Abbas Khan

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Abbas Khan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Abbas Khan has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Infectious Diseases and 12 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Abbas Khan's work include vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches (20 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (12 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (11 papers). Abbas Khan is often cited by papers focused on vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches (20 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (12 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (11 papers). Abbas Khan collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, China and Saudi Arabia. Abbas Khan's co-authors include Dong‐Qing Wei, Syed Shujait Ali, Muhammad Suleman, Anwar Mohammad, Taimoor Ashraf Khan, Shoaib Saleem, Mazhar Khan, Shahzeb Khan, Aman Chandra Kaushik and Muhammad Junaid and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Abbas Khan

65 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Higher infectivity of the SARS‐CoV‐2 new variants is associated with K417N/T, E484K, and N501Y mutants: An insight from structural data

2021 267 citations Abbas Khan, Muhammad Suleman et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abbas Khan Pakistan	23	1.0k	734	348	259	251	70	1.7k
Abbas Khan China	21	1.0k 1.0×	514 0.7×	379 1.1×	202 0.8×	167 0.7×	115	1.8k
Li C. Xue Netherlands	17	1.4k 1.4×	339 0.5×	444 1.3×	206 0.8×	223 0.9×	33	2.0k
Tianshu Xiao United States	19	1.0k 1.0×	1.9k 2.5×	195 0.6×	228 0.9×	235 0.9×	26	2.4k
Meiqin Liu China	19	955 0.9×	1.6k 2.2×	311 0.9×	225 0.9×	127 0.5×	56	2.8k
Sudheer Gupta India	20	2.6k 2.5×	475 0.6×	272 0.8×	479 1.8×	539 2.1×	43	3.1k
José Ramón López‐Blanco Spain	17	1.6k 1.5×	210 0.3×	203 0.6×	212 0.8×	212 0.8×	25	2.0k
Kon Ho Lee South Korea	15	1.0k 1.0×	308 0.4×	187 0.5×	323 1.2×	113 0.5×	41	2.0k
Annika Kratzel Switzerland	6	835 0.8×	1.8k 2.4×	306 0.9×	301 1.2×	83 0.3×	9	2.7k
Qiaoshuai Lan China	12	544 0.5×	1.4k 1.9×	276 0.8×	215 0.8×	105 0.4×	16	1.8k
Muhammad Usman Mirza Pakistan	24	825 0.8×	532 0.7×	621 1.8×	134 0.5×	116 0.5×	52	1.9k

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Khan, Abbas, et al.. (2025). Machine learning hybrid dynamic best model selection algorithm for real-time fire prediction using IoT-enabled multi-sensor data in buildings. Journal of Safety Science and Resilience. 7(2). 100236–100236.

Iqbal, Arshad, Syed Shujait Ali, Ishaq Khan, et al.. (2025). Designing of a multi-epitopes based vaccine against rubella virus using bioinformatics and immunoinformatics approach. The Microbe. 7. 100323–100323. 7 indexed citations

Rai, Smita, Pratibha Bansal, Nidhi Mishra, et al.. (2025). Green synthesis of ZnO and α-Fe ₂ O ₃ nanoparticles using Chinese fan palm leaf extract for their biological and photocatalytic activity evaluation. RSC Sustainability. 3(12). 5609–5631. 2 indexed citations

Khan, Abbas, Syed Shujait Ali, Muhammad Zahid, et al.. (2024). Structural proteomics guided annotation of vaccine targets and designing of multi-epitopes vaccine to instigate adaptive immune response against Francisella tularensis. Microbial Pathogenesis. 194. 106777–106777. 2 indexed citations

Al‐Zoubi, Raed M., Mohanad Shkoor, Abdulilah Dawoud Bani‐Yaseen, et al.. (2024). Efficient and regioselective synthesis of ortho -diiodinated homobenzylic alcohol derivatives: in silico evaluation as potential anticancer IDO/TDO inhibitors. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 22(36). 7395–7410. 1 indexed citations

Suleman, Muhammad, Abbas Khan, Abdullah Alghamdi, et al.. (2024). Deciphering Mutational Impacts on c-Src-HK2 Interaction in Colorectal Cancer Progression, and Identification of Potential Phytocompounds Inhibitors: A Molecular Simulation and Free Energy Calculation Approach. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 33(7). 1338–1360. 1 indexed citations

