Karima Chaabna

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Karima Chaabna is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Epidemiology and Hepatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karima Chaabna has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in General Health Professions, 14 papers in Epidemiology and 11 papers in Hepatology. Recurrent topics in Karima Chaabna's work include Hepatitis B Virus Studies (12 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (11 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (10 papers). Karima Chaabna is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis B Virus Studies (12 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (11 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (10 papers). Karima Chaabna collaborates with scholars based in Qatar, United States and Italy. Karima Chaabna's co-authors include Sohaila Cheema, Ravinder Mamtani, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, Sonia Chaabane, Amit Abraham, Laith J. Abu‐Raddad, Hiam Chemaitelly, Silva P. Kouyoumjian, Albert B. Lowenfels and Patrick Maisonneuve and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and International Journal of Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Karima Chaabna

46 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Impact of COVID-19 School Closure on Child and Adoles... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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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. The Impact of COVID-19 School Closure on Child and Adolescent Health: A Rapid Systematic Review
    2021 193 citations Sonia Chaabane, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy et al. Children profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karima Chaabna Qatar 21 311 293 271 236 199 50 1.2k
Christian Krauth Germany 20 273 0.9× 202 0.7× 464 1.7× 202 0.9× 313 1.6× 144 1.6k
Katherine A. Hicks United States 24 668 2.1× 227 0.8× 386 1.4× 98 0.4× 259 1.3× 50 1.9k
Emmanuel Rüsch France 22 486 1.6× 130 0.4× 307 1.1× 143 0.6× 324 1.6× 78 2.0k
Greg Irving United Kingdom 20 311 1.0× 74 0.3× 452 1.7× 83 0.4× 236 1.2× 60 1.8k
Erfan Ayubi Iran 18 248 0.8× 151 0.5× 98 0.4× 54 0.2× 217 1.1× 133 1.1k
John T. Redd United States 22 382 1.2× 297 1.0× 219 0.8× 106 0.4× 132 0.7× 66 1.4k
Traci E. Yamashita United States 19 452 1.5× 214 0.7× 315 1.2× 163 0.7× 629 3.2× 38 2.5k
Mehdi Noroozi Iran 23 581 1.9× 162 0.6× 263 1.0× 109 0.5× 356 1.8× 141 1.6k
K. M. Simpson Canada 19 218 0.7× 180 0.6× 247 0.9× 108 0.5× 757 3.8× 42 1.7k
Aamir Omair Saudi Arabia 17 268 0.9× 63 0.2× 129 0.5× 136 0.6× 156 0.8× 95 979

Countries citing papers authored by Karima Chaabna

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karima Chaabna

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karima Chaabna

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All Works

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Abraham, Amit, Sohaila Cheema, Karima Chaabna, Albert B. Lowenfels, & Ravinder Mamtani. (2024). Rethinking bottled water in public health discourse. BMJ Global Health. 9(8). e015226–e015226. 1 indexed citations
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Chaabna, Karima, et al.. (2024). Western Medical Acupuncture Perception and Use for Pain Management Among Athletes: A Systematic Review. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 17. 357–366.
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Abraham, Amit, et al.. (2024). Burnout increased among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 2569–2569. 15 indexed citations
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Chaabna, Karima, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, Ravinder Mamtani, & Sohaila Cheema. (2023). Burden of road traffic crashes in the middle east and north africa: an ecological study. Population Medicine. 5(Supplement). 1 indexed citations
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Chaabna, Karima, Ravinder Mamtani, Amit Abraham, et al.. (2022). Physical Activity and Its Barriers and Facilitators among University Students in Qatar: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(12). 7369–7369. 21 indexed citations
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Abraham, Amit, Karima Chaabna, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, et al.. (2021). Depression among healthcare workers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Human Resources for Health. 19(1). 81–81. 30 indexed citations
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Chaabna, Karima, Sohaila Cheema, Amit Abraham, et al.. (2021). The state of population health research performance in the Middle East and North Africa: a meta-research study. Systematic Reviews. 10(1). 1–1. 80 indexed citations
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Chaabane, Sonia, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, Karima Chaabna, Ravinder Mamtani, & Sohaila Cheema. (2021). The Impact of COVID-19 School Closure on Child and Adolescent Health: A Rapid Systematic Review. Children. 8(5). 415–415. 193 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chaabna, Karima, et al.. (2021). Prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus in Mongolia: Systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 105. 377–388. 9 indexed citations
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Chaabane, Sonia, Karima Chaabna, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, Ravinder Mamtani, & Sohaila Cheema. (2021). Barriers and Facilitators Associated with Physical Activity in the Middle East and North Africa Region: A Systematic Overview. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(4). 1647–1647. 61 indexed citations
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Doraiswamy, Sathyanarayanan, et al.. (2020). Perinatal Mental Illness in the Middle East and North Africa Region—A Systematic Overview. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(15). 5487–5487. 14 indexed citations
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Chaabna, Karima, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, Ravinder Mamtani, & Sohaila Cheema. (2020). Facemask use in community settings to prevent respiratory infection transmission: A rapid review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 104. 198–206. 45 indexed citations
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Chaabane, Sonia, Karima Chaabna, Amit Abraham, Ravinder Mamtani, & Sohaila Cheema. (2020). Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in the Middle East and North Africa: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 9363–9363. 69 indexed citations
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Chaabna, Karima, et al.. (2018). Adult mortality trends in Qatar, 1989-2015: National population versus migrants. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0203996–e0203996. 12 indexed citations
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Chaabna, Karima, Sohaila Cheema, Amit Abraham, et al.. (2018). Systematic overview of hepatitis C infection in the Middle East and North Africa. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 24(27). 3038–3054. 33 indexed citations
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Chaabna, Karima, Sohaila Cheema, & Ravinder Mamtani. (2017). Migrants, healthy worker effect, and mortality trends in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. PLoS ONE. 12(6). e0179711–e0179711. 20 indexed citations
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Chaabna, Karima & Laith J. Abu‐Raddad. (2017). Hepatitis C infection epidemiology in Mongolia: protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews. 6(1). 160–160. 2 indexed citations

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