Defne Saatci

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 773 citations indexed

About

Defne Saatci is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Oncology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Defne Saatci has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 773 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Infectious Diseases, 7 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Defne Saatci's work include COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (7 papers), COVID-19 and healthcare impacts (6 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (3 papers). Defne Saatci is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (7 papers), COVID-19 and healthcare impacts (6 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (3 papers). Defne Saatci collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Portugal. Defne Saatci's co-authors include Julia Hippisley–Cox, Carol Coupland, Martina Patone, Kamlesh Khunti, Francesco Zaccardi, Aziz Sheikh, Xue W. Mei, Peter Watkinson, James Doidge and David A Harrison and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Nature Communications and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Defne Saatci

23 papers receiving 757 citations

Hit Papers

Neurological complications after first dose of COVID-19 v... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2021 50 100 150 200
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. Neurological complications after first dose of COVID-19 vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 infection
    2021 246 citations Martina Patone, Lahiru Handunnetthi et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  2. Risk of thrombocytopenia and thromboembolism after covid-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 positive testing: self-controlled case series study
    2021 212 citations Julia Hippisley–Cox, Martina Patone et al. BMJ profile →

Peers

Defne Saatci
Felix Bratosin Romania
Jun Yasuhara United States
Srikrishna V Malayala United States
Becky J. Riggs United States
Jahanzeb Malik Pakistan
Denise Foster Canada
Rachid Razıne Morocco
Amirhossein Erfani Iran
Gilbert T. Chua Hong Kong
Felix Bratosin Romania
Defne Saatci
Citations per year, relative to Defne Saatci Defne Saatci (= 1×) peers Felix Bratosin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Defne Saatci

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All Works

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Saatci, Defne, et al.. (2024). Presentation of B-cell lymphoma in childhood and adolescence: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Cancer. 24(1). 718–718. 1 indexed citations
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Copland, Emma, Martina Patone, Defne Saatci, et al.. (2024). Safety outcomes following COVID-19 vaccination and infection in 5.1 million children in England. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3822–3822. 19 indexed citations
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Saatci, Defne, Jason Oke, Anthony Harnden, & Julia Hippisley–Cox. (2024). Identifying early symptoms associated with a diagnosis of childhood, adolescent and young adult cancers: a population-based nested case-control study. British Journal of Cancer. 131(6). 1032–1042. 1 indexed citations
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Tan, Pui San, Martina Patone, Ashley Kieran Clift, et al.. (2023). Factors influencing influenza, pneumococcal and shingles vaccine uptake and refusal in older adults: a population-based cross-sectional study in England. BMJ Open. 13(3). e058705–e058705. 8 indexed citations
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Zaccardi, Francesco, Pui San Tan, Baiju R. Shah, et al.. (2023). Ethnic disparities in COVID-19 outcomes: a multinational cohort study of 20 million individuals from England and Canada. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 399–399. 11 indexed citations
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Saatci, Defne, et al.. (2022). The role of latitude and infections in the month-of-birth effect linked to schizophrenia. Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health. 24. 100486–100486. 3 indexed citations
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Saatci, Defne, Jason Oke, Anthony Harnden, & Julia Hippisley–Cox. (2022). Childhood, teenage and young adult cancer diagnosis during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based observational cohort study in England. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 107(8). 740–746. 5 indexed citations
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Saatci, Defne, et al.. (2022). Maternal immune activation induces methylation changes in schizophrenia genes. PLoS ONE. 17(11). e0278155–e0278155. 6 indexed citations
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Clift, Ashley Kieran, Defne Saatci, Carol Coupland, Hajira Dambha‐Miller, & Julia Hippisley–Cox. (2021). Sickle Cell Disorders and Severe COVID-19 Outcomes: A Cohort Study. Annals of Internal Medicine. 174(10). 1483–1487. 20 indexed citations
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Patone, Martina, Lahiru Handunnetthi, Defne Saatci, et al.. (2021). Neurological complications after first dose of COVID-19 vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nature Medicine. 27(12). 2144–2153. 246 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hippisley–Cox, Julia, Martina Patone, Xue W. Mei, et al.. (2021). Risk of thrombocytopenia and thromboembolism after covid-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 positive testing: self-controlled case series study. BMJ. 374. n1931–n1931. 212 indexed citations breakdown →
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Saatci, Defne, Adrienne van Nieuwenhuizen, & Lahiru Handunnetthi. (2021). Maternal infection in gestation increases the risk of non-affective psychosis in offspring: a meta-analysis. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 139. 125–131. 13 indexed citations
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Saatci, Defne, Tom A. Ranger, César Garriga, et al.. (2021). Association Between Race and COVID-19 Outcomes Among 2.6 Million Children in England. JAMA Pediatrics. 175(9). 928–928. 66 indexed citations
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Tan, Pui San, Martina Patone, Ash Kieran Clift, et al.. (2021). Influenza, Shingles and Pneumococcal Vaccine Uptake, Offer and Refusal in Adult Populations at High-Risk for COVID-19: A UK Population-Based Cohort Study. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Saatci, Defne, Andrew Maltez Thomas, Beverley Botting, & Alastair Sutcliffe. (2019). Educational attainment in childhood cancer survivors: a meta-analysis. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 105(4). 339–346. 36 indexed citations
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Angus‐Leppan, Heather, Defne Saatci, Alastair Sutcliffe, & R J Guiloff. (2018). Abdominal migraine. BMJ. 360. k179–k179. 13 indexed citations
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Saatci, Defne, Gopal Rao, Priya Khanna, et al.. (2016). Antibiotics for tonsillitis: should the emergency department emulate general practice?. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 69(9). 834–836. 8 indexed citations
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Munby, Henry, et al.. (2015). Using saccades to diagnose covert hepatic encephalopathy. Metabolic Brain Disease. 30(3). 821–828. 4 indexed citations

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