Rahul Alam

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 957 citations indexed

About

Rahul Alam is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Epidemiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Rahul Alam has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 957 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in General Health Professions, 4 papers in Epidemiology and 4 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Rahul Alam's work include Chronic Disease Management Strategies (4 papers), Diabetes Management and Education (4 papers) and Healthcare cost, quality, practices (4 papers). Rahul Alam is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Disease Management Strategies (4 papers), Diabetes Management and Education (4 papers) and Healthcare cost, quality, practices (4 papers). Rahul Alam collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. Rahul Alam's co-authors include Sudeh Cheraghi‐Sohi, Maria Panagioti, Aneez Esmail, Peter Bower, Stephen Campbell, Jonathan Stokes, Vivian Welch, Lucy O’Malley, Tanya Walsh and Peter Tugwell and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Patient Education and Counseling.

In The Last Decade

Rahul Alam

12 papers receiving 925 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries

2015 299 citations Zipporah Iheozor‐Ejiofor, Helen V Worthington et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rahul Alam United Kingdom	9	315	221	218	163	138	12	957
Michelle B. Orner United States	16	205 0.7×	50 0.2×	166 0.8×	12 0.1×	142 1.0×	33	828
Huabin Luo United States	18	357 1.1×	125 0.6×	255 1.2×	5 0.0×	5 0.0×	83	928
Martha Brillant Canada	14	295 0.9×	32 0.1×	135 0.6×	2 0.0×	128 0.9×	28	923
Mark D. Macek United States	25	653 2.1×	79 0.4×	1.3k 5.9×	23 0.1×	4 0.0×	62	1.7k
Shu Yun Tan Singapore	13	253 0.8×	156 0.7×	200 0.9×	8 0.0×	4 0.0×	32	714
Grainne Crealey United Kingdom	17	257 0.8×	148 0.7×	19 0.1×	2 0.0×	167 1.2×	44	1.1k
Noel Woods Ireland	20	233 0.7×	25 0.1×	388 1.8×	17 0.1×	32 0.2×	51	918
Jeffrey L. Fellows United States	24	460 1.5×	55 0.2×	526 2.4×	14 0.1×	2 0.0×	73	1.8k
Keon-Yeop Kim South Korea	12	302 1.0×	101 0.5×	22 0.1×	1 0.0×	111 0.8×	68	1.1k
Marcos Aparecido Sarriá Cabrera Brazil	20	251 0.8×	92 0.4×	58 0.3×		41 0.3×	66	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Rahul Alam

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rahul Alam

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

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Cheraghi‐Sohi, Sudeh, et al.. (2020). Assessing the utility of a differential diagnostic generator in UK general practice: a feasibility study. Diagnosis. 8(1). 91–99. 6 indexed citations

Morris, Rebecca, et al.. (2018). Identifying primary care patient safety research priorities in the UK: a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership. BMJ Open. 8(2). e020870–e020870. 32 indexed citations

Stocks, Susan Jill, Rahul Alam, Paul Bowie, et al.. (2017). Never Events in UK General Practice: A Survey of the Views of General Practitioners on Their Frequency and Acceptability as a Safety Improvement Approach. Journal of Patient Safety. 15(4). 334–342. 4 indexed citations

Alam, Rahul, Sudeh Cheraghi‐Sohi, Maria Panagioti, et al.. (2017). Managing diagnostic uncertainty in primary care: a systematic critical review. BMC Family Practice. 18(1). 79–79. 128 indexed citations

Panagioti, Maria, Rahul Alam, Sudeh Cheraghi‐Sohi, et al.. (2016). The Effectiveness of Electronic Differential Diagnoses (DDX) Generators: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0148991–e0148991. 106 indexed citations

Panagioti, Maria, Jonathan Stokes, Aneez Esmail, et al.. (2015). Multimorbidity and Patient Safety Incidents in Primary Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0135947–e0135947. 85 indexed citations

Stokes, Jonathan, Maria Panagioti, Rahul Alam, et al.. (2015). Effectiveness of Case Management for 'At Risk' Patients in Primary Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0132340–e0132340. 133 indexed citations

Iheozor‐Ejiofor, Zipporah, Helen V Worthington, Tanya Walsh, et al.. (2015). Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2015(9). CD010856–CD010856. 299 indexed citations breakdown →

Wilson, Charlotte, et al.. (2011). Patient access to healthcare services and optimisation of self-management for ethnic minority populations living with diabetes: a systematic review. Health & Social Care in the Community. 20(1). 1–19. 67 indexed citations

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Alam, Rahul, Shaun Speed, & Kinta Beaver. (2011). A scoping review on the experiences and preferences in accessing diabetes-related healthcare information and services by British Bangladeshis. Health & Social Care in the Community. 20(2). 155–171. 17 indexed citations

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Alam, Rahul, et al.. (2008). Strategies and effectiveness of diabetes self-management education interventions for Bangladeshis. Diversity & Equality in Health and Care. 5(4). 269–279. 3 indexed citations

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Alam, Rahul, Jackie Sturt, Ranjit Lall, & Kirsty Winkley. (2008). An updated meta-analysis to assess the effectiveness of psychological interventions delivered by psychological specialists and generalist clinicians on glycaemic control and on psychological status. Patient Education and Counseling. 75(1). 25–36. 77 indexed citations

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