Asef Aziz

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Asef Aziz is a scholar working on Urology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Asef Aziz has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Urology, 4 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Asef Aziz's work include Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (4 papers), Urological Disorders and Treatments (3 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (2 papers). Asef Aziz is often cited by papers focused on Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (4 papers), Urological Disorders and Treatments (3 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (2 papers). Asef Aziz collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Asef Aziz's co-authors include Jan M. van Deursen, Darren J. Baker, Somaira Nowsheen, Khaled Aziz, Alexandros G. Georgakilas, Emmy P. Rogakou, Ifigeneia V. Mavragani, Maria Souli, Zacharenia Nikitaki and Zhenkun Lou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Nature Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Asef Aziz

11 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Clearance of senescent glial cells prevents tau-dependent pathology and cognitive decline

2018 898 citations Asef Aziz, Jan M. van Deursen et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Asef Aziz United States	7	591	538	338	187	150	12	1.3k
Karina Balan United States	8	380 0.6×	515 1.0×	83 0.2×	231 1.2×	28 0.2×	8	1.0k
Timothy Nacarelli United States	19	423 0.7×	917 1.7×	52 0.2×	260 1.4×	71 0.5×	25	1.6k
Maria Maryanovich United States	11	173 0.3×	755 1.4×	138 0.4×	299 1.6×	128 0.9×	31	1.7k
Lisa Smithson United States	14	553 0.9×	553 1.0×	144 0.4×	113 0.6×	363 2.4×	16	1.4k
Shahriar Salamat United States	14	230 0.4×	545 1.0×	128 0.4×	54 0.3×	136 0.9×	48	1.2k
Casmir Turnquist United Kingdom	10	169 0.3×	218 0.4×	152 0.4×	72 0.4×	97 0.6×	13	665
Leonard Kusdra United States	9	240 0.4×	370 0.7×	178 0.5×	47 0.3×	165 1.1×	11	953
Jan Sällström Sweden	14	616 1.0×	511 0.9×	590 1.7×	277 1.5×	84 0.6×	27	1.9k
Jennifer Gass United States	17	649 1.1×	777 1.4×	310 0.9×	30 0.2×	73 0.5×	36	2.1k
Hakjoo Lee United States	28	246 0.4×	1.3k 2.5×	92 0.3×	207 1.1×	82 0.5×	38	2.1k

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Aziz, Asef, Hugh A.�G. Fisher, Ronald P. Kaufman, Adrien Bernstein, & Badar M. Mian. (2024). Participant-Level Analysis of Complications From the Prostate Biopsy Efficacy and Complications Randomized Study of Transrectal and Transperineal Prostate Biopsy. JU Open Plus. 2(11).

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Mian, Badar M., Paul J. Feustel, Asef Aziz, et al.. (2024). Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer Detection Following Transrectal and Transperineal Biopsy: Results of the Prostate Biopsy Efficacy and Complications Randomized Clinical Trial. The Journal of Urology. 212(1). 21–31. 12 indexed citations

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Aziz, Asef, et al.. (2023). Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: What Today’s Urologist Should Know. Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports. 18(1). 16–28. 4 indexed citations

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Mian, Badar M., Paul J. Feustel, Asef Aziz, et al.. (2023). Complications Following Transrectal and Transperineal Prostate Biopsy: Results of the ProBE-PC Randomized Clinical Trial. The Journal of Urology. 211(2). 205–213. 51 indexed citations

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Mian, Badar M., Paul J. Feustel, Asef Aziz, et al.. (2023). LBA03-03 INFECTIOUS AND NON-INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING PROSTATE BIOPSY: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL. The Journal of Urology. 209(Supplement 4). 1 indexed citations

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Aziz, Asef, et al.. (2020). Stage Migration for Upper Tract Urothelial Cell Carcinoma. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer. 19(3). e184–e192. 1 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Andrew D., Theodore K. Malmstrom, Michael L. Niehoff, et al.. (2020). Serum progranulin levels are associated with frailty in middle-aged individuals. PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0238877–e0238877. 8 indexed citations

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Lee, Seung Baek, Jung‐Jin Kim, Sang‐Ah Han, et al.. (2019). The AMPK–Parkin axis negatively regulates necroptosis and tumorigenesis by inhibiting the necrosome. Nature Cell Biology. 21(8). 940–951. 130 indexed citations

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Aziz, Asef, et al.. (2018). Clearance of senescent glial cells prevents tau-dependent pathology and cognitive decline. Nature. 562(7728). 578–582. 898 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nowsheen, Somaira, Khaled Aziz, Asef Aziz, et al.. (2018). L3MBTL2 orchestrates ubiquitin signalling by dictating the sequential recruitment of RNF8 and RNF168 after DNA damage. Nature Cell Biology. 20(4). 455–464. 89 indexed citations

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Voskuilen, Charlotte S., Roland Seiler, Michael Rink, et al.. (2018). Urothelial carcinoma in bladder diverticula: A multicenter analysis of characteristics and treatment outcome in 110 patients. European Urology Supplements. 17(2). e532–e533. 1 indexed citations

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Mavragani, Ifigeneia V., Zacharenia Nikitaki, Maria Souli, et al.. (2017). Complex DNA Damage: A Route to Radiation-Induced Genomic Instability and Carcinogenesis. Cancers. 9(7). 91–91. 119 indexed citations

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