Salman Zarka

972 total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 659 citations indexed

About

Salman Zarka is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Salman Zarka has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 659 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Infectious Diseases, 11 papers in General Health Professions and 10 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Salman Zarka's work include Health and Conflict Studies (8 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers) and Disaster Response and Management (6 papers). Salman Zarka is often cited by papers focused on Health and Conflict Studies (8 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers) and Disaster Response and Management (6 papers). Salman Zarka collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Australia. Salman Zarka's co-authors include Karine Beiruti Wiegler, Hila Ben-Amram, Michael Edelstein, Kamal Abu Jabal, Ran D. Balicer, Hagai Levine, Itamar Grotto, Nadav Davidovitch, Asher Ornoy and Shula Parush and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

In The Last Decade

Salman Zarka

42 papers receiving 633 citations

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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.

Impact of age, ethnicity, sex and prior infection status on immunogenicity following a single dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine: real-world evidence from healthcare workers, Israel, December 2020 to January 2021

2021 186 citations Kamal Abu Jabal, Hila Ben-Amram et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Salman Zarka	264	147	97	85	66	45	659
Dimitrios Cassimos	64 0.2×	234 1.6×	90 0.9×	60 0.7×	21 0.3×	57	643
Noni MacDonald	99 0.4×	281 1.9×	72 0.7×	94 1.1×	12 0.2×	22	569
Anna Lamberti	86 0.3×	103 0.7×	51 0.5×	253 3.0×	17 0.3×	23	469
Patricia M. Simone	443 1.7×	373 2.5×	70 0.7×	70 0.8×	63 1.0×	45	1.1k
Jörg Schelling	71 0.3×	232 1.6×	119 1.2×	73 0.9×	10 0.2×	79	528
K Johansen	352 1.3×	394 2.7×	273 2.8×	26 0.3×	12 0.2×	37	850
Wim H. van Brakel	698 2.6×	218 1.5×	56 0.6×	134 1.6×	4 0.1×	55	1.1k
Jane Tuckerman	163 0.6×	267 1.8×	363 3.7×	65 0.8×	10 0.2×	44	612
Boaz Lev	177 0.7×	115 0.8×	38 0.4×	122 1.4×	4 0.1×	28	980
Maren Johanne Heilskov Rytter	154 0.6×	104 0.7×	11 0.1×	109 1.3×	16 0.2×	31	936

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Salman Zarka

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Zarka, Salman, et al.. (2025). The influence of religion on physicans` and nurses` attitudes toward medical cannabis in Northern Israel. Journal of Cannabis Research. 7(1). 70–70.

Edelstein, Michael, Karine Beiruti Wiegler, Hila Ben-Amram, et al.. (2023). Vaccine-induced and hybrid immunity to SARS-CoV-2 after three or four doses of BNT162b2 - results from 22 months follow-up of a healthcare workers cohort, Israel, 2020-2022. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 135. 57–62. 3 indexed citations

Edelstein, Michael, Karine Beiruti Wiegler, Hila Ben-Amram, et al.. (2022). Antibody-Mediated Immunogenicity Against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Following Priming, Boosting, and Hybrid Immunity: Insights From 11 Months of Follow-up of a Healthcare Worker Cohort in Israel, December 2020–October 2021. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 75(1). e572–e578. 7 indexed citations

Sharabi‐Nov, Adi, et al.. (2022). Cycle threshold responses in SARS-COV2 PCR tests depend on the method by which the samples were obtained and require strict global standardization. Infection. 50(4). 959–963. 5 indexed citations

Jabal, Kamal Abu, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 immunogenicity in individuals infected before and after COVID-19 vaccination: Israel, January–March 2021. Epidemiology and Infection. 149. e239–e239. 3 indexed citations

Zarka, Salman, et al.. (2016). Border Treatment of both Body and Soul.. PubMed. 18(12). 712–713. 2 indexed citations

Zarka, Salman. (2016). More than Three Years of Medical Humanitarian Aid to the Syrian People.. PubMed. 18(10). 586–589. 2 indexed citations

Merin, Ofer, et al.. (2015). [LESSONS FROM PREPAREDNESS OF HOSPITALS TO SNOWSTORMS].. PubMed. 154(11). 688–91, 743. 1 indexed citations

Zarka, Salman, et al.. (2014). Israel's medical support to victims of the civil war in Syria.. PubMed. 16(2). 71–2. 7 indexed citations

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Rosen, Laura, et al.. (2014). Smoking initiation among Israeli adolescents: A 24-year time-to-event analysis. Preventive Medicine. 65. 141–147. 6 indexed citations

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Zarka, Salman, Estela Derazne, Dorit Tzur, et al.. (2013). Varicocoele among 1 300 000 Israeli adolescent males: time trends and association with body mass index. Andrology. 1(5). 663–669. 15 indexed citations

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Zarka, Salman, et al.. (2012). The functional profile of young adults with suspected Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). Research in Developmental Disabilities. 33(6). 2193–2202. 67 indexed citations

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Levine, Hagai, et al.. (2012). Rubella seroprevalence in the first birth cohort reaching fertility age after 20 years of two dose universal vaccination policy in Israel. Vaccine. 30(50). 7260–7264. 9 indexed citations

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Feldman, Becca, et al.. (2010). Behavioral Surveillance of Knowledge About HIV/AIDS Transmission and Perceived Need for Additional Knowledge in a National Sample of Young Israeli Men and Women Between 1993 and 2005. AIDS and Behavior. 15(1). 193–203. 6 indexed citations

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Mimouni, Daniel, Ran D. Balicer, Hagai Levine, et al.. (2009). Trends in the epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a young adult population in Israel: a long-term survey. International Journal of Dermatology. 48(6). 611–613. 7 indexed citations

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Valinsky, Lea, Eyal Klement, Yael Bar‐Zeev, et al.. (2009). A Cluster of Ecthyma Outbreaks Caused by a Single Clone of Invasive and Highly InfectiveStreptococcus pyogenes. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 48(9). 1213–1219. 28 indexed citations

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Weiser, Mark, Salman Zarka, Nomi Werbeloff, Efrat Kravitz, & Gad Lubin. (2009). Cognitive test scores in male adolescent cigarette smokers compared to non‐smokers: a population‐based study. Addiction. 105(2). 358–363. 42 indexed citations

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Linn, Shai, et al.. (2007). Effect Measure Modification and Confounding of Severe Head Injury Mortality by Age and Multiple Organ Injury Severity. Annals of Epidemiology. 17(2). 142–147. 21 indexed citations

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Kochba, Ilan, et al.. (2006). Severe Acne Vulgaris and Tobacco Smoking in Young Men. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 126(8). 1749–1752. 51 indexed citations

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Mimouni, Daniel, Yael Bar‐Zeev, Nadav Davidovitch, & Salman Zarka. (2006). Disease-Modifying Effects of Postexposure Hepatitis A Active Immunization. Military Medicine. 171(12). 1196–1197. 1 indexed citations

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