Asif K. Mustafa

6.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
31 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Asif K. Mustafa is a scholar working on Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Asif K. Mustafa has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Biochemistry, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Asif K. Mustafa's work include Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (8 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers). Asif K. Mustafa is often cited by papers focused on Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (8 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers). Asif K. Mustafa collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Canada. Asif K. Mustafa's co-authors include Solomon H. Snyder, Moataz M. Gadalla, Rui Wang, Guangdong Yang, Weitong Mu, Nilkantha Sen, Seyun Kim, Roxanne K. Barrow, Qinghe Meng and Jiansong Qi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Asif K. Mustafa

27 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

H ₂ S as a Physiologic Vasorelaxant: Hypertension in Mice with Deletion of Cystathionine γ-Lyase

2008 2.0k citations Guangdong Yang, Lingyun Wu et al. Science profile →
H ₂ S Signals Through Protein S-Sulfhydration

2009 1.0k citations Asif K. Mustafa, Moataz M. Gadalla et al. Science Signaling profile →
Hydrogen Sulfide-Linked Sulfhydration of NF-κB Mediates Its Antiapoptotic Actions

2012 609 citations Nilkantha Sen, Bindu D. Paul et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Hydrogen Sulfide as Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor Sulfhydrates Potassium Channels

2011 510 citations Asif K. Mustafa, Gautam Sikka et al. Circulation Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Asif K. Mustafa United States	19	4.2k	1.9k	1.2k	876	520	31	5.6k
Chaoshu Tang China	49	4.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	2.0k 1.7×	1.2k 1.3×	526 1.0×	258	8.1k
Miloš R. Filipović Germany	39	2.9k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	517 0.6×	390 0.8×	95	5.5k
Hongfang Jin China	45	3.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	642 0.7×	794 1.5×	312	6.9k
Li‐Fang Hu China	43	2.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	812 0.9×	228 0.4×	79	5.0k
Chaoshu Tang China	42	2.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	192 0.4×	126	5.3k
Weitong Mu United States	8	2.5k 0.6×	942 0.5×	699 0.6×	603 0.7×	441 0.8×	8	3.2k
Yi‐Chun Zhu China	39	2.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	807 0.7×	435 0.5×	260 0.5×	114	4.3k
A. Richard Whorton United States	43	1.6k 0.4×	2.6k 1.4×	1.8k 1.5×	376 0.4×	679 1.3×	91	6.1k
Victor Vitvitsky United States	33	2.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	684 0.6×	355 0.4×	166 0.3×	67	4.2k
Nilkantha Sen United States	33	1.8k 0.4×	2.5k 1.3×	930 0.8×	389 0.4×	122 0.2×	54	4.9k

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Cavazzoni, Federica, et al.. (2025). “Anyone Else Struggling with Work-Genocide Balance?” Exploring the Psychological and Social Impact of Collective Annihilation in Gaza. Culture Medicine and Psychiatry. 49(4). 1372–1393.

Mustafa, Asif K., et al.. (2024). Netrin-1: Key insights in neural development and disorders. Tissue and Cell. 93. 102678–102678. 2 indexed citations

Mustafa, Asif K., et al.. (2024). The persilan on agroforestry crops system in java production forest. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 1315(1). 12015–12015. 1 indexed citations

Setyaningsih, Widiastuti, et al.. (2024). Benefits of knowledge sharing by farmers to encourage implementation of robusta coffee production standard. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 1362(1). 12012–12012. 1 indexed citations

Mustafa, Asif K., et al.. (2022). Role of adenosine deaminase in dyslipidemia. International Journal of Health Sciences. 5752–5758.

Mustafa, Asif K.. (2020). Study of Microalbuminuria in Non-Diabetic and Non-Hypertensive Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research [IJCMR]. 7(3).

Mustafa, Asif K., et al.. (2020). Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Patients With COVID-19 in Severe Respiratory Failure. JAMA Surgery. 155(10). 990–990. 109 indexed citations

Bhandari, Ruchi, et al.. (2019). Cases of management of paediatric tubo-ovarian torsion. International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and Gynecology. 8(7). 2888–2888. 1 indexed citations

Álam, Intikhab, et al.. (2018). A cost and resource efficient telemetry host station design using FPGA. 15. 799–804. 2 indexed citations

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Barodka, Viachaslau, Joy G. Mohanty, Asif K. Mustafa, et al.. (2013). Nitroprusside inhibits calcium‐induced impairment of red blood cell deformability. Transfusion. 54(2). 434–444. 41 indexed citations

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Sen, Nilkantha, Bindu D. Paul, Moataz M. Gadalla, et al.. (2012). Hydrogen Sulfide-Linked Sulfhydration of NF-κB Mediates Its Antiapoptotic Actions. Molecular Cell. 45(1). 13–24. 609 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mustafa, Asif K., Gautam Sikka, Sadia K. Gazi, et al.. (2011). Hydrogen Sulfide as Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor Sulfhydrates Potassium Channels. Circulation Research. 109(11). 1259–1268. 510 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mustafa, Asif K., Abdullah Shafique Ahmad, Emil Zeynalov, et al.. (2010). Serine Racemase Deletion Protects Against Cerebral Ischemia and Excitotoxicity. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(4). 1413–1416. 90 indexed citations

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Mustafa, Asif K., Moataz M. Gadalla, Nilkantha Sen, et al.. (2009). H ₂ S Signals Through Protein S-Sulfhydration. Science Signaling. 2(96). ra72–ra72. 1023 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mustafa, Asif K., Damian B. van Rossum, Randen L. Patterson, et al.. (2009). Glutamatergic regulation of serine racemase via reversal of PIP2 inhibition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(8). 2921–2926. 52 indexed citations

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Yang, Guangdong, Lingyun Wu, Bo Jiang, et al.. (2008). H ₂ S as a Physiologic Vasorelaxant: Hypertension in Mice with Deletion of Cystathionine γ-Lyase. Science. 322(5901). 587–590. 2004 indexed citations breakdown →

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Basu, Alo C., Jeffrey T. Ehmsen, Asif K. Mustafa, et al.. (2008). Targeted disruption of serine racemase affects glutamatergic neurotransmission and behavior. Molecular Psychiatry. 14(7). 719–727. 264 indexed citations

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Hikida, Takatoshi, Asif K. Mustafa, Kazuhisa Maeda, et al.. (2008). Modulation of d-Serine Levels in Brains of Mice Lacking PICK1. Biological Psychiatry. 63(10). 997–1000. 34 indexed citations

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Fujii, Kumiko, Kazuhisa Maeda, Takatoshi Hikida, et al.. (2005). Serine racemase binds to PICK1: potential relevance to schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry. 11(2). 150–157. 103 indexed citations

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Mustafa, Asif K., Paul M. Kim, & Solomon H. Snyder. (2004). D-Serine as a putative glial neurotransmitter. PubMed. 1(3). 275–281. 60 indexed citations

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