Barrak Alahmad

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Barrak Alahmad is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Barrak Alahmad has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 19 papers in General Health Professions and 11 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Barrak Alahmad's work include Climate Change and Health Impacts (39 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (29 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (16 papers). Barrak Alahmad is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change and Health Impacts (39 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (29 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (16 papers). Barrak Alahmad collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kuwait and Canada. Barrak Alahmad's co-authors include Petros Koutrakis, Haitham Khraishah, Ali Al-Hemoud, Isabella Annesi‐Maesano, Cara Nichole Maesano, Marie‐Abèle Bind, Thomas Bourdrel, Mary A. Fox, Fahd Al‐Mulla and Janvier Gasana and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nature Reviews Genetics and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Barrak Alahmad

57 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Climate change and cardiovascular disease: implications for global health

2022 180 citations Haitham Khraishah, Barrak Alahmad et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barrak Alahmad United States	17	668	192	175	172	153	65	1.2k
Chris Fook Sheng Ng Japan	24	876 1.3×	141 0.7×	194 1.1×	147 0.9×	110 0.7×	93	1.4k
Guanhao He China	17	572 0.9×	219 1.1×	61 0.3×	219 1.3×	102 0.7×	83	1.1k
Matteo Scortichini Italy	15	1.0k 1.5×	156 0.8×	243 1.4×	328 1.9×	73 0.5×	27	1.3k
Michele Carugno Italy	22	804 1.2×	87 0.5×	132 0.8×	134 0.8×	108 0.7×	61	1.9k
Robbie M. Parks United States	14	484 0.7×	128 0.7×	200 1.1×	62 0.4×	93 0.6×	41	971
Junzhe Bao China	26	1.2k 1.8×	132 0.7×	296 1.7×	236 1.4×	68 0.4×	60	1.7k
Giada Minelli Italy	18	567 0.8×	81 0.4×	260 1.5×	157 0.9×	218 1.4×	71	1.5k
Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coêlho Brazil	22	936 1.4×	176 0.9×	267 1.5×	115 0.7×	79 0.5×	47	1.2k
A. Kofi Amegah Ghana	20	762 1.1×	149 0.8×	108 0.6×	201 1.2×	54 0.4×	49	1.4k
Chit Ming Wong Hong Kong	25	721 1.1×	59 0.3×	203 1.2×	154 0.9×	135 0.9×	50	1.7k

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Peters, Susan E., et al.. (2026). Healthy Work, Healthy Heart? The Role of Job Characteristics in Promoting Heart Health. Cardiology Clinics. 44(2). 179–191.

Ebrahim, Shahul H., et al.. (2025). Game on: public health readiness for upcoming FIFA world cups. Journal of Travel Medicine. 32(7).

Alahmad, Barrak, et al.. (2025). A nationwide analysis of heat and workplace injuries in the United States. Environmental Health. 24(1). 65–65.

Al-Dousari, Ali, Hanan Al‐Khalaifah, Barrak Alahmad, et al.. (2025). Integrating Health and Economic Perspectives: A Comprehensive Review of Dust Mitigation Policies. Earth Systems and Environment. 1 indexed citations

Alahmad, Barrak, Ernani F. Choma, Basem Al‐Omari, et al.. (2024). From silos to synergy: a consortium approach to air pollution and public health in Abu Dhabi. Global Health Research and Policy. 9(1). 41–41. 1 indexed citations

Alahmad, Barrak, et al.. (2024). Combined impact of heat and dust on diabetes hospitalization in Kuwait. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 12(4). e004320–e004320. 4 indexed citations

Makar, Amin, Ali Al-Hemoud, Haitham Khraishah, Jacob A. Berry, & Barrak Alahmad. (2024). A Review of the Links Between Work and Heart Disease in the 21st Century. Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal. 20(5). 71–80. 3 indexed citations

Al‐Delaimy, Wael K., et al.. (2024). A 19-year analysis of hot and cold temperature burdens on mortality in Amman, Jordan. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175624–175624. 1 indexed citations

Alahmad, Barrak, Ernani F. Choma, Ali Al-Hemoud, et al.. (2023). Acute exposure to total and source-specific ambient fine particulate matter and risk of respiratory disease hospitalization in Kuwait. Environmental Research. 237(Pt 2). 117070–117070. 9 indexed citations

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Réquia, Weeberb J., Barrak Alahmad, & Petros Koutrakis. (2023). Short-term exposure to sulfur dioxide and daily mortality in Brazil: A nationwide time-series study between 2003–2017. Chemosphere. 343. 140259–140259. 1 indexed citations

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Alahmad, Barrak, et al.. (2023). Connections Between Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Cardiovascular Health. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 39(9). 1182–1190. 55 indexed citations

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Khraishah, Haitham, et al.. (2023). Heat and the Heart. The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 96(2). 197–203. 34 indexed citations

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Maleki, Afshin, et al.. (2023). Seasonal variation of Covid-19 incidence and role of land surface and air temperatures: a case study in the west of Iran. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 34(3). 1342–1354. 1 indexed citations

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Ali, Yaseen, Barrak Alahmad, Abdullah A. Al‐Shammari, et al.. (2021). Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients with diabetes mellitus in Kuwait. Heliyon. 7(4). e06706–e06706. 20 indexed citations

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Vieira, Carolina L. Zilli, Eric Garshick, Barrak Alahmad, et al.. (2021). Associations between solar and geomagnetic activity and peripheral white blood cells in the Normative Aging Study. Environmental Research. 204(Pt B). 112066–112066. 7 indexed citations

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Al‐Shammari, Abdullah A., Hamad Ali, Barrak Alahmad, et al.. (2021). The Impact of Strict Public Health Measures on COVID-19 Transmission in Developing Countries: The Case of Kuwait. Frontiers in Public Health. 9. 757419–757419. 4 indexed citations

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Bourdrel, Thomas, Isabella Annesi‐Maesano, Barrak Alahmad, Cara Nichole Maesano, & Marie‐Abèle Bind. (2021). The impact of outdoor air pollution on COVID-19: a review of evidence fromin vitro, animal, and human studies. European Respiratory Review. 30(159). 200242–200242. 155 indexed citations

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Alahmad, Barrak, Ali Al-Hemoud, Choong‐Min Kang, et al.. (2021). A two-year assessment of particulate air pollution and sources in Kuwait. Environmental Pollution. 282. 117016–117016. 36 indexed citations

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Alahmad, Barrak, Abdullah A. Al‐Shammari, Abdullah Bennakhi, Fahd Al‐Mulla, & Hamad Ali. (2020). Fasting Blood Glucose and COVID-19 Severity: Nonlinearity Matters. Diabetes Care. 43(12). 3113–3116. 34 indexed citations

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Alahmad, Barrak, et al.. (2019). The effects of temperature on short-term mortality risk in Kuwait: A time-series analysis. Environmental Research. 171. 278–284. 35 indexed citations

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