Maliha Agha

9.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
18 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Maliha Agha is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery and Health Informatics. According to data from OpenAlex, Maliha Agha has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 4 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Health Informatics. Recurrent topics in Maliha Agha's work include Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (4 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 papers) and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (2 papers). Maliha Agha is often cited by papers focused on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (4 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 papers) and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (2 papers). Maliha Agha collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. Maliha Agha's co-authors include Riaz Agha, Catrin Sohrabi, Maria Nicola, Ahmed Kerwan, Ahmed Al‐Jabir, Zaid Alsafi, Christos Iosifidis, Ginimol Mathew, Thomas Franchi and Niamh O’Neill and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics and International Journal of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Maliha Agha

18 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

The socio-economic implications of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19): A review

2020 4.4k citations Maria Nicola, Zaid Alsafi et al. International Journal of Surgery profile →
The rising prevalence of obesity: part A: impact on public health

2017 271 citations Maliha Agha, Riaz Agha PubMed profile →
PRISMA 2020 statement: What's new and the importance of reporting guidelines

2021 154 citations Catrin Sohrabi, Thomas Franchi et al. International Journal of Surgery profile →
Revised Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guideline: An Update for the Age of Artificial Intelligence

2025 90 citations Ahmed Kerwan, Ahmed Al‐Jabir et al. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) profile →
Transparency in the Reporting of Artificial Intelligence – The TITAN Guideline

2025 38 citations Riaz Agha, Ginimol Mathew et al. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maliha Agha United Kingdom	10	1.6k	1.1k	838	814	771	18	5.5k
Maria Nicola United Kingdom	12	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	847 1.0×	813 1.0×	836 1.1×	18	6.9k
Anna Petherick United Kingdom	17	1.1k 0.7×	827 0.8×	1.3k 1.5×	602 0.7×	686 0.9×	68	4.0k
Wei Luo China	32	1.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.8×	1.8k 2.1×	890 1.1×	783 1.0×	175	6.8k
Rafael Goldszmidt Brazil	12	1.1k 0.7×	782 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	619 0.8×	379 0.5×	35	3.5k
Noam Angrist United States	15	1.1k 0.7×	665 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	646 0.8×	346 0.4×	35	3.5k
Mehdi Khan United Kingdom	9	702 0.4×	909 0.8×	753 0.9×	402 0.5×	1.3k 1.7×	16	5.0k
Christos Iosifidis United Kingdom	8	2.1k 1.3×	1.8k 1.6×	1.4k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	1.9k 2.4×	11	8.9k
Zaid Alsafi United Kingdom	12	2.1k 1.3×	1.8k 1.6×	1.5k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	1.9k 2.4×	18	9.0k
Ahmed Al‐Jabir United Kingdom	11	2.2k 1.4×	1.8k 1.7×	1.5k 1.8×	1.1k 1.4×	1.9k 2.4×	26	9.3k
Niamh O’Neill United Kingdom	10	684 0.4×	880 0.8×	751 0.9×	370 0.5×	1.3k 1.7×	14	4.8k

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Kerwan, Ahmed, Ahmed Al‐Jabir, Ginimol Mathew, et al.. (2025). Revised Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guideline: An Update for the Age of Artificial Intelligence. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 90 indexed citations breakdown →

Agha, Riaz, Ginimol Mathew, Ahmed Kerwan, et al.. (2025). Revised Preferred Reporting of Case Series in Surgery (PROCESS) Guideline: An Update for the Age of Artificial Intelligence. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 8 indexed citations

Agha, Riaz, Ginimol Mathew, Ahmed Kerwan, et al.. (2025). Revised Strengthening the Reporting of Cohort, Cross-Sectional and Case-Control Studies in Surgery (STROCSS) Guideline: An Update for the Age of Artificial Intelligence. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 5 indexed citations

Agha, Riaz, Ginimol Mathew, Ahmed Kerwan, et al.. (2025). Transparency in the Reporting of Artificial Intelligence – The TITAN Guideline. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 38 indexed citations breakdown →

Agha, Riaz, Ginimol Mathew, Ahmed Kerwan, et al.. (2025). Updated Reporting Guidelines in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: SCARE, PROCESS, STROCSS, and TITAN 2025. 3 indexed citations

Sohrabi, Catrin, Thomas Franchi, Ginimol Mathew, et al.. (2021). PRISMA 2020 statement: What's new and the importance of reporting guidelines. International Journal of Surgery. 88. 105918–105918. 154 indexed citations breakdown →

Sohrabi, Catrin, Ginimol Mathew, Thomas Franchi, et al.. (2021). Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on scientific research and implications for clinical academic training – A review. International Journal of Surgery. 86. 57–63. 123 indexed citations

Nicola, Maria, Zaid Alsafi, Catrin Sohrabi, et al.. (2020). The socio-economic implications of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19): A review. International Journal of Surgery. 78. 185–193. 4354 indexed citations breakdown →

Nicola, Maria, Catrin Sohrabi, Ginimol Mathew, et al.. (2020). Health policy and leadership models during the COVID-19 pandemic: A review. International Journal of Surgery. 81. 122–129. 118 indexed citations

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Nicola, Maria, Niamh O’Neill, Catrin Sohrabi, et al.. (2020). Evidence based management guideline for the COVID-19 pandemic - Review article. International Journal of Surgery. 77. 206–216. 265 indexed citations

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Agha, Maliha & Riaz Agha. (2017). The rising prevalence of obesity: part A: impact on public health. PubMed. 2(7). e17–e17. 271 indexed citations breakdown →

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Agha, Maliha & Riaz Agha. (2017). The rising prevalence of obesity: part B—public health policy solutions. PubMed. 2(7). e19–e19. 24 indexed citations

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Agha, Maliha, et al.. (2014). Interventions to Reduce and Prevent Obesity in Pre-Conceptual and Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e95132–e95132. 71 indexed citations

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Agha, Maliha, Riaz Agha, & Jane Sandall. (2012). O021 INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE AND PREVENT OBESITY IN PRE‐CONCEPTUAL AND PREGNANT WOMEN: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META‐ANALYSIS. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 119(S3). 4 indexed citations

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Agha, Riaz & Maliha Agha. (2012). Skin Stretching for Burn Scar Excision - A Critically Appraised Topic. Annals of Medicine and Surgery. 1. 49–54. 2 indexed citations

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Agha, Maliha. (2012). Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of C. difficile and MRSA in the Light of Current NHS Control Policies: A Policy review. Annals of Medicine and Surgery. 1. 39–43. 6 indexed citations

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Agha, Riaz & Maliha Agha. (2011). A history of Guy’s, King’s and St. Thomas’ hospitals from 1649 to 2009: 360 Years of innovation in science and surgery. International Journal of Surgery. 9(5). 414–427. 2 indexed citations

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Talati, Jamsheer, Riaz Agha, Maliha Agha, & R. David Rosin. (2011). Reducing the need for surgeons by reducing pollution-derived workload: Is there a role for surgeons?. International Journal of Surgery. 9(6). 444–450. 2 indexed citations

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