Ashraf Al‐Amoudi

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Ashraf Al‐Amoudi is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ashraf Al‐Amoudi has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Structural Biology, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Ashraf Al‐Amoudi's work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (13 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (5 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (5 papers). Ashraf Al‐Amoudi is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (13 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (5 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (5 papers). Ashraf Al‐Amoudi collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United Kingdom. Ashraf Al‐Amoudi's co-authors include Jacques Dubochet, Lars Norlén, Daniel Studer, Achilleas S. Frangakis, Daniel Castaño‐Díez, Valério R. F. Matias, Terry J. Beveridge, J DUBOCHET, P. Eggli and Werner Graber and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ashraf Al‐Amoudi

32 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Cryo‐electron microscopy of vitreous sections

2004 350 citations Ashraf Al‐Amoudi, Jiin-Ju Chang et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscopy of Frozen-Hydrated Sections of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

2003 283 citations Valério R. F. Matias, Ashraf Al‐Amoudi et al. Journal of Bacteriology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ashraf Al‐Amoudi Switzerland	22	1.2k	972	413	300	231	32	2.5k
Daniel Studer Switzerland	31	1.2k 1.0×	931 1.0×	378 0.9×	332 1.1×	218 0.9×	97	3.6k
A. Leith United States	18	2.0k 1.7×	779 0.8×	372 0.9×	399 1.3×	150 0.6×	43	3.5k
Shoh Asano United States	19	1.1k 0.9×	657 0.7×	174 0.4×	381 1.3×	687 3.0×	25	2.2k
Christopher J. Russo United Kingdom	27	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	758 1.8×	127 0.4×	48 0.2×	60	2.8k
Lori A. Passmore United Kingdom	37	3.4k 2.8×	682 0.7×	375 0.9×	564 1.9×	43 0.2×	68	4.4k
Benoît Zuber Switzerland	29	1.7k 1.4×	411 0.4×	125 0.3×	679 2.3×	130 0.6×	73	2.9k
Eric Carlemalm Sweden	23	1.9k 1.5×	356 0.4×	172 0.4×	381 1.3×	79 0.3×	42	3.4k
Kenneth N. Goldie Switzerland	42	3.2k 2.6×	431 0.4×	468 1.1×	1.4k 4.7×	155 0.7×	87	5.5k
Khanh Huy Bui Canada	30	2.3k 1.9×	476 0.5×	109 0.3×	979 3.3×	268 1.2×	51	3.2k
Karolyn Buttle United States	21	3.1k 2.5×	310 0.3×	172 0.4×	985 3.3×	110 0.5×	40	4.1k

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Rossi, Pierre De, Amanda J. Lewis, Carlo Scialò, et al.. (2021). FTLD‐TDP assemblies seed neoaggregates with subtype‐specific features via a prion‐like cascade. EMBO Reports. 22(12). e53877–e53877. 18 indexed citations

Lewis, Amanda J., Christel Genoud, Wilma D. J. van de Berg, et al.. (2019). Imaging of post-mortem human brain tissue using electron and X-ray microscopy. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 58. 138–148. 23 indexed citations

Alecu, Irina, Andrea Tedeschi, Klaus Wunderling, et al.. (2016). Localization of 1-deoxysphingolipids to mitochondria induces mitochondrial dysfunction. Journal of Lipid Research. 58(1). 42–59. 66 indexed citations

Offermann, Nina, et al.. (2016). Tanycytes and a differential fatty acid metabolism in the hypothalamus. Glia. 65(2). 231–249. 45 indexed citations

Kaupp, U. Benjamin, et al.. (2013). Supramolecular Architecture of Rhodopsin in Native Photoreceptors Revealed by Cryo-Electron Tomography. Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 26a–27a. 1 indexed citations

Álvarez, Luis, Katharina Debowski, Qui Van, et al.. (2013). CRIS—A Novel cAMP-Binding Protein Controlling Spermiogenesis and the Development of Flagellar Bending. PLoS Genetics. 9(12). e1003960–e1003960. 44 indexed citations

Al‐Amoudi, Ashraf & Achilleas S. Frangakis. (2012). Three-Dimensional Visualization of the Molecular Architecture of Cell–Cell Junctions In Situ by Cryo-Electron Tomography of Vitreous Sections. Methods in molecular biology. 961. 97–117. 9 indexed citations

Castaño‐Díez, Daniel, Margot P. Scheffer, Ashraf Al‐Amoudi, & Achilleas S. Frangakis. (2010). Alignator: A GPU powered software package for robust fiducial-less alignment of cryo tilt-series. Journal of Structural Biology. 170(1). 117–126. 46 indexed citations

Castaño‐Díez, Daniel, et al.. (2008). Reprint of “Fiducial-less alignment of cryo-sections” [J. Struct. Biol. 159 (2007) 413–423]. Journal of Structural Biology. 161(3). 249–259. 2 indexed citations

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Dubochet, Jacques, Benoît Zuber, Mikhail Eltsov, et al.. (2007). How to “Read” a Vitreous Section. Methods in cell biology. 79. 385–406. 70 indexed citations

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Al‐Amoudi, Ashraf, Daniel Castaño‐Díez, Matthew J. Betts, & Achilleas S. Frangakis. (2007). The molecular architecture of cadherins in native epidermal desmosomes. Nature. 450(7171). 832–837. 210 indexed citations

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Castaño‐Díez, Daniel, et al.. (2007). Fiducial-less alignment of cryo-sections. Journal of Structural Biology. 159(3). 413–423. 46 indexed citations

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Al‐Amoudi, Ashraf, Daniel Studer, & J DUBOCHET. (2005). Cutting artefacts and cutting process in vitreous sections for cryo-electron microscopy. Journal of Structural Biology. 150(1). 109–121. 200 indexed citations

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Al‐Amoudi, Ashraf, Jiin-Ju Chang, Amélie Leforestier, et al.. (2004). Cryo‐electron microscopy of vitreous sections. The EMBO Journal. 23(18). 3583–3588. 350 indexed citations breakdown →

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Norlén, Lars & Ashraf Al‐Amoudi. (2004). Stratum Corneum Keratin Structure, Function, and Formation: The Cubic Rod-Packing and Membrane Templating Model. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 123(4). 715–732. 122 indexed citations

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Al‐Amoudi, Ashraf, Lars Norlén, & Jacques Dubochet. (2004). Cryo-electron microscopy of vitreous sections of native biological cells and tissues. Journal of Structural Biology. 148(1). 131–135. 198 indexed citations

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Matias, Valério R. F., Ashraf Al‐Amoudi, Jacques Dubochet, & Terry J. Beveridge. (2003). Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscopy of Frozen-Hydrated Sections of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology. 185(20). 6112–6118. 283 indexed citations breakdown →

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Norlén, Lars, et al.. (2003). A Cryotransmission Electron Microscopy Study of Skin Barrier Formation. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 120(4). 555–560. 50 indexed citations

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Al‐Amoudi, Ashraf, et al.. (2003). An oscillating cryo‐knife reduces cutting‐induced deformation of vitreous ultrathin sections. Journal of Microscopy. 212(1). 26–33. 64 indexed citations

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Studer, Daniel, Werner Graber, Ashraf Al‐Amoudi, & P. Eggli. (2001). A new approach for cryofixation by high‐pressure freezing. Journal of Microscopy. 203(3). 285–294. 240 indexed citations

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