Farhad Imam

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Farhad Imam is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Farhad Imam has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Physiology and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Farhad Imam's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (3 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (2 papers). Farhad Imam is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (3 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (2 papers). Farhad Imam collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Farhad Imam's co-authors include Mark A. Krasnow, Kevin P. White, Michelle N Arbeitman, Bruce S. Baker, Eileen E. M. Furlong, Matthew P. Scott, Ronald W. Davis, Eric A. Johnson, David S. Hogness and Michael Bender and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Farhad Imam

13 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Gene Expression During the Life Cycle of Drosophila melan... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 200 400 600
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. Gene Expression During the Life Cycle of Drosophila melanogaster
    2002 712 citations Michelle N Arbeitman, Eileen E. M. Furlong et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Farhad Imam United States 10 977 343 311 154 145 15 1.4k
Gillian Millburn United Kingdom 9 950 1.0× 227 0.7× 284 0.9× 119 0.8× 81 0.6× 11 1.3k
Victor Strelets United States 6 863 0.9× 250 0.7× 301 1.0× 129 0.8× 114 0.8× 11 1.3k
Ann S. Hammonds United States 14 999 1.0× 598 1.7× 307 1.0× 177 1.1× 170 1.2× 25 1.6k
David Emmert United States 10 854 0.9× 197 0.6× 270 0.9× 104 0.7× 89 0.6× 13 1.3k
Korneel Hens Belgium 20 721 0.7× 271 0.8× 225 0.7× 159 1.0× 68 0.5× 40 1.1k
Gilberto dos Santos United States 9 1.3k 1.3× 177 0.5× 226 0.7× 143 0.9× 81 0.6× 11 1.6k
David Osumi-Sutherland United Kingdom 15 954 1.0× 212 0.6× 254 0.8× 78 0.5× 87 0.6× 38 1.3k
Venkateswara R. Chintapalli United Kingdom 9 861 0.9× 618 1.8× 415 1.3× 277 1.8× 162 1.1× 11 1.6k
James W. Mahaffey United States 17 960 1.0× 228 0.7× 292 0.9× 118 0.8× 64 0.4× 21 1.2k
Kathleen Falls United States 15 1.4k 1.4× 315 0.9× 683 2.2× 151 1.0× 125 0.9× 23 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Farhad Imam

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Fields of papers citing papers by Farhad Imam

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Farhad Imam. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Farhad Imam. The network helps show where Farhad Imam may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Farhad Imam

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Johnson, Erik C. B., Laura Winchester, Keenan A. Walker, et al.. (2025). APOE ε4 carriers share immune-related proteomic changes across neurodegenerative diseases. Nature Medicine. 31(8). 2590–2601. 9 indexed citations
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Ali, Muhammad, Menghan Liu, Alexa Pichet Binette, et al.. (2025). Shared and disease-specific pathways in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Nature Medicine. 31(8). 2567–2577. 4 indexed citations
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Nallamshetty, Shriram, Jeramie D. Watrous, Tao Long, et al.. (2021). Nontargeted mass spectrometry of dried blood spots for interrogation of the human circulating metabolome. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 56(8). e4772–e4772. 10 indexed citations
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Marin‐Valencia, Isaac, Gaia Novarino, Anide Johansen, et al.. (2017). A homozygous founder mutation in TRAPPC6B associates with a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by microcephaly, epilepsy and autistic features. Journal of Medical Genetics. 55(1). 48–54. 35 indexed citations
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Yang, Chao‐Shun, et al.. (2016). Identification of novel genes and networks governing hematopoietic stem cell development. EMBO Reports. 17(12). 1814–1828. 9 indexed citations
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Woods, Ian G. & Farhad Imam. (2015). Transcriptome analysis of severe hypoxic stress during development in zebrafish. Genomics Data. 6. 83–88. 7 indexed citations
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Pasillas, Martina P., et al.. (2015). Novel Genes Critical for Hypoxic Preconditioning in Zebrafish Are Regulators of Insulin and Glucose Metabolism. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 5(6). 1107–1116. 27 indexed citations
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Battin, Malcolm, et al.. (2012). Ossification of Sacral Vertebral Bodies in Neonates Born 24 to 38 Weeks' Gestational Age and Its Relevance to Spinal Ultrasonography. American Journal of Perinatology. 30(6). 519–522. 1 indexed citations
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Vastenhouw, Nadine L., Yong Zhang, Ian G. Woods, et al.. (2010). Chromatin signature of embryonic pluripotency is established during genome activation. Nature. 464(7290). 922–926. 293 indexed citations
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Arbeitman, Michelle N, Eileen E. M. Furlong, Farhad Imam, et al.. (2002). Gene Expression During the Life Cycle of Drosophila melanogaster. Science. 297(5590). 2270–2275. 712 indexed citations breakdown →
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Imam, Farhad, et al.. (1999). stumps, a Drosophila Gene Required for Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF)-directed Migrations of Tracheal and Mesodermal Cells. Genetics. 152(1). 307–318. 78 indexed citations
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Bender, Michael, et al.. (1997). Drosophila Ecdysone Receptor Mutations Reveal Functional Differences among Receptor Isoforms. Cell. 91(6). 777–788. 236 indexed citations

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