Maha Elsayed

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 989 citations indexed

About

Maha Elsayed is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Maha Elsayed has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 989 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Maha Elsayed's work include Date Palm Research Studies (4 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (3 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (3 papers). Maha Elsayed is often cited by papers focused on Date Palm Research Studies (4 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (3 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (3 papers). Maha Elsayed collaborates with scholars based in Egypt, United States and Saudi Arabia. Maha Elsayed's co-authors include Ronald S. Duman, Neil M. Fournier, Mounira Banasr, Pierre J. Magistretti, Bo‐Young Lee, Philipp Mächler, Felipe Baeza‐Lehnert, Alejandro San Martín, Bernard L. Schneider and Matthias T. Wyss and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell Metabolism, Biological Psychiatry and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

In The Last Decade

Maha Elsayed

22 papers receiving 982 citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

In Vivo Evidence for a Lactate Gradient from Astrocytes to Neurons

2015 424 citations Philipp Mächler, Matthias T. Wyss et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maha Elsayed Egypt	12	398	310	183	156	152	24	989
Liangping Li China	16	451 1.1×	240 0.8×	220 1.2×	96 0.6×	153 1.0×	39	1.2k
Miyoung Yang South Korea	21	324 0.8×	235 0.8×	166 0.9×	272 1.7×	107 0.7×	58	1.3k
André Ricardo Massensini Brazil	20	570 1.4×	400 1.3×	168 0.9×	153 1.0×	174 1.1×	58	1.5k
Min‐Soo Kwon South Korea	22	377 0.9×	210 0.7×	326 1.8×	108 0.7×	228 1.5×	65	1.4k
Monica Frinchi Italy	16	354 0.9×	187 0.6×	116 0.6×	131 0.8×	129 0.8×	36	711
Meritxell Pons‐Espinal Spain	14	406 1.0×	256 0.8×	173 0.9×	150 1.0×	247 1.6×	18	1.1k
Yuqing Cao China	16	362 0.9×	271 0.9×	183 1.0×	85 0.5×	124 0.8×	39	950
Soraya Mehrabi Iran	14	326 0.8×	157 0.5×	102 0.6×	75 0.5×	97 0.6×	41	879
Mary B. Newman United States	19	591 1.5×	361 1.2×	227 1.2×	220 1.4×	164 1.1×	29	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Maha Elsayed

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Maha Elsayed's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Maha Elsayed with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Maha Elsayed more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Maha Elsayed

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Maha Elsayed. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Maha Elsayed. The network helps show where Maha Elsayed may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maha Elsayed

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maha Elsayed. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maha Elsayed based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Maha Elsayed. Maha Elsayed is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Elsayed, Maha, et al.. (2025). Adsorptive removal of malachite green using date palm-derived activated carbon-filled mycelial biomass of Trichoderma asperellum. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 346. 131358–131358. 1 indexed citations

Hassan, Asaad F., et al.. (2023). Utilization of Synthesized Copper Ferrite/Calcium Alginate Nanocomposite for Adsorption and Photocatalytic Degradation of Malachite Green. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials. 34(1). 190–206. 14 indexed citations

Hassan, Asaad F., et al.. (2023). Fabrication of titania/calcium alginate nanocomposite matrix for efficient adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of malachite green. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 249. 126075–126075. 36 indexed citations

Ibrahim, Mohamed F. M., et al.. (2022). Antioxidants Application Enhances Regeneration and Conversion of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Somatic Embryos. Plants. 11(15). 2023–2023. 6 indexed citations

Elsayed, Maha, et al.. (2022). Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and Fe-Modified Activated Carbon Affecting the In Vitro Growth of Date Palm Plantlets cv. Medjool. Horticulturae. 8(12). 1179–1179. 2 indexed citations

Elsayed, Maha, et al.. (2022). Effect of Different Concentrations From Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Prepared In Date Pits Extract on Pea Plants (Pisum sativum L.). Egyptian Journal of Chemistry. 0(0). 0–0. 1 indexed citations

Elsayed, Maha, et al.. (2021). Grafting of Dissolved Pulp from Date Palm Byproducts for Use in Industrial Water Purification. 1(1). 91–108. 1 indexed citations

Elsayed, Maha, Inas A. Ahmed, Dina M. D. Bader, & Asaad F. Hassan. (2021). Green Synthesis of Nano Zinc Oxide/Nanohydroxyapatite Composites Using Date Palm Pits Extract and Eggshells: Adsorption and Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue. Nanomaterials. 12(1). 49–49. 31 indexed citations

Elsayed, Maha, et al.. (2021). Definitive Screening Design and Artificial Neural Network for Modeling a Rapid Biodegradation of Date Palm Fronds by a New Trichoderma sp. PWN6 into Citric Acid. Molecules. 26(16). 5048–5048. 21 indexed citations

10.

Elsayed, Maha, et al.. (2018). Water Schedule of Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) under organic fertilization. Egyptian Journal of Horticulture. 0(0). 0–0. 4 indexed citations

11.

Kandil, Rima, et al.. (2016). Biodegradable Three-Layered Micelles and Injectable Hydrogels. Methods in molecular biology. 1445. 175–185. 5 indexed citations

12.

Salmaso, Natalina, Hanna E. Stevens, Maha Elsayed, et al.. (2016). Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Modulates Hypothalamic Pituitary Axis Activity and Anxiety Behavior Through Glucocorticoid Receptors. Biological Psychiatry. 80(6). 479–489. 43 indexed citations

13.

Mächler, Philipp, Matthias T. Wyss, Maha Elsayed, et al.. (2015). In Vivo Evidence for a Lactate Gradient from Astrocytes to Neurons. Cell Metabolism. 23(1). 94–102. 424 indexed citations breakdown →

14.

Elsayed, Maha & Pierre J. Magistretti. (2015). A New Outlook on Mental Illnesses: Glial Involvement Beyond the Glue. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 9. 468–468. 38 indexed citations

15.

El‐Sheikh, Mona, et al.. (2015). Post-traumatic stress disorder and psychiatric comorbidity in a sample of Egyptian adolescents after the revolution. Middle East Current Psychiatry. 22(2). 91–96. 3 indexed citations

16.

Elsayed, Maha, et al.. (2014). Influence of Oligospermines Architecture on Their Suitability for siRNA Delivery. Biomacromolecules. 15(4). 1299–1310. 30 indexed citations

17.

Elsayed, Maha & Olivia M. Merkel. (2014). Nanoimprinting of Topographical and 3D Cell Culture Scaffolds. Nanomedicine. 9(2). 349–366. 18 indexed citations

18.

Elsayed, Maha, Mounira Banasr, Vanja Đurić, et al.. (2012). Antidepressant Effects of Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 in Behavioral and Cellular Models of Depression. Biological Psychiatry. 72(4). 258–265. 131 indexed citations

19.

Fournier, Neil M., Bo‐Young Lee, Mounira Banasr, Maha Elsayed, & Ronald S. Duman. (2012). Vascular endothelial growth factor regulates adult hippocampal cell proliferation through MEK/ERK- and PI3K/Akt-dependent signaling. Neuropharmacology. 63(4). 642–652. 141 indexed citations

20.

Mesa, José Luis Mesa, et al.. (2003). USING PROPERLY RELATIVE RISK AND ODDS RATIO. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 35(Supplement 1). S223–S223. 2 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact