Rajaie Batniji

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Rajaie Batniji is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rajaie Batniji has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in General Health Professions, 7 papers in Clinical Psychology and 5 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Rajaie Batniji's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (4 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (4 papers) and Health and Conflict Studies (4 papers). Rajaie Batniji is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (4 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (4 papers) and Health and Conflict Studies (4 papers). Rajaie Batniji collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Palestinian Territory. Rajaie Batniji's co-authors include Devi Sridhar, Benedetto Saraceno, Mark van Ommeren, John Mahoney, Chris Underhill, Alex Cohen, Oye Gureje, Rita Giacaman, Viet Nguyen–Gillham and Yoke Rabaia and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Cancer and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Rajaie Batniji

15 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Barriers to improvement of mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries

2007 720 citations Benedetto Saraceno, Mark van Ommeren et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rajaie Batniji United States	10	607	522	518	177	163	16	1.3k
Janice L. Cooper United States	22	829 1.4×	397 0.8×	484 0.9×	214 1.2×	89 0.5×	53	1.5k
Joanne Corrigall South Africa	10	458 0.8×	440 0.8×	534 1.0×	125 0.7×	78 0.5×	16	1.2k
Joshua Ssebunnya Uganda	19	823 1.4×	953 1.8×	622 1.2×	102 0.6×	185 1.1×	39	1.6k
Aniek Woodward United Kingdom	14	749 1.2×	229 0.4×	492 0.9×	280 1.6×	195 1.2×	31	1.1k
Angela Ofori-Atta Ghana	19	371 0.6×	466 0.9×	342 0.7×	113 0.6×	82 0.5×	41	907
Fred Kigozi Uganda	28	1.1k 1.7×	1.3k 2.4×	842 1.6×	129 0.7×	269 1.7×	55	2.1k
Ilse Blignault Australia	19	350 0.6×	222 0.4×	363 0.7×	130 0.7×	98 0.6×	75	1.1k
Victoria K. Ngo United States	19	682 1.1×	533 1.0×	520 1.0×	276 1.6×	41 0.3×	58	1.5k
Sumaiyah Docrat South Africa	17	278 0.5×	334 0.6×	345 0.7×	60 0.3×	125 0.8×	22	790
Nuworza Kugbey Ghana	19	331 0.5×	195 0.4×	317 0.6×	145 0.8×	95 0.6×	55	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Rajaie Batniji

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rajaie Batniji

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All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Baum, Aaron, et al.. (2024). Supporting Rising-Risk Medicaid Patients Through Early Intervention. NEJM Catalyst. 5(11). 2 indexed citations

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Borno, Hala T., Tracy Kuo Lin, & Rajaie Batniji. (2020). Determining the impact of Medicaid expansion on cancer burden. Cancer. 126(18). 4114–4117. 2 indexed citations

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Batniji, Rajaie, Lina Khatib, Melani Cammett, et al.. (2014). Governance and health in the Arab world. The Lancet. 383(9914). 343–355. 68 indexed citations

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Batniji, Rajaie & Eran Bendavid. (2013). Considerations in Assessing the Evidence and Implications of Aid Displacement from the Health Sector. PLoS Medicine. 10(1). e1001364–e1001364.

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Ho, Jonathan K. & Rajaie Batniji. (2013). Targets for non-communicable disease: what has happened since the UN summit?. BMJ. 346(may20 7). f3300–f3300. 2 indexed citations

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Coutts, Adam, David Stückler, Rajaie Batniji, et al.. (2013). The Arab Spring and Health: Two Years on. International Journal of Health Services. 43(1). 49–60. 22 indexed citations

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Coutts, Adam, Fouad M. Fouad, & Rajaie Batniji. (2013). Assessing the Syrian health crisis: the case of Lebanon. The Lancet. 381(9875). e9–e9. 17 indexed citations

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Batniji, Rajaie. (2012). Searching for dignity. The Lancet. 380(9840). 466–467. 6 indexed citations

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Giacaman, Rita, Yoke Rabaia, Viet Nguyen–Gillham, et al.. (2010). Mental health, social distress and political oppression: The case of the occupied Palestinian territory. Global Public Health. 6(5). 547–559. 103 indexed citations

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Sinha, Sidhartha R. & Rajaie Batniji. (2010). Protecting health: thinking small. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 88(9). 713–715. 2 indexed citations

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Batniji, Rajaie, Yoke Rabaia, Viet Nguyen–Gillham, et al.. (2009). Health as human security in the occupied Palestinian territory. The Lancet. 373(9669). 1133–1143. 100 indexed citations

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Batniji, Rajaie. (2009). Reviving the International Monetary Fund: Concerns for the Health of the Poor. International Journal of Health Services. 39(4). 783–787. 10 indexed citations

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Sridhar, Devi & Rajaie Batniji. (2008). Misfinancing global health: a case for transparency in disbursements and decision making. The Lancet. 372(9644). 1185–1191. 141 indexed citations

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Saraceno, Benedetto, Mark van Ommeren, Rajaie Batniji, et al.. (2007). Global Mental Health 5 Barriers to improvement of mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries. 10 indexed citations

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Saraceno, Benedetto, Mark van Ommeren, Rajaie Batniji, et al.. (2007). Barriers to improvement of mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet. 370(9593). 1164–1174. 720 indexed citations breakdown →

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Batniji, Rajaie, Mark van Ommeren, & Benedetto Saraceno. (2005). Mental and social health in disasters: Relating qualitative social science research and the Sphere standard. Social Science & Medicine. 62(8). 1853–1864. 64 indexed citations

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