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Elie A. Akl publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elie A. Akl sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 633 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Elie A. Akl D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elie A. Akl sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 131 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Lebanon Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Lebanon Leader Award

Overview

Elie A. Akl is an academic affiliated with the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a significant focus on general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, economics and econometrics, statistics, probability and uncertainty, and sociology and political science.

Their main topics of work cover a range of areas including health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life; clinical practice guidelines implementation; meta-analysis and systematic reviews; the Delphi Technique in research; health policy implementation science; healthcare cost, quality, and practices; and venous thromboembolism diagnosis and management.

Elie A. Akl has contributed to several recent papers, such as:

  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews, 2021, BMJ
  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews, 2021, Systematic Reviews
  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews, 2021, International Journal of Surgery
  • PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews, 2021, BMJ
  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews, 2021, PLoS Medicine

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Holger J. Schünemann
  • Reem A. Mustafa
  • Joanne Khabsa
  • Gordon Guyatt
  • Peter Tugwell

Elie A. Akl's work has been published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • Blood Advances
  • Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • BMJ

Best Publications

  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

    Matthew J Page;Joanne E McKenzie;Patrick M Bossuyt;Isabelle Boutron

  • PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation

    Andrea C Tricco;Erin Lillie;Wasifa Zarin;Kelly K O'Brien

  • Antithrombotic therapy for VTE disease: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines.

    Clive Kearon;Elie A. Akl;Anthony J. Comerota;Paolo Prandoni

  • GRADE guidelines: 1. Introduction-GRADE evidence profiles and summary of findings tables

    Gordon Guyatt;Andrew D Oxman;Elie A Akl;Regina Kunz

  • PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews.

    Matthew J Page;David Moher;Patrick M Bossuyt;Isabelle Boutron

  • Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report

    Clive Kearon;Elie A. Akl;Elie A. Akl;Joseph Ornelas;Allen Blaivas

  • Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Derek K Chu;Elie A Akl;Elie A Akl;Stephanie Duda;Karla Solo

  • Prevention of VTE in Nonsurgical Patients: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Yngve Falck-Ytter;Charles W. Francis;Norman A. Johanson;Catherine Curley

  • 2015 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Jasvinder A. Singh;Kenneth G. Saag;S. Louis Bridges;Elie A. Akl

  • GRADE guidelines: 4. Rating the quality of evidence—study limitations (risk of bias)

    Gordon H. Guyatt;Andrew D. Oxman;Gunn Vist;Regina Kunz

  • GRADE guidelines: 7. Rating the quality of evidence—inconsistency

    Gordon H. Guyatt;Andrew D. Oxman;Regina Kunz;James Woodcock

  • Executive Summary : Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Gordon H. Guyatt;Elie A. Akl;Elie A. Akl;Mark Crowther;David D. Gutterman

  • GRADE guidelines: 8. Rating the quality of evidence--indirectness

    Gordon H Guyatt;Andrew D Oxman;Regina Kunz;James Woodcock

  • GRADE guidelines: 5. Rating the quality of evidence--publication bias

    Gordon H. Guyatt;Andrew D. Oxman;Victor Manuel Montori;Gunn Vist

  • GRADE guidelines: 9. Rating up the quality of evidence

    Gordon H. Guyatt;Andrew D. Oxman;Shahnaz Sultan;Paul P. Glasziou

  • Interpreting results and drawing conclusions

    Holger J. Schünemann;Gunn E. Vist;Julian P.T. Higgins;Nancy Santesso

  • GRADE guidelines: 14. Going from evidence to recommendations: the significance and presentation of recommendations

    Jeff Andrews;Gordon H. Guyatt;Andrew D. Oxman;Phil Alderson

  • [GRADE Evidence to Decision (EtD) frameworks: a systematic and transparent approach to making well informed healthcare choices. 1: Introduction].

    Pablo Alonso-Coello;Holger J Schünemann;Jenny Moberg;Romina Brignardello-Petersen

  • 2015 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: ACR RA Treatment Recommendations

    Jasvinder A. Singh;Kenneth G. Saag;S. Louis Bridges;Elie A. Akl

  • Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Derek K Chu;Elie A Akl;Stephanie Duda;Karla Solo

Frequent Co-Authors

Holger J. Schünemann
Holger J. Schünemann Humanitas University
Gordon H. Guyatt
Gordon H. Guyatt McMaster University
Reem A. Mustafa
Reem A. Mustafa University of Kansas
Matthias Briel
Matthias Briel University Hospital of Basel
Per Olav Vandvik
Per Olav Vandvik University of Oslo
Jan Brozek
Jan Brozek McMaster University
Andrew D Oxman
Andrew D Oxman Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Fadi El-Jardali
Fadi El-Jardali American University of Beirut
Peter Tugwell
Peter Tugwell University of Ottawa

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