Majida Khanafer

928 total citations
25 papers, 674 citations indexed

About

Majida Khanafer is a scholar working on Pollution, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Majida Khanafer has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 674 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Pollution, 19 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Majida Khanafer's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (21 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (19 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (4 papers). Majida Khanafer is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (21 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (19 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (4 papers). Majida Khanafer collaborates with scholars based in Kuwait, Germany and Lebanon. Majida Khanafer's co-authors include Samir S. Radwan, H. Al-Awadhi, N. Ali, Dina M. Al‐Mailem, R. H. Al-Hasan, N.A. Sorkhoh, M. Eliyas, Israa El-Nemr, S. Salamah and Huda Mahmoud and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Environmental Pollution and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Majida Khanafer

24 papers receiving 656 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Majida Khanafer Kuwait 16 406 261 130 83 79 25 674
Firouz Abbasian Australia 10 398 1.0× 192 0.7× 134 1.0× 102 1.2× 51 0.6× 17 678
Xinmei Gao China 9 358 0.9× 145 0.6× 105 0.8× 58 0.7× 84 1.1× 21 661
Francesca Crisafi Italy 16 350 0.9× 264 1.0× 160 1.2× 52 0.6× 48 0.6× 35 688
H. Al-Awadhi Kuwait 19 608 1.5× 369 1.4× 222 1.7× 94 1.1× 132 1.7× 41 1.0k
N. Ali Kuwait 13 290 0.7× 145 0.6× 58 0.4× 50 0.6× 93 1.2× 25 478
Yanhong Wang China 16 343 0.8× 92 0.4× 141 1.1× 83 1.0× 85 1.1× 41 834
Maíra Paula de Sousa Brazil 15 311 0.8× 214 0.8× 146 1.1× 67 0.8× 23 0.3× 31 625
Luis Fernández Mexico 7 278 0.7× 329 1.3× 259 2.0× 62 0.7× 30 0.4× 10 625
Eeva Heinaru Estonia 14 378 0.9× 205 0.8× 201 1.5× 68 0.8× 75 0.9× 27 591
Ainon Hamzah Malaysia 13 442 1.1× 112 0.4× 83 0.6× 120 1.4× 55 0.7× 45 690

Countries citing papers authored by Majida Khanafer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Majida Khanafer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Majida Khanafer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Majida Khanafer 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 Majida Khanafer. Majida Khanafer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ali, N., Majida Khanafer, & H. Al-Awadhi. (2022). Indigenous oil-degrading bacteria more efficient in soil bioremediation than microbial consortium and active even in super oil-saturated soils. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 950051–950051. 17 indexed citations
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Ali, N., et al.. (2020). Bioremediation of soils saturated with spilled crude oil. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 1116–1116. 114 indexed citations
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Ali, N., Majida Khanafer, H. Al-Awadhi, & Samir S. Radwan. (2020). Self-cleaning of very heavily oil-polluted sites proceeds even under heavy-metal stress while involved bacteria exhibit bizarre pleomorphism. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 200. 110717–110717. 8 indexed citations
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Ali, N., et al.. (2019). Plant-based oil-sorbents harbor native microbial communities effective in spilled oil-bioremediation under nitrogen starvation and heavy metal-stresses. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 181. 78–88. 12 indexed citations
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Radwan, Samir S., Majida Khanafer, & H. Al-Awadhi. (2019). Ability of the So-Called Obligate Hydrocarbonoclastic Bacteria to Utilize Nonhydrocarbon Substrates Thus Enhancing Their Activities Despite their Misleading Name. BMC Microbiology. 19(1). 41–41. 22 indexed citations
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Ali, N., et al.. (2018). Culture‐independent analysis of hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial communities in environmental samples during oil‐bioremediation. MicrobiologyOpen. 8(2). e00630–e00630. 6 indexed citations
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Khanafer, Majida, H. Al-Awadhi, & Samir S. Radwan. (2017). Coliform Bacteria for Bioremediation of Waste Hydrocarbons. BioMed Research International. 2017. 1–8. 17 indexed citations
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Khanafer, Majida, et al.. (2016). A general strategy to incorporate a wide range of metallic salts into ring-like organized nanostructures via polymer self-assembly. RSC Advances. 6(105). 102843–102852. 10 indexed citations
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Ali, N., H. Al-Awadhi, Majida Khanafer, et al.. (2015). Bioremediation of Atmospheric Hydrocarbons via Bacteria Naturally Associated with Leaves of Higher Plants. International Journal of Phytoremediation. 17(12). 1160–1170. 12 indexed citations
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Al-Awadhi, H., et al.. (2012). Indigenous hydrocarbon-utilizing bacterioflora in oil-polluted habitats in Kuwait, two decades after the greatest man-made oil spill. Archives of Microbiology. 194(8). 689–705. 43 indexed citations
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Sorkhoh, N.A., et al.. (2010). Agarolytic bacteria with hydrocarbon-utilization potential in fouling material from the Arabian Gulf coast. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 64(7). 554–559. 14 indexed citations
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Mahmoud, Huda, R. H. Al-Hasan, Majida Khanafer, & Samir S. Radwan. (2009). A microbiological study of the self-cleaning potential of oily Arabian Gulf coasts. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 17(2). 383–391. 8 indexed citations
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Khanafer, Majida, et al.. (2008). The potential of oil-utilizing bacterial consortia associated with legume root nodules for cleaning oily soils. Chemosphere. 74(10). 1354–1359. 36 indexed citations
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Radwan, Samir S., et al.. (2007). Hydrocarbon Utilization by Nodule Bacteria and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria. International Journal of Phytoremediation. 9(6). 475–486. 29 indexed citations
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Al-Hasan, R. H., Majida Khanafer, M. Eliyas, & Samir S. Radwan. (2001). Hydrocarbon accumulation by picocyanobacteria from the Arabian Gulf. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 91(3). 533–540. 30 indexed citations

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