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  1. Toll-Like Receptors Agonists: First-Line Defense Tools in the Pandemic Preparedness Arsenal?

    Article • Archives of Iranian Medicine, November 2024, MaadRayan Publishing Company

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  2. The ‘balls’ of an ideal man?

    Article • BJU International, October 2024, Wiley

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  3. The effect on the equilibrium sickle cell allele frequency of the probable protection conferred by malaria and sickle cell gene against other infectious diseases

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  4. Reinterpretation of the results of randomized clinical trials

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2024, PLOS

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  5. CHI-SQUARED TEST

    Article • Central Asian Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ethics, March 2024, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  6. On the feasibility of malaria hypothesis

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  7. On the use of receiver operating characteristic curve analysis to determine the most appropriate p value significance threshold

    Article • Journal of Translational Medicine, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  8. Data Distribution: Normal or Abnormal?

    Article • Journal of Korean Medical Science, January 2024, XMLink

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  9. Credibility of the P Value

    Article • Journal of Korean Medical Science, January 2024, XMLink

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  10. Bird’s Eye View for Risk Adjustment in Medical Research

    Article • Journal of Korean Medical Science, January 2024, XMLink

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  11. MY LIFE AS AN EDITOR AND CONSULTANT OF MEDICAL JOURNALS

    Article • Central Asian Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ethics, December 2023, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  12. Correction of vaccine effectiveness derived from test-negative case–control studies

    Article • BMC Medical Research Methodology, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  13. On determining the sensitivity and specificity of a new diagnostic test through comparing its results against a non-gold-standard test

    Article • Biochemia Medica, February 2023, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  14. The future of scientific journals: The rise of UniAI

    Article • Learned Publishing, February 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  15. Malaria and the incidence of COVID-19 in Africa: an ecological study

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  16. No need for a gold-standard test: on the mining of diagnostic test performance indices merely based on the distribution of the test value

    Article • BMC Medical Research Methodology, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  17. The Acceptable Text Similarity Level in Manuscripts Submitted to Scientific Journals

    Article • Journal of Korean Medical Science, January 2023, XMLink

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  18. GPTZero Performance in Identifying Artificial Intelligence-Generated Medical Texts: A Preliminary Study

    Article • Journal of Korean Medical Science, January 2023, XMLink

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  19. Employing Unprofessional Editors for Handling Submissions in Scholarly Journals

    Article • Journal of Korean Medical Science, January 2023, XMLink

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  20. Plagiarism: A Bird’s Eye View

    Article • Journal of Korean Medical Science, January 2023, XMLink

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  21. On Measuring Vaccine Effectiveness with Observational Study Designs

    Article • Acta Medica Academica, October 2022, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  22. The apparent prevalence, the true prevalence

    Article • Biochemia Medica, June 2022, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  23. Determining the SARS-CoV-2 serological immunoassay test performance indices based on the test results frequency distribution

    Article • Biochemia Medica, June 2022, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  24. Use of Oral Polio Vaccine and the Global Incidence of Mother-to-Child Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, June 2022, Frontiers

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  25. Use of oral polio vaccine and the incidence of COVID-19 in the world

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2022, PLOS

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  26. Disparity in the selection of patients in clinical trials

    Article • The Lancet, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  27. Error in Figure

    Article • JAMA Network Open, December 2021, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  28. COVID-19 Infection Among Women in Iran Exposed vs Unexposed to Children Who Received Attenuated Poliovirus Used in Oral Polio Vaccine

    Article • JAMA Network Open, November 2021, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  29. The challenges of a small medical journal to have international recognition in Indonesia: editors' perspectives

    Article • Medical Journal of Indonesia, March 2021, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  30. THE QUEST FOR INDEXING A JOURNAL

    Article • Central Asian Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ethics, January 2021, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  31. Predicting the outcome of asymptomatic univesicular liver hydatids: diagnostic accuracy of unenhanced CT

    Article • European Radiology, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  32. On the information hidden in a classifier distribution

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  33. ABC’s of Acid-Base Chemistry

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  34. Arterial Blood Gas

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  35. Gas Laws

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  36. Introduction to Acid-Base Chemistry and Arterial Blood Gases

