Aziz Maleki

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Aziz Maleki is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Aziz Maleki has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Aziz Maleki's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (13 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (6 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers). Aziz Maleki is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (13 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (6 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers). Aziz Maleki collaborates with scholars based in Iran, China and Italy. Aziz Maleki's co-authors include Mohammad‐Ali Shahbazi, Massoud Malaki, Mehrdad Hamidi, Rajender S. Varma, Baolin Guo, Jiahui He, Shayesteh Bochani, Ahmad Amiri, Mohammadreza Soleymaniha and Alireza Rafieerad and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Aziz Maleki

36 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Multifunctional Photoactive Hydrogels for Wound Healing A... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2021 2019 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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. Multifunctional Photoactive Hydrogels for Wound Healing Acceleration
    2021 455 citations Aziz Maleki, Shayesteh Bochani et al. profile →
  2. MXenes and ultrasonication
    2019 338 citations Massoud Malaki, Aziz Maleki et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry A profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aziz Maleki Iran 23 1.2k 1.2k 661 415 302 38 2.7k
Ninglin Zhou China 33 1.5k 1.3× 1.6k 1.3× 729 1.1× 380 0.9× 200 0.7× 95 3.0k
Zimu Li China 22 720 0.6× 1.6k 1.4× 910 1.4× 673 1.6× 165 0.5× 45 2.9k
Jiulong Zhao China 34 1.1k 0.9× 1.7k 1.4× 1.1k 1.7× 601 1.4× 462 1.5× 84 3.3k
Yue Sun China 29 834 0.7× 1.5k 1.3× 462 0.7× 631 1.5× 142 0.5× 63 2.7k
Gao Li China 37 844 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 1.9k 2.9× 452 1.1× 161 0.5× 163 4.4k
Aurélien Forget Germany 18 615 0.5× 787 0.7× 621 0.9× 229 0.6× 296 1.0× 33 2.3k
Zhaohua Miao China 33 1.5k 1.2× 1.9k 1.6× 612 0.9× 615 1.5× 111 0.4× 67 2.9k
Tao He China 30 648 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.7× 299 0.7× 189 0.6× 72 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aziz Maleki

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aziz Maleki

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Aziz Maleki. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Aziz Maleki based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Aziz Maleki. Aziz Maleki is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Bagheri, Hadi, et al.. (2026). A novel copper-based nanosystem for augmented breast cancer photothermal and chemodynamic therapy. RSC Advances. 16(3). 2167–2178.
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Yuan, Meng, Ling Yang, Zhuang Yang, et al.. (2024). Fabrication of Interface Engineered S‐Scheme Heterojunction Nanocatalyst for Ultrasound‐Triggered Sustainable Cancer Therapy. Advanced Science. 11(15). e2308546–e2308546. 28 indexed citations
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Kermanian, Mehraneh, Samad Nadri, Siavash Iravani, et al.. (2023). Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks: From bactericidal properties to tissue regeneration. Journal of Controlled Release. 359. 326–346. 38 indexed citations
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Makvandi, Pooyan, Maliheh Parsa, Amir Azadi, et al.. (2023). Enhancing Methotrexate Delivery in the Brain by Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Functionalized with Cell-Penetrating Peptide using in Vivo and ex Vivo Monitoring. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 20(3). 1531–1548. 31 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiaxin, et al.. (2023). ROS-responsive hydrogels with spatiotemporally sequential delivery of antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drugs for the repair of MRSA-infected wounds. Regenerative Biomaterials. 11. rbad110–rbad110. 60 indexed citations
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Maleki, Aziz, Meng Yuan, Tarun Agarwal, et al.. (2023). Titanium‐Based Nanoarchitectures for Sonodynamic Therapy‐Involved Multimodal Treatments. Small. 19(12). e2206253–e2206253. 56 indexed citations
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Hamidi, Mehrdad, et al.. (2022). Polysorbate-coated mesoporous silica nanoparticles as an efficient carrier for improved rivastigmine brain delivery. Brain Research. 1781. 147786–147786. 31 indexed citations
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Maleki, Aziz, Shayesteh Bochani, Mehraneh Kermanian, et al.. (2022). Chitosan conjugated-ordered mesoporous silica: a biocompatible dissolution enhancer for promoting the antidiabetic effect of a poorly water-soluble drug of repaglinide. Journal of nanostructure in chemistry. 14(4). 261–280. 3 indexed citations
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Makvandi, Pooyan, Aziz Maleki, Majid Shabani, et al.. (2022). Bioinspired microneedle patches: Biomimetic designs, fabrication, and biomedical applications. Matter. 5(2). 390–429. 105 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhuang, Meng Yuan, Bin Liu, et al.. (2022). Conferring BiVO4 Nanorods with Oxygen Vacancies to Realize Enhanced Sonodynamic Cancer Therapy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(44). e202209484–e202209484. 120 indexed citations
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Maleki, Aziz, et al.. (2021). Efficient synthesis of novel 2‐(2‐chloroquinolin‐3‐yl)imidazo[1,2‐a]pyridin‐3‐amine derivatives. Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society. 68(7). 1328–1333. 1 indexed citations
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Maleki, Aziz, et al.. (2020). Storage stability of proteins in a liquid-based formulation: Liquid vs. solid self-emulsifying drug delivery. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 590. 119918–119918. 12 indexed citations
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Malaki, Massoud, Aziz Maleki, & Rajender S. Varma. (2019). Correction: MXenes and ultrasonication. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(21). 13411–13411. 2 indexed citations
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Maleki, Aziz, Hélène Kettiger, Aurélie Schoubben, et al.. (2017). Mesoporous silica materials: From physico-chemical properties to enhanced dissolution of poorly water-soluble drugs. Journal of Controlled Release. 262. 329–347. 235 indexed citations
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Maleki, Aziz & Mehrdad Hamidi. (2015). Dissolution enhancement of a model poorly water-soluble drug, atorvastatin, with ordered mesoporous silica: comparison of MSF with SBA-15 as drug carriers. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 13(2). 171–181. 46 indexed citations
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Karimi, Babak, Aziz Maleki, Dawood Elhamifar, James H. Clark, & Andrew J. Hunt. (2010). Self-assembled organic–inorganic hybrid silica with ionic liquid framework: a novel support for the catalytic enantioselective Strecker reaction of imines using Yb(OTf)3–pybox catalyst. Chemical Communications. 46(37). 6947–6947. 63 indexed citations
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Karimi, Babak & Aziz Maleki. (2009). Catalytic asymmetric Strecker hydrocyanation of imines using Yb(OTf)3–pybox catalysts. Chemical Communications. 5180–5180. 31 indexed citations
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