Mehdi Totonchi

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Mehdi Totonchi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Mehdi Totonchi has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Genetics and 25 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Mehdi Totonchi's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (25 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (21 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (20 papers). Mehdi Totonchi is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (25 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (21 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (20 papers). Mehdi Totonchi collaborates with scholars based in Iran, Germany and United States. Mehdi Totonchi's co-authors include Hossein Baharvand, Hamid Gourabi, Ali Seifinejad, Adeleh Taei, Nasser Aghdami, Ghasem Hosseini Salekdeh, Seyedeh‐Nafiseh Hassani, Navid Almadani, Zahra Rezaei and Anahita Mohseni Meybodi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Mehdi Totonchi

131 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

CNFE-SE: a novel approach combining complex network-based feature engineering and stacked ensemble to predict the success of intrauterine insemination and ranking the features

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mehdi Totonchi Iran	27	1.4k	371	346	339	281	138	2.5k
Peng Wei United States	30	1.5k 1.1×	138 0.4×	984 2.8×	120 0.4×	273 1.0×	178	3.2k
Jung Bok Lee South Korea	32	1.1k 0.8×	128 0.3×	169 0.5×	74 0.2×	575 2.0×	124	3.0k
Hsin‐Fu Chen Taiwan	35	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 2.9×	291 0.8×	1.4k 4.0×	342 1.2×	114	3.6k
Andy G. Lynch United Kingdom	26	1.4k 1.0×	154 0.4×	461 1.3×	337 1.0×	144 0.5×	63	3.0k
Hsiang‐Cheng Chen Taiwan	27	1.3k 0.9×	126 0.3×	188 0.5×	84 0.2×	338 1.2×	126	3.1k
Lisha Mou China	26	799 0.6×	152 0.4×	415 1.2×	207 0.6×	440 1.6×	132	1.8k
Hyun Jun Park South Korea	24	408 0.3×	219 0.6×	99 0.3×	274 0.8×	321 1.1×	207	2.1k
Victor Wei Zhang China	33	1.7k 1.3×	224 0.6×	818 2.4×	180 0.5×	354 1.3×	170	3.3k
Anja van de Stolpe Netherlands	27	1.3k 0.9×	87 0.2×	408 1.2×	162 0.5×	268 1.0×	83	3.3k
Yin Xia China	31	1.8k 1.3×	176 0.5×	352 1.0×	92 0.3×	284 1.0×	132	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mehdi Totonchi

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tierling, Sascha, et al.. (2025). Emerging Frontiers in Colorectal Cancer Therapy: From Targeted Molecules to Immunomodulatory Breakthroughs and Cell-Based Approaches. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 70(3). 919–942. 3 indexed citations

Askari, Masomeh, et al.. (2025). Clinical and genetic diagnosis of first cohort of differences of sexual development in the Iranian population. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. 38(3). 279–287.

Saberi, Samaneh, et al.. (2025). Circulating microRNA panels for multi-cancer detection and gastric cancer screening: leveraging a network biology approach. BMC Medical Genomics. 18(1). 27–27. 6 indexed citations

Rai, Alin, Qi Hui Poh, Hiroaki Okae, et al.. (2025). Dynamic Proteome Landscape During Preimplantation Human Embryo Development and Trophectoderm Stem Cell‐Differentiation. PROTEOMICS. 25(15). 72–89.

Hakemi-Vala, Mojdeh, et al.. (2025). Fusobacterium nucleatum and non-coding RNAs: orchestrating oncogenic pathways in colorectal cancer. Gut Pathogens. 17(1). 78–78. 2 indexed citations

Askari, Masomeh, Ken McElreavey, Anu Bashamboo, et al.. (2025). A novel candidate missense variant in the catalytic domain of USP26 associated with asthenoteratozoospermia. Gene. 982. 149945–149945.

Totonchi, Mehdi, et al.. (2023). Pathway-driven analysis of synthetic lethal interactions in cancer using perturbation screens. Life Science Alliance. 7(1). e202302268–e202302268. 3 indexed citations

Ghaheri, Azadeh, Roya Hosseini, Mojtaba Farjam, et al.. (2023). Role of gender in explaining metabolic syndrome risk factors in an Iranian rural population using structural equation modelling. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 16007–16007. 4 indexed citations

Salehi, Najmeh & Mehdi Totonchi. (2023). The construction of a testis transcriptional cell atlas from embryo to adult reveals various somatic cells and their molecular roles. Journal of Translational Medicine. 21(1). 859–859. 10 indexed citations

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Totonchi, Mehdi, Hossein Baharvand, Hossein Pakdaman, et al.. (2022). P38 initiates degeneration of midbrain GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons in diabetes models. European Journal of Neuroscience. 56(1). 3755–3778. 1 indexed citations

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Nikasa, Parisa, Tine Tricot, Nejat Mahdieh, et al.. (2021). Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Hepatocyte-Like Cells as a Model to Study Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia. Stem Cells and Development. 30(14). 714–724. 7 indexed citations

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Ghaleno, Leila Rashki, Mohsen Sharafi, Maryam Hezavehei, et al.. (2021). Gene Expression Alteration of Sperm-Associated Antigens in Human Cryopreserved Sperm. Biopreservation and Biobanking. 19(6). 503–510. 6 indexed citations

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Rahimmanesh, Ilnaz, et al.. (2020). The challenging nature of primary T lymphocytes for transfection: Effect of protamine sulfate on the transfection efficiency of chemical transfection reagents. Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences. 15(5). 437–437. 13 indexed citations

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Hashemi, Mehrdad, et al.. (2020). Deletion of dpy-19 like 2 (DPY19L2) gene is associated with total but not partial globozoospermia. Reproduction Fertility and Development. 32(8). 727–737. 4 indexed citations

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Anvar, Zahra, et al.. (2019). Genetic etiology of Asthenozoospermia: A review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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Sharifi‐Zarchi, Ali, Daniela Gerovska, Kenjiro Adachi, et al.. (2017). DNA methylation regulates discrimination of enhancers from promoters through a H3K4me1-H3K4me3 seesaw mechanism. BMC Genomics. 18(1). 964–964. 73 indexed citations

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Totonchi, Mehdi, et al.. (2017). Attitude of a Sample of Iranian Researchers Toward the Future of Stem Cell Research. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Samadian, Azam, Tahereh Naji, & Mehdi Totonchi. (2014). The role of signaling pathways in derivation and maintenance of mouse embryonic stem cells. KAUMS Journal. 18(5). 484–496. 2 indexed citations

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Hassani, Seyedeh‐Nafiseh, Mehdi Totonchi, Hamid Gourabi, Hans R. Schöler, & Hossein Baharvand. (2013). Signaling Roadmap Modulating Naive and Primed Pluripotency. Stem Cells and Development. 23(3). 193–208. 38 indexed citations

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Mahdieh, Nejat, et al.. (2005). Frequency of Connexin26 Gene Mutations in Autosomal Recessive Non-syndromic Deafness in Kermanshah(2002-4). 9(2). 32–40. 1 indexed citations

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