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  37. Metabolic Acidosis and Alkalosis

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  38. Mixed Disorders

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  39. Respiratory Acidosis and Alkalosis

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  40. Starting from Scratch

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  41. What Happens in a Person

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  42. Pathophysiologic Basis of Acid-Base Disorders

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  43. QT Interval Prolongation in Patients Treated for COVID-19

    Article • December 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  44. The Last Note

    Article • The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, October 2020, MaadRayan Publishing Company

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  45. Comprehensive Survey of Plagiarism in Iran

    Article • Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, October 2020, Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  46. Rate of re-positive RT-PCR test among patients recovered from COVID-19

    Article • Biochemia Medica, October 2020, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  47. World War III

    Article • The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, July 2020, MaadRayan Publishing Company

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  48. Retrieving Organs of Executed Prisoners in Iran?

    Article • Transplantation, June 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  49. The Mean Prevalence

    Article • Epidemiologic Methods, May 2020, De Gruyter

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  50. The Coronavirus Pandemic: "The Show Must Not Go On"

    Article • The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, March 2020, MaadRayan Publishing Company

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  51. Tenth Anniversary of The IJOEM

    Article • The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, January 2020, MaadRayan Publishing Company

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  52. The IJOEM, DOAJ Seal, and Plan S

    Article • The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, October 2019, MaadRayan Publishing Company

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  53. Shiraz Organ Transplant Center: The Largest Liver Transplant Center in the World

    Article • Transplantation, August 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  54. The likelihood ratio and its graphical representation

    Article • Biochemia Medica, April 2019, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  55. Open Access Journals in the Middle East and Iran

    Article • Journal of Korean Medical Science, January 2019, Korean Academy of Medical Sciences (KAMJE)

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  56. Accessing free quality health care services and premature death

    Article • The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  57. Unnecessary pre-emptive surgical operation of incidentally discovered liver hydatids

    Article • Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  58. Economic sanction: a weapon of mass destruction

    Article • The Lancet, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  59. Editorial Process and Peer Review

    Article • December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  60. Re: Eric A. Klein, Arnon Chait, Jason M. Hafron, et al. The Single-parameter, Structure-based IsoPSA Assay Demonstrates Improved Diagnostic Accuracy for Detection of Any Prostate Cancer and High-grade Prostate Cancer Compared to a Concentration-based A...

    Article • European Urology, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  61. The Non-operative Management of Asymptomatic Liver Hydatids: Ending Echinococcophobia

    Article • Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  62. What is a “Diagnostic Test Reference Range” Good for?

    Article • European Urology, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  63. The most appropriate perfusate pH for ex vivo hypothermic organ perfusion: A hypothesis

    Article • Cryobiology, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  64. Core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals: consensus statement

    Article • BMC Medicine, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor José Florencio F. Lapeña , Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  65. Predatory journals and their effects on scientific research community

    Article • Biochemia Medica, June 2017, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  66. Criterion used for determination of test cut-off value

    Article • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  67. Predatory or Legitimate Journals

    Article • The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, April 2017, MaadRayan Publishing Company

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  68. Choice of criterion used in the receiver operating characteristic analysis

    Article • The Indian Journal of Medical Research, April 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  69. Statistical Data Editing in Scientific Articles

    Article • Journal of Korean Medical Science, January 2017, Korean Academy of Medical Sciences (KAMJE)

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  70. Please Do Not Send Us YourGood Articles

    Article • The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, October 2016, MaadRayan Publishing Company

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  71. On determining the most appropriate test cut-off value: the case of tests with continuous results

    Article • Biochemia Medica, January 2016, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  72. What’s in a name, anyway?

    Article • Biochemia Medica, January 2016, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  73. How much precision in reporting statistics is enough?

    Article • Croatian Medical Journal, October 2015, Croatian Medical Journal

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  74. Shuffle randomization

    Article • Croatian Medical Journal, August 2015, Croatian Medical Journal

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  75. RETRACTION: BarkhordariA, et al. The Glycoprofile Patterns of Endothelial Cells in Usual Interstitial Pneumonia. Int J Occup Environ Med 2014;5:201-7.

