Bassim Zayed

3.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
12 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Bassim Zayed is a scholar working on Surgery, Infectious Diseases and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bassim Zayed has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Surgery, 3 papers in Infectious Diseases and 3 papers in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Bassim Zayed's work include Surgical site infection prevention (6 papers), Antibiotic Use and Resistance (3 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (2 papers). Bassim Zayed is often cited by papers focused on Surgical site infection prevention (6 papers), Antibiotic Use and Resistance (3 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (2 papers). Bassim Zayed collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Bassim Zayed's co-authors include Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet, P. Bischoff, Joseph S. Solomkin, Stijn W. de Jonge, Marja A. Boermeester, Matthias Egger, Jan Kluytmans, Nejla Zeynep Kubilay and Jianan Ren and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Lancet Infectious Diseases and Emerging infectious diseases.

In The Last Decade

Bassim Zayed

11 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Global Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Inf... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2016 2016 100 200 300 400 500
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. Global Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection
    2016 558 citations Benedetta Allegranzi, P. Bischoff et al. Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern profile →
  2. New WHO recommendations on preoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective
    2016 527 citations Benedetta Allegranzi, P. Bischoff et al. The Lancet Infectious Diseases profile →
  3. New WHO recommendations on intraoperative and postoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective
    2016 490 citations Benedetta Allegranzi, Bassim Zayed et al. The Lancet Infectious Diseases profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bassim Zayed Switzerland 8 1.2k 444 197 183 163 12 1.8k
Sherry Morgan United States 9 1.8k 1.5× 531 1.2× 239 1.2× 104 0.6× 228 1.4× 18 2.3k
George Allen United States 8 1.8k 1.4× 503 1.1× 240 1.2× 156 0.9× 267 1.6× 50 2.4k
Joan Blanchard United States 5 1.7k 1.4× 492 1.1× 233 1.2× 138 0.8× 221 1.4× 21 2.2k
Nejla Zeynep Kubilay United States 7 954 0.8× 363 0.8× 158 0.8× 107 0.6× 149 0.9× 11 1.3k
Sarah L. Gans Netherlands 15 1.4k 1.1× 465 1.0× 248 1.3× 98 0.5× 330 2.0× 29 1.9k
P. Bischoff Switzerland 16 1.3k 1.1× 455 1.0× 223 1.1× 257 1.4× 260 1.6× 50 2.4k
Cynthia T. Crosby United States 7 1.3k 1.0× 385 0.9× 187 0.9× 148 0.8× 124 0.8× 10 1.7k
Jane Briggs United States 6 1.4k 1.1× 490 1.1× 248 1.3× 561 3.1× 102 0.6× 9 2.2k
Kamal Itani United States 18 874 0.7× 325 0.7× 178 0.9× 460 2.5× 161 1.0× 40 2.0k
Linda Greene United States 13 1.1k 0.8× 381 0.9× 144 0.7× 231 1.3× 459 2.8× 35 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Bassim Zayed

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bassim Zayed

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bassim Zayed

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Shallal, Anita, et al.. (2023). Lessons from the field: Supporting infection prevention and control and antimicrobial stewardship in Amman, Jordan. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 16. 78–81. 2 indexed citations
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Ramadan, Mohannad, Yin Mo, Sami Sheikh Ali, et al.. (2022). Infection prevention and control risk factors in health workers infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Jordan: A case control study. PLoS ONE. 17(7). e0271133–e0271133. 2 indexed citations
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Talaat, Maha, et al.. (2022). Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance in World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2017–2019. Emerging infectious diseases. 28(4). 717–724. 31 indexed citations
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Tartari, Ermira, Sara Tomczyk, Daniela Pires, et al.. (2020). Implementation of the infection prevention and control core components at the national level: a global situational analysis. Journal of Hospital Infection. 108. 94–103. 51 indexed citations
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Zayed, Bassim, Blair Anton, Asad Latif, et al.. (2019). Implementation strategies to reduce surgical site infections: A systematic review. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 40(3). 287–300. 46 indexed citations
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Awaidy, Salah Al, et al.. (2018). Assessment of safe injection practices in health facilities in Oman. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 24(4). 351–359. 3 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiuwen, Nejla Zeynep Kubilay, Jianan Ren, et al.. (2018). Correction to: Antimicrobial-coated sutures to decrease surgical site infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 37(10). 2031–2034.
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Allegranzi, Benedetta, Bassim Zayed, P. Bischoff, et al.. (2016). New WHO recommendations on intraoperative and postoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 16(12). e288–e303. 490 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Xiuwen, Nejla Zeynep Kubilay, Jianan Ren, et al.. (2016). Antimicrobial-coated sutures to decrease surgical site infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 36(1). 19–32. 61 indexed citations
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Allegranzi, Benedetta, P. Bischoff, Stijn W. de Jonge, et al.. (2016). New WHO recommendations on preoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 16(12). e276–e287. 527 indexed citations breakdown →
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Allegranzi, Benedetta, P. Bischoff, Zeynep Kubilay, et al.. (2016). Global Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection. Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern. 558 indexed citations breakdown →
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Al-Abaidani, Idris, Amal Al-Maani, Amina Al‐Jardani, et al.. (2014). Overview of preparedness and response for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Oman. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 29. 309–310. 9 indexed citations

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