Maria V. Babak

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Maria V. Babak is a scholar working on Oncology, Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria V. Babak has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Oncology, 30 papers in Organic Chemistry and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Maria V. Babak's work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (33 papers), Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications (9 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (8 papers). Maria V. Babak is often cited by papers focused on Metal complexes synthesis and properties (33 papers), Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications (9 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (8 papers). Maria V. Babak collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, Singapore and Austria. Maria V. Babak's co-authors include Christian G. Hartinger, Paul J. Dyson, Wee Han Ang, Benjamin S. Murray, Muhammad Hanif, Giorgia Pastorin, Vladimir B. Arion, Peter Rapta, Samuel M. Meier and Bernhard K. Keppler and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Maria V. Babak

62 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

The development of RAPTA compounds for the treatment of tumors

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria V. Babak Hong Kong	23	1.3k	1.2k	490	336	314	64	2.2k
Wukun Liu China	29	1.1k 0.9×	2.0k 1.8×	714 1.5×	250 0.7×	268 0.9×	75	3.2k
Елена К. Белоглазкина Russia	25	656 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	458 0.9×	371 1.1×	281 0.9×	263	2.5k
I. Bratsos Italy	21	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	388 0.8×	431 1.3×	384 1.2×	36	1.8k
Hamed Alborzinia Germany	26	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	680 1.4×	301 0.9×	202 0.6×	38	2.3k
Elisabetta Gabano Italy	31	1.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	816 1.7×	473 1.4×	162 0.5×	93	2.5k
Alessio Terenzi Italy	32	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 2.6×	401 1.2×	372 1.2×	87	3.0k
Olivier Zava Switzerland	28	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	317 0.6×	415 1.2×	468 1.5×	32	2.0k
Ute Jungwirth Austria	20	1.1k 0.8×	665 0.6×	633 1.3×	163 0.5×	179 0.6×	30	1.9k
James D. Hoeschele United States	27	1.9k 1.5×	1.3k 1.1×	833 1.7×	460 1.4×	443 1.4×	65	2.9k
Tiziano Marzo Italy	32	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	704 1.4×	378 1.1×	257 0.8×	100	2.3k

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Choe, Ho Sung, et al.. (2025). Leveraging Immunogenic Cell Death to Enhance the Immune Response against Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Tumors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(9). 7908–7920. 10 indexed citations

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Zou, Jun, et al.. (2025). Metal-based immunogenic cell death inducers for cancer immunotherapy. Chemical Science. 16(15). 6160–6187. 8 indexed citations

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Larin, Alexander А., et al.. (2025). Exploring the Anticancer Potential of NO-Donor Oxadiazole Assemblies Against Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Pharmaceutics. 17(2). 230–230. 2 indexed citations

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Rakhmanova, Mariana I., et al.. (2024). Dinuclear gold(i) complexes with pyrimidine- and m-carborane-based bisphosphine ligands: synthesis, structure, photoluminescence and cytotoxicity against malignant pleural mesothelioma. New Journal of Chemistry. 48(26). 11918–11924. 3 indexed citations

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Medvedev, Alexander G., Alexey A. Mikhaylov, Gayane A. Kirakosyan, et al.. (2024). Synergism of primary and secondary interactions in a crystalline hydrogen peroxide complex with tin. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5758–5758. 5 indexed citations

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Babak, Maria V., et al.. (2023). Metal-Based Anticancer Complexes and p53: How Much Do We Know?. Cancers. 15(10). 2834–2834. 5 indexed citations

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Zharkova, Olga, Maria V. Babak, Elanchezhian Rajan, et al.. (2023). Deletion of Annexin A1 in Mice Upregulates the Expression of Its Receptor, Fpr2/3, and Reactivity to the AnxA1 Mimetic Peptide in Platelets. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(4). 3424–3424. 6 indexed citations

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Grishanov, Dmitry A., Alexander G. Medvedev, Andrei V. Churakov, et al.. (2023). Organoantimony Dihydroperoxides: Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Hydrogen Bonding Networks. Inorganic Chemistry. 62(25). 9912–9923. 6 indexed citations

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Abramov⧫, Pavel A., Dmitriy G. Sheven, Iakov S. Fomenko⧫, et al.. (2023). Gold(i) complexes with redox active BIAN and MIAN ligands: synthesis, structure and electrochemistry. New Journal of Chemistry. 47(39). 18251–18259. 5 indexed citations

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Kuznetsov, Nikita A., et al.. (2023). Toward “E‐Ring‐Free” Lamellarin Analogues: Synthesis and Preliminary Biological Evaluation. ChemBioChem. 24(11). e202300161–e202300161. 8 indexed citations

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Babak, Maria V., Peter Rapta, Petra Heffeter, et al.. (2021). Interfering with Metabolic Profile of Triple‐Negative Breast Cancers Using Rationally Designed Metformin Prodrugs. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(24). 13405–13413. 57 indexed citations

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Babak, Maria V., Peter Rapta, Petra Heffeter, et al.. (2021). Interfering with Metabolic Profile of Triple‐Negative Breast Cancers Using Rationally Designed Metformin Prodrugs. Angewandte Chemie. 133(24). 13517–13525. 3 indexed citations

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Kim, Guowei, Raghav Sundar, Bettina Lieske, et al.. (2020). PIPAC-OX: A Phase I Study of Oxaliplatin-Based Pressurized Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy in Patients with Peritoneal Metastases. Clinical Cancer Research. 27(7). 1875–1881. 37 indexed citations

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Babak, Maria V., et al.. (2020). PlatinER: A Highly Potent Anticancer Platinum(II) Complex that Induces Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Driven Immunogenic Cell Death. Angewandte Chemie. 132(43). 19232–19240. 14 indexed citations

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Babak, Maria V., Pauline Le Faouder, Xavier Trivelli, et al.. (2020). Heteroleptic Ruthenium(II) Complexes with Bathophenanthroline and Bathophenanthroline Disulfonate Disodium Salt as Fluorescent Dyes for In-Gel Protein Staining. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(7). 4527–4535. 9 indexed citations

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Babak, Maria V., Muhammad Ali Ehsan, Muhammad Altaf, et al.. (2020). Highly cytotoxic gold(i)-phosphane dithiocarbamate complexes trigger an ER stress-dependent immune response in ovarian cancer cells. Dalton Transactions. 49(22). 7355–7363. 31 indexed citations

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Babak, Maria V., Zhi Yang, Bertrand Czarny, et al.. (2019). Dual‐Targeting Dual‐Action Platinum(IV) Platform for Enhanced Anticancer Activity and Reduced Nephrotoxicity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(24). 8109–8114. 95 indexed citations

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Babak, Maria V., Zhi Yang, Bertrand Czarny, et al.. (2019). Dual‐Targeting Dual‐Action Platinum(IV) Platform for Enhanced Anticancer Activity and Reduced Nephrotoxicity. Angewandte Chemie. 131(24). 8193–8198. 27 indexed citations

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Babak, Maria V., Orsolya Dömötör, Éva A. Enyedy, et al.. (2018). NO Releasing and Anticancer Properties of Octahedral Ruthenium–Nitrosyl Complexes with Equatorial 1H-Indazole Ligands. Inorganic Chemistry. 57(17). 10702–10717. 39 indexed citations

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Babak, Maria V., Éva A. Enyedy, Sergiu Shova, et al.. (2017). Copper(ii) thiosemicarbazone complexes induce marked ROS accumulation and promote nrf2-mediated antioxidant response in highly resistant breast cancer cells. Dalton Transactions. 46(12). 3833–3847. 91 indexed citations

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