Samaira Younis

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

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Samaira Younis is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Samaira Younis has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 22 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 11 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Samaira Younis's work include Migraine and Headache Studies (28 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (19 papers) and Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments (8 papers). Samaira Younis is often cited by papers focused on Migraine and Headache Studies (28 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (19 papers) and Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments (8 papers). Samaira Younis collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Netherlands. Samaira Younis's co-authors include Messoud Ashina, Anders Hougaard, Henrik Larsson, Casper Emil Christensen, Sait Ashina, Faisal Mohammad Amin, Thien Phu, Richard B. Lipton, Dawn C. Buse and Simona Sacco and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Brain and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Samaira Younis

31 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Migraine: epidemiology and systems of care

2021 450 citations Messoud Ashina, Zaza Katsarava et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samaira Younis Denmark	19	1.1k	554	338	199	183	32	1.3k
Margarida Martins-Oliveira United States	6	1.2k 1.1×	559 1.0×	408 1.2×	270 1.4×	238 1.3×	8	1.4k
Mohammad Sohail Asghar Denmark	13	1.0k 0.9×	511 0.9×	411 1.2×	178 0.9×	179 1.0×	36	1.3k
Fabíola Dach Brazil	28	1.3k 1.2×	774 1.4×	359 1.1×	201 1.0×	96 0.5×	95	1.9k
Michele Viana Italy	22	1.2k 1.0×	575 1.0×	346 1.0×	173 0.9×	81 0.4×	64	1.4k
Luisa Fofi Italy	21	698 0.6×	348 0.6×	305 0.9×	175 0.9×	123 0.7×	54	1.0k
Nazia Karsan United Kingdom	19	846 0.7×	420 0.8×	315 0.9×	142 0.7×	148 0.8×	50	992
Ruozhuo Liu China	19	833 0.7×	437 0.8×	279 0.8×	111 0.6×	111 0.6×	71	1.2k
Natascia Ghiotto Italy	25	1.6k 1.4×	781 1.4×	535 1.6×	156 0.8×	124 0.7×	61	1.8k
Håkan Ashina Denmark	24	1.6k 1.4×	683 1.2×	422 1.2×	224 1.1×	153 0.8×	95	2.0k
Agustin Melo‐Carrillo United States	18	1.2k 1.0×	618 1.1×	449 1.3×	208 1.0×	293 1.6×	32	1.5k

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Chaudhry, Basit Ali, Samaira Younis, Roberta Messina, et al.. (2025). Cortical thickness studies in migraine: Current evidence and future directions. Cephalalgia. 45(6). 2235386260–2235386260.

Al‐Khazali, Haidar M., Samaira Younis, Rune Häckert Christensen, et al.. (2024). Systematic review and meta-analysis of Neck Disability Index and Numeric Pain Rating Scale in patients with migraine and tension-type headache. Cephalalgia. 44(8). 2225319322–2225319322. 7 indexed citations

Younis, Samaira, et al.. (2024). No wearing-off effect of erenumab or fremanezumab for chronic migraine prevention: a single-center, real-world, observational study. Cephalalgia. 44(1). 2215267971–2215267971. 3 indexed citations

Younis, Samaira, Н. В. Латышева, A B Danilov, & Messoud Ashina. (2024). CGRP receptor antagonists (gepants). Handbook of clinical neurology. 199. 51–66. 3 indexed citations

Chaudhry, Basit Ali, et al.. (2024). Average steps per day as marker of treatment response with anti-CGRP mAbs in adults with chronic migraine: a pilot study. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 18068–18068. 1 indexed citations

Puledda, Francesca, Samaira Younis, Faraidoon Haghdoost, et al.. (2023). Efficacy, safety and indirect comparisons of lasmiditan, rimegepant, and ubrogepant for the acute treatment of migraine: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of the literature. Cephalalgia. 43(3). 2215196475–2215196475. 23 indexed citations

Onan, Dilara, Samaira Younis, William Wells-Gatnik, et al.. (2023). Debate: differences and similarities between tension-type headache and migraine. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 24(1). 92–92. 37 indexed citations

Thuraiaiyah, Janu, et al.. (2022). The role of cytokines in migraine: A systematic review. Cephalalgia. 42(14). 1565–1588. 54 indexed citations

Al‐Khazali, Haidar M., et al.. (2022). Prevalence of neck pain in migraine: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cephalalgia. 42(7). 663–673. 63 indexed citations

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Ashina, Messoud, Zaza Katsarava, Thien Phu, et al.. (2021). Migraine: epidemiology and systems of care. The Lancet. 397(10283). 1485–1495. 450 indexed citations breakdown →

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Younis, Samaira, Anders Hougaard, Casper Emil Christensen, et al.. (2021). Interictal pontine metabolism in migraine without aura patients: A 3 Tesla proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. NeuroImage Clinical. 32. 102824–102824. 6 indexed citations

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Younis, Samaira, Casper Emil Christensen, Mark B. Vestergaard, et al.. (2020). Glutamate levels and perfusion in pons during migraine attacks: A 3T MRI study using proton spectroscopy and arterial spin labeling. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 41(3). 604–616. 19 indexed citations

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Al‐Karagholi, Mohammad Al‐Mahdi, Hashmat Ghanizada, Samaira Younis, et al.. (2020). Cerebrovascular effects of glibenclamide investigated using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging in healthy volunteers. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 41(6). 1328–1337. 19 indexed citations

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Khan, Sabrina, Faisal Mohammad Amin, Frederikke P. Fliedner, et al.. (2019). Investigating macrophage-mediated inflammation in migraine using ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide-enhanced 3T magnetic resonance imaging. Cephalalgia. 39(11). 1407–1420. 30 indexed citations

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Younis, Samaira, et al.. (2019). Ictal neck pain investigated in the interictal state – a search for the origin of pain. Cephalalgia. 40(6). 614–624. 28 indexed citations

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Younis, Samaira, Casper Emil Christensen, N. Toft, et al.. (2019). Investigation of distinct molecular pathways in migraine induction using calcitonin gene-related peptide and sildenafil. Cephalalgia. 39(14). 1776–1788. 19 indexed citations

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Christensen, Casper Emil, Samaira Younis, Ulrich Lindberg, et al.. (2019). Ultra-high field MR angiography in human migraine models: a 3.0 T/7.0 T comparison study. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 20(1). 48–48. 5 indexed citations

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Younis, Samaira, Anders Hougaard, Rodrigo Noseda, & Messoud Ashina. (2018). Current understanding of thalamic structure and function in migraine. Cephalalgia. 39(13). 1675–1682. 75 indexed citations

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Christensen, Casper Emil, Faisal Mohammad Amin, Samaira Younis, et al.. (2018). Sildenafil and calcitonin gene-related peptide dilate intradural arteries: A 3T MR angiography study in healthy volunteers. Cephalalgia. 39(2). 264–273. 17 indexed citations

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Khan, Sofia, Casper Emil Christensen, Hashmat Ghanizada, et al.. (2018). Meningeal contribution to migraine pain: a 3T magnetic resonance angiography study. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 19. 12 indexed citations

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