Walid Saliba

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
171 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Walid Saliba is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Walid Saliba has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 39 papers in Epidemiology and 28 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Walid Saliba's work include Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (21 papers), Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (19 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (13 papers). Walid Saliba is often cited by papers focused on Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (21 papers), Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (19 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (13 papers). Walid Saliba collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and France. Walid Saliba's co-authors include Gad Rennert, Naomi Gronich, Ofra Barnett‐Griness, Mazen Elias, Nili Stein, George Habib, Orna Nitzan, Ronza Najjar‐Debbiny, Bibiana Chazan and Idit Lavi and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Walid Saliba

157 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Effectiveness of Paxlovid in Reducing Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Mortality in High-Risk Patients

2022 316 citations Ronza Najjar‐Debbiny, Naomi Gronich et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walid Saliba Israel	31	701	700	567	466	386	171	3.2k
Thomas Perkmann Austria	28	362 0.5×	520 0.7×	663 1.2×	385 0.8×	158 0.4×	121	3.1k
Timm H. Westhoff Germany	31	876 1.2×	435 0.6×	492 0.9×	493 1.1×	205 0.5×	185	3.3k
Gülali Aktaş Türkiye	36	508 0.7×	1.2k 1.8×	391 0.7×	505 1.1×	180 0.5×	161	3.7k
Brian Shine United Kingdom	33	423 0.6×	785 1.1×	268 0.5×	927 2.0×	254 0.7×	127	3.8k
Alessandra Vecchié Italy	27	726 1.0×	655 0.9×	675 1.2×	422 0.9×	522 1.4×	70	3.0k
Nicolás Meyer France	30	524 0.7×	902 1.3×	297 0.5×	987 2.1×	212 0.5×	157	3.3k
Min Zhan United States	34	666 1.0×	509 0.7×	346 0.6×	501 1.1×	203 0.5×	114	3.9k
Sascha David Germany	40	896 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	681 1.2×	585 1.3×	388 1.0×	153	4.6k
Hidesaku Asakura Japan	40	705 1.0×	1.5k 2.2×	419 0.7×	954 2.0×	327 0.8×	283	6.0k
Denise Maria Avancini Costa Malheiros Brazil	29	332 0.5×	520 0.7×	326 0.6×	568 1.2×	130 0.3×	111	3.4k

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Stein, Nili, et al.. (2025). Efficacy and safety of direct oral anticoagulants in patients with venous thrombosis and inherited thrombophilia. International Journal of Medical Sciences. 22(13). 3182–3190.

Leader, Avi, Ruth Eliahou, Guy Raphaeli, et al.. (2024). Association of Acute Incidental Cerebral Microinfarcts With Subsequent Ischemic Stroke in Patients With Cancer. Neurology. 103(3). e209655–e209655. 1 indexed citations

Eliahou, Ruth, et al.. (2024). Significance of cerebral microinfarcts in antiphospholipid syndrome: A population-based study. International Journal of Stroke. 20(2). 186–195. 1 indexed citations

Stein, Nili, et al.. (2024). Sars‐Cov‐2 infection and dementia risk: a nationwide, nested case‐control study. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(S7). 1 indexed citations

Saliba, Walid, et al.. (2023). Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Middle Age Patients without Known Cardiovascular Disease. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(22). 7011–7011. 4 indexed citations

Najjar‐Debbiny, Ronza, Ofra Barnett‐Griness, Johad Khoury, et al.. (2023). Association Between COVID-19 Infection and Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Nested Case-Control Study. The American Journal of Medicine. 136(11). 1087–1093.e2. 7 indexed citations

Reges, Orna, Moshe Hoshen, Walid Saliba, et al.. (2023). Time-varying association of acute and post-acute COVID-19 with new-onset diabetes mellitus among hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 11(1). e003052–e003052. 11 indexed citations

Barnett‐Griness, Ofra, Shai Cohen, Ronza Najjar‐Debbiny, et al.. (2023). Association between COVID‐19 vaccination and myasthenia gravis: A population‐based, nested case–control study. European Journal of Neurology. 30(12). 3868–3876. 1 indexed citations

Liel‐Cohen, Noah, David S. Blondheim, Sara Shimoni, et al.. (2021). Global longitudinal strain and long‐term outcome in patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected acute coronary syndrome. Echocardiography. 38(8). 1254–1262. 1 indexed citations

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Saliba, Walid, Tamir Bental, Yaron Shapira, et al.. (2021). Increased risk of non-hematological cancer in young patients with aortic stenosis: a retrospective cohort study. Cardio-Oncology. 7(1). 37–37. 3 indexed citations

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Adir, Yochai, Walid Saliba, Antoine Beurnier, & Marc Humbert. (2021). Asthma and COVID-19: an update. European Respiratory Review. 30(162). 210152–210152. 67 indexed citations

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Zafrir, Barak, et al.. (2021). Value of addition of coronary artery calcium to risk scores in the prediction of major cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 21(1). 541–541. 2 indexed citations

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Zafrir, Barak, et al.. (2020). PCSK9 inhibition in clinical practice: Treatment patterns and attainment of lipid goals in a large health maintenance organization. Journal of clinical lipidology. 15(1). 202–211.e2. 24 indexed citations

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Shofti, Rona, Ben Korin, Roy Kalfon, et al.. (2020). Early Cardiac Remodeling Promotes Tumor Growth and Metastasis. Circulation. 142(7). 670–683. 77 indexed citations

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Gronich, Naomi, Idit Lavi, Gad Rennert, & Walid Saliba. (2019). Cancer Risk After Radioactive Iodine Treatment for Hyperthyroidism: A Cohort Study. Thyroid. 30(2). 243–250. 36 indexed citations

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Saliba, Walid, Ofra Barnett‐Griness, Mazen Elias, & Gad Rennert. (2015). Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and risk of a first episode of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: a cohort study. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 13(11). 1971–1979. 43 indexed citations

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Saliba, Walid, Ofra Barnett‐Griness, & Gad Rennert. (2014). Obesity and Association of Serum 25(OH)D Levels with All-Cause Mortality. Calcified Tissue International. 95(3). 222–228. 5 indexed citations

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Saliba, Walid, Ofra Barnett, Hedy S. Rennert, & Gad Rennert. (2012). The Risk of All-Cause Mortality Is Inversely Related to Serum 25(OH)D Levels. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 97(8). 2792–2798. 42 indexed citations

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Habib, George, Walid Saliba, & Munir Nashashibi. (2010). Local effects of intra-articular corticosteroids. Clinical Rheumatology. 29(4). 347–356. 112 indexed citations

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Habib, George, et al.. (2006). Penicillamine and nephrotic syndrome. European Journal of Internal Medicine. 17(5). 343–348. 32 indexed citations

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