Lihadh Al‐Gazali

13.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Lihadh Al‐Gazali is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lihadh Al‐Gazali has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Molecular Biology, 57 papers in Genetics and 20 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Lihadh Al‐Gazali's work include Genomics and Rare Diseases (18 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (13 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (13 papers). Lihadh Al‐Gazali is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Rare Diseases (18 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (13 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (13 papers). Lihadh Al‐Gazali collaborates with scholars based in United Arab Emirates, United States and United Kingdom. Lihadh Al‐Gazali's co-authors include Bassam R. Ali, Hanan Hamamy, C. Geoffrey Woods, Enza Maria Valente, James J. Cox, Adeline K. Nicholas, Gulshan Karbani, Kelly Springell, Emma Roberts and Shaun Gorman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lihadh Al‐Gazali

114 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

An SCN9A channelopathy causes congenital inability to experience pain

2006 1.1k citations James J. Cox, Frank Reimann et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lihadh Al‐Gazali United Arab Emirates	35	3.2k	1.8k	941	707	698	116	5.5k
André Mégarbané Lebanon	43	4.1k 1.3×	2.1k 1.1×	492 0.5×	480 0.7×	361 0.5×	276	7.0k
Orly Elpeleg Israel	56	7.0k 2.2×	1.6k 0.9×	728 0.8×	917 1.3×	564 0.8×	244	10.4k
Toshiyuki Yamamoto Japan	38	2.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	662 0.7×	765 1.1×	542 0.8×	392	6.5k
Hirotomo Saitsu Japan	43	4.2k 1.3×	2.8k 1.5×	487 0.5×	849 1.2×	521 0.7×	430	7.7k
Jutta Gärtner Germany	49	3.6k 1.1×	944 0.5×	952 1.0×	1.0k 1.4×	463 0.7×	217	7.6k
Michèl A.A.P. Willemsen Netherlands	41	2.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	734 0.8×	816 1.2×	583 0.8×	199	5.7k
Hans Eiberg Denmark	48	3.9k 1.2×	2.0k 1.1×	634 0.7×	476 0.7×	410 0.6×	196	7.4k
Mitsuhiro Kato Japan	38	2.4k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	436 0.5×	842 1.2×	603 0.9×	214	5.0k
Kym M. Boycott Canada	42	3.8k 1.2×	2.9k 1.6×	360 0.4×	911 1.3×	561 0.8×	208	6.5k
Éva Morava United States	47	5.3k 1.7×	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.5×	402 0.6×	362 0.5×	312	7.6k

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Akawi, Nadia, Aisha Al‐Shamsi, Amanat Ali, et al.. (2022). Bi‐allelic null variant in matrix metalloproteinase‐15, causes congenital cardiac defect, cholestasis jaundice, and failure to thrive. Clinical Genetics. 101(4). 403–410. 4 indexed citations

Hertecant, Jozef, et al.. (2021). Spectrum of neuro‐genetic disorders in the United Arab Emirates national population. Clinical Genetics. 100(5). 573–600. 9 indexed citations

Webster, Gregory, Elhadi H. Aburawi, Marie Chaix, et al.. (2020). Life-threatening arrhythmias with autosomal recessive TECRL variants. EP Europace. 23(5). 781–788. 18 indexed citations

Ben‐Salem, Salma, Nara L. M. Sobreira, Angeline M. Lyon, et al.. (2017). Defect in phosphoinositide signalling through a homozygous variant in PLCB3 causes a new form of spondylometaphyseal dysplasia with corneal dystrophy. Journal of Medical Genetics. 55(2). 122–130. 7 indexed citations

Ben‐Salem, Salma, Aisha Al‐Shamsi, Joseph G. Gleeson, Bassam R. Ali, & Lihadh Al‐Gazali. (2014). Mutation spectrum of Joubert syndrome and related disorders among Arabs. Human Genome Variation. 1(1). 14020–14020. 30 indexed citations

