Masood Abu‐Halima

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Masood Abu‐Halima is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Masood Abu‐Halima has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Cancer Research and 14 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in Masood Abu‐Halima's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (21 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (15 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (13 papers). Masood Abu‐Halima is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (21 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (15 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (13 papers). Masood Abu‐Halima collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Jordan and Palestinian Territory. Masood Abu‐Halima's co-authors include Eckart Meese, Andreas Keller, Christina Backes, Mohamad Eid Hammadeh, Petra Leidinger, Ulrike Fischer, Tobias Fehlmann, Valentina Galata, Julia Alles and Friedrich A. Grässer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Masood Abu‐Halima

34 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

An estimate of the total number of true human miRNAs

2019 403 citations Julia Alles, Tobias Fehlmann et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masood Abu‐Halima Germany	17	861	829	459	259	238	38	1.4k
Justyna Filant United States	16	548 0.6×	346 0.4×	313 0.7×	203 0.8×	127 0.5×	23	1.2k
Md Mahmodul Hasan Sohel Türkiye	10	697 0.8×	560 0.7×	122 0.3×	185 0.7×	69 0.3×	35	1.0k
Chencheng Yao China	19	571 0.7×	211 0.3×	635 1.4×	411 1.6×	334 1.4×	64	1.1k
Alexis V. Forterre France	12	1.2k 1.4×	634 0.8×	102 0.2×	65 0.3×	60 0.3×	13	1.5k
Weibing Qin China	16	364 0.4×	201 0.2×	200 0.4×	139 0.5×	115 0.5×	40	794
Yun Feng China	11	468 0.5×	210 0.3×	98 0.2×	70 0.3×	45 0.2×	42	773
Mehrdad Noruzinia Iran	15	443 0.5×	122 0.1×	219 0.5×	70 0.3×	116 0.5×	71	810
Xiaoting Ma China	16	251 0.3×	152 0.2×	116 0.3×	112 0.4×	67 0.3×	58	734
Atsushi Yanaihara Japan	18	338 0.4×	98 0.1×	313 0.7×	227 0.9×	102 0.4×	42	932
Damayanti Chakraborty United States	19	477 0.6×	113 0.1×	118 0.3×	130 0.5×	114 0.5×	29	1.2k

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Alfaqih, Mahmoud A., et al.. (2025). The Effects of miR‐425‐3p and Seminal Microbiota on Semen Parameters: Insights Into Male Infertility. Andrologia. 2025(1).

Almomani, Rowida, et al.. (2025). Gene expression alterations in testicular biopsies from males with spermatogenesis arrest identified by transcriptome analysis. PLoS ONE. 20(9). e0332025–e0332025.

Salas‐Huetos, Albert, et al.. (2025). Small RNA sequencing in individually selected sperm: Biomarkers for male subfertility and predictors of pregnancy success. Non-coding RNA Research. 16. 126–143.

Abu‐Halima, Masood, et al.. (2023). Expression of SPAG7 and its regulatory microRNAs in seminal plasma and seminal plasma-derived extracellular vesicles of patients with subfertility. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 3645–3645. 12 indexed citations

Abu‐Halima, Masood, et al.. (2023). Sperm Motility Annotated Genes: Are They Associated with Impaired Fecundity?. Cells. 12(9). 1239–1239. 7 indexed citations

Abu‐Halima, Masood, et al.. (2023). Expression profiling analysis reveals key microRNA–mRNA interactions in patients with transposition of the great arteries and systemic left and right ventricles. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 9. 1056427–1056427.

Abdul‐Khaliq, Hashim, et al.. (2023). Towards a More Comprehensive Picture of the MicroRNA-23a/b-3p Impact on Impaired Male Fertility. Biology. 12(6). 800–800. 10 indexed citations

Sindiani, Amer, et al.. (2021). Association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the ESR2 and FSHR genes with poor ovarian response in infertile Jordanian women. Daehan saengsik uihak hoeji/Clinical and experimental reproductive medicine. 48(1). 69–79. 11 indexed citations

Abu‐Halima, Masood, Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, Michael Zemlin, et al.. (2020). Insights from circulating microRNAs in cardiovascular entities in turner syndrome patients. PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0231402–e0231402. 13 indexed citations

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Henn, Dominic, Masood Abu‐Halima, Mustafa Kahraman, et al.. (2020). A multivariable miRNA signature delineates the systemic hemodynamic impact of arteriovenous shunt placement in a pilot study. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 21809–21809. 4 indexed citations

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Abu‐Halima, Masood, Basim M. Ayesh, Ulrike Fischer, et al.. (2020). MicroRNAs in combined spent culture media and sperm are associated with embryo quality and pregnancy outcome. Fertility and Sterility. 113(5). 970–980.e2. 46 indexed citations

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Abu‐Halima, Masood, et al.. (2019). Micro-RNA 150-5p predicts overt heart failure in patients with univentricular hearts. PLoS ONE. 14(10). e0223606–e0223606. 24 indexed citations

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Alles, Julia, Tobias Fehlmann, Ulrike Fischer, et al.. (2019). An estimate of the total number of true human miRNAs. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(7). 3353–3364. 403 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abu‐Halima, Masood, Basim M. Ayesh, Martin Hart, et al.. (2019). Differential expression of miR-23a/b-3p and its target genes in male patients with subfertility. Fertility and Sterility. 112(2). 323–335.e2. 29 indexed citations

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Henn, Dominic, Masood Abu‐Halima, Florian Falkner, et al.. (2019). MicroRNA-regulated pathways of flow-stimulated angiogenesis and vascular remodeling in vivo. Journal of Translational Medicine. 17(1). 22–22. 33 indexed citations

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Henn, Dominic, Masood Abu‐Halima, Florian Falkner, et al.. (2018). Micro-RNA–Regulated Proangiogenic Signaling in Arteriovenous Loops in Patients with Combined Vascular and Soft-Tissue Reconstructions: Revisiting the Nutrient Flap Concept. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 142(4). 489e–502e. 10 indexed citations

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Abu‐Halima, Masood, Mustafa Kahraman, Dominic Henn, et al.. (2018). Deregulated microRNA and mRNA expression profiles in the peripheral blood of patients with Marfan syndrome. Journal of Translational Medicine. 16(1). 60–60. 24 indexed citations

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Abu‐Halima, Masood, Sebastian Häusler, Christina Backes, et al.. (2017). Micro-ribonucleic acids and extracellular vesicles repertoire in the spent culture media is altered in women undergoing In Vitro Fertilization. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 13525–13525. 59 indexed citations

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Abu‐Halima, Masood, Eckart Meese, Andreas Keller, Hashim Abdul‐Khaliq, & Tanja Rädle‐Hurst. (2017). Analysis of circulating microRNAs in patients with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot with and without heart failure. Journal of Translational Medicine. 15(1). 156–156. 39 indexed citations

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Abu‐Halima, Masood, Mohamad Eid Hammadeh, Christina Backes, et al.. (2014). Panel of five microRNAs as potential biomarkers for the diagnosis and assessment of male infertility. Fertility and Sterility. 102(4). 989–997.e1. 121 indexed citations

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