Lamia Afifi

792 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 490 citations indexed

About

Lamia Afifi is a scholar working on Physiology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Lamia Afifi has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 490 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Physiology, 6 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Lamia Afifi's work include Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (7 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (6 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (4 papers). Lamia Afifi is often cited by papers focused on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (7 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (6 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (4 papers). Lamia Afifi collaborates with scholars based in Egypt, United States and Brazil. Lamia Afifi's co-authors include Ian M. Colrain, Christian Guilleminault, Hayam Mahmoud, Nirmeen A. Kishk, Sherif Hamdy, Hala Gabr, Dalva Poyares, Fang Han, Yohannes Adama Melaku and Peter R. Eastwood and has published in prestigious journals such as Neurobiology of Aging, Sleep Medicine and Neurorehabilitation and neural repair.

In The Last Decade

Lamia Afifi

19 papers receiving 473 citations

Hit Papers

The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 40 80 120
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. The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe
    2023 130 citations Diane C Lim, Arezu Najafi et al. The Lancet Public Health profile →

Peers

Lamia Afifi
Serena Dittoni Italy
Anna Losurdo Italy
Evan de Bie United States
Elisa Testani Italy
R. Luke Harris Canada
Naoko Tachibana Japan
M.A. Quera-Salva France
Anastasios Bonakis Greece
Anna Serafini Italy
Gila Hertz United States
Serena Dittoni Italy
Lamia Afifi
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Countries citing papers authored by Lamia Afifi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lamia Afifi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lamia Afifi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lamia Afifi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lamia Afifi based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lamia Afifi. Lamia Afifi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Afifi, Lamia, et al.. (2025). Concentric macro EMG role in electrodiagnostic evaluation of inflammatory myopathies. European Journal of Translational Myology. 35(4).
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Lim, Diane C, Arezu Najafi, Lamia Afifi, et al.. (2023). The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe. The Lancet Public Health. 8(10). e820–e826. 130 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abdelalim, Ahmed, et al.. (2020). A study of diffusion tensor imaging of median nerve in diabetic peripheral neuropathy. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. 56(1). 9 indexed citations
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Afifi, Lamia, et al.. (2018). Role of diffusion tensor imaging in carpal tunnel syndrome: A case control comparative study to electrophysiological tests and clinical assessment . The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. 49(4). 1068–1075. 8 indexed citations
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Abdelalim, Ahmed, et al.. (2016). Correlation between clinical neuropathy scores and nerve conduction studies in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. 53(4). 248–248. 5 indexed citations
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Afifi, Lamia, et al.. (2016). Sleep disorders in chronic kidney disease patients. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. 53(1). 48–48. 2 indexed citations
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Afifi, Lamia, et al.. (2015). Motor cortex rTMS improves dexterity in relapsing-remitting and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. Acta Neurologica Belgica. 116(2). 145–150. 25 indexed citations
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Afifi, Lamia, et al.. (2015). Assessment of precipitating factors of breakthrough seizures in epileptic patients. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. 52(3). 165–165. 13 indexed citations
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Afifi, Lamia, et al.. (2015). Sleep-related breathing disorders in stage II essential hypertension. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. 52(4). 232–232. 1 indexed citations
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Afifi, Lamia, et al.. (2015). Polysomnography and antidiuretic hormone secretion pattern in children with primary nocturnal enuresis. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. 52(4). 258–258. 5 indexed citations
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Afifi, Lamia, et al.. (2015). Quantitative EEG in autistic children. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. 52(3). 176–176. 26 indexed citations
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Afifi, Lamia, et al.. (2013). Presurgical evaluation of refractory temporal lobe epilepsy: Comparison of MR imaging, PET and ictal SPECT in localization of the epileptogenic substrate. The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. 44(3). 641–649. 6 indexed citations
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Afifi, Lamia, et al.. (2011). Obstructive sleep apnea in epilepsy: a preliminary Egyptian study. Sleep And Breathing. 16(3). 765–771. 18 indexed citations
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Afifi, Lamia, et al.. (2010). Clinical Relevance of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Epilepsy. 3 indexed citations
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Kishk, Nirmeen A., et al.. (2010). Case Control Series of Intrathecal Autologous Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Chronic Spinal Cord Injury. Neurorehabilitation and neural repair. 24(8). 702–708. 116 indexed citations
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Colrain, Ian M., Kate Crowley, Christian L. Nicholas, et al.. (2008). Sleep evoked delta frequency responses show a linear decline in amplitude across the adult lifespan. Neurobiology of Aging. 31(5). 874–883. 48 indexed citations
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Afifi, Lamia, Christian Guilleminault, & Ian M. Colrain. (2003). Sleep and respiratory stimulus specific dampening of cortical responsiveness in OSAS. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 136(2-3). 221–234. 60 indexed citations

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