Chedid, Fares, et al.. (2013). Fibrochondrogenesis: Prenatal diagnosis and outcome. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 33(7). 663–668. 3 indexed citations

Shaheen, Ranad, Eissa Faqeih, Muneera Alshammari, et al.. (2012). Genomic analysis of Meckel–Gruber syndrome in Arabs reveals marked genetic heterogeneity and novel candidate genes. European Journal of Human Genetics. 21(7). 762–768. 42 indexed citations

Martínez, Fernando J., Jeong Ho Lee, Ji Eun Lee, et al.. (2012). Whole exome sequencing identifies a splicing mutation in NSUN2 as a cause of a Dubowitz-like syndrome. Journal of Medical Genetics. 49(6). 380–385. 183 indexed citations

Akawi, Nadia, Bassam R. Ali, & Lihadh Al‐Gazali. (2012). A novel mutation in PRG4 gene underlying camptodactyly‐arthropathy‐coxa vara‐pericarditis syndrome with the possible expansion of the phenotype to include congenital cataract. Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 94(7). 553–556. 15 indexed citations

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Hertecant, Jozef, et al.. (2011). Identification of Mutations Underlying 20 Inborn Errors of Metabolism in the United Arab Emirates Population. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers. 16(5). 366–371. 11 indexed citations

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Silhavy, Jennifer L., Stephanie Bielas, Bobby G. Ng, et al.. (2010). SRD5A3 is required for the conversion of polyprenol to dolichol, essential for N-linked protein glycosylation. 133(11). 3210–3220. 1 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Ofélia P., Jozef Hertecant, Henry Houlden, et al.. (2010). A novel NGF mutation clarifies the molecular mechanism and extends the phenotypic spectrum of the HSAN5 neuropathy. Journal of Medical Genetics. 48(2). 131–135. 66 indexed citations

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Mochida, Ganeshwaran H., Vijay Ganesh, Jillian M. Felie, et al.. (2010). A Homozygous Mutation in the Tight-Junction Protein JAM3 Causes Hemorrhagic Destruction of the Brain, Subependymal Calcification, and Congenital Cataracts. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 87(6). 882–889. 64 indexed citations

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Al‐Gazali, Lihadh & Bassam R. Ali. (2010). Mutations of a country: a mutation review of single gene disorders in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Human Mutation. 31(5). 505–520. 61 indexed citations

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Valente, Enza Maria, Jennifer L. Silhavy, Francesco Brancati, et al.. (2006). Mutations in CEP290, which encodes a centrosomal protein, cause pleiotropic forms of Joubert syndrome. Nature Genetics. 38(6). 623–625. 291 indexed citations

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Cox, James J., Frank Reimann, Adeline K. Nicholas, et al.. (2006). An SCN9A channelopathy causes congenital inability to experience pain. Nature. 444(7121). 894–898. 1094 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pereira, Luı́sa, Martin Richards, Ana Goios, et al.. (2005). High-resolution mtDNA evidence for the late-glacial resettlement of Europe from an Iberian refugium. Genome Research. 15(1). 19–24. 136 indexed citations

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Dixon‐Salazar, Tracy, Jennifer L. Silhavy, Sarah Marsh, et al.. (2004). Mutations in the AHI1 Gene, Encoding Jouberin, Cause Joubert Syndrome with Cortical Polymicrogyria. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 75(6). 979–987. 208 indexed citations

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Marsh, Sarah, Esther P. Leeflang, C. Geoffrey Woods, et al.. (2003). Linkage Analysis in Families with Joubert Syndrome Plus Oculo-Renal Involvement Identifies the CORS2 Locus on Chromosome 11p12-q13.3. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 73(3). 656–662. 59 indexed citations

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Farndon, Peter, et al.. (1988). Abstracts of the meeting of the Clinical Genetics Society held on 7 and 8 April 1988 at the University of Oxford. Journal of Medical Genetics. 25(9). 638–646. 2 indexed citations

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