Somar Kassab

830 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 567 citations indexed

About

Somar Kassab is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Somar Kassab has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 567 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 5 papers in Infectious Diseases and 4 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Somar Kassab's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (5 papers), Viral Infections and Immunology Research (3 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (3 papers). Somar Kassab is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (5 papers), Viral Infections and Immunology Research (3 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (3 papers). Somar Kassab collaborates with scholars based in France, South Africa and Vietnam. Somar Kassab's co-authors include Alain Michault, Marc Lecuit, Yoann Madec, Matthew L. Albert, Florence Carpentier, Thérèse Couderc, Clémentine Schilte, Denis Malvy, Patrick Gérardin and Bernard-Alex Gaüzère and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of General Virology, Arthritis Research & Therapy and PLoS neglected tropical diseases.

In The Last Decade

Somar Kassab

11 papers receiving 554 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Chikungunya Virus-associated Long-term Arthralgia: A 36-month Prospective Longitudinal Study

2013 334 citations Clémentine Schilte, Thérèse Couderc et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Somar Kassab France	7	469	369	106	85	40	11	567
I. Quatresous France	11	1.1k 2.3×	885 2.4×	40 0.4×	92 1.1×	75 1.9×	16	1.2k
Marie Mura France	10	206 0.4×	192 0.5×	33 0.3×	70 0.8×	25 0.6×	23	411
Gianandréa Borgherini France	8	415 0.9×	365 1.0×	82 0.8×	91 1.1×	110 2.8×	12	540
P.S. Shah India	13	361 0.8×	288 0.8×	17 0.2×	41 0.5×	43 1.1×	22	480
Frederico Dimatatac Singapore	7	677 1.4×	567 1.5×	113 1.1×	57 0.7×	49 1.2×	8	749
Supriya Hundekar India	8	425 0.9×	382 1.0×	21 0.2×	28 0.3×	26 0.7×	14	463
Chule Thisyakorn Thailand	12	366 0.8×	261 0.7×	11 0.1×	53 0.6×	31 0.8×	37	514
Ralph Huits Belgium	13	398 0.8×	332 0.9×	39 0.4×	73 0.9×	54 1.4×	62	527
Padmakar S. Sathe India	7	600 1.3×	543 1.5×	15 0.1×	79 0.9×	50 1.3×	7	669
H.J. de Silva Sri Lanka	10	270 0.6×	249 0.7×	22 0.2×	49 0.6×	94 2.4×	15	425

Countries citing papers authored by Somar Kassab

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Somar Kassab

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All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Kassab, Somar, Mathilde Pugès, Alice Desclaux, et al.. (2018). Clinical and biological features of enteroviral meningitis among adults and children and factors associated with severity and length of stay. Journal of Clinical Virology. 104. 56–60. 7 indexed citations

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Rayne, Fabienne, Linda Wittkop, Somar Kassab, et al.. (2017). Rapid Adenovirus typing method for species identification. Journal of Virological Methods. 249. 156–160. 3 indexed citations

3.

Kassab, Somar, et al.. (2014). Epidemic of complicated mumps in previously vaccinated young adults in the South-West of France. Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses. 44(11-12). 502–508. 5 indexed citations

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Kassab, Somar, et al.. (2014). H-08 : Diagnostic et prise en charge des méningites à entérovirus. Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses. 44(6). 50–50. 1 indexed citations

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Cassany, Aurélia, et al.. (2014). Expression of viral polymerase and phosphorylation of core protein determine core and capsid localization of the human hepatitis B virus. Journal of General Virology. 96(1). 183–195. 11 indexed citations

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Ribeiro, Emmanuel, et al.. (2014). Primary Dengue Fever Associated with Hemophagocytic Syndrome: A Report of Three Imported Cases, Bordeaux, France. Internal Medicine. 53(8). 899–902. 10 indexed citations

7.

Madec, Yoann, Florence Carpentier, Somar Kassab, et al.. (2013). Correction: Chikungunya Virus-associated Long-term Arthralgia: A 36-month Prospective Longitudinal Study. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 7(3). 62 indexed citations

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Schilte, Clémentine, Thérèse Couderc, Yoann Madec, et al.. (2013). Chikungunya Virus-associated Long-term Arthralgia: A 36-month Prospective Longitudinal Study. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 7(3). e2137–e2137. 334 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gérardin, Patrick, A. Fianu, Alain Michault, et al.. (2013). Predictors of Chikungunya rheumatism: a prognostic survey ancillary to the TELECHIK cohort study. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 15(1). R9–R9. 93 indexed citations

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Kassab, Somar, et al.. (2012). New outbreaks of the population of fly-stables, Mato Grosso do Sul: prevention and control measures.. 5(15). 84–88. 1 indexed citations

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Rayne, Fabienne, Somar Kassab, Charlotte Jubert, et al.. (2012). Adenovirus infections in Bordeaux University Hospital 2008–2010: Clinical and virological features. Journal of Clinical Virology. 54(4). 302–307. 40 indexed citations

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