Fatima Ailal

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Fatima Ailal is a scholar working on Immunology, Genetics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Fatima Ailal has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Immunology, 17 papers in Genetics and 16 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Fatima Ailal's work include Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders (35 papers), Blood disorders and treatments (15 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers). Fatima Ailal is often cited by papers focused on Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders (35 papers), Blood disorders and treatments (15 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers). Fatima Ailal collaborates with scholars based in Morocco, France and United States. Fatima Ailal's co-authors include Jean‐Laurent Casanova, Leïla Jeddane, Ahmed Aziz Bousfiha, Aziz Bousfiha, Capucine Pïcard, Laurent Abel, Ibtihal Benhsaien, José Luis Franco, Charlotte Cunningham‐Rundles and Amos Etzioni and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Fatima Ailal

44 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Human Inborn Errors of Immunity: 2019 Update of the IUIS ... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Human Inborn Errors of Immunity: 2019 Update of the IUIS Phenotypical Classification
    2020 414 citations Aziz Bousfiha, Leïla Jeddane et al. Journal of Clinical Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fatima Ailal Morocco 12 1.0k 421 283 228 203 54 1.3k
Stephan Borte Germany 20 931 0.9× 375 0.9× 278 1.0× 275 1.2× 257 1.3× 51 1.4k
İsmail Reisli Türkiye 20 1.0k 1.0× 409 1.0× 203 0.7× 229 1.0× 115 0.6× 115 1.6k
Sara Şebnem Kılıç Türkiye 18 1.0k 1.0× 337 0.8× 207 0.7× 188 0.8× 114 0.6× 77 1.6k
M. Teresa de la Morena United States 17 843 0.8× 362 0.9× 243 0.9× 287 1.3× 114 0.6× 41 1.3k
Eduardo López‐Granados Spain 13 648 0.6× 205 0.5× 179 0.6× 143 0.6× 106 0.5× 36 908
Sigune Goldacker Germany 15 903 0.9× 311 0.7× 128 0.5× 216 0.9× 77 0.4× 40 1.0k
Gertjan J. Driessen Netherlands 17 707 0.7× 229 0.5× 185 0.7× 100 0.4× 87 0.4× 30 1.0k
Srdjan Pašić Serbia 14 869 0.8× 264 0.6× 170 0.6× 70 0.3× 135 0.7× 25 1.2k
Hamoud Al‐Mousa Saudi Arabia 17 662 0.6× 253 0.6× 150 0.5× 121 0.5× 83 0.4× 56 896
Deniz Çağdaş Türkiye 18 569 0.5× 261 0.6× 147 0.5× 100 0.4× 121 0.6× 120 974

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fatima Ailal

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Benhsaien, Ibtihal, et al.. (2025). Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Deficiency Beyond Infancy. PubMed. 2025(1). 8570051–8570051.
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Benhsaien, Ibtihal, et al.. (2025). Autoimmune manifestations in children with inborn errors of immunity in Morocco: A study from the national registry. Journal of Translational Autoimmunity. 11. 100299–100299.
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Benmiloud, Sarra, et al.. (2024). Les cytopénies auto-immunes de l’enfant : Quand penser au déficit immunitaire primitif ?. La Tunisie Médicale. 102(1). 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Ailal, Fatima, et al.. (2024). Impact of COVID-19 on child tuberculosis hospitalization. La Tunisie Médicale. 102(7). 1 indexed citations
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Baghdadi, Jamila El, Fatima Ailal, Ibtihal Benhsaien, et al.. (2023). Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Disease (MSMD): Clinical, Immunological, and Genetic Features of 22 Patients from 15 Moroccan Kindreds. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 43(4). 728–740. 6 indexed citations
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Hali, F., et al.. (2023). Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis induced by isoniazid and pyrazinamide in a child. Revue française d'allergologie. 63(7). 103727–103727.
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Ailal, Fatima, Jalila El Bakkouri, Khalid Zerouali, et al.. (2022). HPV-Related Skin Phenotypes in Patients with Inborn Errors of Immunity. Pathogens. 11(8). 857–857. 7 indexed citations
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Bousfiha, Ahmed Aziz, et al.. (2021). Prédisposition génétique aux infections fongiques cutanéomuqueuses. La Revue de Médecine Interne. 42(8). 566–570. 1 indexed citations
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Benhsaien, Ibtihal, et al.. (2021). Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disorder due to a Novel Mutation in Recombination Activation Gene 2: About 2 Cases. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2021. 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Benhsaien, Ibtihal, Fatima Ailal, Jalila El Bakkouri, et al.. (2021). Clinical and Immunological Features of 96 Moroccan Children with SCID Phenotype: Two Decades’ Experience. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 41(3). 631–638. 2 indexed citations
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Gruber, Conor, Marta Martín-Fernández, Fatima Ailal, et al.. (2020). Homozygous STAT2 gain-of-function mutation by loss of USP18 activity in a patient with type I interferonopathy. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 217(5). 71 indexed citations
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Benhsaien, Ibtihal, Mélanie Migaud, Anne Puel, et al.. (2019). Candidose cutanéo-muqueuse chronique avec mutation gain-de-fonction du gène STAT1 associée à des infections herpétiques et à mycobactérie. Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie. 147(1). 41–45. 9 indexed citations
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Humblet‐Baron, Stéphanie, Dean Franckaert, James Dooley, et al.. (2018). IFN-γ and CD25 drive distinct pathologic features during hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 143(6). 2215–2226.e7. 41 indexed citations
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Abdelghaffar, Houria, et al.. (2017). Poikiloderma with Neutropenia in Morocco: a Report of Four Cases. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 37(4). 357–362. 10 indexed citations
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Sabri, Ayoub, Z. Jouhadi, Fatima Ailal, et al.. (2015). Pott's disease in Moroccan children: clinical features and investigation of the interleukin-12/interferon-γ pathway. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 19(12). 1455–1462. 3 indexed citations
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Bousfiha, Aziz, Leïla Jeddane, Waleed Al–Herz, et al.. (2015). The 2015 IUIS Phenotypic Classification for Primary Immunodeficiencies. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 35(8). 727–738. 179 indexed citations
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Kong, Xiao‐Fei, Aziz Bousfiha, Yuval Itan, et al.. (2013). A Novel Homozygous p.R1105X Mutation of the AP4E1 Gene in Twins with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia and Mycobacterial Disease. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e58286–e58286. 27 indexed citations
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Bousfiha, Ahmed Aziz, Leïla Jeddane, Fatima Ailal, et al.. (2013). A Phenotypic Approach for IUIS PID Classification and Diagnosis: Guidelines for Clinicians at the Bedside. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 33(6). 1078–1087. 73 indexed citations
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Ailal, Fatima, et al.. (2008). Intermittent chronic neutropenia in a patient with familial Mediterranean fever. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 51(5). 701–703. 4 indexed citations
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Ailal, Fatima, et al.. (2004). Les salmonelloses non typhoïdiques chez l'enfant : à propos de 41 cas. Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses. 34(5). 206–209. 4 indexed citations

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