Lazaros Belbasis

4.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
32 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Lazaros Belbasis is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Lazaros Belbasis has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Epidemiology, 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 5 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Lazaros Belbasis's work include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (4 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (3 papers) and School Health and Nursing Education (2 papers). Lazaros Belbasis is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (4 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (3 papers) and School Health and Nursing Education (2 papers). Lazaros Belbasis collaborates with scholars based in Greece, United Kingdom and United States. Lazaros Belbasis's co-authors include Εvangelos Εvangelou, Vanesa Bellou, Ioanna Tzoulaki, John P. A. Ioannidis, Makrina Savvidou, Lefkos Middleton, Brendon Stubbs, André F. Carvalho, Cristiano A. Köhler and Athanasios Konstantinidis and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Lazaros Belbasis

30 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Environmental risk factors and multiple sclerosis: an umb... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2018 2015 2022 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Environmental risk factors and multiple sclerosis: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
    2015 501 citations Lazaros Belbasis, Vanesa Bellou et al. The Lancet Neurology profile →
  2. Risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus: An exposure-wide umbrella review of meta-analyses
    2018 453 citations Vanesa Bellou, Lazaros Belbasis et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  3. Environmental risk factors and Parkinson's disease: An umbrella review of meta-analyses
    2015 313 citations Vanesa Bellou, Lazaros Belbasis et al. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders profile →
  4. Conducting umbrella reviews
    2022 141 citations Lazaros Belbasis, Vanesa Bellou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lazaros Belbasis Greece 21 397 381 376 339 337 32 2.9k
Vanesa Bellou Greece 14 300 0.8× 264 0.7× 281 0.7× 211 0.6× 199 0.6× 21 2.1k
Alok Dwivedi United States 33 322 0.8× 377 1.0× 508 1.4× 462 1.4× 514 1.5× 235 4.1k
Anselm Mak Singapore 39 364 0.9× 242 0.6× 324 0.9× 252 0.7× 349 1.0× 113 5.0k
Chun Soo Lim South Korea 39 420 1.1× 420 1.1× 635 1.7× 838 2.5× 205 0.6× 251 5.4k
Cristian Ricci Italy 35 722 1.8× 544 1.4× 455 1.2× 427 1.3× 271 0.8× 166 4.2k
Ιoannis Ilias Greece 37 423 1.1× 411 1.1× 924 2.5× 556 1.6× 275 0.8× 263 6.0k
Ssu‐Yuan Chen Taiwan 31 609 1.5× 223 0.6× 305 0.8× 427 1.3× 331 1.0× 133 3.5k
Alex Dregan United Kingdom 32 347 0.9× 420 1.1× 600 1.6× 205 0.6× 328 1.0× 112 3.4k
Siu Hui United States 31 597 1.5× 550 1.4× 364 1.0× 190 0.6× 644 1.9× 60 3.9k
Hind A. Beydoun United States 36 873 2.2× 931 2.4× 394 1.0× 278 0.8× 564 1.7× 161 4.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Belbasis, Lazaros, et al.. (2025). Mendelian randomization identifies proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases. Brain. 148(7). 2412–2428. 2 indexed citations
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Belbasis, Lazaros, et al.. (2023). Mapping and systematic appraisal of umbrella reviews in epidemiological research: a protocol for a meta-epidemiological study. Systematic Reviews. 12(1). 123–123. 5 indexed citations
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Bellou, Vanesa, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Maarten van Smeden, et al.. (2021). Prognostic factors for adverse outcomes in patients with COVID-19: a field-wide systematic review and meta-analysis. European Respiratory Journal. 59(2). 2002964–2002964. 47 indexed citations
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Bellou, Vanesa, Lazaros Belbasis, & Εvangelos Εvangelou. (2021). Tobacco Smoking and Risk for Pulmonary Fibrosis. CHEST Journal. 160(3). 983–993. 62 indexed citations
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Belbasis, Lazaros, et al.. (2020). Environmental factors, serum biomarkers and risk of atrial fibrillation: an exposure-wide umbrella review of meta-analyses. European Journal of Epidemiology. 35(3). 223–239. 20 indexed citations
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Belbasis, Lazaros, Vanesa Bellou, Ioanna Tzoulaki, & Εvangelos Εvangelou. (2020). Early-Life Factors and Risk of Multiple Sclerosis: An MR-EWAS. Neuroepidemiology. 54(6). 433–445. 9 indexed citations
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Belbasis, Lazaros, Vanesa Bellou, Εvangelos Εvangelou, & Ioanna Tzoulaki. (2019). Environmental factors and risk of multiple sclerosis: Findings from meta-analyses and Mendelian randomization studies. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 26(4). 397–404. 44 indexed citations
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Bellou, Vanesa, Lazaros Belbasis, Athanasios Konstantinidis, Ioanna Tzoulaki, & Εvangelos Εvangelou. (2019). Prognostic models for outcome prediction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review and critical appraisal. BMJ. 367. l5358–l5358. 127 indexed citations
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Köhler, Cristiano A., Εvangelos Εvangelou, Brendon Stubbs, et al.. (2018). Mapping risk factors for depression across the lifespan: An umbrella review of evidence from meta-analyses and Mendelian randomization studies. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 103. 189–207. 174 indexed citations
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Ntritsos, Georgios, Jacob Franek, Lazaros Belbasis, et al.. (2018). Gender-specific estimates of COPD prevalence: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of COPD. Volume 13. 1507–1514. 165 indexed citations
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Belbasis, Lazaros & Vanesa Bellou. (2018). Introduction to Epidemiological Studies. Methods in molecular biology. 1793. 1–6. 38 indexed citations
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Bellou, Vanesa, Lazaros Belbasis, Ioanna Tzoulaki, & Εvangelos Εvangelou. (2018). Risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus: An exposure-wide umbrella review of meta-analyses. PLoS ONE. 13(3). e0194127–e0194127. 453 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bellou, Vanesa, Lazaros Belbasis, Athanasios Konstantinidis, Ioanna Tzoulaki, & Εvangelos Εvangelou. (2017). A systematic review of prognostic models in COPD. Epidemiology. PA1565–PA1565.
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Belbasis, Lazaros, et al.. (2016). Birth weight in relation to health and disease in later life: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. BMC Medicine. 14(1). 147–147. 171 indexed citations
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Belbasis, Lazaros, Vanesa Bellou, Εvangelos Εvangelou, John P. A. Ioannidis, & Ioanna Tzoulaki. (2015). Environmental risk factors and multiple sclerosis: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The Lancet Neurology. 14(3). 263–273. 501 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bellou, Vanesa, Lazaros Belbasis, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Εvangelos Εvangelou, & John P. A. Ioannidis. (2015). Environmental risk factors and Parkinson's disease: An umbrella review of meta-analyses. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 23. 1–9. 313 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bellou, Vanesa, et al.. (2014). The association between bullying-related behaviours and subjective health complaints in late adolescence: cross-sectional study in Greece. BMC Research Notes. 7(1). 523–523. 25 indexed citations
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Ploumis, Avraam, et al.. (2013). Radiotherapy for prevention of heterotopic ossification of the elbow: a systematic review of the literature. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 22(11). 1580–1588. 28 indexed citations
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Ioannidis, John P. A., Lazaros Belbasis, & Εvangelos Εvangelou. (2010). Fifty-Year Fate and Impact of General Medical Journals. PLoS ONE. 5(9). e12531–e12531. 7 indexed citations

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