Sonia Chaabane

945 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 578 citations indexed

About

Sonia Chaabane is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonia Chaabane has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 578 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 5 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 5 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sonia Chaabane's work include Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (3 papers), Physical Activity and Health (3 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (2 papers). Sonia Chaabane is often cited by papers focused on Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (3 papers), Physical Activity and Health (3 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (2 papers). Sonia Chaabane collaborates with scholars based in Qatar, Canada and Taiwan. Sonia Chaabane's co-authors include Karima Chaabna, Sohaila Cheema, Ravinder Mamtani, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, Amit Abraham, Anick Bérard, Takoua Boukhris, Flory T. Muanda, Noha Iessa and Jin‐Ping Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Sonia Chaabane

14 papers receiving 562 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.

The Impact of COVID-19 School Closure on Child and Adolescent Health: A Rapid Systematic Review

2021 193 citations Sonia Chaabane, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy et al. Children profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sonia Chaabane Qatar	11	220	203	124	91	82	16	578
Omid Safari Iran	15	107 0.5×	168 0.8×	141 1.1×	72 0.8×	103 1.3×	54	631
Amar Kanekar United States	11	168 0.8×	272 1.3×	181 1.5×	63 0.7×	71 0.9×	38	601
César Hueso‐Montoro Spain	15	181 0.8×	227 1.1×	172 1.4×	70 0.8×	48 0.6×	79	701
Randa M. Youssef Egypt	14	292 1.3×	185 0.9×	123 1.0×	34 0.4×	55 0.7×	34	740
Ana Paula Muraro Brazil	15	107 0.5×	271 1.3×	208 1.7×	100 1.1×	55 0.7×	77	604
Mary Kate Kelly United States	8	198 0.9×	137 0.7×	118 1.0×	50 0.5×	44 0.5×	25	474
Derrick Ssewanyana Kenya	17	295 1.3×	130 0.6×	202 1.6×	34 0.4×	105 1.3×	43	750
Olga Canet Vélez Spain	11	115 0.5×	162 0.8×	165 1.3×	94 1.0×	30 0.4×	38	625
Leona VandeVusse United States	15	114 0.5×	194 1.0×	103 0.8×	58 0.6×	165 2.0×	39	623
Sidra Ishaque Pakistan	10	151 0.7×	258 1.3×	110 0.9×	23 0.3×	90 1.1×	34	646

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16 of 16 papers shown

Chaabane, Sonia, et al.. (2025). Epidemiology of sleep disturbances among medical students in the Middle East and North Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Global Health. 15. 4099–4099.

Chaabane, Sonia, et al.. (2024). Sleep disorders and associated factors among medical students in the Middle East and North Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 4656–4656. 9 indexed citations

Chaabane, Sonia, et al.. (2023). Pregnancy exposure registries for drugs and vaccines in low-income and middle-income countries: scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 13(5). e070543–e070543.

Chaabna, Karima, et al.. (2022). Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the proportion of physically active children and adults worldwide: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Public Health. 10. 1009703–1009703. 10 indexed citations

Chaabane, Sonia, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, Karima Chaabna, Ravinder Mamtani, & Sohaila Cheema. (2021). The Impact of COVID-19 School Closure on Child and Adolescent Health: A Rapid Systematic Review. Children. 8(5). 415–415. 193 indexed citations breakdown →

Chaabane, Sonia, Karima Chaabna, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, Ravinder Mamtani, & Sohaila Cheema. (2021). Barriers and Facilitators Associated with Physical Activity in the Middle East and North Africa Region: A Systematic Overview. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(4). 1647–1647. 61 indexed citations

Chaabane, Sonia, Karima Chaabna, Amit Abraham, et al.. (2021). Perceived stress, stressors, and coping strategies among nursing students in the Middle East and North Africa: an overview of systematic reviews. Systematic Reviews. 10(1). 136–136. 62 indexed citations

Doraiswamy, Sathyanarayanan, et al.. (2020). Perinatal Mental Illness in the Middle East and North Africa Region—A Systematic Overview. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(15). 5487–5487. 14 indexed citations

Chaabane, Sonia, Karima Chaabna, Amit Abraham, Ravinder Mamtani, & Sohaila Cheema. (2020). Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in the Middle East and North Africa: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 9363–9363. 69 indexed citations

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Chaabane, Sonia, Manale Harfouche, Hiam Chemaitelly, Guido Schwarzer, & Laith J. Abu‐Raddad. (2019). Herpes simplex virus type 1 epidemiology in the Middle East and North Africa: systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regressions. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1136–1136. 42 indexed citations

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Chaabane, Sonia, Odile Sheehy, Patricia Monnier, et al.. (2016). Ovarian Stimulation, Intrauterine Insemination, Multiple Pregnancy and Major Congenital Malformations: A Systematic Review and Meta- Analysis- The ART_Rev Study. Current Drug Safety. 11(3). 222–261. 12 indexed citations

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Chaabane, Sonia, Odile Sheehy, Patricia Monnier, et al.. (2016). Ovarian Stimulators, Intrauterine Insemination, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies Use and the Risk of Major Congenital Malformations—The AtRISK Study. Birth Defects Research Part B Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology. 107(3). 136–147. 7 indexed citations

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Chaabane, Sonia, Odile Sheehy, Patricia Monnier, et al.. (2015). Association between ovarian stimulators with or without intrauterine insemination, and assisted reproductive technologies on multiple births. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 213(4). 511.e1–511.e14. 12 indexed citations

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Muanda, Flory T., Sonia Chaabane, Takoua Boukhris, et al.. (2015). Antimalarial drugs for preventing malaria during pregnancy and the risk of low birth weight: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and quasi-randomized trials. BMC Medicine. 13(1). 193–193. 19 indexed citations

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Bérard, Anick, Noha Iessa, Sonia Chaabane, et al.. (2015). The risk of major cardiac malformations associated with paroxetine use during the first trimester of pregnancy: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 81(4). 589–604. 57 indexed citations

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Chaabane, Sonia & Anick Bérard. (2013). Epidemiology of Major Congenital Malformations with Specific Focus on Teratogens. Current Drug Safety. 8(2). 128–140. 11 indexed citations

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