Suleman, Muhammad, Tanveer Ahmad, Norah A. Albekairi, et al.. (2024). Exploring the natural products chemical space to abrogate the F3L-dsRNA interface of monkeypox virus to enhance the immune responses using molecular screening and free energy calculations. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 14. 1328308–1328308. 9 indexed citations

Mohammad, Anwar, Eman Alshawaf, Hossein Arefanian, et al.. (2023). Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Macrodomain-1 to Restore the Innate Immune Response Using In Silico Screening of Medicinal Compounds and Free Energy Calculation Approaches. Viruses. 15(9). 1907–1907. 1 indexed citations

Bibi, Sadia, Amjad Ali, Muhammad Waqas, et al.. (2023). Decoding the mystery of MMTV-like virus and its relationship with breast cancer metastasis. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 16(9). 1396–1402. 5 indexed citations

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Shahab, Muhammad, Sara Aiman, Abdulrahman Alshammari, et al.. (2023). Immunoinformatics-based potential multi-peptide vaccine designing against Jamestown Canyon Virus (JCV) capable of eliciting cellular and humoral immune responses. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 253(Pt 2). 126678–126678. 21 indexed citations

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Khan, Abbas, Muhammad Suleman, Taimoor Ashraf Khan, et al.. (2022). Blocking key mutated hotspot residues in the RBD of the omicron variant (B.1.1.529) with medicinal compounds to disrupt the RBD-hACE2 complex using molecular screening and simulation approaches. RSC Advances. 12(12). 7318–7327. 26 indexed citations

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Ali, Sharafat, Shahid Ali, Sajjad Ahmad, et al.. (2021). Proteome wide vaccine targets prioritization and designing of antigenic vaccine candidate to trigger the host immune response against the Mycoplasma genitalium infection. Microbial Pathogenesis. 152. 104771–104771. 11 indexed citations

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Khan, Taimoor Ashraf, Abbas Khan, Syed Shujait Ali, Shahid Ali, & Dong‐Qing Wei. (2021). A computational perspective on the dynamic behaviour of recurrent drug resistance mutations in the pncA gene from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. RSC Advances. 11(4). 2476–2486. 11 indexed citations

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Suleman, Muhammad, Qudsia Yousafi, Syed Shujait Ali, et al.. (2021). Bioinformatics analysis of the differences in the binding profile of the wild-type and mutants of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variants with the ACE2 receptor. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 138. 104936–104936. 36 indexed citations

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Qamar, Muhammad Tahir ul, Sajjad Ahmad, Abbas Khan, et al.. (2021). Structural probing of HapR to identify potent phytochemicals to control Vibrio cholera through integrated computational approaches. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 138. 104929–104929. 18 indexed citations

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Khan, Mukhtaj, Nadeem Iqbal, Salman Khan, et al.. (2021). iEnhancer-DHF: Identification of Enhancers and Their Strengths Using Optimize Deep Neural Network With Multiple Features Extraction Methods. IEEE Access. 9. 40783–40796. 31 indexed citations

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Nawsherwan, Nawsherwan, Abbas Khan, Sumaira Mubarik, et al.. (2021). Effect of preeclampsia and premature rupture of membrane on neonatal birth weight and length by gestational age. Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 26(1). 38–38. 2 indexed citations

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Junaid, Muhammad, Jiayi Li, Abbas Khan, et al.. (2020). Structural insights of catalytic mechanism in mutant pyrazinamidase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 39(9). 3172–3185. 6 indexed citations

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Khan, Mazhar, et al.. (2019). Immunoinformatics approaches to explore Helicobacter Pylori proteome (Virulence Factors) to design B and T cell multi-epitope subunit vaccine. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 13321–13321. 119 indexed citations

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Ali, Arif, Abbas Khan, Aman Chandra Kaushik, et al.. (2019). Immunoinformatic and systems biology approaches to predict and validate peptide vaccines against Epstein–Barr virus (EBV). Scientific Reports. 9(1). 720–720. 51 indexed citations

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