Maha Alafeef

2.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
49 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Maha Alafeef is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Maha Alafeef has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Maha Alafeef's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers), SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (11 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (11 papers). Maha Alafeef is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers), SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (11 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (11 papers). Maha Alafeef collaborates with scholars based in Jordan, United States and India. Maha Alafeef's co-authors include Dipanjan Pan, Parikshit Moitra, Ketan Dighe, Matthew B. Frieman, Indrajit Srivastava, Enas Abdulhay, Hikmat Hadoush, Teresa Aditya, Mohammad Fraiwan and N. Arunkumar and has published in prestigious journals such as ACS Nano, PLoS ONE and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Maha Alafeef

48 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Selective Naked-Eye Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Mediated by N Gene Targeted Antisense Oligonucleotide Capped Plasmonic Nanoparticles

2020 589 citations Parikshit Moitra, Maha Alafeef et al. ACS Nano profile →
Rapid, Ultrasensitive, and Quantitative Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Using Antisense Oligonucleotides Directed Electrochemical Biosensor Chip

2020 398 citations Maha Alafeef, Ketan Dighe et al. ACS Nano profile →
Carbon Dots: From Synthesis to Unraveling the Fluorescence Mechanism

2023 153 citations Maha Alafeef, Indrajit Srivastava et al. Small profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maha Alafeef Jordan	22	1.2k	959	933	428	194	49	2.2k
Minhee Kang South Korea	26	888 0.7×	344 0.4×	715 0.8×	199 0.5×	66 0.3×	77	1.9k
Juyeon Jung South Korea	29	1.2k 1.0×	324 0.3×	1.6k 1.7×	408 1.0×	50 0.3×	131	3.0k
Rebeca M. Torrente‐Rodríguez Spain	25	1.4k 1.2×	270 0.3×	1.5k 1.6×	326 0.8×	62 0.3×	58	2.5k
Rahul Dev Jayant United States	31	892 0.7×	362 0.4×	1.0k 1.1×	348 0.8×	25 0.1×	54	2.7k
Qinghui Jin China	31	1.6k 1.3×	169 0.2×	1.3k 1.4×	333 0.8×	45 0.2×	80	2.5k
Heather Lukas United States	9	974 0.8×	284 0.3×	393 0.4×	123 0.3×	68 0.4×	10	1.4k
Drew A. Hall United States	33	2.1k 1.7×	259 0.3×	1.1k 1.2×	175 0.4×	64 0.3×	119	3.4k
Guoming Xie China	34	1.4k 1.2×	182 0.2×	2.9k 3.1×	642 1.5×	44 0.2×	146	4.0k
Feiyun Cui China	14	864 0.7×	279 0.3×	752 0.8×	214 0.5×	14 0.1×	31	1.5k
Hongju Mao China	33	1.6k 1.3×	164 0.2×	1.6k 1.8×	372 0.9×	25 0.1×	107	2.9k

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Aditya, Teresa, Parikshit Moitra, Maha Alafeef, et al.. (2025). Tailored Anti‐miR Decorated Covalent Organic Framework Enables Electrochemical Detection of Salivary miRNAs for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Small. 21(14). e2412107–e2412107. 4 indexed citations

Aditya, Teresa, Santosh K. Misra, Maha Alafeef, et al.. (2025). Spatio-temporal nano-biomineralization and pro-antibiotic release for synergistically combatting multidrug-resistant bacteria. Materials Today. 88. 64–77.

Alafeef, Maha, Indrajit Srivastava, Teresa Aditya, & Dipanjan Pan. (2023). Carbon Dots: From Synthesis to Unraveling the Fluorescence Mechanism. Small. 20(4). e2303937–e2303937. 153 indexed citations breakdown →

Alafeef, Maha, et al.. (2023). Binding-Induced Folding of DNA Oligonucleotides Targeted to the Nucleocapsid Gene Enables Electrochemical Sensing of SARS-CoV-2. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 6(3). 1133–1145. 9 indexed citations

Alafeef, Maha, et al.. (2023). Diagnosis of COVID-19 with simultaneous accurate prediction of cardiac abnormalities from chest computed tomographic images. PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0290494–e0290494. 1 indexed citations