    Article • The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, January 2015, MaadRayan Publishing Company

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  76. Hadj ritual and risk of a pandemic

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  77. Is there an apartheid in science publishing?

    Article • The Lancet, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  78. Medical writing in the Middle East

    Article • Medical Writing, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  79. Number Needed to Misdiagnose

    Article • Epidemiology, January 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  80. Infectious diseases in Iran: a bird's eye view

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  81. Reproductive behaviour of mothers of children with beta-thalassaemia major

    Article • Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, March 2012, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO)

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  82. The control of non-communicable diseases in rural Iran

    Article • The Lancet, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  83. Department of Error

    Article • The Lancet, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  84. Clinical trial registration: internal conflict?

    Article • Croatian Medical Journal, December 2011, Croatian Medical Journal

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  85. Bilateral trigger finger in a 5-year-old child: Case report

    Article • Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  86. Letter to the Editor

    Article • Croatian Medical Journal, October 2011, Croatian Medical Journal

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  87. Plagiarism in scientific writing: words or ideas?

    Article • Croatian Medical Journal, August 2011, Croatian Medical Journal

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  88. Evidence-based journalism

    Article • Croatian Medical Journal, April 2011, Croatian Medical Journal

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  89. Change or Perish

    Article • Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  90. Judge the Article, Not the Author

    Article • Croatian Medical Journal, August 2010, Croatian Medical Journal

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  91. Are Shorter Article Titles More Attractive for Citations? Cross-sectional Study of 22 Scientific Journals

    Article • Croatian Medical Journal, April 2010, Croatian Medical Journal

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  92. Duplicate publication and plagiarism: causes and cures

    Article • Notfall + Rettungsmedizin, October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  93. Knowledge and attitudes of breast self examination in a group of women in Shiraz, southern Iran

    Article • Postgraduate Medical Journal, June 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  94. The problem of “Who”

    Article • The International Information & Library Review, June 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  95. The problem of “Who”

    Article • The International Information & Library Review, June 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  96. International aid in disaster zones: help or headache?

    Article • The Lancet, August 2008, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  97. Time for a change in the definition of fever of unknown origin

    Article • Journal of Infection, August 2008, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  98. Journal weighted impact factor: A proposal

    Article • Journal of Informetrics, April 2008, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  99. World Association of Medical Editors: Support for the Croatian Medical Journal’s Editorial Independence

    Article • Croatian Medical Journal, February 2008, Croatian Medical Journal

    Professor Peush Sahni, Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  100. Persian or Arab? The "anatomy charts" from the collection of Sami Ibrahim Haddad

    Article • Annals of Saudi Medicine, January 2008, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  101. Rules of the game of scientific writing: fair play and plagiarism

    Article • The Lancet, February 2007, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  102. Scientific research in Iran: forgotten factors

    Article • The Lancet, October 2006, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  103. A snapshot of medical journals from the Middle East

    Article • The Lancet, March 2006, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  104. Extension of US trade embargoes to science editing

    Article • The Lancet, April 2004, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  105. Culture and medical terms: help or headache?

    Article • The Lancet, December 2003, Elsevier

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  106. Hypoparathyroidism with Extensive Intracerebral Calcification in Patients with ß-Thalassemia Major

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, January 2003, De Gruyter

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  107. Research letter. The sickle cell gene frequency in Southern Iran

    Article • Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, June 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  108. Mathematical Equivalent of Metabolic Alkalosis Part of the Goldberg Acid–Base Map 

    Article • Anesthesiology, December 1999, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  109. Therapeutic Values of Different Routes of Administration of Vitamin A with Ferrous Sulfate in Treating Deferoxamin-Induced Iron-Deficiency Anemia.

    Article • Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology, January 1999, Center for Academic Publications Japan

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  110. Temperature Correction of the Calculated Alveolar Oxygen Tension 

    Article • Anesthesiology, October 1998, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh

  111. A simple method for the derivation of the international normalized ratio for the reporting of prothrombin time results

    Article • American Journal of Hematology, December 1995, Wiley

    Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh