Issmat I. Kassem

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Issmat I. Kassem is a scholar working on Food Science, Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Issmat I. Kassem has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Food Science, 31 papers in Molecular Medicine and 28 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Issmat I. Kassem's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (31 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (30 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (17 papers). Issmat I. Kassem is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (31 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (30 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (17 papers). Issmat I. Kassem collaborates with scholars based in United States, Lebanon and France. Issmat I. Kassem's co-authors include Gireesh Rajashekara, Yosra A. Helmy, Yasser M. Sanad, Marwan Osman, Qijing Zhang, Orhan Şahin, Jun Lin, Dharanesh Gangaiah, Zhangqi Shen and Malak A. Esseili and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Issmat I. Kassem

89 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Antimicrobial Resistance and Recent Alternatives to Antib... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75 100
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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. Antimicrobial Resistance and Recent Alternatives to Antibiotics for the Control of Bacterial Pathogens with an Emphasis on Foodborne Pathogens
    2023 103 citations Yosra A. Helmy, Khaled Taha-Abdelaziz et al. Antibiotics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Issmat I. Kassem United States 23 704 455 262 253 251 94 1.5k
Luca Busani Italy 28 798 1.1× 739 1.6× 203 0.8× 223 0.9× 214 0.9× 104 2.4k
Vangelis Economou Greece 20 546 0.8× 242 0.5× 266 1.0× 369 1.5× 203 0.8× 56 1.5k
Bhoj Raj Singh India 19 575 0.8× 182 0.4× 247 0.9× 281 1.1× 195 0.8× 169 1.4k
Joana Campos Portugal 17 776 1.1× 179 0.4× 392 1.5× 329 1.3× 238 0.9× 41 1.4k
Rafaela Gomes Ferrari Brazil 21 757 1.1× 205 0.5× 321 1.2× 501 2.0× 280 1.1× 55 1.7k
Windell L. Rivera Philippines 27 376 0.5× 534 1.2× 134 0.5× 399 1.6× 181 0.7× 132 2.0k
Getahun E. Agga United States 24 478 0.7× 247 0.5× 339 1.3× 236 0.9× 217 0.9× 74 1.5k
Andrea Serraino Italy 25 956 1.4× 336 0.7× 125 0.5× 321 1.3× 316 1.3× 121 1.8k
Chrissanthy Papadopoulou Greece 31 842 1.2× 526 1.2× 112 0.4× 370 1.5× 206 0.8× 71 2.2k
Ben Pascoe United Kingdom 25 717 1.0× 642 1.4× 203 0.8× 572 2.3× 216 0.9× 78 1.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Issmat I. Kassem

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All Works

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Esseili, Malak A., et al.. (2025). Human intestinal enteroids for evaluating the persistence of infectious human norovirus in raw surface freshwater. The Science of The Total Environment. 966. 178707–178707.
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Kilani, M., Khaled El Omari, Hassan Mallat, et al.. (2025). Exploring risk factors and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns associated with bacteriuria among Syrian refugees in makeshift camps. Journal of Hospital Infection. 157. 45–55. 1 indexed citations
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Osman, Marwan, et al.. (2025). Risk Factors and Hospitalizations Associated with Pediatric Adenovirus and Rotavirus Infections in Northern Lebanon. Medicina. 61(2). 296–296. 1 indexed citations
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Kassem, Issmat I., Khaled El Omari, Nahla O. Eltai, et al.. (2024). Genomic characterization of plasmid-borne colistin resistance variants, mcr-1.1 and mcr-1.26, in multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from backyard farm animals. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 38. 194–197. 1 indexed citations
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Oladeinde, Adelumola, et al.. (2024). Campylobacter Diversity Along the Farm‐to‐Fork Continuum of Pastured Poultry Flocks in the Southeastern United States. Zoonoses and Public Health. 72(1). 55–64. 1 indexed citations
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Osman, Marwan, Monzer Hamzé, Bledar Bisha, et al.. (2023). Emergence of Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporin- and Colistin-Resistant Enterobacterales in Otherwise Healthy University Students. Microbial Drug Resistance. 30(2). 101–107. 3 indexed citations
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Osman, Marwan, Issmat I. Kassem, Rayane Rafei, et al.. (2023). Genomic analysis of Neisseria meningitidis ST23 serogroup Y isolated from the semen. New Microbes and New Infections. 53. 101129–101129. 1 indexed citations
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Helmy, Yosra A., Khaled Taha-Abdelaziz, Soumya Ghosh, et al.. (2023). Antimicrobial Resistance and Recent Alternatives to Antibiotics for the Control of Bacterial Pathogens with an Emphasis on Foodborne Pathogens. Antibiotics. 12(2). 274–274. 103 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kassem, Issmat I., Ali Assi, Marwan Osman, et al.. (2022). Letter to the Editor: First Report of the Detection of the Plasmid-Borne Colistin Resistance Gene, mcr-1.26 , in Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolated from a Domesticated Pigeon. Microbial Drug Resistance. 28(7). 821–823. 6 indexed citations
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Esseili, Malak A., et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 remains infectious for at least a month on artificially-contaminated frozen berries. Food Microbiology. 107. 104084–104084. 11 indexed citations
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Rafei, Rayane, Marwan Osman, Issmat I. Kassem, et al.. (2022). Emergence of a Neisseria flavescens clinical strain with a high level of third-generation cephalosporins resistance in Lebanon. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 103(1). 115660–115660. 2 indexed citations
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Kassem, Issmat I., et al.. (2016). Antimicrobial-Resistant Campylobacter in Organically and Conventionally Raised Layer Chickens. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 14(1). 29–34. 33 indexed citations
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Kassem, Issmat I., et al.. (2015). Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Campylobacter Isolated from Dressed Beef Carcasses and Raw Milk in Tanzania. Microbial Drug Resistance. 22(1). 40–52. 51 indexed citations
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Gangaiah, Dharanesh, et al.. (2015). Transducer like proteins of Campylobacter jejuni 81-176: role in chemotaxis and colonization of the chicken gastrointestinal tract. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 5. 46–46. 31 indexed citations
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Kassem, Issmat I. & Gireesh Rajashekara. (2014). Formate Dehydrogenase Localization and Activity Are Dependent on an Intact Twin Arginine Translocation System (Tat) in Campylobacter jejuni 81-176. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 11(12). 917–919. 5 indexed citations
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Kassem, Issmat I., Gary A. Splitter, Sally A. Miller, & Gireesh Rajashekara. (2014). Let There Be Light! Bioluminescent Imaging to Study Bacterial Pathogenesis in Live Animals and Plants. Advances in biochemical engineering, biotechnology. 154. 119–145. 14 indexed citations
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Sanad, Yasser M., Issmat I. Kassem, Zhe Liu, et al.. (2011). Occurrence of the invasion associated marker (iam) in Campylobacter jejuni isolated from cattle. BMC Research Notes. 4(1). 570–570. 8 indexed citations

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