Maged N. Kamel Boulos

13.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
111 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Maged N. Kamel Boulos is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Maged N. Kamel Boulos has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in General Health Professions, 25 papers in Health and 22 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Maged N. Kamel Boulos's work include Social Media in Health Education (21 papers), Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (18 papers) and Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (15 papers). Maged N. Kamel Boulos is often cited by papers focused on Social Media in Health Education (21 papers), Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (18 papers) and Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (15 papers). Maged N. Kamel Boulos collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Portugal. Maged N. Kamel Boulos's co-authors include Steve Wheeler, Inocencio Maramba, Estella M. Geraghty, Ray Jones, Carlos Tavares, Dean Giustini, Peng Zhang, Lee Hetherington, Robert P. Dellavalle and Peng Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Maged N. Kamel Boulos

109 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Wikis, blogs and podcasts: a new generation of Web-based ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2011 2007 2020 2014 250 500 750
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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. Wikis, blogs and podcasts: a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education
    2006 763 citations Maged N. Kamel Boulos, Inocencio Maramba et al. profile →
  2. How smartphones are changing the face of mobile and participatory healthcare: an overview, with example from eCAALYX
    2011 754 citations Maged N. Kamel Boulos, Steve Wheeler et al. BioMedical Engineering OnLine profile →
  3. The emerging Web 2.0 social software: an enabling suite of sociable technologies in health and health care education1
    2007 584 citations Maged N. Kamel Boulos, Steve Wheeler Health Information & Libraries Journal profile →
  4. Geographical tracking and mapping of coronavirus disease COVID-19/severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic and associated events around the world: how 21st century GIS technologies are supporting the global fight against outbreaks and epidemics
    2020 483 citations Maged N. Kamel Boulos, Estella M. Geraghty International Journal of Health Geographics profile →
  5. Mobile medical and health apps: state of the art, concerns, regulatory control and certification
    2014 448 citations Maged N. Kamel Boulos, Ann Chang Brewer et al. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics profile →
  6. Crowdsourcing, citizen sensing and sensor web technologies for public and environmental health surveillance and crisis management: trends, OGC standards and application examples
    2011 351 citations Maged N. Kamel Boulos et al. International Journal of Health Geographics profile →
  7. Digital Twins: From Personalised Medicine to Precision Public Health
    2021 283 citations Maged N. Kamel Boulos et al. profile →
  8. COVID-19 Misinformation Online and Health Literacy: A Brief Overview
    2021 165 citations Salman Bin Naeem, Maged N. Kamel Boulos International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health profile →

Peers

Maged N. Kamel Boulos
David B. Buller United States
Christian Lovis Switzerland
Arwen Bunce United States
Emily Namey United States
Mowafa Househ Qatar
Enrico Coiera Australia
Raina M. Merchant United States
Guy Paré Canada
Rob Procter United Kingdom
Bradford W. Hesse United States
David B. Buller United States
Maged N. Kamel Boulos
Citations per year, relative to Maged N. Kamel Boulos Maged N. Kamel Boulos (= 1×) peers David B. Buller

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All Works

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Naeem, Salman Bin, et al.. (2024). Leveraging the TOE Framework: Examining the Potential of Mobile Health (mHealth) to Mitigate Health Inequalities. Information. 15(4). 176–176. 4 indexed citations
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Naeem, Salman Bin, et al.. (2023). Modelling the Predictors of Mobile Health (mHealth) Adoption among Healthcare Professionals in Low-Resource Environments. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(23). 7112–7112. 7 indexed citations
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Boulos, Maged N. Kamel & Estella M. Geraghty. (2020). Geographical tracking and mapping of coronavirus disease COVID-19/severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic and associated events around the world: how 21st century GIS technologies are supporting the global fight against outbreaks and epidemics. International Journal of Health Geographics. 19(1). 8–8. 483 indexed citations breakdown →
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Radovick, Sally, et al.. (2018). Gamification Concepts to Promote and Maintain Therapy Adherence in Children with Growth Hormone Deficiency. J — Multidisciplinary Scientific Journal. 1(1). 71–80. 11 indexed citations
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Giustini, Dean, Syed Mustafa Ali, Matthew Fraser, & Maged N. Kamel Boulos. (2018). Effective uses of social media in public health and medicine: a systematic review of systematic reviews. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics. 10(2). e215–e215. 184 indexed citations
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Boulos, Maged N. Kamel, Ann Chang Brewer, Chanté Karimkhani, David B. Buller, & Robert P. Dellavalle. (2014). Mobile medical and health apps: state of the art, concerns, regulatory control and certification. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics. 5(3). 229–229. 448 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boulos, Maged N. Kamel. (2012). Xbox 360 Kinect Exergames for Health. Games for Health Journal. 1(5). 326–330. 53 indexed citations
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Jones, Ray, Lesley Goldsmith, Paul Hewson, Maged N. Kamel Boulos, & Christopher Williams. (2012). Do adverts increase the probability of finding online cognitive behavioural therapy for depression? Cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2(2). e000800–e000800. 1 indexed citations
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Boulos, Maged N. Kamel, Steve Wheeler, Carlos Tavares, & Ray Jones. (2011). How smartphones are changing the face of mobile and participatory healthcare: an overview, with example from eCAALYX. BioMedical Engineering OnLine. 10(1). 24–24. 754 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boulos, Maged N. Kamel, et al.. (2011). Geospatial resources for supporting data standards, guidance and best practice in health informatics. BMC Research Notes. 4(1). 19–19. 10 indexed citations
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Boulos, Maged N. Kamel, Andrew Curtis, & Philip AbdelMalik. (2009). Musings on privacy issues in health research involving disaggregate geographic data about individuals. International Journal of Health Geographics. 8(1). 46–46. 45 indexed citations
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Jones, Ray, et al.. (2009). Use of Live Interactive Webcasting for an International Postgraduate Module in eHealth: Case Study Evaluation. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 11(4). e46–e46. 22 indexed citations
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Boulos, Maged N. Kamel, Matthew Scotch, Kei-Hoi Cheung, & David Burden. (2008). Web GIS in practice VI: a demo playlist of geo-mashups for public health neogeographers. International Journal of Health Geographics. 7(1). 38–38. 38 indexed citations
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Boulos, Maged N. Kamel. (2006). Map of dermatology: ‘first‐impression’ user feedback and agenda for further development. Health Information & Libraries Journal. 23(3). 203–213. 1 indexed citations
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Boulos, Maged N. Kamel. (2003). The use of interactive graphical maps for browsing medical/health Internet information resources. International Journal of Health Geographics. 2(1). 1–1. 61 indexed citations
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Boulos, Maged N. Kamel, Abdul Roudsari, & E.R. Carson. (2002). A dynamic problem to knowledge linking Semantic Web service based on clinical codes. Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine. 27(3). 127–137. 9 indexed citations
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Boulos, Maged N. Kamel, Abdul Roudsari, & E.R. Carson. (2001). Health geomatics: an enabling suite of technologies in health and healthcare. Computers and Biomedical Research. 34(3). 195–219. 37 indexed citations
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Boulos, Maged N. Kamel, Abdul Roudsari, & E.R. Carson. (2001). Health Geomatics: An Enabling Suite of Technologies in Health and Healthcare. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 34(3). 195–219. 53 indexed citations

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