1. Mohammed Zawiah, Amer Hayat Khan, Rana Abu Farha, Abubakar Usman, Fahmi Yahya Al-Ashwal and Mohammed Ahmed Akkaif. Assessing the Predictive Value of Neutrophil Percentage to Albumin Ratio for ICU Admission in Ischemic Stroke Patients. Frontiers in Neurology. 2024;15:1322971. (Q2, indexed in WOS & Scopus, IF: 2.70).
2. Sulaiman A, Isah MA, Usman A. An assessment of the index of rational drug prescribing for severe acute respiratory infections among hospitalised children in Northern Nigeria: a retrospective study. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy. 2024 Feb 11:1-8. (Q1, indexed in WOS & Scopus, IF: 4.2).
3. Abdelkarim OA, Abubakar U, Hussain MA, Abadi AE, Mohamed AO, Osman W, Sherif AE, Ebrahim SA, Ahmed AH, Ahmed MO, Ashour A. Knowledge, Perception, and Self-Confidence of Antibiotic Resistance, Appropriate Antibiotic Therapy, and Antibiotic Stewardship Among Undergraduate Pharmacy Students in Sudan. Infection and Drug Resistance. 2024 Dec 31:935-49. (Q2, indexed in WOS & Scopus, IF: 2.90).
4. Jawhar DS, Khan AH, Abubakar U. Impact of COVID-19 on antimicrobial stewardship program: Study protocol. MethodsX. 2024 Jun 1;12:102767. (Q2, indexed in WOS & Scopus, IF: 1.6).
5. Ismaeil R, Mat-Nor MB, Kamarudin NB, Abubakar U, Nahas AR, Mohamed MH. Development and Usability Evaluation of a Mhealth Application for Health-Care Associated Infections among Health-Care Providers in Malaysia. Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences. 2024 Jul 1;16(3):114-20.
6. Naghavi M, Vollset SE, Ikuta KS, Swetschinski LR, Gray AP, Wool EE, Aguilar GR, Mestrovic T, Smith G, Han C, Hsu RL. Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance 1990–2021: a systematic analysis with forecasts to 2050. The Lancet. 2024 Sep 28;404(10459):1199-226. (Q1, indexed in Scopus, IF: 98.4)
2023 Research Publications
1. Zawiah M, Hayat Khan A, Abu Farha R, Usman A, Sha’aban A, Abu Hammour K, Almuhsen Z. Diagnosis and treatment of stroke associated pneumonia: Qualitative exploration of clinicians’ practice. Electron J Gen Med. 2023; 20 (2): em454. (Q3, indexed in WOS & Scopus, IF: 1.00).
2. Zawiah M, Hayat Khan A, Abu Farha R, Usman A, Bitar AN. Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, monocyte-lymphocyte ratio, and platelet-lymphocyte ratio in stroke-associated pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Current Medical Research and Opinion. 2023;39(3):475-82. (Q1, indexed in WOS & Scopus, IF: 2.4).
3. Mustafa ZU, Majeed HK, Latif S, Salman M, Hayat K, Mallhi TH, Khan YH, Khan AH, Abubakar U, Sultana K, Godman B. Adherence to Infection Prevention and Control Measures Among Health-Care Workers Serving in COVID-19 Treatment Centers in Punjab, Pakistan. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2023;17:e298. (Q3, indexed in WOS & Scopus, IF: 1.9).
4. Halboup AM, Alzoubi KH, Khabour OF, Alomari MA, Refat M, Al-Khazzan AY, Saleh Jaber AA, Abubakar U. Public Perception Toward COVID-19 Disease Nature, Susceptibility to Complication, and Relationship to Influenza: A Cross-Sectional Study from Yemen. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 2023:707-16. (Q2, indexed in WOS & Scopus, IF: 2.7).
5. Al-Shami HA, Abubakar U, Hussein MS, Hussin HF, Al-Shami SA. Awareness, practices and perceptions of community pharmacists towards antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial stewardship in Libya: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice. 2023;16(1):1-0. (Q1, indexed in WOS & Scopus, IF: 4.2).
6. Abubakar U, Salman M. Antibiotic Use Among Hospitalized Patients in Africa: A Systematic Review of Point Prevalence Studies. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2023:1-22. (Q2, indexed in WOS and Scopus, IF: 3.2).
7. Ismaeil R, Fata Nahas AR, Kamarudin NB, Mat Nor MB, Abubakar U, Mohamed MHN. Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Ten-Year Bibliometric Analysis. Journal of Young Pharmacists. 2023:15(3): 397-406. (Q4, indexed in WOS and Scopus, IF: 0.4).
8. Zawiah M, Khan AH, Abu Farha R, Usman A, AbuHammour K, Abdeen M, Albooz R. Predictors of stroke-associated pneumonia and the predictive value of neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio. Postgraduate Medicine. 2023:1-9. (Q1, indexed in WOS and Scopus, IF: 2.6).
9. Abubakar U, Awaisu A, Khan AH, Alam K. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Antibiotics. 2023 Nov 7;12(11):1600. (Q1, indexed in WOS & Scopus, IF: 4.30).
10. Ismaeil R, Nahas AR, Kamarudin NB, Abubakar U, Mat-Nor MB, Mohamed MH. Evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital-acquired infections in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2023 Nov 9;23(1):779. (Q2, indexed in WOS & Scopus, IF: 3.4).
11. Abdelkarim OA, Abubakar U, Taha LO, Ashour SA, Abass WY, Osman EM, Muslih MS. Impact of Irrational Use of Antibiotics Among Patients in the Intensive Care Unit on Clinical Outcomes in Sudan. Infection and Drug Resistance. 2023 Dec 31:7209-17. (Q2, indexed in WOS & Scopus, IF: 2.90).
