Zakariya Sheikh

898 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 571 citations indexed

About

Zakariya Sheikh is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Surgery and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Zakariya Sheikh has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 571 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Epidemiology, 3 papers in Surgery and 3 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Zakariya Sheikh's work include Respiratory viral infections research (3 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (2 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (2 papers). Zakariya Sheikh is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (3 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (2 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (2 papers). Zakariya Sheikh collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Pakistan and United States. Zakariya Sheikh's co-authors include Aziz Sheikh, Amir Hussain, Zain Hussain, Ahsen Tahir, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Azhar Ali, Sangeeta Dhami, Kathrin Cresswell and Sheraz Ahmad Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Infectious Diseases and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Zakariya Sheikh

14 papers receiving 552 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Analysis of Public Attitudes on Facebook and Twitter Toward COVID-19 Vaccines in the United Kingdom and the United States: Observational Study

2021 190 citations Amir Hussain, Ahsen Tahir et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zakariya Sheikh United Kingdom	10	177	175	115	100	65	15	571
Mahmood Alzubaidi Qatar	15	69 0.4×	153 0.9×	120 1.0×	130 1.3×	28 0.4×	49	696
Jiawei Li United States	15	347 2.0×	189 1.1×	100 0.9×	61 0.6×	190 2.9×	58	959
Vidya Purushothaman United States	10	233 1.3×	104 0.6×	70 0.6×	37 0.4×	123 1.9×	28	470
Zain Hussain United Kingdom	12	163 0.9×	209 1.2×	105 0.9×	112 1.1×	103 1.6×	21	551
Maria Kletečka-Pulker Austria	13	125 0.7×	33 0.2×	135 1.2×	32 0.3×	41 0.6×	51	725
Sara El Oud United States	5	326 1.8×	121 0.7×	283 2.5×	51 0.5×	40 0.6×	7	548
Beenish Moalla Chaudhry United States	10	69 0.4×	51 0.3×	117 1.0×	24 0.2×	24 0.4×	40	478
Alex Moehring United States	8	114 0.6×	29 0.2×	104 0.9×	42 0.4×	34 0.5×	11	342
Chengda Zheng Canada	5	301 1.7×	231 1.3×	83 0.7×	18 0.2×	40 0.6×	7	507
Elisabeth Klager Austria	11	104 0.6×	29 0.2×	121 1.1×	29 0.3×	31 0.5×	27	606

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15 of 15 papers shown

Nyiro, Joyce U., Harish Nair, Zakariya Sheikh, et al.. (2025). External Validation of Pediatric Pneumonia and Bronchiolitis Risk Scores to Predict Mortality in Children Hospitalized in Kenya: A Retrospective Cohort Study. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 233(1). e230–e238.

Sheikh, Zakariya, You Li, Rachel Cohen, et al.. (2023). Validity of Clinical Severity Scores for Respiratory Syncytial Virus: A Systematic Review. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 229(Supplement_1). S8–S17. 8 indexed citations

Sheikh, Zakariya, You Li, Simon B. Drysdale, et al.. (2023). External Validation of the Discriminative Validity of the ReSVinet Score and Development of Simplified ReSVinet Scores in Secondary Care. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 229(Supplement_1). S18–S24. 2 indexed citations

Hussain, Zain, Zakariya Sheikh, Ahsen Tahir, et al.. (2022). Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Social Media Analysis for Pharmacovigilance of COVID-19 Vaccinations in the United Kingdom: Observational Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 8(5). e32543–e32543. 21 indexed citations

Ieracitano, Cosimo, Nadia Mammone, Mario Versaci, et al.. (2022). A fuzzy-enhanced deep learning approach for early detection of Covid-19 pneumonia from portable chest X-ray images. Neurocomputing. 481. 202–215. 102 indexed citations

Hussain, Amir, Ahsen Tahir, Zain Hussain, et al.. (2021). Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Analysis of Public Attitudes on Facebook and Twitter Toward COVID-19 Vaccines in the United Kingdom and the United States: Observational Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(4). e26627–e26627. 190 indexed citations breakdown →

Varone, Giuseppe, Zain Hussain, Zakariya Sheikh, et al.. (2021). Real-Time Artifacts Reduction during TMS-EEG Co-Registration: A Comprehensive Review on Technologies and Procedures. Sensors. 21(2). 637–637. 25 indexed citations

Hussain, Zain, Zakariya Sheikh, Nathan Ng, et al.. (2021). Effectiveness of virtual and augmented reality for improving knowledge and skills in medical students: protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open. 11(8). e047004–e047004. 14 indexed citations

Cresswell, Kathrin, Ahsen Tahir, Zakariya Sheikh, et al.. (2021). Understanding Public Perceptions of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Social Media Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(5). e26618–e26618. 30 indexed citations

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Sheikh, Zakariya, et al.. (2020). Novel approaches to estimate compliance with lockdown measures in the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Global Health. 10(1). 10348–10348. 25 indexed citations

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Sheikh, Aziz, et al.. (2020). What’s the way out? Potential exit strategies from the COVID-19 lockdown. Journal of Global Health. 10(1). 10370–10370. 21 indexed citations

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Cresswell, Kathrin, Margaret Callaghan, Sheraz Ahmad Khan, et al.. (2020). Investigating the use of data-driven artificial intelligence in computerised decision support systems for health and social care: A systematic review. Health Informatics Journal. 26(3). 2138–2147. 54 indexed citations

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Sheikh, Aziz, et al.. (2020). Reopening schools after the COVID-19 lockdown. Journal of Global Health. 10(1). 10376–10376. 67 indexed citations

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Sheikh, Zakariya, et al.. (2017). National clinical practice guidelines for food allergy and anaphylaxis: an international assessment. Clinical and Translational Allergy. 7(1). 23–23. 8 indexed citations

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Sheikh, Zakariya, et al.. (2008). Prevalence of Contraceptive Use and the Importance of the Husband's Cooperation in Married Women in Iranshahr, 2005. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(34). 55–60. 4 indexed citations

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