Elie Akl

Elie Akl

American University of Beirut

H-index: 127

Asia-Lebanon

About Elie Akl

Elie Akl, With an exceptional h-index of 127 and a recent h-index of 107 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at American University of Beirut, specializes in the field of Health Research Methodology, evidence based medicine, systematic review, guidelines.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

GRADE guidance 37: rating imprecision in a body of evidence on test accuracy

GRADE Concept 7: Issues and Insights Linking Guideline Recommendations to Trustworthy Essential Medicine Lists

Choosing and accessing COVID-19 treatment options: a qualitative study with patients, caregivers, and health care providers in Lebanon

Rapid reviews methods series: Guidance on assessing the certainty of evidence

Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials: Efficacy and Safety of Colchicine for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

Parenting a high and growing population of youth in the Arab region: a scoping review for an evidence-informed research agenda

User-experience testing of an evidence-to-decision framework for selecting essential medicines

Summary of WHO infection prevention and control guideline for Ebola and Marburg disease: a call for evidence based practice

Elie Akl Information

University

Position

Professor of Medicine

Citations(all)

169994

Citations(since 2020)

129602

Cited By

61372

hIndex(all)

127

hIndex(since 2020)

107

i10Index(all)

471

i10Index(since 2020)

431

Email

University Profile Page

American University of Beirut

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Elie Akl Skills & Research Interests

Health Research Methodology

evidence based medicine

systematic review

guidelines

Top articles of Elie Akl

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

GRADE guidance 37: rating imprecision in a body of evidence on test accuracy

Reem A Mustafa

Ibrahim K El Mikati

M Hassan Murad

Monica Hultcrantz

Karen R Steingart

...

2024/1/1

GRADE Concept 7: Issues and Insights Linking Guideline Recommendations to Trustworthy Essential Medicine Lists

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Thomas Piggott

Lorenzo Moja

Kristina Jenei

Tamara Kredo

Nicole Skoetz

...

2024/2

Choosing and accessing COVID-19 treatment options: a qualitative study with patients, caregivers, and health care providers in Lebanon

Health Research Policy and Systems

Reem Hoteit

Aya Hassoun

Elie Bou Sanayeh

Marie Christelle Saade

Gladys Honein-AbouHaidar

...

2024/3/27

Rapid reviews methods series: Guidance on assessing the certainty of evidence

BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine

Gerald Gartlehner

Barbara Nussbaumer-Streit

Declan Devane

Leila Kahwati

Meera Viswanathan

...

2024/2/1

Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials: Efficacy and Safety of Colchicine for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Elie Akl

Nazanin Sahami

Christopher Labos

Jacques Genest

Ali Zgheib

...

2024/3/12

Parenting a high and growing population of youth in the Arab region: a scoping review for an evidence-informed research agenda

Lilian A Ghandour

Sirine Anouti

Tamara Lotfi

Lokman Meho

Rima Kashash

...

2024/4/9

User-experience testing of an evidence-to-decision framework for selecting essential medicines

Thomas Piggott

Lorenzo Moja

Carlos A Cuello Garcia

Elie A Akl

Rita Banzi

...

2024/1/11

Summary of WHO infection prevention and control guideline for Ebola and Marburg disease: a call for evidence based practice

bmj

Victoria Willet

Devika Dixit

Dale Fisher

Daniel G Bausch

Folasade Ogunsola

...

2024/2/26

A tool to assess risk of bias in non-randomized follow-up studies of exposure effects (ROBINS-E)

Environment International

Julian PT Higgins

Rebecca L Morgan

Andrew A Rooney

Kyla W Taylor

Kristina A Thayer

...

2024/4/1

A multimethods randomized trial found that plain language versions improved adults understanding of health recommendations

Journal of clinical epidemiology

Shahab Sayfi

Rana Charide

Sarah A Elliott

Lisa Hartling

Matthew Munan

...

2024/1/1

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Procedural Unfractionated Heparin without Activated Clotting Time Guidance: A Unique Opportunity to Assess Thrombotic and Bleeding Events

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Ali Z Zgheib

Jennifer Jdaidani

Elie Akl

Suzan Khalil

Omar Chaabo

...

2024/2/15

Development of WHO recommendations for the final phase of elimination and prevention of re-establishment of malaria

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Kevin Marsh

Elie Akl

Jane Achan

Mohammed Alzahrani

J Kevin Baird

...

2024/4

Corrigendum to A-41| Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Procedural Unfractionated Heparin Without Activated Clotting Time Guidance: A Unique Opportunity to Assess …

Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions

Ali Z Zgheib

Jennifer Jdaidani

Elie Akl

Suzan Khalil

Omar Chaabo

...

2024/1/1

Grading of recommendations, assessment, development and evaluations concept 7: issues and insights linking guideline recommendations to trustworthy essential medicine lists

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Romina Brignardello-Petersen

George Tomlinson

Ivan Florez

David M Rind

Derek Chu

...

2023/8/1

Development of systematic reviews to inform WHO’s recommendations for elimination and prevention of re-establishment of malaria: Methodology

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Maria Tusell

Laura C Steinhardt

Julie Gutman

Zachary D Schneider

Beena Bhamani

...

2024/4

TCT-87 Impact of a Cloud-Based Care Coordination Platform on Door-to-Balloon Time Components in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Retrospective Cohort …

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Ahmed Aldajani

Omar Chaabo

François Brouillette

Yasmine Lachance

Elie Akl

...

2023/10/24

The Role of CT-Guided Optimal Fluoroscopic Viewing Angle to Guide Right Endomyocardial Biopsy

Case Reports

Ali Zgheib

Elie Akl

Marco Spaziano

Giuseppe Martucci

Nicolo Piazza

2023/11/15

The lived experiences of patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

ecancermedicalscience

Gracia Fahed

Angie H Fares

Aya Ghosn

Alain Greige

Elsa Hebbo

...

2023

Improving social justice in observational studies: protocol for the development of a global and Indigenous STROBE-equity reporting guideline

International journal for equity in health

Sarah Funnell

Janet Jull

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Vivian Welch

Omar Dewidar

...

2023/3/30

Defining misinformation and related terms in health-related literature: scoping review

Ibrahim K El Mikati

Reem Hoteit

Tarek Harb

Ola El Zein

Thomas Piggott

...

2023/8/9

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Co-Authors

H-index: 296
Gordon Guyatt

Gordon Guyatt

McMaster University

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Holger Schünemann, MD, PhD, MSc, FRCPC

Holger Schünemann, MD, PhD, MSc, FRCPC

McMaster University

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Mark Crowther

Mark Crowther

McMaster University

H-index: 107
Roman Jaeschke

Roman Jaeschke

McMaster University

H-index: 104
Clive Kearon

Clive Kearon

McMaster University

H-index: 97
Jan Brozek, MD, PhD

Jan Brozek, MD, PhD

McMaster University

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