Ziyad Ben Taleb

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ziyad Ben Taleb is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Ziyad Ben Taleb has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Physiology, 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 13 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Ziyad Ben Taleb's work include Smoking Behavior and Cessation (44 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (13 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (8 papers). Ziyad Ben Taleb is often cited by papers focused on Smoking Behavior and Cessation (44 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (13 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (8 papers). Ziyad Ben Taleb collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and Lebanon. Ziyad Ben Taleb's co-authors include Wasim Maziak, Raed Bahelah, Ramzi G. Salloum, Rana Jaber, Rehab Auf, Farahnaz Islam, Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan, Kenneth D. Ward, Fouad M. Fouad and Thomas Eissenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PEDIATRICS and The FASEB Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ziyad Ben Taleb

60 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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The global epidemiology of waterpipe smoking

2014 416 citations Wasim Maziak, Ziyad Ben Taleb et al. Tobacco Control profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ziyad Ben Taleb United States	16	747	243	185	168	157	64	1.2k
Raed Bahelah United States	13	632 0.8×	216 0.9×	142 0.8×	132 0.8×	159 1.0×	24	1.0k
Rana Jaber United States	13	723 1.0×	237 1.0×	155 0.8×	74 0.4×	117 0.7×	25	1.1k
Alayna P. Tackett United States	22	916 1.2×	498 2.0×	182 1.0×	225 1.3×	96 0.6×	92	1.5k
Fawaz Mzayek United States	25	559 0.7×	453 1.9×	172 0.9×	172 1.0×	180 1.1×	64	1.5k
Mary Hrywna United States	21	969 1.3×	482 2.0×	121 0.7×	91 0.5×	146 0.9×	72	1.4k
Fadi Hammal Canada	17	914 1.2×	240 1.0×	205 1.1×	77 0.5×	113 0.7×	32	1.2k
Sara Kalkhoran United States	18	1.1k 1.5×	504 2.1×	226 1.2×	82 0.5×	213 1.4×	36	1.4k
Rachael L Murray United Kingdom	22	891 1.2×	305 1.3×	95 0.5×	101 0.6×	295 1.9×	107	1.6k
Samer Rastam United States	27	1.0k 1.4×	372 1.5×	306 1.7×	161 1.0×	238 1.5×	42	1.8k
Babalola Faseru United States	21	706 0.9×	271 1.1×	63 0.3×	104 0.6×	242 1.5×	71	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ziyad Ben Taleb

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ziyad Ben Taleb

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20 of 20 papers shown

Taleb, Ziyad Ben, et al.. (2025). Correlates of cigarette quit intentions and attempts in Nigerian adults living with HIV. Discover Public Health. 22(1).

Zhang, Xiaoxia, et al.. (2024). The Associations of Physical Activity and Health-Risk Behaviors toward Depressive Symptoms among College Students: Gender and Obesity Disparities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(4). 401–401. 4 indexed citations

Li, Wei, Olatokunbo Osibogun, Seyedeh Yasaman Alemohammad, et al.. (2024). Epilepsy and nicotine use: Exploring disparities in ENDS and cigarette use among US adults with epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior. 162. 110177–110177. 2 indexed citations

Kalan, Mohammad Ebrahimi, Wei Li, Prem Gautam, et al.. (2023). High on Hookah: Smoking Marijuana from a Hookah among Adults in the United States, Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, 2015–2019. Substance Use & Misuse. 58(5). 657–665. 1 indexed citations

Taleb, Ziyad Ben, et al.. (2023). Next generation waterpipe devices: the rise of electrical heating elements. Tobacco Control. 34(2). 268–269. 1 indexed citations

Kalan, Mohammad Ebrahimi, Wei Li, Prem Gautam, et al.. (2023). COVID‐19 and tobacco products use among US adults, 2021 National Health Interview Survey. Health Science Reports. 6(9). e1542–e1542. 4 indexed citations

Taleb, Ziyad Ben, et al.. (2023). Pod-based e-cigarettes versus combustible cigarettes: Theimpact on peripheral and cerebral vascular function andsubjective experiences. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 21(May). 1–11. 9 indexed citations

Mohsen, Attayeb, et al.. (2023). Predicting thrombotic cardiovascular outcomes induced by waterpipe-associated chemicals using comparative toxicogenomic database: Genes, phenotypes, and pathways. Life Sciences. 323. 121694–121694. 1 indexed citations

Kalan, Mohammad Ebrahimi, Zoran Bursac, Wei Li, et al.. (2022). State-specific Prevalence and Factors Associated With Current Marijuana, ENDS, and Cigarette use Among US Adults With Asthma. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15. 1179173X221105783–1179173X221105783.

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Kalan, Mohammad Ebrahimi, Ziyad Ben Taleb, Kenneth D. Ward, et al.. (2021). The effect of price on cigarette consumption, distribution, and sale in Tehran: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 1720–1720. 7 indexed citations

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Heley, Kathryn, Lucy Popova, Meghan Bridgid Moran, et al.. (2021). Targeted tobacco marketing in 2020: the case of #BlackLivesMatter. Tobacco Control. 32(4). 530–533. 8 indexed citations

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Mukherjee, Soumyadeep, Ziyad Ben Taleb, & Philip Baiden. (2020). Locked, Loaded, and Ready for School: The Association of Safety Concerns With Weapon-carrying Behavior Among Adolescents in the United States. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 37(9-10). NP7751–NP7774. 15 indexed citations

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Karim, Zubair A., et al.. (2020). The JUUL E-Cigarette Elevates the Risk of Thrombosis and Potentiates Platelet Activation. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 25(6). 578–586. 26 indexed citations

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Kalan, Mohammad Ebrahimi, Karma McKelvey, Boubakari Ibrahimou, Elisa M. Trucco, & Ziyad Ben Taleb. (2020). The Road to Vaping: E-cigarette Susceptibility and Curiosity Among U.S. Adolescents Susceptible and Nonsusceptible to Cigarette Smoking. Health Education & Behavior. 47(5). 696–705. 16 indexed citations

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Maziak, Wasim, Ziyad Ben Taleb, Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan, et al.. (2019). Effect of flavour manipulation on low and high-frequency waterpipe users’ puff topography, toxicant exposures and subjective experiences. Tobacco Control. 29(Suppl 2). s95–s101. 10 indexed citations

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Osibogun, Olatokunbo, Ziyad Ben Taleb, Raed Bahelah, Ramzi G. Salloum, & Wasim Maziak. (2018). Correlates of poly-tobacco use among youth and young adults: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health study, 2013–2014. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 187. 160–164. 62 indexed citations

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Bahelah, Raed, Kenneth D. Ward, Ziyad Ben Taleb, et al.. (2018). Determinants of progression of nicotine dependence symptoms in adolescent waterpipe smokers. Tobacco Control. 28(3). 254–260. 21 indexed citations

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Bahelah, Raed, Joseph R. DiFranza, Kenneth D. Ward, et al.. (2017). Waterpipe smoking patterns and symptoms of nicotine dependence: The Waterpipe Dependence in Lebanese Youth Study. Addictive Behaviors. 74. 127–133. 36 indexed citations

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Auf, Rehab, et al.. (2017). E-cigarette marketing exposure and combustible tobacco use among adolescents in the United States. Addictive Behaviors. 78. 74–79. 13 indexed citations

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Taleb, Ziyad Ben, Raed Bahelah, Fouad M. Fouad, et al.. (2014). Syria: health in a country undergoing tragic transition. International Journal of Public Health. 60(S1). 63–72. 119 indexed citations

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