Ashkan Bigham

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Ashkan Bigham is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ashkan Bigham has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 31 papers in Biomaterials and 19 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ashkan Bigham's work include Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (27 papers), Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (22 papers) and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (14 papers). Ashkan Bigham is often cited by papers focused on Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (27 papers), Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (22 papers) and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (14 papers). Ashkan Bigham collaborates with scholars based in Iran, Italy and Türkiye. Ashkan Bigham's co-authors include Mohammad Rafienia, S.A. Hassanzadeh-Tabrizi, Ali Zarrabi, Firoozeh Foroughi, Erfan Rezvani Ghomi, Seeram Ramakrishna, Navid Rabiee, Esmaeel Sharifi, Mina Zare and Pooyan Makvandi and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ashkan Bigham

66 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

(Nano)platforms in breast cancer therapy: Drug/gene delivery, advanced nanocarriers and immunotherapy

2023 129 citations Milad Ashrafizadeh, Ali Zarrabi et al. profile →
MOFs and MOF‐Based Composites as Next‐Generation Materials for Wound Healing and Dressings

2024 79 citations Ashkan Bigham, Arezoo Khosravi et al. Small profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ashkan Bigham Iran	32	1.5k	1.1k	675	331	264	68	2.8k
Patrícia Figueiredo Finland	27	1.9k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	604 0.9×	516 1.6×	139 0.5×	50	3.3k
Kapil D. Patel South Korea	35	2.0k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	962 1.4×	437 1.3×	286 1.1×	60	3.3k
Ishita Matai India	23	1.3k 0.9×	650 0.6×	841 1.2×	449 1.4×	197 0.7×	43	2.5k
Xiangdong Kong China	32	1.6k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	513 0.8×	664 2.0×	294 1.1×	159	3.4k
Tarun Agarwal India	35	1.7k 1.1×	908 0.8×	521 0.8×	518 1.6×	436 1.7×	104	3.6k
Jie Shen China	30	1.5k 1.0×	668 0.6×	906 1.3×	335 1.0×	226 0.9×	87	2.7k
João Paulo Borges Portugal	29	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	482 0.7×	196 0.6×	200 0.8×	127	3.0k
Sandhra M. Carvalho Brazil	32	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	681 1.0×	396 1.2×	172 0.7×	74	2.7k
Zimu Li China	22	1.6k 1.1×	910 0.8×	720 1.1×	673 2.0×	105 0.4×	45	2.9k

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Bigham, Ashkan, et al.. (2025). Black phosphorus in theragenerative medicine: a multi-organ perspective on disease modulation and tissue repair. Bioactive Materials. 58. 422–471.

Bigham, Ashkan, et al.. (2025). The Therapeutic Potential of Berberine in Lung Cancer. Archiv der Pharmazie. 358(6). e70013–e70013.

Bigham, Ashkan, Atefeh Zarepour, Arezoo Khosravi, Siavash Iravani, & Ali Zarrabi. (2024). Sustainable nanomaterials for precision medicine in cancer therapy. Materials Today Sustainability. 27. 100865–100865. 8 indexed citations

Zarepour, Atefeh, Ashkan Bigham, Arezoo Khosravi, et al.. (2024). Nanosystems for targeted drug Delivery: Innovations and challenges in overcoming the Blood-Brain barrier for neurodegenerative disease and cancer therapy. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 666. 124800–124800. 12 indexed citations

Arabestani, Mohammad Reza, et al.. (2024). Solid lipid nanoparticles and their application in the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 174. 116433–116433. 31 indexed citations

Bigham, Ashkan, et al.. (2024). MOFs and MOF‐Based Composites as Next‐Generation Materials for Wound Healing and Dressings. Small. 20(30). e2311903–e2311903. 79 indexed citations breakdown →

Bigham, Ashkan, Atefeh Zarepour, Arezoo Khosravi, Siavash Iravani, & Ali Zarrabi. (2024). Microneedle patches: a new vantage point for diabetic wound treatments. Biomaterials Science. 13(2). 379–407. 7 indexed citations

Bigham, Ashkan, Atefeh Zarepour, Arezoo Khosravi, Siavash Iravani, & Ali Zarrabi. (2024). 3D and 4D printing of MXene-based composites: from fundamentals to emerging applications. Materials Horizons. 11(24). 6257–6288. 18 indexed citations

Shakiba, Mohamadreza, Ashkan Bigham, Amin Foroozandeh, et al.. (2023). Development of an antibacterial and antioxidative nanofibrous membrane using curcumin-loaded halloysite nanotubes for smart wound healing: In vitro and in vivo studies. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 642. 123207–123207. 36 indexed citations

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Yaşayan, Gökçen, Ayça Bal‐Öztürk, Ashkan Bigham, et al.. (2023). Advancements and applications of upconversion nanoparticles in wound dressings. Materials Horizons. 11(2). 363–387. 27 indexed citations

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Ansari, Legha, Vahid Rahimkhoei, Sina Sharifi, et al.. (2023). Recent advances in carbohydrate-based paclitaxel delivery systems. Polymer Bulletin. 81(2). 1043–1069. 7 indexed citations

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Sharifi, Esmaeel, Satar Yousefiasl, Maria Trovato, et al.. (2023). Nanostructures for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of viral respiratory infections: from influenza virus to SARS-CoV-2 variants. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 21(1). 199–199. 12 indexed citations

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Akbari, Ali, Ashkan Bigham, Vahid Rahimkhoei, Sina Sharifi, & Esmaiel Jabbari. (2022). Antiviral Polymers: A Review. Polymers. 14(9). 1634–1634. 31 indexed citations

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Ashrafizadeh, Milad, Kiavash Hushmandi, Sepideh Mirzaei, et al.. (2022). Chitosan‐based nanoscale systems for doxorubicin delivery: Exploring biomedical application in cancer therapy. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 8(1). e10325–e10325. 78 indexed citations

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Ashrafizadeh, Milad, Masoud Delfi, Ali Zarrabi, et al.. (2022). Stimuli-responsive liposomal nanoformulations in cancer therapy: Pre-clinical & clinical approaches. Journal of Controlled Release. 351. 50–80. 145 indexed citations

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Ghomi, Erfan Rezvani, Mohamadreza Shakiba, Majid Abdouss, et al.. (2021). The Effect of Poly (Ethylene glycol) Emulation on the Degradation of PLA/Starch Composites. Polymers. 13(7). 1019–1019. 36 indexed citations

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Bigham, Ashkan, Navid Rabiee, Mojtaba Bagherzadeh, et al.. (2021). Nanotechnology-Abetted Astaxanthin Formulations in Multimodel Therapeutic and Biomedical Applications. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 65(1). 2–36. 54 indexed citations

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Zare, Mina, Ashkan Bigham, Mohamad Ali Zare, et al.. (2021). pHEMA: An Overview for Biomedical Applications. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(12). 6376–6376. 129 indexed citations

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Kermani, Saeed, et al.. (2020). On the bioactivity and mechanical properties of gehlenite nanobioceramic: A comparative study. Journal of Medical Signals & Sensors. 10(2). 105–105. 23 indexed citations

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Foroughi, Firoozeh, S.A. Hassanzadeh-Tabrizi, & Ashkan Bigham. (2016). In situ microemulsion synthesis of hydroxyapatite-MgFe2O4 nanocomposite as a magnetic drug delivery system. Materials Science and Engineering C. 68. 774–779. 111 indexed citations

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