Khalid J. Alzahrani

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
206 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Khalid J. Alzahrani is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Khalid J. Alzahrani has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Infectious Diseases and 19 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Khalid J. Alzahrani's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (16 papers), Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (14 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (13 papers). Khalid J. Alzahrani is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (16 papers), Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (14 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (13 papers). Khalid J. Alzahrani collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, India and United States. Khalid J. Alzahrani's co-authors include Nadim Sharif, Shuvra Kanti Dey, Shamsun Nahar Ahmed, Khalaf F. Alsharif, Debmalya Barh, Gaber El‐Saber Batiha, Vasco Azevedo, Sandeep Tiwari, Bruno Silva Andrade and Aristóteles Goés‐Neto and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Bioresource Technology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Khalid J. Alzahrani

180 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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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.

Long-COVID and Post-COVID Health Complications: An Up-to-Date Review on Clinical Conditions and Their Possible Molecular Mechanisms

2021 251 citations Khalid J. Alzahrani, Aristóteles Goés‐Neto et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Khalid J. Alzahrani Saudi Arabia	20	516	478	275	260	161	206	2.1k
Huahao Fan China	24	877 1.7×	698 1.5×	149 0.5×	269 1.0×	153 1.0×	114	2.2k
Venkataramana Kandi India	21	846 1.6×	492 1.0×	98 0.4×	292 1.1×	204 1.3×	187	2.3k
Xiaofeng Li China	23	922 1.8×	500 1.0×	310 1.1×	284 1.1×	264 1.6×	86	2.1k
Md Asiful Islam Malaysia	29	338 0.7×	775 1.6×	234 0.9×	177 0.7×	124 0.8×	128	3.4k
Eun Jung Lee South Korea	21	630 1.2×	314 0.7×	231 0.8×	411 1.6×	113 0.7×	98	1.8k
Hamid A. Merchant United Kingdom	26	387 0.8×	298 0.6×	147 0.5×	114 0.4×	148 0.9×	66	2.5k
Mazhar Salim Al Zoubi Jordan	22	439 0.9×	588 1.2×	102 0.4×	132 0.5×	88 0.5×	100	2.0k
Min Liu China	25	278 0.5×	577 1.2×	366 1.3×	248 1.0×	53 0.3×	121	2.4k
Mariarosaria Boccellino Italy	32	334 0.6×	986 2.1×	116 0.4×	299 1.1×	113 0.7×	96	2.7k

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Alzahrani, Fuad M., et al.. (2025). Elaidic acid induces testicular oxidative stress, inflammation, Wnt/β-catenin disruption and abnormalities in steroidogenesis, spermatogenesis and histo-architecture in Sprague Dawley rats. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 200. 115365–115365. 1 indexed citations

Murtaza, Iram, Zia Uddin, Muhammad Shafique, et al.. (2025). Targeting NLRP3 and AIM2 signaling pathways by Viscosol alleviates metabolic dysregulations induced inflammatory responses in diabetic neuro- and nephropathy: An in silico and in vivo study. PLoS ONE. 20(4). e0313816–e0313816.

Alzahrani, Khalid J.. (2025). Tribulus terrestris Fruit Extract: Bioactive Compounds, ADMET Analysis, and Molecular Docking with Penicillin-Binding Protein 2a Transpeptidase of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 47(1). 52–52. 2 indexed citations

Rakariyatham, Kanyasiri, Noppol Leksawasdi, Joe M. Regenstein, et al.. (2025). Nutritional and Therapeutic Potential of Longan Fruit By-products for Liver Diseases: Pathway to Functional Foods. Current Nutrition Reports. 14(1). 28–28. 2 indexed citations

Sharif, Nadim, et al.. (2025). Antimicrobial resistant enteric bacteria are widely distributed among environmental water sources in Dhaka, Bangladesh. npj Clean Water. 8(1). 2 indexed citations

