Hajar Maleki

5.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
47 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Hajar Maleki is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Spectroscopy and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hajar Maleki has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 22 papers in Spectroscopy and 19 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hajar Maleki's work include Aerogels and thermal insulation (22 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (13 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (10 papers). Hajar Maleki is often cited by papers focused on Aerogels and thermal insulation (22 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (13 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (10 papers). Hajar Maleki collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Portugal and Iran. Hajar Maleki's co-authors include António Portugal, Luísa Durães, Nicola Hüsing, Mohammad‐Ali Shahbazi, Masoumeh Ghalkhani, Sanjay Mathur, Carlos A. García‐González, Morteza Mahmoudi, Pasquale Del Gaudio and Jouni Hirvonen and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Langmuir and Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.

In The Last Decade

Hajar Maleki

47 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. An overview on silica aerogels synthesis and different mechanical reinforcing strategies
    2013 610 citations Hajar Maleki, Luísa Durães et al. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids profile →
  2. Recent advances in aerogels for environmental remediation applications: A review
    2016 524 citations Hajar Maleki profile →
  3. The versatile biomedical applications of bismuth-based nanoparticles and composites: therapeutic, diagnostic, biosensing, and regenerative properties
    2020 397 citations Mohammad‐Ali Shahbazi, Hajar Maleki et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hajar Maleki Germany 26 2.0k 1.6k 1.4k 1.0k 850 47 4.1k
Linfan Li China 32 711 0.4× 1.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 353 0.3× 709 0.8× 90 3.5k
Xueqin Wang China 21 650 0.3× 603 0.4× 838 0.6× 589 0.6× 381 0.4× 47 2.3k
Jianlong Ge China 19 496 0.3× 708 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 1.6k 1.9× 41 3.5k
Zhichao Xiong China 39 692 0.4× 731 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 662 0.7× 533 0.6× 73 3.6k
Yang Si China 27 572 0.3× 556 0.4× 1.4k 1.0× 882 0.9× 438 0.5× 54 3.1k
Chaobo Huang China 39 481 0.2× 1.3k 0.8× 2.4k 1.7× 1.7k 1.7× 963 1.1× 102 5.5k
Barbara Milow Germany 25 1.1k 0.6× 576 0.4× 559 0.4× 617 0.6× 419 0.5× 77 2.1k
Taek Seung Lee South Korea 32 689 0.3× 2.1k 1.4× 2.3k 1.6× 3.3k 3.2× 524 0.6× 188 6.5k
Jintao Wang China 37 372 0.2× 747 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 1.9k 2.2× 105 3.7k
Junfeng Hui China 33 413 0.2× 1.7k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 577 0.6× 167 0.2× 94 3.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sesma, Jon Zárate, et al.. (2025). Engineering biomimetic bacteria membrane-coated nanoparticles: an emerging anti-infection platform. Materials Horizons. 12(22). 9337–9358. 1 indexed citations
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Grumme, Daniela, et al.. (2025). Fabrication of MXene integrated superabsorbent polymers composites hydrogels for bacterial enrichment. Separation and Purification Technology. 368. 133022–133022. 2 indexed citations
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Vaseghi, Akbar, et al.. (2024). 3D Printing of Biocompatible and Antibacterial Silica–Silk–Chitosan-Based Hybrid Aerogel Scaffolds Loaded with Propolis. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 7(12). 7917–7935. 8 indexed citations
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Maleki, Hajar, et al.. (2024). Diatom-inspired silicification process for development of green flexible silica composite aerogels. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 6973–6973. 4 indexed citations
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Al-Hamamre, Zayed, Mohammad Alnaief, Jehad Yamin, et al.. (2024). Synthesis, characterization, and performance evaluation of different sulfonated lignin-based carbon catalysts for upgrading waste vegetable oil to biodiesel. Energy Conversion and Management. 325. 119381–119381. 5 indexed citations
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Vaseghi, Akbar, et al.. (2024). Encapsulation of propolis extracted with methylal in the chitosan nanoparticles and its antibacterial and cell cytotoxicity studies. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 24(1). 165–165. 10 indexed citations
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Karamikamkar, Solmaz, Ezgi Pinar Yalcintas, Reihaneh Haghniaz, et al.. (2023). Aerogel‐Based Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications: From Fabrication Methods to Disease‐Targeting Applications. Advanced Science. 10(23). e2204681–e2204681. 72 indexed citations
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Karamikamkar, Solmaz, Ezgi Pinar Yalcintas, Reihaneh Haghniaz, et al.. (2023). Aerogel‐Based Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications: From Fabrication Methods to Disease‐Targeting Applications (Adv. Sci. 23/2023). Advanced Science. 10(23). 1 indexed citations
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Al-Hamamre, Zayed, Zahra Karimzadeh, Seulgi Ji, Heechae Choi, & Hajar Maleki. (2022). Aerogels-Inspired based Photo and Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting to Produce Hydrogen. Applied Materials Today. 29. 101670–101670. 15 indexed citations
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Hong, Zhensheng, Hajar Maleki, Tim Ludwig, et al.. (2021). New insights into carbon-based and MXene anodes for Na and K-ion storage: A review. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 62. 660–691. 87 indexed citations
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Malekmohammadi, Samira, Amir Zarebkohan, Mehdi Razavi, et al.. (2021). Smart and Biomimetic 3D and 4D Printed Composite Hydrogels: Opportunities for Different Biomedical Applications. Biomedicines. 9(11). 1537–1537. 88 indexed citations
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Abadi, Mohsen Bandar, Michael Wilhelm, Samaneh Ghazanfari, et al.. (2021). Nacre-Mimetic, Mechanically Flexible, and Electrically Conductive Silk Fibroin-MXene Composite Foams as Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(29). 34996–35007. 77 indexed citations
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Mirzaei, Masoud, et al.. (2020). Silica Mesoporous Structures: Effective Nanocarriers in Drug Delivery and Nanocatalysts. Applied Sciences. 10(21). 7533–7533. 40 indexed citations
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Maleki, Hajar & Nicola Huesing. (2019). Silica-silk fibroin hybrid (bio)aerogels: two-step versus one-step hybridization. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. 98(2). 430–438. 30 indexed citations
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Matias, Telma, Joana A. Marques, Hajar Maleki, et al.. (2017). Towards improved adsorption of phenolic compounds by surface chemistry tailoring of silica aerogels. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. 84(3). 409–421. 10 indexed citations
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Maleki, Hajar, Luísa Durães, Carlos A. García‐González, et al.. (2016). Synthesis and biomedical applications of aerogels: Possibilities and challenges. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 236. 1–27. 309 indexed citations
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Rocha, Nuno, Luísa Durães, Hajar Maleki, et al.. (2014). Poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(4-vinyl pyridine) as a versatile block copolymer to prepare nanoaggregates of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2(11). 1565–1565. 23 indexed citations
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Maleki, Hajar, Luísa Durães, & António Portugal. (2013). An overview on silica aerogels synthesis and different mechanical reinforcing strategies. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 385. 55–74. 610 indexed citations breakdown →

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