Samir Belal

2.9k total citations
61 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Samir Belal is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Samir Belal has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Samir Belal's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (23 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (17 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (11 papers). Samir Belal is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (23 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (17 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (11 papers). Samir Belal collaborates with scholars based in Tunisia, France and United States. Samir Belal's co-authors include Fayçal Hentati, M. Ben Hamida, Christiane Ben Hamida, F. Hentati, M. Kœnig, Alexis Brice, L Cavalier, Ilhem Turki, Rim Amouri and A. Larnaout and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, Neurology and Human Molecular Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Samir Belal

61 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Samir Belal Tunisia 23 1.1k 1.0k 416 369 299 61 1.9k
Karim Ouahchi United States 9 759 0.7× 517 0.5× 645 1.6× 322 0.9× 195 0.7× 9 1.6k
Rim Amouri Tunisia 24 702 0.6× 667 0.6× 541 1.3× 345 0.9× 146 0.5× 58 1.5k
Carmen Espinós Spain 26 1.1k 1.0× 831 0.8× 249 0.6× 426 1.2× 215 0.7× 95 1.9k
Noriaki Mitsuda Japan 19 1.0k 1.0× 432 0.4× 122 0.3× 222 0.6× 206 0.7× 50 1.8k
Jonathan Corcoran United Kingdom 22 954 0.9× 429 0.4× 61 0.1× 136 0.4× 75 0.3× 35 1.5k
Weiqian Mi Germany 10 569 0.5× 589 0.6× 240 0.6× 238 0.6× 131 0.4× 11 1.4k
Michel Ferrand-Drake United States 13 948 0.9× 336 0.3× 170 0.4× 240 0.7× 305 1.0× 13 1.5k
Marie‐Françoise Ritz Switzerland 19 349 0.3× 214 0.2× 145 0.3× 141 0.4× 71 0.2× 41 893
Patricia Gómez‐Suaga United Kingdom 21 1.4k 1.3× 468 0.5× 906 2.2× 178 0.5× 788 2.6× 31 2.4k
Joshua Hersheson United Kingdom 13 1.1k 1.0× 641 0.6× 634 1.5× 244 0.7× 145 0.5× 15 1.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samir Belal

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All Works

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Belghith, Mériam, et al.. (2024). Increased IL-22 in cerebrospinal fluid of neuro-behçet’s disease patients. Cytokine. 179. 156617–156617. 1 indexed citations
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Messaoud, Taïeb, et al.. (2022). Association between H2 haplotype of microtubule associated protein tau gene (deletion / insertion) with Alzheimer Disease in Tunisian patients. Neurological Research. 44(9). 814–818. 2 indexed citations
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Belal, Samir, et al.. (2022). Missing apolipoprotein E ɛ4 allele associated with nonamnestic Alzheimer’s disease in a Tunisian population. Journal of Genetics. 101(2). 2 indexed citations
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Nabli, Fatma, et al.. (2021). Neuromyelitis optica and concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis: a case report . Journal of Medical Case Reports. 15(1). 391–391. 2 indexed citations
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Ali, Nadia, et al.. (2015). Les critères prédictifs d’une épilepsie pharmacorésistante chez l’enfant. Revue Neurologique. 171(10). 730–735. 10 indexed citations
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Ali, Nadia, et al.. (2015). Novel presenilin 1 mutation (p.I83T) in Tunisian family with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging. 36(10). 2904.e9–2904.e11. 9 indexed citations
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Ali, Nadia, et al.. (2015). Association study of apolipoprotein E promoter polymorphism (−427 T/C) and Alzheimer's disease in a Tunisian population. Revue Neurologique. 172(2). 127–131. 2 indexed citations
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Ali, Nadia, et al.. (2015). Early psychiatrics symptoms in familial Alzheimer’s disease with presenilin 1 mutation (I83T). Journal of Neural Transmission. 123(4). 451–453. 4 indexed citations
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Stévanin, Giovanni, Imed Feki, Paola S. Denora, et al.. (2009). Tunisian hereditary spastic paraplegias: clinical variability supported by genetic heterogeneity. Clinical Genetics. 75(6). 527–536. 41 indexed citations
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Gouider‐Khouja, N., et al.. (2004). Paralysie du regard latéral et scoliose progressive : à propos de 4 familles tunisiennes. Revue Neurologique. 160(3). 307–310. 2 indexed citations
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Amouri, Rim, Ilhem Turki, Karim Ouahchi, et al.. (2003). Phenotypic Features and Genetic Findings in Sacsin-Related Autosomal Recessive Ataxia in Tunisia. Archives of Neurology. 60(7). 982–982. 75 indexed citations
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Gouider‐Khouja, N., Samir Belal, Moncef Feki, et al.. (2001). Effect of vitamin E supplementation in patients with ataxia with vitamin E deficiency. European Journal of Neurology. 8(5). 477–481. 96 indexed citations
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Gouider‐Khouja, N., et al.. (2000). Intrafamilial phenotypic variability of Hallervorden–Spätz syndrome in a Tunisian family. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 6(3). 175–179. 7 indexed citations
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Stévanin, Giovanni, Paola Giunti, Gilles David, et al.. (1998). De Novo Expansion of Intermediate Alleles in Spinocerebellar Ataxia 7. Human Molecular Genetics. 7(11). 1809–1813. 76 indexed citations
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Larnaout, A., et al.. (1998). Juvenile Form of Dihydropteridine Reductase Deficiency in 2 Tunisian Patients. Neuropediatrics. 29(6). 322–323. 2 indexed citations
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Larnaout, A., Samir Belal, Christiane Ben Hamida, M. Ben Hamida, & Fayçal Hentati. (1998). Atypical ataxia telangiectasia with early childhood lower motor neuron degeneration: a clinicopathological observation in three siblings. Journal of Neurology. 245(4). 231–235. 13 indexed citations
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Hamida, C. Ben, L Cavalier, Samir Belal, et al.. (1997). Homozygosity mapping of giant axonal neuropathy gene to chromosome 16q24.1. Neurogenetics. 1(2). 129–133. 39 indexed citations
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Nicole, Sophie, Christiane Ben Hamida, Peter Beighton, et al.. (1995). Localization of the Schwartz–Jampel syndrome (SJS) locus to chromosome 1p34–p36.1 by homozygosity mapping. Human Molecular Genetics. 4(9). 1633–1636. 36 indexed citations
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Larnaout, A., et al.. (1994). Clinical and pathological study of three Tunisian siblings with L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria. Acta Neuropathologica. 88(4). 367–370. 32 indexed citations
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Belal, Samir, Giorgio Sirugo, P.A. Ioannou, et al.. (1992). Study of large inbred Friedreich ataxia families reveals a recombination between D9S15 and the disease locus.. PubMed. 51(6). 1372–6. 11 indexed citations

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