Dima Abi-Said

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Dima Abi-Said is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Oncology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Dima Abi-Said has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Epidemiology, 8 papers in Oncology and 7 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Dima Abi-Said's work include Neutropenia and Cancer Infections (8 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (6 papers) and Management of metastatic bone disease (5 papers). Dima Abi-Said is often cited by papers focused on Neutropenia and Cancer Infections (8 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (6 papers) and Management of metastatic bone disease (5 papers). Dima Abi-Said collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Nepal. Dima Abi-Said's co-authors include Ziya L. Gokaslan, Frederick F. Lang, Raymond Sawaya, Ian E. McCutcheon, Daryl R. Fourney, Daniel J. Miller, Franco DeMonte, Samuel J. Hassenbusch, Weiming Shi and Eric C. Holland and has published in prestigious journals such as Cancer, Clinical Infectious Diseases and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Dima Abi-Said

35 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

A multivariate analysis of 416 patients with glioblastoma multiforme: prognosis, extent of resection, and survival

2001 2.3k citations Michel Lacroix, Dima Abi-Said et al. Journal of neurosurgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dima Abi-Said United States	22	2.1k	1.4k	1.1k	968	852	35	4.7k
Anneke Brand Netherlands	55	1.4k 0.7×	925 0.7×	887 0.8×	393 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	291	11.0k
John Freedman Canada	51	748 0.4×	750 0.5×	880 0.8×	571 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	226	9.4k
Ellinor I.B. Peerschke United States	46	1.2k 0.6×	716 0.5×	721 0.7×	600 0.6×	681 0.8×	170	7.6k
Michael B. Maris United States	50	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	520 0.5×	650 0.7×	469 0.6×	173	11.0k
John Lister United States	39	1.2k 0.6×	824 0.6×	443 0.4×	999 1.0×	778 0.9×	178	7.2k
Joel L. Moake United States	49	1.9k 0.9×	692 0.5×	986 0.9×	182 0.2×	1.2k 1.4×	146	10.4k
John W. Semple Canada	45	698 0.3×	546 0.4×	823 0.8×	232 0.2×	809 0.9×	171	7.4k
Nancy A. Kernan United States	52	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.3×	560 0.5×	249 0.3×	731 0.9×	254	10.8k
Karen Vanhoorelbeke Belgium	41	1.1k 0.5×	865 0.6×	692 0.6×	356 0.4×	578 0.7×	210	6.4k
Bronno van der Holt Netherlands	51	990 0.5×	882 0.6×	966 0.9×	536 0.6×	616 0.7×	224	7.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Raad, Issam, Ray Hachem, Hend Hanna, et al.. (2001). Treatment of Nosocomial Postoperative Pneumonia in Cancer Patients: A Prospective Randomized Study. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 8(2). 179–186. 6 indexed citations

Fourney, Daryl R., Dima Abi-Said, Laurence D. Rhines, et al.. (2001). Simultaneous anterior—posterior approach to the thoracic and lumbar spine for the radical resection of tumors followed by reconstruction and stabilization. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 94(2). 232–244. 98 indexed citations

DeMonte, Franco, et al.. (2001). Ophthalmological outcome following orbital resection in anterior and anterolateral skull base surgery. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 10(5). 1–6. 4 indexed citations

Fourney, Daryl R., Dima Abi-Said, Frederick F. Lang, Ian E. McCutcheon, & Ziya L. Gokaslan. (2001). Use of pedicle screw fixation in the management of malignant spinal disease: experience in 100 consecutive procedures. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 94(1). 25–37. 86 indexed citations

Jackson, Robert J., Gregory N. Fuller, Dima Abi-Said, et al.. (2001). Limitations of stereotactic biopsy in the initial management ofgliomas. Neuro-Oncology. 3(3). 193–200. 309 indexed citations

Lacroix, Michel, Dima Abi-Said, Daryl R. Fourney, et al.. (2001). A multivariate analysis of 416 patients with glioblastoma multiforme: prognosis, extent of resection, and survival. Journal of neurosurgery. 95(2). 190–198. 2259 indexed citations breakdown →

Maltezou, Helena C., Dimitris A. Kafetzis, Dima Abi-Said, et al.. (2000). Viral infections in children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 19(4). 307–312. 41 indexed citations

Miller, Daniel J., Frederick F. Lang, Garrett L. Walsh, et al.. (2000). Coaxial double-lumen methylmethacrylate reconstruction in the anterior cervical and upper thoracic spine after tumor resection. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 92(2). 181–190. 44 indexed citations

Chatzinikolaou, Ioannis, Dima Abi-Said, G. P. Bodey, et al.. (2000). Recent Experience With Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia in Patients With Cancer. Archives of Internal Medicine. 160(4). 501–501. 185 indexed citations

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Raad, Issam, et al.. (1998). Antimicrobial durability and rare ultrastructural colonization of indwelling central catheters coated with minocycline and rifampin. Critical Care Medicine. 26(2). 219–224. 70 indexed citations

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Gokaslan, Ziya L., Julie E. York, Garrett L. Walsh, et al.. (1998). Transthoracic vertebrectomy for metastatic spinal tumors. Journal of neurosurgery. 89(4). 599–609. 281 indexed citations

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Raad, Issam, et al.. (1998). The Risk of Infection Associated With Intra-arterial Catheters for Cancer Chemotherapy. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 19(9). 640–642. 1 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Kalen, Roy Garcia, H I Libshitz, et al.. (1998). Clinical and radiological features of pulmonary disease caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria in cancer patients. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 17(9). 615–621. 19 indexed citations

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García, Ricardo Navarro, Issam Raad, Dima Abi-Said, et al.. (1997). Nosocomial Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections Prevention and Control in Bone Marrow Transplant Patients. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 18(6). 412–416. 17 indexed citations

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Abi-Said, Dima, et al.. (1997). A case-control evaluation of treatment efficacy: The example of magnesium sulfate prophylaxis against eclampsia in patients with preeclampsia. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 50(4). 419–423. 8 indexed citations

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Raad, Issam, Estella Whimbey, Kenneth Rolston, et al.. (1996). A comparison of aztreonam plus vancomycin and imipenem plus vancomycin as initial therapy for febrile neutropenic cancer patients. Cancer. 77(7). 1386–1394. 37 indexed citations

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Anaissie, E. J., Rabih O. Darouiche, Dima Abi-Said, et al.. (1996). Management of Invasive Candidal Infections: Results of a Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Study of Fluconazole Versus Amphotericin B and Review of the Literature. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 23(5). 964–972. 216 indexed citations

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Bodey, Gerald P., Dima Abi-Said, K. V. I. Rolston, Issam Raad, & Estella Whimbey. (1996). Imipenem or cefoperazone-sulbactam combined with vancomycin for therapy of presumed or proven infection in neutropenic cancer patients. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 15(8). 625–634. 35 indexed citations

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Abi-Said, Dima, S. E. Vartivarian, G. P. Bodey, & E. Anaissie. (1995). Hematogenous candidiasis. A review of therapeutic studies of fluconazole and amphotericin B and recommendations for management. Journal de Mycologie Médicale. 5(4). 217–224. 3 indexed citations

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Abi-Said, Dima, John F. Annegers, Deborah T. Combs‐Cantrell, Ralph F. Frankowski, & L. James Willmore. (1995). Case-Control Study of the Risk Factors for Eclampsia. American Journal of Epidemiology. 142(4). 437–441. 54 indexed citations

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