Najibullah Safi

748 total citations
35 papers, 504 citations indexed

About

Najibullah Safi is a scholar working on Finance, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Najibullah Safi has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 504 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Finance, 12 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 10 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Najibullah Safi's work include Healthcare Systems and Reforms (13 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (10 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (7 papers). Najibullah Safi is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Systems and Reforms (13 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (10 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (7 papers). Najibullah Safi collaborates with scholars based in Afghanistan, United States and Iran. Najibullah Safi's co-authors include Palwasha Anwari, Richard K. Kiang, Radina P. Soebiyanto, Farida Adimi, Hoda Atta, Mandana Afsharpad, Navid Dinparast Djadid, Sedigheh Zakeri, Faezeh Ghasemi and Ghasem Zamani and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Najibullah Safi

32 papers receiving 493 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Najibullah Safi Afghanistan 14 242 91 86 84 80 35 504
Andrew Obala Kenya 16 295 1.2× 129 1.4× 62 0.7× 86 1.0× 66 0.8× 53 571
Wibke Loag Germany 14 321 1.3× 175 1.9× 91 1.1× 125 1.5× 80 1.0× 26 710
Sheetal Silal South Africa 15 324 1.3× 211 2.3× 117 1.4× 146 1.7× 78 1.0× 43 721
Tom Drake United Kingdom 13 218 0.9× 134 1.5× 52 0.6× 77 0.9× 49 0.6× 29 502
Mathias Kamugisha Tanzania 16 282 1.2× 233 2.6× 64 0.7× 111 1.3× 58 0.7× 28 513
Shuigao Jin China 6 236 1.0× 80 0.9× 122 1.4× 124 1.5× 125 1.6× 12 666
Christina Makungu Tanzania 11 234 1.0× 131 1.4× 93 1.1× 91 1.1× 25 0.3× 17 472
Julius J. Massaga Tanzania 16 320 1.3× 226 2.5× 86 1.0× 105 1.3× 53 0.7× 37 633
Maria Jacirema Ferreira Gonçalves Brazil 13 252 1.0× 48 0.5× 175 2.0× 108 1.3× 74 0.9× 50 543
Taye Gari Ethiopia 16 307 1.3× 145 1.6× 86 1.0× 128 1.5× 82 1.0× 35 568

Countries citing papers authored by Najibullah Safi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Najibullah Safi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Najibullah Safi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Najibullah Safi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Najibullah Safi 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 Najibullah Safi. Najibullah Safi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Keats, Emily C, Hana Tasic, Robert E. Black, et al.. (2025). Setting health systems research priorities for Afghanistan: an application of the child health and nutrition research initiative (CHNRI) methodology to set a roadmap to 2030. BMJ Global Health. 10(Suppl 3). e018578–e018578. 1 indexed citations
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Tajvar, Maryam, et al.. (2024). Governance of noncommunicable diseases in Afghanistan. Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine. 10(3). 238–246. 3 indexed citations
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Anwari, Palwasha, Eleanor Burnett, Najibullah Safi, et al.. (2024). Effectiveness and impact of monovalent rotavirus vaccination in Afghanistan: a test-negative case–control analysis. The Lancet Global Health. 12(9). e1517–e1525.
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Blanchet, Karl, Ala Alwan, Najibullah Safi, et al.. (2023). Lessons from the development process of the Afghanistan integrated package of essential health services. BMJ Global Health. 8(9). e012508–e012508. 4 indexed citations
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Mosadeghrad, Ali Mohammad, et al.. (2023). Strategies to tackle non-communicable diseases in Afghanistan: A scoping review. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 982416–982416. 17 indexed citations
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Mosadeghrad, Ali Mohammad, et al.. (2023). Trend analysis of noncommunicable diseases and their risk factors in Afghanistan. Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine. 9(3). 210–221. 7 indexed citations
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Safi, Najibullah, et al.. (2023). The need to sustain funding for Afghanistan health system to prevent excess morbidity and mortality. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 29(2). 119–125. 8 indexed citations
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Alwan, Ala, Reza Majdzadeh, Gavin Yamey, et al.. (2023). Country readiness and prerequisites for successful design and transition to implementation of essential packages of health services: experience from six countries. BMJ Global Health. 8(Suppl 1). e010720–e010720. 11 indexed citations
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Safi, Najibullah, et al.. (2022). Afghanistan's health system under the Taliban: key challenges. The Lancet. 400(10359). 1179–1180. 24 indexed citations
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Safi, Najibullah, et al.. (2020). Early responses to COVID-19 in Afghanistan. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 26(12). 1442–1445. 5 indexed citations
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Mosawi, Sayed Hussain, Abdolhossein Dalimi, Najibullah Safi, et al.. (2020). An unlabelled probe-based real time PCR and modified semi-nested PCR as molecular tools for analysis of chloroquine resistant Plasmodium vivax isolates from Afghanistan. Malaria Journal. 19(1). 253–253. 3 indexed citations
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Anwari, Palwasha, Frédéric Debellut, Elisabeth Vodicka, et al.. (2019). Potential health impact and cost-effectiveness of bivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Afghanistan. Vaccine. 38(6). 1352–1362. 16 indexed citations
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Safi, Najibullah, et al.. (2018). Addressing health workforce shortages and maldistribution in Afghanistan. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 24(9). 951–958. 21 indexed citations
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Safi, Najibullah, et al.. (2017). Improving immunization in Afghanistan: results from a cross-sectional community-based survey to assess routine immunization coverage. BMC Public Health. 17(1). 290–290. 30 indexed citations
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Hamadeh, Randah R, Jaleh Gholami, Ahmed Mandil, et al.. (2014). The Knowledge Translation Status in Selected Eastern-Mediterranean Universities and Research Institutes. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e103732–e103732. 11 indexed citations
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Safi, Najibullah. (2012). Evaluation of thermotherapy for the treatment of cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Kabul, Afghanistan: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 16. e174–e174. 7 indexed citations
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Safi, Najibullah, et al.. (2012). Evaluation of Thermotherapy for the Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Kabul, Afghanistan: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Military Medicine. 177(3). 345–351. 46 indexed citations
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Zakeri, Sedigheh, Mandana Afsharpad, Faezeh Ghasemi, et al.. (2010). Molecular surveillance of Plasmodium vivax dhfr and dhps mutations in isolates from Afghanistan. Malaria Journal. 9(1). 75–75. 23 indexed citations
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Zakeri, Sedigheh, Najibullah Safi, Mandana Afsharpad, et al.. (2009). Genetic structure of Plasmodium vivax isolates from two malaria endemic areas in Afghanistan. Acta Tropica. 113(1). 12–19. 44 indexed citations

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