Rim Ghammam

542 total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 308 citations indexed

About

Rim Ghammam is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Speech and Hearing and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Rim Ghammam has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 308 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 7 papers in Speech and Hearing and 4 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Rim Ghammam's work include School Health and Nursing Education (7 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (6 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (4 papers). Rim Ghammam is often cited by papers focused on School Health and Nursing Education (7 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (6 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (4 papers). Rim Ghammam collaborates with scholars based in Tunisia, United States and Switzerland. Rim Ghammam's co-authors include J. Maatoug, Hassen Ghannem, Nawel Zammit, Sihem Ben Fredj, Imen Ayouni, Wafa Dhouib, Imed Harrabi, Slim Slama, Fernando Martínez and Mustafa Al’Absi and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, BMC Public Health and BMC Health Services Research.

In The Last Decade

Rim Ghammam

17 papers receiving 306 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.

Effective public health measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19: a systematic review

2021 234 citations Imen Ayouni, J. Maatoug et al. BMC Public Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rim Ghammam Tunisia	6	91	81	72	55	54	23	308
Sihem Ben Fredj Tunisia	10	127 1.4×	100 1.2×	128 1.8×	66 1.2×	50 0.9×	40	443
Caroline McElnay New Zealand	5	114 1.3×	49 0.6×	88 1.2×	36 0.7×	23 0.4×	5	286
Imen Ayouni Tunisia	4	121 1.3×	86 1.1×	102 1.4×	58 1.1×	21 0.4×	6	347
Matthew A. Crane United States	8	60 0.7×	50 0.6×	44 0.6×	49 0.9×	38 0.7×	17	262
Dominic Ledinger Austria	4	125 1.4×	143 1.8×	98 1.4×	39 0.7×	23 0.4×	10	377
Jack M Birch United Kingdom	9	60 0.7×	105 1.3×	53 0.7×	36 0.7×	84 1.6×	23	323
Leah S. Fischer United States	7	57 0.6×	62 0.8×	83 1.2×	49 0.9×	65 1.2×	21	297
Lúcia Campos Pellanda Brazil	7	102 1.1×	49 0.6×	135 1.9×	29 0.5×	40 0.7×	17	406
Neda SoleimanvandiAzar Iran	8	31 0.3×	90 1.1×	54 0.8×	51 0.9×	40 0.7×	31	251
Alwin Issac India	11	40 0.4×	94 1.2×	49 0.7×	34 0.6×	30 0.6×	43	267

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rim Ghammam

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Fredj, Sihem Ben, et al.. (2026). Probiotic intake and mental health in healthy working adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. BMC Psychology. 14(1). 175–175.

Fredj, Sihem Ben, Nawel Zammit, Rim Ghammam, et al.. (2025). Intervention effectiveness in reducing the clustering of non-communicable disease risk factors in the workplace: A quasi-experimental study. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0317460–e0317460. 1 indexed citations

Fredj, Sihem Ben, Nawel Zammit, Rim Ghammam, et al.. (2024). Co-occurrence of problematic facebook and video game use: prevalence and association with mental health disorders among adolescents. BMC Psychology. 12(1). 375–375.

Ghammam, Rim, et al.. (2024). Weight excess among high-school students: Relation with mental health and sociodemographic factors. La Tunisie Médicale. 102(3). 139–145. 2 indexed citations

Zammit, Nawel, J. Maatoug, Rim Ghammam, et al.. (2022). Surveillance of tobacco use among young adolescents: trends and predictors across three years in Sousse, Tunisia. BMC Public Health. 22(1). 2022–2022. 2 indexed citations

Ghammam, Rim, J. Maatoug, Nawel Zammit, et al.. (2022). The prevalence of high blood pressure and its determinants among Tunisian adolescents. Journal of Human Hypertension. 38(4). 371–379. 10 indexed citations

Zammit, Nawel, Imen Ayouni, Rim Ghammam, et al.. (2022). Studying SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy among health professionals in Tunisia. BMC Health Services Research. 22(1). 489–489. 10 indexed citations

Zammit, Nawel, et al.. (2022). Monitoring tobacco use among a sample of Tunisian high school pupils. European Journal of Public Health. 32(Supplement_3). 2 indexed citations

Ghammam, Rim, J. Maatoug, Imed Harrabi, et al.. (2022). Effectiveness of a 3-year community-based intervention for blood pressure reduction among adults: a repeated cross-sectional study with a comparison area. Journal of Human Hypertension. 38(4). 336–344. 3 indexed citations

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Zammit, Nathan W., et al.. (2022). Prospective prediction of alcohol consumption among a Tunisian sample of adolescents. European Journal of Public Health. 32(Supplement_3).

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Ghammam, Rim, et al.. (2021). Compliance with preventive measures before and during home quarantine among a Tunisian cohort of COVID-19 patients. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 10. 1 indexed citations

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Ayouni, Imen, J. Maatoug, Wafa Dhouib, et al.. (2021). Effective public health measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19: a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 1015–1015. 234 indexed citations breakdown →

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Maatoug, J., et al.. (2020). Effect of a school-based intervention in eating habits among school children: quasi experimental study, Tunisia. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 33(3). 157–164. 3 indexed citations

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Zammit, Nawel, et al.. (2018). Tobacco use: the main predictor of illicit substances use among young adolescents in Sousse, Tunisia. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 32(5). 9 indexed citations

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Ghammam, Rim, J. Maatoug, Nawel Zammit, et al.. (2018). Long term effect of a school based intervention to prevent chronic diseases in Tunisia, 2009-2015. African Health Sciences. 17(4). 1137–1137. 8 indexed citations

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Ghammam, Rim, et al.. (2018). L’observance thérapeutique chez le diabétique de type 2. Annales d Endocrinologie. 79(4). 476–476.

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Zammit, Nawel, et al.. (2016). Sustainability of the results of a non communicable diseases prevention program among youth in the region of Sousse, Tunisia. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 30(4). 3 indexed citations

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Zammit, Nawel, et al.. (2016). Efficacité d’un programme d’intervention de trois ans en milieu communautaire pour la prévention des facteurs de risque des maladies non transmissibles. Sousse, Tunisie. Revue d Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique. 64. S231–S232. 3 indexed citations

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Ghammam, Rim, et al.. (2015). The changing trends in epidemiological characteristics of gastric adenocarcinoma: a Tunisian center experience. International Surgery Journal. 18–22. 2 indexed citations

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Harrabi, Imed, et al.. (2013). School-based intervention to promote healthy nutrition in Sousse, Tunisia. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 26(2). 253–258. 13 indexed citations

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