Safa Elkefi

781 total citations
49 papers, 397 citations indexed

About

Safa Elkefi is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Safa Elkefi has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 397 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in General Health Professions, 17 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Safa Elkefi's work include Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (13 papers), Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (9 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (7 papers). Safa Elkefi is often cited by papers focused on Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (13 papers), Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (9 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (7 papers). Safa Elkefi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Tunisia and Canada. Safa Elkefi's co-authors include Onur Asan, Avishek Choudhury, Yasin Bez, Zhongyuan Yu, Dario Trapani, Safa Bhar Layeb, Alicia K. Matthews, Katharine N. Clouser, Stephen L. Percy and Saul Blecker and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Safa Elkefi

36 papers receiving 389 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Safa Elkefi United States 10 175 92 64 51 46 49 397
Erik Boetto Italy 5 113 0.6× 118 1.3× 42 0.7× 8 0.2× 27 0.6× 8 419
Gherardo Carullo Italy 6 117 0.7× 123 1.3× 41 0.6× 8 0.2× 68 1.5× 17 462
Thomas Schopf Norway 11 113 0.6× 52 0.6× 108 1.7× 11 0.2× 14 0.3× 14 349
Francesc X Marín-Gomez Spain 13 66 0.4× 84 0.9× 70 1.1× 4 0.1× 58 1.3× 22 299
Luis Marco-Ruiz Norway 11 122 0.7× 85 0.9× 12 0.2× 10 0.2× 79 1.7× 27 487
Haipeng Zhang United States 8 151 0.9× 103 1.1× 33 0.5× 3 0.1× 25 0.5× 15 373
Elina Laukka Finland 13 159 0.9× 108 1.2× 10 0.2× 9 0.2× 32 0.7× 33 391
Akari Higuchi Japan 4 131 0.7× 105 1.1× 10 0.2× 6 0.1× 18 0.4× 8 287
Óscar Solans Spain 7 137 0.8× 119 1.3× 45 0.7× 4 0.1× 16 0.3× 13 264
Jordi Piera-Jiménez Spain 11 173 1.0× 106 1.2× 50 0.8× 3 0.1× 12 0.3× 44 429

Countries citing papers authored by Safa Elkefi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Safa Elkefi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Safa Elkefi

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Elkefi, Safa & Avishek Choudhury. (2025). Role of Virtual Reality in Improving Home Cancer Care: A Systematic Literature Review. Electronics. 14(2). 385–385.
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Elkefi, Safa, Alana Steffen, & Alicia K. Matthews. (2025). Association between Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) and long-term COVID-19 symptoms: evidence from the 2022 behavioral risk factor surveillance system. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 2448–2448.
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Elkefi, Safa, et al.. (2025). Lessons Learned from the Usability Assessment of an EHR-Based Tool to Support Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications. Applied Clinical Informatics. 16(4). 760–768.
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Hernández, Rosalba, Thenkurussi Kesavadas, Gregory J. Gerstner, et al.. (2025). Assessing safety and feasibility of virtual reality intervention in patients with lung cancer: a pilot study. Supportive Care in Cancer. 33(4). 318–318. 1 indexed citations
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Elkefi, Safa, Onur Asan, Zhongyuan Yu, Tina Yen, & Scott D. Rowley. (2024). Patient-centered communication’s association with trust, satisfaction, and perception of electronic health records use among newly diagnosed patients with cancer. Frontiers in Communication. 9. 3 indexed citations
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Elkefi, Safa & Alicia K. Matthews. (2024). Disparities in the Care Disruption During COVID-19 and in its Impacts on the Mental and Physical Well-Being of Cancer Survivors. American Journal of Health Promotion. 38(8). 1188–1198.
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Elkefi, Safa & Alicia K. Matthews. (2024). Exploring Health Information–Seeking Behavior and Information Source Preferences Among a Diverse Sample of Cancer Survivors: Implications for Patient Education. Journal of Cancer Education. 39(6). 650–662. 4 indexed citations
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Elkefi, Safa, et al.. (2024). The role of participatory ergonomics in supporting the safety of healthcare workers; a systematic review. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science. 26(3). 257–303.
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Bairi, Khalid El, Omar Abdihamid, Laure-Anne Teuwen, et al.. (2024). Conflict of Interest Disclosure in Oncology: Preliminary Insights From the Global ONCOTRUST-1 Cross-Sectional Study. JCO Global Oncology. 10(10). e2400167–e2400167.
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Layeb, Safa Bhar, et al.. (2024). Understanding People's Perceptions Toward COVID-19 Vaccination Using Twitter Data. 1814–1819. 1 indexed citations
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Matthews, Alicia K., et al.. (2024). An exploration of attitudes regarding the use of a state tobacco Quitline for smoking cessation among low-income adults with a history of smoking. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. 10(November). 1–13. 1 indexed citations
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Elkefi, Safa & Onur Asan. (2023). The health information technology preferences and perceptions of newly diagnosed patients with cancer. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 180. 105275–105275. 6 indexed citations
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Elkefi, Safa & Onur Asan. (2023). Perceived Patient Workload and Its Impact on Outcomes During New Cancer Patient Visits: Analysis of a Convenience Sample. JMIR Human Factors. 10. e49490–e49490. 3 indexed citations
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Elkefi, Safa, et al.. (2023). The role of digital health in supporting cancer patients' mental health and psychological well-being for a better quality of life: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 176. 105065–105065. 25 indexed citations
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Asan, Onur, Safa Elkefi, Katharine N. Clouser, & Stephen L. Percy. (2022). Using health information technology to support the needs of Children with Medical Complexity: Mapping review of consumer informatics applications. Frontiers in Digital Health. 4. 992838–992838. 5 indexed citations
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Elkefi, Safa & Onur Asan. (2021). How technology impacts communication between cancer patients and their health care providers: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 149. 104430–104430. 65 indexed citations

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