Babak Afrough

3.6k total citations
20 papers, 364 citations indexed

About

Babak Afrough is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Babak Afrough has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 364 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Infectious Diseases, 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Babak Afrough's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (7 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (6 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (5 papers). Babak Afrough is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (7 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (6 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (5 papers). Babak Afrough collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Denmark. Babak Afrough's co-authors include Roger Hewson, Stuart Dowall, Simon Fry, Anthony J. Leathem, John F. Timms, Louiza S. Velentzis, Hannah J. Lomax-Browne, Miriam Dwek, Pamela Greenwell and Laura C. Bonney and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Emerging infectious diseases and Journal of General Virology.

In The Last Decade

Babak Afrough

20 papers receiving 354 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Babak Afrough United Kingdom 10 183 138 77 52 46 20 364
Beatriz Apellániz Spain 15 408 2.2× 89 0.6× 108 1.4× 73 1.4× 17 0.4× 28 582
Gerd Lipowsky Latvia 8 171 0.9× 92 0.7× 109 1.4× 67 1.3× 30 0.7× 8 424
Lucie Fénéant France 13 129 0.7× 195 1.4× 68 0.9× 46 0.9× 47 1.0× 21 519
Wenjun Liu China 15 163 0.9× 250 1.8× 163 2.1× 10 0.2× 16 0.3× 40 624
Afonso P. Basto Portugal 12 94 0.5× 57 0.4× 141 1.8× 13 0.3× 23 0.5× 23 435
Charlene Ranadheera Canada 15 212 1.2× 277 2.0× 82 1.1× 20 0.4× 176 3.8× 29 647
Marie‐Claire Nicolaï France 11 189 1.0× 81 0.6× 50 0.6× 26 0.5× 13 0.3× 12 340
Solène Denolly France 11 109 0.6× 408 3.0× 51 0.7× 18 0.3× 74 1.6× 21 602
Yuan Zheng China 10 341 1.9× 320 2.3× 132 1.7× 277 5.3× 16 0.3× 17 748
Géraldine Laumond France 14 155 0.8× 156 1.1× 152 2.0× 59 1.1× 12 0.3× 37 455

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Fields of papers citing papers by Babak Afrough

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Babak Afrough

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Babak Afrough. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Babak Afrough 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 Babak Afrough. Babak Afrough is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Marklewitz, Marco, Adalbert Wilhelm, Oluwatosin Wuraola Akande, et al.. (2025). Genomics costing tool: considerations for improving cost-efficiencies through cross scenario comparison. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1498094–1498094. 5 indexed citations
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Akande, Oluwatosin Wuraola, Babak Afrough, Jane Cunningham, et al.. (2024). Investing in health preparedness, response and resilience: a genomics costing tool focused on next generation sequencing. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1404243–1404243. 3 indexed citations
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Gularte, Juliana Schons, Meriane Demoliner, Viviane Girardi, et al.. (2024). Influenza outbreak during the surge of SARS‐CoV‐2 omicron in a metropolitan area from southern Brazil: genomic surveillance. Journal of Medical Virology. 96(10). e29944–e29944. 2 indexed citations
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Meredith, Luke W., et al.. (2024). Draft genomes of 10 Vibrio cholerae isolates collected in Sudan in 2019. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 13(11). e0037624–e0037624. 2 indexed citations
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Wand, Nadina, Babak Afrough, Tom Fletcher, et al.. (2023). Recovery of complete genome sequences of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) directly from clinical samples: A comparative study between targeted enrichment and metagenomic approaches. Journal of Virological Methods. 323. 114833–114833. 7 indexed citations
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Eakins, Jonathan, Babak Afrough, & Roger Hewson. (2021). Monte Carlo modelling of an x-ray chamber for providing inactivation exposures to viruses. Journal of Radiological Protection. 41(4). 962–981. 1 indexed citations
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Funnell, Simon G. P., Babak Afrough, John J. Baczenas, et al.. (2021). A cautionary perspective regarding the isolation and serial propagation of SARS-CoV-2 in Vero cells. npj Vaccines. 6(1). 83–83. 20 indexed citations
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Huo, Jiandong, Babak Afrough, Adam Harding, et al.. (2021). The use of nanobodies in a sensitive ELISA test for SARS-CoV-2 Spike 1 protein. Royal Society Open Science. 8(9). 211016–211016. 21 indexed citations
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Afrough, Babak, Jonathan Eakins, Stuart Dowall, et al.. (2020). X-ray inactivation of RNA viruses without loss of biological characteristics. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 21431–21431. 10 indexed citations
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Sudheesh, N, Roger Hewson, Babak Afrough, Kevin R. Bewley, & Govindakarnavar Arunkumar. (2020). Development of a quantitative real-time RT-PCR assay that differentiates between Kyasanur Forest disease virus and Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 11(3). 101381–101381. 3 indexed citations
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Oluwayelu, Daniel Oladimeji, Babak Afrough, Adebowale I. Adebiyi, et al.. (2020). Prevalence of Antibodies to Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ruminants, Nigeria, 2015. Emerging infectious diseases. 26(4). 744–747. 23 indexed citations
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Afrough, Babak, Stuart Dowall, & Roger Hewson. (2019). Emerging viruses and current strategies for vaccine intervention. Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 196(2). 157–166. 81 indexed citations
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Davies, Katherine, Babak Afrough, Jamel Mankouri, et al.. (2019). Tula orthohantavirus nucleocapsid protein is cleaved in infected cells and may sequester activated caspase-3 during persistent infection to suppress apoptosis. Journal of General Virology. 100(8). 1208–1221. 3 indexed citations
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Afrough, Babak, Afia Zafar, Rumina Hasan, & Roger Hewson. (2018). Complete Genome Sequence of Buffalopox Virus. Genome Announcements. 6(21). 5 indexed citations
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Bonney, Laura C., et al.. (2017). A recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever Virus infection. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(10). e0006013–e0006013. 28 indexed citations
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Timms, John F., Jenny Worthington, Stéphane Camuzeaux, et al.. (2014). Discovery of serum biomarkers of ovarian cancer using complementary proteomic profiling strategies. PROTEOMICS - CLINICAL APPLICATIONS. 8(11-12). 982–993. 37 indexed citations
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Fry, Simon, Babak Afrough, Anthony J. Leathem, & Miriam Dwek. (2012). Lectin Array-Based Strategies for Identifying Metastasis-Associated Changes in Glycosylation. Methods in molecular biology. 878. 267–272. 12 indexed citations
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Fry, Simon, Babak Afrough, Hannah J. Lomax-Browne, et al.. (2011). Lectin microarray profiling of metastatic breast cancers. Glycobiology. 21(8). 1060–1070. 85 indexed citations
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Afrough, Babak, Miriam Dwek, & Pamela Greenwell. (2007). Identification and Elimination of False-Positives in an ELISA-Based System for Qualitative Assessment of Glycoconjugate Binding using a Selection of Plant Lectins. BioTechniques. 43(4). 458–464. 14 indexed citations

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