Alissa, Mohammed, et al.. (2024). Understanding the silent threat: Lead exposure in children and its detection using colorimetric and fluorimetric methods. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 113973–113973. 3 indexed citations

Zaman, Umber, Dilfaraz Khan, Noor Saeed Khattak, et al.. (2024). Alkaline protease functionalized hydrothermal synthesis of novel gold nanoparticles (ALPs-AuNPs): A new entry in photocatalytic and biological applications. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 265(Pt 2). 131067–131067. 8 indexed citations

Alzahrani, Khalid J., et al.. (2024). Lowering added sugar and increasing fibre in croissants using short-chain fructooligosaccharides (sc-FOS). Food Hydrocolloids. 150. 109761–109761. 6 indexed citations

Alissa, Mohammed, et al.. (2024). The art of healing hearts: Mastering advanced RNA therapeutic techniques to shape the evolution of cardiovascular medicine in biomedical science. Current Problems in Cardiology. 49(8). 102627–102627. 1 indexed citations

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Lokman, Maha S., Rami B. Kassab, Gehad E. Elshopakey, et al.. (2024). Asiatic acid rescues intestinal tissue by suppressing molecular, biochemical, and histopathological changes associated with the development of ulcerative colitis. Bioscience Reports. 44(5). 4 indexed citations

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Sharif, Nadim, et al.. (2024). Side effects associated with homogenous and heterogenous doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine among adults in Bangladesh: an observational study. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 23794–23794.

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Sharif, Nadim, Khalid J. Alzahrani, Fuad M. Alzahrani, et al.. (2023). Molecular epidemiology, transmission and clinical features of 2022‐mpox outbreak: A systematic review. Health Science Reports. 6(10). e1603–e1603. 14 indexed citations

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Bhandi, Shilpa, et al.. (2023). Effects of Bacterial Metabolites on the Wnt4 Protein in Dental-Pulp-Stem-Cells-Based Endodontic Pulpitis Treatment. Microorganisms. 11(7). 1764–1764.

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Alzahrani, Khalid J., et al.. (2023). Assessment of the Desire and Readiness of Taif Residents for Heart Donation After Death. Cureus. 15(3). e36081–e36081. 1 indexed citations

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Alzahrani, Fuad M., et al.. (2023). Virtual screening, molecular dynamics and density functional theory on pain inhibitors against TRPV1 associating inflammatory conditions. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 42(13). 6788–6798. 2 indexed citations

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Hossain, Rajib, Shafi Mahmud, Abul Bashar Ripon Khalipha, et al.. (2023). Amentoflavone derivatives against SARS-CoV-2 main protease (MPRO): An in silico study. Main Group Chemistry. 22(2). 313–327. 1 indexed citations

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Barh, Debmalya, Flávia Figueira Aburjaile, Renan P. Souza, et al.. (2023). Indian food habit & food ingredients may have a role in lowering the severity & high death rate from COVID-19 in Indians: findings from the first nutrigenomic analysis. International Journal of Microbiology Research. 157(4). 293–303. 1 indexed citations

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Rahman, Hazır, Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Safwan Akram, et al.. (2022). Differential Proteomics of Helicobacter pylori Isolates from Gastritis, Ulcer, and Cancer Patients: First Study from Northwest Pakistan. Medicina. 58(9). 1168–1168. 3 indexed citations

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Dayie, Nicholas T. K. D., Fleischer C. N. Kotey, Patience B. Tetteh‐Quarcoo, et al.. (2021). Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection of Diabetic Foot Ulcers at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Accra, Ghana. Pathogens. 10(8). 937–937. 16 indexed citations

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Rahman, Hazır, Yasra Sarwar, Muhammad Qasim, et al.. (2021). Salmonella Typhi from Northwest Pakistan: Molecular Strain Typing and Drug Resistance Signature. Microbial Drug Resistance. 28(1). 120–126. 2 indexed citations

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