Ajami Gikandi

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 643 citations indexed

About

Ajami Gikandi is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ajami Gikandi has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 643 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 8 papers in Surgery and 7 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ajami Gikandi's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (4 papers), Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques (4 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (4 papers). Ajami Gikandi is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (4 papers), Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques (4 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (4 papers). Ajami Gikandi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Poland. Ajami Gikandi's co-authors include Joseph D. Mancias, Naiara Santana-Codina, Miljan Kuljanin, Dylan C. Mitchell, Eric T. Kool, Alec C. Kimmelman, Douglas E. Biancur, Ekaterina V. Vinogradova, Huamin Wang and Beth Walters and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Biotechnology and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Ajami Gikandi

14 papers receiving 631 citations

Hit Papers

The Role of NCOA4-Mediated Ferritinophagy in Ferroptosis 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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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. The Role of NCOA4-Mediated Ferritinophagy in Ferroptosis
    2021 196 citations Naiara Santana-Codina, Ajami Gikandi et al. Advances in experimental medicine and biology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ajami Gikandi United States 7 384 184 183 137 83 21 643
Judit Dobos Hungary 18 443 1.2× 97 0.5× 155 0.8× 377 2.8× 51 0.6× 33 989
Yun-Ru Liu Taiwan 19 448 1.2× 162 0.9× 217 1.2× 180 1.3× 14 0.2× 38 849
Guangzhou Han United States 9 376 1.0× 352 1.9× 216 1.2× 186 1.4× 25 0.3× 15 812
Maria Pinzon-Ortiz United States 8 599 1.6× 326 1.8× 148 0.8× 443 3.2× 67 0.8× 18 1.2k
Gengjie Yang United States 13 291 0.8× 99 0.5× 81 0.4× 289 2.1× 87 1.0× 21 814
Tian‐Jian Yu China 10 533 1.4× 151 0.8× 442 2.4× 296 2.2× 16 0.2× 17 919
Chin-Rang Yang United States 12 664 1.7× 108 0.6× 219 1.2× 290 2.1× 159 1.9× 17 1.0k
Sandeep Singh United States 15 642 1.7× 94 0.5× 255 1.4× 424 3.1× 53 0.6× 25 972

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ajami Gikandi

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All Works

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Gikandi, Ajami, Jennifer Brown, Daniel A. Castellanos, et al.. (2025). Outcomes of reoperation following prior vascular ring and airway compression surgery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 170(3). 804–812.
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Gikandi, Ajami, Susan Chi, Kee Kiat Yeo, et al.. (2024). Off‐label prescribing of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy at a single pediatric cancer center. Cancer Medicine. 13(8). e7154–e7154. 3 indexed citations
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Gikandi, Ajami, Eileen M. Stock, Ellen DeMatt, et al.. (2024). Performance of left internal thoracic artery-left anterior descending artery anastomosis by residents versus attendings and coronary artery bypass grafting outcomes. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 65(5). 1 indexed citations
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Gikandi, Ajami, Peter Chiu, Jennifer Brown, et al.. (2024). Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Surgery for Complete Vascular Rings. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 84(14). 1279–1292. 6 indexed citations
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Gikandi, Ajami, Tran Van Dinh, Zhibao Mi, et al.. (2024). Superior Outcomes of Dual-Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Are Maintained in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of Surgical Research. 301. 240–246.
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Kennedy-Metz, Lauren R., Anna Liu, Roger D. Dias, et al.. (2024). A novel multimodal, intraoperative cognitive workload assessment of cardiac surgery team members. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 170(1). 287–296.
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Gikandi, Ajami, Peter Chiu, Edward T. O’Leary, et al.. (2024). Surgical debulking of large ventricular fibromas in children. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 169(1). 186–194. 1 indexed citations
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Gikandi, Ajami, Edward T. O’Leary, Elizabeth S. DeWitt, et al.. (2024). Ventricular septation for double inlet ventricle: Avoiding conduction injury. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 169(4). 1055–1065.
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Gikandi, Ajami, Eileen M. Stock, Ellen DeMatt, et al.. (2024). Chronic total occlusions and coronary artery bypass grafting outcomes. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 170(1). 216–227.e3.
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Gikandi, Ajami, Julie Hallet, Bas Groot Koerkamp, et al.. (2024). Distinguishing Clinical From Statistical Significances in Contemporary Comparative Effectiveness Research. Annals of Surgery. 279(6). 907–912. 7 indexed citations
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Batra, Vandana, Ajami Gikandi, Bruce Pawel, et al.. (2023). Norepinephrine transporter and vesicular monoamine transporter 2 tumor expression as a predictor of response to 131I‐MIBG in patients with relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 71(1). e30743–e30743. 2 indexed citations
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Gikandi, Ajami, et al.. (2023). Postoperative Troponin Levels in Children Undergoing Open Heart Surgery With and Without Coronary Intervention. Pediatric Cardiology. 45(1). 184–195.
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Gikandi, Ajami, Christopher W. Baird, Pedro J. del Nido, & Sitaram M. Emani. (2023). Right ventricular papillary muscle approximation to the septum as an adjunct technique during tricuspid valve repair in congenital heart surgery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 167(5). 1547–1555.e1. 1 indexed citations
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Gundersen, Daniel A., et al.. (2023). The Colocation Model in Community Cancer Care: A Description of Patient Clinical and Demographic Attributes and Referral Pathways. JCO Oncology Practice. 19(6). e916–e926. 5 indexed citations
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Setty, Bhuvana A., Ajami Gikandi, & Steven G. DuBois. (2023). Ewing Sarcoma Drug Therapy: Current Standard of Care and Emerging Agents. Pediatric Drugs. 25(4). 389–397. 8 indexed citations
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Kuljanin, Miljan, Dylan C. Mitchell, Devin K. Schweppe, et al.. (2021). Reimagining high-throughput profiling of reactive cysteines for cell-based screening of large electrophile libraries. Nature Biotechnology. 39(5). 630–641. 185 indexed citations
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Santana-Codina, Naiara, Ajami Gikandi, & Joseph D. Mancias. (2021). The Role of NCOA4-Mediated Ferritinophagy in Ferroptosis. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1301. 41–57. 196 indexed citations breakdown →
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Banh, Robert S., Douglas E. Biancur, Keisuke Yamamoto, et al.. (2020). Neurons Release Serine to Support mRNA Translation in Pancreatic Cancer. Cell. 183(5). 1202–1218.e25. 185 indexed citations
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Santana-Codina, Naiara, Qijia Yu, Beata Małachowska, et al.. (2020). Defining and Targeting Adaptations to Oncogenic KRASG12C Inhibition Using Quantitative Temporal Proteomics. Cell Reports. 30(13). 4584–4599.e4. 42 indexed citations

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