Malak Abedalthagafi

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Malak Abedalthagafi is a scholar working on Genetics, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Malak Abedalthagafi has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Genetics, 27 papers in Epidemiology and 22 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Malak Abedalthagafi's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (30 papers), Meningioma and schwannoma management (22 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (11 papers). Malak Abedalthagafi is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (30 papers), Meningioma and schwannoma management (22 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (11 papers). Malak Abedalthagafi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom. Malak Abedalthagafi's co-authors include Sandro Santagata, Ian F. Dunn, Wenya Linda Bi, Rameen Beroukhim, Brian M. Alexander, Ayal A. Aizer, Priscilla K. Brastianos, Keith L. Ligon, Kara M. Foshay and Ossama Al‐Mefty and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Malak Abedalthagafi

85 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Artificial intelligence in neuro-oncology: advances and challenges in brain tumor diagnosis, prognosis, and precision treatment

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Malak Abedalthagafi United States	26	726	725	646	505	458	92	2.2k
Tadaaki Eimoto Japan	35	1.0k 1.4×	259 0.4×	492 0.8×	1.4k 2.8×	632 1.4×	120	4.3k
Sophie Dupuis‐Girod France	31	318 0.4×	1.4k 1.9×	1.1k 1.8×	207 0.4×	58 0.1×	95	3.8k
Eline T. Luning Prak United States	38	285 0.4×	348 0.5×	1.0k 1.6×	86 0.2×	155 0.3×	117	4.8k
Sean K. Lau United States	30	354 0.5×	173 0.2×	822 1.3×	191 0.4×	282 0.6×	81	3.6k
Meora Feinmesser Israel	31	635 0.9×	239 0.3×	481 0.7×	170 0.3×	48 0.1×	121	2.6k
Korinna Jöhrens Germany	31	363 0.5×	213 0.3×	625 1.0×	107 0.2×	63 0.1×	138	3.2k
Lydia Visser Netherlands	36	213 0.3×	545 0.8×	1.0k 1.6×	167 0.3×	42 0.1×	130	3.8k
Luigi Chiusa Italy	28	188 0.3×	133 0.2×	594 0.9×	80 0.2×	197 0.4×	76	2.3k
Susan E. Prockop United States	26	543 0.7×	493 0.7×	581 0.9×	64 0.1×	82 0.2×	175	2.7k
Melissa E. Elder United States	19	222 0.3×	198 0.3×	710 1.1×	47 0.1×	143 0.3×	48	2.4k

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Love, Michael I., Annie Wong‐Beringer, Russell Corbett‐Detig, et al.. (2025). Perceptual and technical barriers in sharing and formatting metadata accompanying omics studies. Cell Genomics. 5(5). 100845–100845. 3 indexed citations

Kulmanov, Maxat, Masao Nagasaki, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, et al.. (2025). Phased genome assemblies and pangenome graphs of human populations of Japan and Saudi Arabia. Scientific Data. 12(1). 1316–1316.

Olson, Jeffery J., et al.. (2024). Extracavitary primary effusion lymphoma presenting as a solitary brain mass. CNS Oncology. 13(1). 2357535–2357535. 1 indexed citations

Alser, Mohammed, Richard J. Abdill, Nathan LaPierre, et al.. (2024). Packaging and containerization of computational methods. Nature Protocols. 19(9). 2529–2539. 7 indexed citations

Kulmanov, Maxat, Mohammed Alarawi, Dana Alhattab, et al.. (2024). A reference quality, fully annotated diploid genome from a Saudi individual. Scientific Data. 11(1). 1278–1278. 2 indexed citations

Alqahtani, Saleh A., Duna Barakeh, Nitesh Kumar Sharma, et al.. (2023). The Genomic Landscape of Colorectal Cancer in the Saudi Arabian Population Using a Comprehensive Genomic Panel. Diagnostics. 13(18). 2993–2993. 3 indexed citations

Abedalthagafi, Malak. (2022). Index case identification and outcomes of cascade testing in high-risk breast and colorectal cancer predisposition genes. European Journal of Human Genetics. 30(4). 392–393. 2 indexed citations

Abedalthagafi, Malak. (2022). Commentary: Von Hippel–Lindau disease: A clinical and scientific review. European Journal of Human Genetics. 30(10). 1103–1104. 1 indexed citations

Abedalthagafi, Malak, et al.. (2021). The History and Challenges of Women in Genetics: A Focus on Non-Western Women. Frontiers in Genetics. 12. 759662–759662. 2 indexed citations

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Alharbi, Musa, Rasha Aljelaify, Lamia Alsubaie, et al.. (2018). Durable Response to Nivolumab in a Pediatric Patient with Refractory Glioblastoma and Constitutional Biallelic Mismatch Repair Deficiency. The Oncologist. 23(12). 1401–1406. 51 indexed citations

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Gupta, Saksham, et al.. (2018). Craniopharyngioma: a roadmap for scientific translation. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 44(6). E12–E12. 25 indexed citations

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Alharbi, Musa, Rasha Aljelaify, Fatimah Alqubaishi, et al.. (2018). Rare TP53 variant associated with Li-Fraumeni syndrome exhibits variable penetrance in a Saudi family. npj Genomic Medicine. 3(1). 35–35. 7 indexed citations

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Bi, Wenya Linda, Noah F. Greenwald, Elizabeth Huynh, et al.. (2017). Radiographic Prediction of Meningioma Grade and Genomic Profile. Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base. 78(S 01). S1–S156. 3 indexed citations

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Bi, Wenya Linda, Noah F. Greenwald, Shakti Ramkissoon, et al.. (2017). Clinical Identification of Oncogenic Drivers and Copy-Number Alterations in Pituitary Tumors. Endocrinology. 158(7). 2284–2291. 42 indexed citations

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Bi, Wenya Linda, Peleg Horowitz, Noah F. Greenwald, et al.. (2016). Landscape of Genomic Alterations in Pituitary Adenomas. Clinical Cancer Research. 23(7). 1841–1851. 88 indexed citations

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Abedalthagafi, Malak, Wenya Linda Bi, Parker Merrill, et al.. (2015). ARID1A and TERT promoter mutations in dedifferentiated meningioma. Cancer Genetics. 208(6). 345–350. 63 indexed citations

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Ziskin, Jennifer, Yael Wilnai, Greg Enns, et al.. (2014). Neuropathology. Modern Pathology. 27. 433–444. 2 indexed citations

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Malik, Athar N., Wenya Linda Bi, Brett A. McCray, et al.. (2014). Isolated cerebral mucormycosis of the basal ganglia. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 124. 102–105. 22 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xuchen, Thomas D. Schiano, Swan N. Thung, et al.. (2013). Neuropathology. Laboratory Investigation. 93. 413–420. 1 indexed citations

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Abedalthagafi, Malak, Elisabeth J. Rushing, Aaron Auerbach, et al.. (2009). Sporadic cutaneous angiosarcomas generally lack hypoxia-inducible factor 1α: a histologic and immunohistochemical study of 45 cases. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 14(1). 15–22. 7 indexed citations

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