Hana Maâlej

1.9k total citations
35 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Hana Maâlej is a scholar working on Plant Science, Biomaterials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hana Maâlej has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Plant Science, 13 papers in Biomaterials and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Hana Maâlej's work include Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging (12 papers), Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides (10 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (8 papers). Hana Maâlej is often cited by papers focused on Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging (12 papers), Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides (10 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (8 papers). Hana Maâlej collaborates with scholars based in Tunisia, France and Spain. Hana Maâlej's co-authors include Monçef Nasri, Noomen Hmidet, Hanen Ben Ayed, Olfa Ghorbel‐Bellaaj, Islem Younes, Sawsan Affes, Sawssen Hajji, Kemel Jellouli, Mohamed Hajji and Sabrine Sellimi and has published in prestigious journals such as Food Chemistry, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Carbohydrate Polymers.

In The Last Decade

Hana Maâlej

35 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hana Maâlej Tunisia	23	507	420	366	330	253	35	1.6k
Marwa Hamdi Tunisia	26	671 1.3×	474 1.1×	514 1.4×	350 1.1×	357 1.4×	53	1.9k
Hanen Ben Ayed Tunisia	19	358 0.7×	383 0.9×	242 0.7×	263 0.8×	107 0.4×	24	1.3k
Marzieh Moosavi‐Nasab Iran	30	472 0.9×	737 1.8×	852 2.3×	318 1.0×	279 1.1×	97	2.2k
Imen Hamed Türkiye	14	557 1.1×	681 1.6×	397 1.1×	206 0.6×	501 2.0×	21	2.1k
Jiachao Xu China	25	287 0.6×	329 0.8×	341 0.9×	318 1.0×	760 3.0×	70	1.8k
Florin Oancea Romania	21	264 0.5×	296 0.7×	197 0.5×	550 1.7×	217 0.9×	146	1.8k
Reza Tahergorabi United States	32	637 1.3×	663 1.6×	1.3k 3.6×	342 1.0×	279 1.1×	85	2.7k
Đani Đorđević Czechia	23	377 0.7×	557 1.3×	566 1.5×	291 0.9×	60 0.2×	96	2.1k
Mohamed Gomaa Egypt	19	287 0.6×	161 0.4×	210 0.6×	201 0.6×	519 2.1×	49	1.3k
Olav A. Aarstad Norway	21	268 0.5×	250 0.6×	138 0.4×	141 0.4×	361 1.4×	33	1.2k

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Maâlej, Hana, Martin Drobek, Céline Pochat‐Bohatier, et al.. (2025). From olive stones waste to valuable resource: Exploring various techniques for cellulose extraction. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(5). 118204–118204. 1 indexed citations

Li, Suming, et al.. (2025). Hydrogels of levan polysaccharide: A systematic review. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 315(Pt 1). 144430–144430. 1 indexed citations

Garcia‐Garcia, Guillermo, Carlos Parra-López, Muhammad Ahmar Siddiqui, et al.. (2024). Improving waste management strategies in the food sector: case studies from Spain, Tunisia and Hong Kong. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management. 26(4). 2265–2277. 3 indexed citations

Macé, Sabrina, Hana Maâlej, Laetitia Marchand‐Martin, et al.. (2024). Exploring the Exopolysaccharide Production Potential of Bacterial Strains Isolated from Tunisian Blue Crab Portunus segnis Microbiota. Molecules. 29(4). 774–774. 3 indexed citations

Affes, Sawsan, et al.. (2021). Effect of glucose substitution by low-molecular weight chitosan-derivatives on functional, structural and antioxidant properties of maillard reaction-crosslinked chitosan-based films. Food Chemistry. 366. 130530–130530. 18 indexed citations

Maâlej, Hana, Amina Maalej, Sawsan Affes, Noomen Hmidet, & Monçef Nasri. (2021). A Novel Digestive α-Amylase from Blue Crab (Portunus segnis) Viscera: Purification, Biochemical Characterization and Application for the Improvement of Antioxidant Potential of Oat Flour. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(3). 1070–1070. 12 indexed citations

Affes, Sawsan, Rim Nasri, Suming Li, et al.. (2020). Effect of glucose-induced Maillard reaction on physical, structural and antioxidant properties of chitosan derivatives-based films. Carbohydrate Polymers. 255. 117341–117341. 65 indexed citations

Affes, Sawsan, Hana Maâlej, Inmaculada Aranaz, et al.. (2019). Enzymatic production of low-Mw chitosan-derivatives: Characterization and biological activities evaluation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 144. 279–288. 27 indexed citations

Affes, Sawsan, Inmaculada Aranaz, Marwa Hamdi, et al.. (2019). Preparation of a crude chitosanase from blue crab viscera as well as its application in the production of biologically active chito-oligosaccharides from shrimp shells chitosan. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 139. 558–569. 36 indexed citations

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Sellimi, Sabrine, Hana Maâlej, Dorsaf Moalla, et al.. (2018). Antioxidant, antibacterial and in vivo wound healing properties of laminaran purified from Cystoseira barbata seaweed. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 119. 633–644. 106 indexed citations

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Ghorbel‐Bellaaj, Olfa, Kemel Jellouli, & Hana Maâlej. (2017). Shrimp processing by-products protein hydrolysates: Evaluation of antioxidant activity and application in biomass and proteases production. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation. 35(4). 287–297. 16 indexed citations

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Ktari, Naourez, Amal Feki, Imen Trabelsi, et al.. (2017). Structure, functional and antioxidant properties in Tunisian beef sausage of a novel polysaccharide from Trigonella foenum-graecum seeds. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 98. 169–181. 65 indexed citations

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Maâlej, Hana, et al.. (2017). Depolymerization of Pseudomonas stutzeri exopolysaccharide upon fermentation as a promising production process of antibacterial compounds. Food Chemistry. 227. 22–32. 21 indexed citations

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Hajji, Sawssen, Mourad Jridi, Hana Maâlej, et al.. (2016). Structural analysis, and antioxidant and antibacterial properties of chitosan-poly (vinyl alcohol) biodegradable films. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(15). 15310–15320. 142 indexed citations

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Ayed, Hanen Ben, Hana Maâlej, Noomen Hmidet, & Monçef Nasri. (2015). Isolation and biochemical characterisation of a bacteriocin-like substance produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens An6. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 3(4). 255–261. 32 indexed citations

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Maâlej, Hana, et al.. (2015). Rheological and emulsifying properties of a gel-like exopolysaccharide produced by Pseudomonas stutzeri AS22. Food Hydrocolloids. 52. 634–647. 52 indexed citations

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Maâlej, Hana, et al.. (2014). Purification and structural data of a highly substituted exopolysaccharide from Pseudomonas stutzeri AS22. Carbohydrate Polymers. 112. 404–411. 30 indexed citations

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Sellimi, Sabrine, Islem Younes, Hanen Ben Ayed, et al.. (2014). Structural, physicochemical and antioxidant properties of sodium alginate isolated from a Tunisian brown seaweed. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 72. 1358–1367. 214 indexed citations

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Ghorbel‐Bellaaj, Olfa, Noomen Hmidet, Kemel Jellouli, et al.. (2011). Shrimp waste fermentation with Pseudomonas aeruginosa A2: Optimization of chitin extraction conditions through Plackett–Burman and response surface methodology approaches. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 48(4). 596–602. 62 indexed citations

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Hmidet, Noomen, Hana Maâlej, Anissa Haddar, & Monçef Nasri. (2010). A Novel α-Amylase from Bacillus mojavensis A21: Purification and Biochemical Characterization. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 162(4). 1018–1030. 38 indexed citations

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