Abdel‐Fattah M. El‐Sayed

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Abdel‐Fattah M. El‐Sayed is a scholar working on Aquatic Science, Immunology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Abdel‐Fattah M. El‐Sayed has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Aquatic Science, 31 papers in Immunology and 24 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Abdel‐Fattah M. El‐Sayed's work include Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (64 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (31 papers) and Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (24 papers). Abdel‐Fattah M. El‐Sayed is often cited by papers focused on Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (64 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (31 papers) and Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (24 papers). Abdel‐Fattah M. El‐Sayed collaborates with scholars based in Egypt, United States and United Arab Emirates. Abdel‐Fattah M. El‐Sayed's co-authors include Altaf A. Ezzat, Amira M. Hamdan, Shin‐ichi Teshima, K. Fitzsimmons, Donald L. Garling, Ahmed E. El-Ghobashy, M. M. Mahmoud, Malcolm Dickson, Gamal Othman El-Naggar and Elham A. Wassef and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Aquaculture and BMC Genomics.

In The Last Decade

Abdel‐Fattah M. El‐Sayed

82 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

From Africa to the world—The journey of Nile tilapia 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 40 80 120
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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.

  1. From Africa to the world—The journey of Nile tilapia
    2023 122 citations Abdel‐Fattah M. El‐Sayed, K. Fitzsimmons Reviews in Aquaculture profile →

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Abdel‐Fattah M. El‐Sayed
K. Jauncey United Kingdom
Menghe H. Li United States
James H. Tidwell United States
Michael Rust United States
Ian Forster Canada
Carl D. Webster United States
G.-I. HEMRE Norway
Ewen McLean United States
Torbjørn Åsgård Norway
Jouni Vielma Finland
K. Jauncey United Kingdom
Abdel‐Fattah M. El‐Sayed
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Villasante, Alejandro, Carlos Miguel Nóbrega Mendonça, Danielle de Carla Dias, et al.. (2024). Navigating post-pandemic tilapia farming: a systematic review and meta-analysis of probiotic as a strategy for sustainable production. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 35(1). 95–116.
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El‐Sayed, Abdel‐Fattah M. & K. Fitzsimmons. (2023). From Africa to the world—The journey of Nile tilapia. Reviews in Aquaculture. 15(S1). 6–21. 122 indexed citations breakdown →
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El‐Sayed, Abdel‐Fattah M., et al.. (2023). Impacts of different levels of vitamin K on the growth performance, hematological parameters, and immunological response of juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Aquaculture International. 32(1). 477–488. 5 indexed citations
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Abdel‐Ghany, Heba M., Abdel‐Fattah M. El‐Sayed, Altaf A. Ezzat, Mohamed A. Essa, & Amr M. Helal. (2018). Dietary lipid sources affect cold tolerance of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Journal of Thermal Biology. 79. 50–55. 45 indexed citations
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Li, Jian, Tongzhou Zhang, Wanjing Liu, et al.. (2018). μEvaluation of microcystin-LR absorption using an in vivo intestine model and its effect on zebrafish intestine. Aquatic Toxicology. 206. 186–194. 29 indexed citations
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Hamdan, Amira M., et al.. (2017). Evaluation of marine psychrophile, Psychrobacter namhaensis SO89, as a probiotic in Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ) diets. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 61. 194–200. 51 indexed citations
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Hamdan, Amira M., Abdel‐Fattah M. El‐Sayed, & M. M. Mahmoud. (2016). Effects of a novel marine probiotic, Lactobacillus plantarum AH 78, on growth performance and immune response of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Journal of Applied Microbiology. 120(4). 1061–1073. 103 indexed citations
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Adel, Milad, Abdel‐Fattah M. El‐Sayed, Sakineh Yeganeh, Maryam Dadar, & Sib Sankar Giri. (2016). Effect of Potential Probiotic Lactococcus lactis Subsp. lactis on Growth Performance, Intestinal Microbiota, Digestive Enzyme Activities, and Disease Resistance of Litopenaeus vannamei. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 9(2). 150–156. 82 indexed citations
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Ali, Tamer El-Sayed, et al.. (2014). Structural and functional effects of early exposure to 4-nonylphenol on gonadal development of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus): a-histological alterations in ovaries. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. 40(5). 1509–1519. 19 indexed citations
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El‐Sayed, Abdel‐Fattah M., et al.. (2010). Population dynamics of Caspian Kutum, Rutilus frisii kutum (Cyprinidae) in southern Caspian Sea, Iran. Cybium. 34(3). 285–292. 6 indexed citations
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El‐Sayed, Abdel‐Fattah M.. (2006). Tilapia culture in salt water: environmental requirements, nutritional implications and economic potentials. 62 indexed citations
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El‐Sayed, Abdel‐Fattah M., et al.. (1999). Reproductive biology of grouper fish Epinephelus tauvina (Family Serranidae) in the Arabian Gulf waters. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences. 28(1). 89–91. 5 indexed citations
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El‐Sayed, Abdel‐Fattah M.. (1994). Feeding habits of rabbitfishes, Siganus canaliculatus and Siganus javus fingerlings from the Arabian Gulf waters off Qatar. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences. 23(2). 112–114. 1 indexed citations

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