| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Airways Expression of SARS-CoV-2 Receptor, ACE2, and TMPRSS2 Is Lower in Children Than Adults and Increases with Smoking and COPD | Molecular Therapy - Methods and Clinical Development | 2020 | 231 |
| 2 | COVID-19 and healthcare workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis | International Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2021 | 229 |
| 3 | Rates, distribution and implications of postzygotic mosaic mutations in autism spectrum disorder | Nature Neuroscience | 2017 | 212 |
| 4 | SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: Viral Genomics, Epidemiology, Vaccines, and Therapeutic Interventions | Viruses | 2020 | 197 |
| 5 | Role of IL-17 in asthma pathogenesis and its implications for the clinic | Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine | 2019 | 88 |
| 6 | Regulation of Angiotensin- Converting Enzyme 2 in Obesity: Implications for COVID-19 | Frontiers in Physiology | 2020 | 86 |
| 7 | Association of Lipid, Inflammatory, and Metabolic Biomarkers With Age at Onset for Incident Coronary Heart Disease in Women | JAMA Cardiology | 2021 | 82 |
| 8 | WHO/ILO work-related burden of disease and injury: Protocol for systematic reviews of occupational exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation and of the effect of occupational exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation on melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer | Environment International | 2019 | 71 |
| 9 | Increase in human West Nile and Usutu virus infections, Austria, 2018 | Eurosurveillance | 2018 | 69 |
| 10 | Host transcriptomic profiling of COVID-19 patients with mild, moderate, and severe clinical outcomes | Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal | 2021 | 69 |
| 11 | Genetic contributions to autism spectrum disorder | Psychological Medicine | 2021 | 67 |
| 12 | Interferon-Induced Transmembrane Protein (IFITM3) Is Upregulated Explicitly in SARS-CoV-2 Infected Lung Epithelial Cells | Frontiers in Immunology | 2020 | 64 |
| 13 | People’s Willingness to Vaccinate Against COVID-19 Despite Their Safety Concerns: Twitter Poll Analysis | Journal of Medical Internet Research | 2021 | 62 |
| 14 | <p>Saliva as an Alternative Specimen for Molecular COVID-19 Testing in Community Settings and Population-Based Screening</p> | Infection and Drug Resistance | 2020 | 59 |
| 15 | Usutu virus infections among blood donors, Austria, July and August 2017 – Raising awareness for diagnostic challenges | Eurosurveillance | 2017 | 57 |
| 16 | Medical and Health-Related Misinformation on Social Media: Bibliometric Study of the Scientific Literature | Journal of Medical Internet Research | 2022 | 55 |
| 17 | Expression Profile of SARS-CoV-2 Host Receptors in Human Pancreatic Islets Revealed Upregulation of ACE2 in Diabetic Donors | Biology | 2020 | 47 |
| 18 | Molecular Typing of ST239-MRSA-III From Diverse Geographic Locations and the Evolution of the SCCmec III Element During Its Intercontinental Spread | Frontiers in Microbiology | 2018 | 45 |
| 19 | Global evidence on occupational sun exposure and keratinocyte cancers: a systematic review | British Journal of Dermatology | 2021 | 42 |
| 20 | Impact of Age and Sex on COVID-19 Severity Assessed From Radiologic and Clinical Findings | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology | 2021 | 42 |
| 21 | Enhanced expression of immune checkpoint receptors during SARS-CoV-2 viral infection | Molecular Therapy - Methods and Clinical Development | 2021 | 41 |
| 22 | SEAHIR: A Specialized Compartmental Model for COVID-19 | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2021 | 40 |
| 23 | Current methodologies to refine bioavailability, delivery, and therapeutic efficacy of plant flavonoids in cancer treatment | Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry | 2021 | 39 |
| 24 | Saliva for molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 in school-age children | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | 2021 | 39 |
| 25 | Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Defibrillators: Triggers, Treatment, and Implications | Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology | 2017 | 38 |
