Hojatollah Vali

17.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
273 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Hojatollah Vali is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Hojatollah Vali has authored 273 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Molecular Biology, 66 papers in Materials Chemistry and 56 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Hojatollah Vali's work include Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (39 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (24 papers) and Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (23 papers). Hojatollah Vali is often cited by papers focused on Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (39 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (24 papers) and Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (23 papers). Hojatollah Vali collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Iran and United States. Hojatollah Vali's co-authors include Babak Karimi, Joseph L. Kirschvink, Christopher S. Romanek, N. Petersen, S. J. Clemett, D. S. McKay, E. K. Gibson, K. L. Thomas-Keprta, Arash Komeili and Morteza Mahmoudi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hojatollah Vali

269 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hojatollah Vali Canada	66	4.4k	2.4k	2.1k	2.0k	1.9k	273	13.3k
Howell G. M. Edwards United Kingdom	60	1.6k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	754 0.4×	523 0.3×	619	16.7k
Tadashi Matsunaga Japan	63	7.9k 1.8×	2.0k 0.8×	3.9k 1.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	494	16.7k
Juan Manuel García‐Ruiz Spain	51	1.7k 0.4×	2.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	2.5k 1.3×	709 0.4×	273	8.8k
Kenneth H. Nealson United States	98	11.5k 2.6×	1.9k 0.8×	4.1k 2.0×	736 0.4×	1.7k 0.9×	424	35.2k
François Guyot France	65	1.4k 0.3×	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	778 0.4×	291	13.0k
Damien Faivre Germany	41	2.6k 0.6×	892 0.4×	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	135	6.2k
Gordon Southam Australia	60	1.2k 0.3×	1.8k 0.8×	2.9k 1.4×	710 0.4×	650 0.4×	264	11.7k
Liane G. Benning United Kingdom	63	831 0.2×	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	2.9k 1.4×	2.9k 1.6×	257	13.3k
Alan W. Decho United States	51	1.8k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	973 0.5×	114	10.7k
Dennis A. Bazylinski United States	65	8.3k 1.9×	775 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	846 0.4×	4.4k 2.4×	181	11.8k

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Karimi, Babak, et al.. (2024). Ru nanoclusters supported on a bimodal N,S-doped mesoporous carbon: an efficient and reusable catalyst for selective aerobic oxidation of alcohols and amines. Catalysis Science & Technology. 14(16). 4684–4696. 3 indexed citations

Moghaddam, Mehrdad Moosazadeh, Shahin Bonakdar, Mohammad Ali Shokrgozar, et al.. (2019). Engineered substrates with imprinted cell-like topographies induce direct differentiation of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells into Schwann cells. Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology. 47(1). 1022–1035. 35 indexed citations

Vali, Hojatollah, et al.. (2019). Cancer biomarkers in atherosclerotic plaque: Evidenced from structural and proteomic analyses. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 509(3). 687–693. 8 indexed citations

Wan, Juan, et al.. (2019). Turnip Mosaic Virus Components Are Released into the Extracellular Space by Vesicles in Infected Leaves. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 180(3). 1375–1388. 109 indexed citations

Serpooshan, Vahid, Sara Sheibani, Michal Wojcik, et al.. (2018). Effect of Cell Sex on Uptake of Nanoparticles: The Overlooked Factor at the Nanobio Interface. ACS Nano. 12(3). 2253–2266. 88 indexed citations

Fillebeen, Carine, John Wagner, Angeliki Katsarou, et al.. (2018). Transferrin receptor 1 controls systemic iron homeostasis by fine-tuning hepcidin expression to hepatocellular iron load. Blood. 133(4). 344–355. 83 indexed citations

Vali, Hojatollah, et al.. (2017). Cylindrical Inclusion Protein of Turnip Mosaic Virus Serves as a Docking Point for the Intercellular Movement of Viral Replication Vesicles. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 175(4). 1732–1744. 38 indexed citations

Gagné-Bourque, François, et al.. (2015). Accelerated Growth Rate and Increased Drought Stress Resilience of the Model Grass Brachypodium distachyon Colonized by Bacillus subtilis B26. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0130456–e0130456. 120 indexed citations

Nasr‐Esfahani, Mojtaba, et al.. (2010). A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON MECHANICAL AND ADHESION PROPERTIES OF CALCINATED AND NON CALCINATED NANOBIOGLASS-TITANIA NANO COMPOSITE COATINGS ON STAINLESS STEEL SUBSTRATES. Scientia Iranica. 17(1). 66–72. 1 indexed citations

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Miao, Dengshun, Anouk Emadali, G. Tzimas, et al.. (2007). Cellular and molecular mechanisms of abnormal calcification following ischemia–reperfusion injury in human liver transplantation. Modern Pathology. 20(3). 357–366. 16 indexed citations

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Gralnick, Jeffrey A., Hojatollah Vali, Douglas P. Lies, & Dianne K. Newman. (2006). Extracellular respiration of dimethyl sulfoxide by Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(12). 4669–4674. 180 indexed citations

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Maloof, Adam C., J. P. Grotzinger, Robert E. Kopp, et al.. (2005). On the Origin of Magnetization in Platformal Carbonate Muds. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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Vali, Hojatollah, B. P. Weiss, Yiliang Li, et al.. (2004). Formation of tabular single-domain magnetite induced by Geobacter metallireducens GS-15. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(46). 16121–16126. 79 indexed citations

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Clemett, S. J., Christopher S. Romanek, Dennis A. Bazylinski, et al.. (2002). Multiple Origins of Magnetite Crystals in ALH84001 Carbonates. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1911. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas-Keprta, K. L., S. J. Clemett, Dennis A. Bazylinski, et al.. (2001). ALH4001における面取り六‐八方晶系磁鉄鉱の結晶推定的生物学的兆候. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 98(5). 2164–2169. 28 indexed citations

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Kirschvink, Joseph L. & Hojatollah Vali. (1999). Criteria for the identification of bacterial magnetofossils on Earth or Mars. 5(6). 1681–2. 4 indexed citations

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Vali, Hojatollah, et al.. (1999). Chemical and Morphological Characterization of Siderite Formed by Iron-reducing Bacteria. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1855. 5 indexed citations

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Çiftçioğlu, Neva, et al.. (1998). <title>Sedimentary rocks in our mouth: dental pulp stones made by nanobacteria</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3441. 130–136. 26 indexed citations

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Raith, Johann G. & Hojatollah Vali. (1998). FIBROUS CHLORITE AND MUSCOVITE FROM THE KAISERSBERG GRAPHITE MINE, STYRIA. AUSTRIA. The Canadian Mineralogist. 36(3). 741–754. 6 indexed citations

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Sears, S. Kelly, Reinhard Hesse, & Hojatollah Vali. (1998). Significance of n-alkylammonium exchange in the study of 2:1 clay-mineral diagenesis, Mackenzie Delta-Beaufort Sea region, Arctic Canada. The Canadian Mineralogist. 36(6). 1485–1506. 7 indexed citations

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