Heena Khan

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Heena Khan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Heena Khan has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Physiology and 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Heena Khan's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (8 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers) and Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (6 papers). Heena Khan is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (8 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers) and Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (6 papers). Heena Khan collaborates with scholars based in India, Australia and Egypt. Heena Khan's co-authors include Thakur Gurjeet Singh, Amarjot Kaur, Komal Thapa, Amarjot Kaur Grewal, Mohamed M. Abdel‐Daim, Timir Tripathi, Nikhil Garg, Uma Sharma, Anjali Gupta and Komal Thapa and has published in prestigious journals such as Biochemistry, Brain Research and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Heena Khan

53 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Traumatic Brain Injury: Mechanistic Insight on Pathophysi... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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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. Traumatic Brain Injury: Mechanistic Insight on Pathophysiology and Potential Therapeutic Targets
    2021 204 citations Komal Thapa, Heena Khan et al. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heena Khan India 21 524 204 204 194 132 60 1.2k
Yuki Kurauchi Japan 21 538 1.0× 201 1.0× 196 1.0× 177 0.9× 166 1.3× 84 1.3k
Yushu Dong China 19 676 1.3× 176 0.9× 321 1.6× 255 1.3× 244 1.8× 46 1.6k
Md. Ezazul Haque South Korea 19 692 1.3× 184 0.9× 320 1.6× 268 1.4× 106 0.8× 24 1.5k
Ángel J. García‐Yagüe Spain 12 979 1.9× 167 0.8× 330 1.6× 170 0.9× 168 1.3× 17 1.5k
Stjepana Kovac Germany 20 634 1.2× 201 1.0× 168 0.8× 199 1.0× 148 1.1× 56 1.7k
Ghorbangol Ashabi Iran 18 529 1.0× 105 0.5× 221 1.1× 267 1.4× 110 0.8× 73 1.3k
Zhao Zhang China 26 791 1.5× 181 0.9× 483 2.4× 201 1.0× 227 1.7× 61 1.6k
Rodrigo Portes Ureshino Brazil 22 401 0.8× 197 1.0× 102 0.5× 250 1.3× 323 2.4× 44 1.3k
Er‐Qing Wei China 24 438 0.8× 110 0.5× 394 1.9× 225 1.2× 77 0.6× 34 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heena Khan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heena Khan

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All Works

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Kaur, Jashanpreet, Veerta Sharma, Heena Khan, Shareen Singh, & Thakur Gurjeet Singh. (2025). Intersecting molecular pathways in Synucleinopathies and Amyloidogenesis: Exploring shared mechanisms and therapeutic potential. Brain Research. 1855. 149568–149568. 1 indexed citations
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Khan, Heena, et al.. (2025). Pharmacological modulation of PI3K/PTEN/Akt/mTOR/ERK signaling pathways in ischemic injury: a mechanistic perspective. Metabolic Brain Disease. 40(3). 131–131. 5 indexed citations
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Khan, Heena, et al.. (2024). Exploring therapeutic potential: Targeting TRPM7 in neurodegenerative diseases. International Immunopharmacology. 142(Pt B). 113142–113142. 4 indexed citations
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Thakur, Kiran T., Heena Khan, Amarjot Kaur Grewal, & Thakur Gurjeet Singh. (2023). Nuclear orphan receptors: A novel therapeutic agent in neuroinflammation. International Immunopharmacology. 124(Pt A). 110845–110845. 2 indexed citations
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Khan, Heena, et al.. (2023). Pharmacological modulation of HIF-1 in the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. Journal of Neural Transmission. 130(12). 1523–1535. 7 indexed citations
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Khan, Heena, Thakur Gurjeet Singh, Randhir Singh, & Mohamed M. Abdel‐Daim. (2022). α-Lipoic Acid, an Organosulfur Biomolecule a Novel Therapeutic Agent for Neurodegenerative Disorders: An Mechanistic Perspective. Neurochemical Research. 47(7). 1853–1864. 37 indexed citations
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Khan, Heena, et al.. (2022). Demethyleneberberine, a potential therapeutic agent in neurodegenerative disorders: a proposed mechanistic insight. Molecular Biology Reports. 49(10). 10101–10113. 9 indexed citations
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Khan, Heena, Kunal Sharma, Amit Kumar, Amarjot Kaur, & Thakur Gurjeet Singh. (2022). Therapeutic implications of cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors in ischemic injury. Inflammation Research. 71(3). 277–292. 40 indexed citations
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Khan, Heena, et al.. (2022). Therapeutic and mechanistic intervention of vitamin D in neuropsychiatric disorders. Psychiatry Research. 317. 114782–114782. 24 indexed citations
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Khan, Heena, et al.. (2022). Intervention of neuroinflammation in the traumatic brain injury trajectory: In vivo and clinical approaches. International Immunopharmacology. 108. 108902–108902. 35 indexed citations
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Garg, Nikhil, Thakur Uttam Singh, Heena Khan, et al.. (2021). Mechanistic Interventions of Selected Ocimum Species in Management of Diabetes, Obesity and Liver Disorders: Transformative Developments from Preclinical to Clinical Approaches. Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry. 12(1). 1304–1323. 18 indexed citations
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Khan, Heena, et al.. (2021). PRECLINICAL AND CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES OF Curculigo orchioides (Kali musali) AS THERAPEUTIC MODULATOR. PLANT CELL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 354–372. 3 indexed citations
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Khan, Heena, Anjali Singh, Komal Thapa, et al.. (2021). Therapeutic modulation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3K) pathway in cerebral ischemic injury. Brain Research. 1761. 147399–147399. 41 indexed citations
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Thapa, Komal, Heena Khan, Thakur Gurjeet Singh, & Amarjot Kaur. (2021). Traumatic Brain Injury: Mechanistic Insight on Pathophysiology and Potential Therapeutic Targets. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 71(9). 1725–1742. 204 indexed citations breakdown →
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Khan, Heena, et al.. (2021). Neuropeptides: Potential neuroprotective agents in ischemic injury. Life Sciences. 288. 120186–120186. 38 indexed citations
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Pandey, Tripti, Arpita Ghosh, Parismita Kalita, et al.. (2020). Draft Genome of the Liver Fluke Fasciola gigantica. ACS Omega. 5(19). 11084–11091. 23 indexed citations
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Tripathi, Timir & Heena Khan. (2020). Direct Interaction between the β-Amyloid Core and Tau Facilitates Cross-Seeding: A Novel Target for Therapeutic Intervention. Biochemistry. 59(4). 341–342. 31 indexed citations

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