Reply to Rhazzar et al. The Impact of Author Name Ambiguity on Bibliometric Validity. Comment on "Ejaz et al. Bibliometric Analysis of Publications on the Omicron Variant from 2020 to 2022 in the Scopus Database Using R and VOSviewer. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12407".

Ejaz H, Zeeshan HM, Ahmad F, Bukhari SNA, Anwar N, Alanazi A, Sadiq A, Junaid K, Atif M, Abosalif KOA, Iqbal A, Hamza MA, Younas S

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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph23050582
Published: 2026 Apr 30
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@article{allodium:10.3390/ijerph23050582,
  title = {Reply to Rhazzar et al. The Impact of Author Name Ambiguity on Bibliometric Validity. Comment on "Ejaz et al. Bibliometric Analysis of Publications on the Omicron Variant from 2020 to 2022 in the Scopus Database Using R and VOSviewer. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12407".},
  author = {Ejaz H and Zeeshan HM and Ahmad F and Bukhari SNA and Anwar N and Alanazi A and Sadiq A and Junaid K and Atif M and Abosalif KOA and Iqbal A and Hamza MA and Younas S},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {International journal of environmental research and public health},
  doi = {10.3390/ijerph23050582},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph23050582}
}

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H, E., HM, Z., F, A., SNA, B., N, A., A, A., A, S., K, J., M, A., KOA, A., A, I., MA, H., & S, Y. (2026). Reply to Rhazzar et al. The Impact of Author Name Ambiguity on Bibliometric Validity. Comment on "Ejaz et al. Bibliometric Analysis of Publications on the Omicron Variant from 2020 to 2022 in the Scopus Database Using R and VOSviewer. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12407".. International journal of environmental research and public health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph23050582

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