| 26 | miRCOVID-19: Potential Targets of Human miRNAs in SARS-CoV-2 for RNA-Based Drug Discovery | Non-coding RNA | 2021 | 37 |
| 27 | D-dimer, Troponin, and Urea Level at Presentation With COVID-19 can Predict ICU Admission: A Single Centered Study | Frontiers in Medicine | 2020 | 35 |
| 28 | Usutu virus, Austria and Hungary, 2010–2016 | Emerging Microbes and Infections | 2017 | 34 |
| 29 | Effect of bronchial thermoplasty on structural changes and inflammatory mediators in the airways of subjects with severe asthma | Respiratory Medicine | 2019 | 33 |
| 30 | UAE efforts in promoting COVID-19 vaccination and building vaccine confidence | Vaccine | 2021 | 33 |
| 31 | Patient and System-Related Delays of Emergency Medical Services Use in Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Results from the Third Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-3Ps) | PLoS ONE | 2016 | 32 |
| 32 | Salivary microRNA 155, 146a/b and 203: A pilot study for potentially non-invasive diagnostic biomarkers of periodontitis and diabetes mellitus | PLoS ONE | 2020 | 31 |
| 33 | SARS-CoV-2 Whole Genome Amplification and Sequencing for Effective Population-Based Surveillance and Control of Viral Transmission | Clinical Chemistry | 2020 | 31 |
| 34 | Coinfections in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: A Descriptive Study from the United Arab Emirates | Infection and Drug Resistance | 2021 | 30 |
| 35 | Multiple early introductions of SARS-CoV-2 into a global travel hub in the Middle East | Scientific Reports | 2020 | 28 |
| 36 | Natural products and synthetic analogues against HIV: A perspective to develop new potential anti-HIV drugs | European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry | 2022 | 27 |
| 37 | A Serological Protein Microarray for Detection of Multiple Cross-Reactive Flavivirus Infections in Horses for Veterinary and Public Health Surveillance | Transboundary and Emerging Diseases | 2017 | 26 |
| 38 | COVID‐19 under 19: A meta‐analysis | Pediatric Pulmonology | 2021 | 26 |
| 39 | Incidence of occupational contact dermatitis in healthcare workers: a systematic review | Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology | 2021 | 25 |
| 40 | <p>Emergence of novel methicillin-resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> strains in a tertiary care facility in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia</p> | Infection and Drug Resistance | 2019 | 24 |
| 41 | Association of QRS narrowing with response to cardiac resynchronization therapy—a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies | Heart Failure Reviews | 2020 | 23 |
| 42 | Effect of Common Medications on the Expression of SARS‐CoV‐2 Entry Receptors in Kidney Tissue | Clinical and Translational Science | 2020 | 23 |
| 43 | Antenatal Care Initiation Among Pregnant Women in the United Arab Emirates: The Mutaba'ah Study | Frontiers in Public Health | 2020 | 23 |
| 44 | Redressing COVID-19 vaccine inequity amidst booster doses: charting a bold path for global health solidarity, together | Globalization and Health | 2022 | 23 |
| 45 | Incidence and impact of cardiorenal anaemia syndrome on all‐cause mortality in acute heart failure patients stratified by left ventricular ejection fraction in the Middle East | ESC Heart Failure | 2019 | 22 |
| 46 | Genotyping of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus from the United Arab Emirates | Scientific Reports | 2020 | 22 |
| 47 | Combination of obesity and co-morbidities leads to unfavorable outcomes in COVID-19 patients | Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences | 2021 | 22 |
| 48 | Implications of preexisting asthma on COVID-19 pathogenesis | American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology | 2021 | 22 |
| 49 | Cardiovascular risk factor burden in Africa and the Middle East across country income categories: a post hoc analysis of the cross-sectional Africa Middle East Cardiovascular Epidemiological (ACE) study | Archives of Public Health | 2018 | 21 |
| 50 | Understanding the Role of Innate Immune Cells and Identifying Genes in Breast Cancer Microenvironment | Cancers | 2020 | 21 |
