Michael Friger

9.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
252 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Michael Friger is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Friger has authored 252 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 39 papers in Surgery and 39 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Michael Friger's work include Inflammatory Bowel Disease (22 papers), Microscopic Colitis (17 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (17 papers). Michael Friger is often cited by papers focused on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (22 papers), Microscopic Colitis (17 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (17 papers). Michael Friger collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Canada. Michael Friger's co-authors include Ruslan Sergienko, Natalie Gavrielov‐Yusim, Ami D. Sperber, Eyal Sheiner, Itzhak Katra, Helena Krasnov, Pesach Shvartzman, Victor Novack, Kosta Y. Mumcuoğlu and Eitan Lunenfeld and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Michael Friger

242 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The global prevalence of IBS in adults remains elusive due to the heterogeneity of studies: a Rome Foundation working team literature review

2016 387 citations Ami D. Sperber, Dan L. Dumitraşcu et al. Gut profile →
Nirmatrelvir Use and Severe Covid-19 Outcomes during the Omicron Surge

2022 197 citations Ronen Arbel, Yael Wolff Sagy et al. profile →
Effectiveness of a bivalent mRNA vaccine booster dose to prevent severe COVID-19 outcomes: a retrospective cohort study

2023 86 citations Ronen Arbel, Ruslan Sergienko et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Risk‐Stratified Observation After Asymptomatic Paediatric Scorpion Envenomation May Safely Reduce Emergency Department Stay 2025 ·Acta Paediatrica ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Natalya Bilenko, Michael Friger, (unknown), Dennis Scolnik	0
2	Gender Differences in Coping Strategies and Life Satisfaction Following Cognitive-Behavioral and Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Crohn’s Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial 2025 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·(unknown), Doron Schwartz, Michael Friger, Ruslan Sergienko, Alon Monsonego, Vered Slonim‐Nevo, Dan Greenberg, Shmuel Odes, Orly Sarid	1
3	Cognitive behavioral and mindfulness with daily exercise intervention is associated with changes in intestinal microbial taxa and systemic inflammation in patients with Crohn’s disease 2024 ·Gut Microbes ·(unknown), Yair Motro, Anna Nemirovsky, Doron Schwartz, (unknown), Ruslan Sergienko, Dan Greenberg, Vered Slonim‐Nevo, Orly Sarid, Michael Friger, Shirley Regev, Shmuel Odes, Jacob Moran‐Gilad, Alon Monsonego	9
4	Effectiveness and safety of molnupiravir in the intended-use population: an observational cohort study 2024 ·Clinical Microbiology and Infection ·(unknown), Ronen Arbel, Yael Wolff Sagy, Erez Battat, (unknown), Michael Friger, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Doron Netzer	1
5	Randomised clinical trial: Psychological intervention improves work productivity and daily activity by reducing abdominal pain and fatigue in Crohn's disease 2023 ·Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics ·Shirley Regev, Doron Schwartz, Orly Sarid, (unknown), Vered Slonim‐Nevo, Michael Friger, Ruslan Sergienko, Dan Greenberg, Alon Monsonego, Anna Nemirovsky, Shmuel Odes	9
6	Erector Spinae Plane (ESP) Block for Postoperative Pain Management after Open Oncologic Abdominal Surgery 2023 ·Pain Research and Management ·Michael Dubilеt, Benjamin F. Gruenbaum, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael Friger, (unknown), Alexander Zlotnik, Evgeni Brotfain	2
7	Traffic Noise and Ambient Air Pollution Are Risk Factorsfor Preeclampsia 2022 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Natalya Bilenko, (unknown), Michael Friger, Laura Fischer, Ruslan Sergienko, Eyal Sheiner	6
8	Normative data for the Brief Symptom Inventory for patients with Crohn's disease 2021 ·Psychology and Health ·Shirley Regev, Shmuel Odes, Vered Slonim‐Nevo, (unknown), Michael Friger, Dan Greenberg, Hillel Vardi, Doron Schwartz, Ruslan Sergienko, Orly Sarid	3
9	Ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane block for analgesia after thoracic surgery 2019 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), Julia Grinshpun, Michael Dubilеt, Yael Refaely, (unknown), Leonid Koyfman, Michael Friger, (unknown), (unknown), Evgeni Brotfain	13
10	Long-term neuropsychiatric morbidity in children exposed prenatally to preeclampsia 2019 ·Early Human Development ·Kira Nahum Sacks, Michael Friger, Ilana Shoham‐Vardi, Ruslan Sergienko, Efrat Spiegel, Daniella Landau, Eyal Sheiner	43
11	Does primary lactase deficiency reduce bone mineral density in postmenopausal women? A systematic review and meta-analysis 2018 ·Osteoporosis International ·Yulia Treister‐Goltzman, Michael Friger, Roni Peleg	11
12	Prenatal exposure to preeclampsia as an independent risk factor for long-term cardiovascular morbidity of the offspring 2018 ·Pregnancy Hypertension ·Kira Nahum Sacks, Michael Friger, Ilana Shoham‐Vardi, Efrat Spiegel, Ruslan Sergienko, Daniella Landau, Eyal Sheiner	88
13	Volunteer First Responders for Optimizing Management of Mass Casualty Incidents 2018 ·Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness ·(unknown), Blake Byron Walker, Ofer Amram, Nadine Schuurman, Ellen Randall, Michael Friger, Bruria Adini	7
14	The global prevalence of IBS in adults remains elusive due to the heterogeneity of studies: a Rome Foundation working team literature review breakdown → 2016 ·Gut ·Ami D. Sperber, Dan L. Dumitraşcu, Shin Fukudo, Charles D. Gerson, Uday C. Ghoshal, Kok‐Ann Gwee, A. P. S. Hungin, Jin‐Yong Kang, Minhu Chen, Max J. Schmulson, Arkady Bolotin, Michael Friger, Tamar Freud, William E. Whitehead	387
15	Prenatal exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus as an independent risk factor for long-term neuropsychiatric morbidity of the offspring 2016 ·American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Kira Nahum Sacks, Michael Friger, Ilana Shoham‐Vardi, (unknown), Efrat Spiegel, Ruslan Sergienko, Daniella Landau, Eyal Sheiner	125
16	Vanishing twin syndrome: is it associated with adverse perinatal outcome? 2015 ·Fertility and Sterility ·(unknown), Eyal Sheiner, Michael Friger, Ruslan Sergienko, Avi Harlev	42
17	Socio Economic Status and Traumatic Brain Injury amongst Pediatric Populations: A Spatial Analysis in Greater Vancouver 2015 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Ofer Amram, Nadine Schuurman, Ian Pike, Natalie Yanchar, Michael Friger, Paul B. McBeth, Donald Griesdale	21
18	Associations among patterns in daily body weight, body condition scoring, and reproductive performance in high-producing dairy cows 2009 ·Journal of Dairy Science ·Michael van Straten, Nahum Y. Shpigel, Michael Friger	27
19	Intermittent balneotherapy at the Dead Sea area for patients with knee osteoarthritis. 2009 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Lior Zeller, Avital Avriel, Michael Friger, Marco Harari, S Sukenik	26
20	Characteristics of patients at a complementary medicine clinic in Beer Sheva: summary of the first two years of operation. 2001 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Yan Press, (unknown), Michael Friger, (unknown), Roni Peleg	13

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