi, Ehsan & Azam Bazrafshan. (2014). Research and Collaboration Overview of Institut Pasteur International Network: A Bibliometric Approach Toward Research Funding Decisions. Research Information System of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences (Ardabil University of Medical Sciences). 1 indexed citations

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Beigzadeh, Amin, et al.. (2014). Challenges of the Bachelor Program of Health Services Management: A Qualitative Study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations

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Mostafavi, Ehsan & Azam Bazrafshan. (2014). Research and collaboration overview of Institut Pasteur International Network: a bibliometric approach toward research funding decisions. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2(1). 21–28. 3 indexed citations

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Esmaeili, Morteza, et al.. (2013). Personal and Scientific Characteristics of Positive and Negative Role Models among Medical Educators from the Viewpoint of Dentistry and Pharmacy Students in Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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Gohari, Mahmood Reza, et al.. (2012). Analysis Of Medical Sciences Articles Structure Quality During 2002-2008. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Beigzadeh, Amin, et al.. (2012). Perceptions of Students and Clinical Instructors of Academic Learning Environments at Yazd University of Medical Sciences. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 65–70. 6 indexed citations

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Haghdoost, Ali Akbar, et al.. (2011). The Experience of Students in Medical Sciences In Their Studies Abroad In Recent Years.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 49–57. 3 indexed citations

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Bazrafshan, Azam & Ehsan Mostafavi. (2011). A Scientometric Overview of 36 Years of Scientific Productivity by Pasteur Institute of Iran in ISI SCIE. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11 indexed citations

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