Ostadhossein, Fatemeh, Parikshit Moitra, Maha Alafeef, et al.. (2023). Ensemble and single-particle level fluorescent fine-tuning of carbon dots via positional changes of amines toward “supervised” oral microbiome sensing. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 28(8). 82807–82807. 2 indexed citations

Moitra, Parikshit, Maha Alafeef, Ketan Dighe, & Dipanjan Pan. (2022). Single-gene diagnostic assay for rapid subclassification of basal like breast cancer with mRNA targeted antisense oligonucleotide capped molecular probe. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 207. 114178–114178. 18 indexed citations

Abdulhay, Enas, et al.. (2022). EMD-based analysis of complexity with dissociated EEG amplitude and frequency information: a data-driven robust tool -for Autism diagnosis- compared to multi-scale entropy approach. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering. 19(5). 5031–5054. 2 indexed citations

Fathi, Parinaz, Maha Alafeef, Parikshit Moitra, et al.. (2022). In Situ Surface‐Directed Assembly of 2D Metal Nanoplatelets for Drug‐Free Treatment of Antibiotic‐Resistant Bacteria. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 11(19). e2102567–e2102567. 5 indexed citations

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Alafeef, Maha & Dipanjan Pan. (2022). Diagnostic Approaches For COVID-19: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward. ACS Nano. 16(8). 11545–11576. 27 indexed citations

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Moitra, Parikshit, Maha Alafeef, Ketan Dighe, et al.. (2021). Rapid and low‐cost sampling for detection of airborne SARS‐CoV‐2 in dehumidifier condensate. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 118(8). 3029–3036. 21 indexed citations

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Alafeef, Maha, Parikshit Moitra, Ketan Dighe, & Dipanjan Pan. (2021). RNA-extraction-free nano-amplified colorimetric test for point-of-care clinical diagnosis of COVID-19. Nature Protocols. 16(6). 3141–3162. 117 indexed citations

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Dighe, Ketan, et al.. (2021). A rapid RNA extraction-free lateral flow assay for molecular point-of-care detection of SARS-CoV-2 augmented by chemical probes. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 200. 113900–113900. 60 indexed citations

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Hadoush, Hikmat, Mohammad Nazzal, Nihad A. Almasri, Hanan Khalil, & Maha Alafeef. (2020). Therapeutic Effects of Bilateral Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Prefrontal and Motor Cortical Areas in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Pilot Study. Autism Research. 13(5). 828–836. 43 indexed citations

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Alafeef, Maha, Parikshit Moitra, & Dipanjan Pan. (2020). Nano-enabled sensing approaches for pathogenic bacterial detection. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 165. 112276–112276. 105 indexed citations

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Moitra, Parikshit, Maha Alafeef, Ketan Dighe, Matthew B. Frieman, & Dipanjan Pan. (2020). Selective Naked-Eye Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Mediated by N Gene Targeted Antisense Oligonucleotide Capped Plasmonic Nanoparticles. ACS Nano. 14(6). 7617–7627. 589 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hadoush, Hikmat, Maha Alafeef, & Enas Abdulhay. (2019). Brain Complexity in Children with Mild and Severe Autism Spectrum Disorders: Analysis of Multiscale Entropy in EEG. Brain Topography. 32(5). 914–921. 47 indexed citations

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Hadoush, Hikmat, Maha Alafeef, & Enas Abdulhay. (2019). Automated identification for autism severity level: EEG analysis using empirical mode decomposition and second order difference plot. Behavioural Brain Research. 362. 240–248. 42 indexed citations

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Abdulhay, Enas, Maha Alafeef, Loai Alzghoul, et al.. (2018). Computer-aided autism diagnosis via second-order difference plot area applied to EEG empirical mode decomposition. Neural Computing and Applications. 32(15). 10947–10956. 45 indexed citations

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Abdulhay, Enas, et al.. (2017). Classification of Normal, Ictal and Inter-ictal EEG via Direct Quadrature and Random Forest Tree. Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering. 37(6). 843–857. 22 indexed citations

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