Moeed Akbar

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Moeed Akbar is a scholar working on Surgery, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Moeed Akbar has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Surgery, 13 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 6 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Moeed Akbar's work include Tendon Structure and Treatment (12 papers), Shoulder Injury and Treatment (8 papers) and Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research (4 papers). Moeed Akbar is often cited by papers focused on Tendon Structure and Treatment (12 papers), Shoulder Injury and Treatment (8 papers) and Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research (4 papers). Moeed Akbar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Moeed Akbar's co-authors include Neal L. Millar, Iain B. McInnes, George A.C. Murrell, James H. Reilly, Lindsay A. N. Crowe, M.H. Grant, James M. Brewer, Michael McLean, Emma García-Melchor and Shauna Kerr and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Moeed Akbar

31 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Frozen shoulder 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 25 50 75
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Frozen shoulder
    2022 94 citations Neal L. Millar, Filip Struyf et al. Nature Reviews Disease Primers profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Moeed Akbar United Kingdom 18 601 427 159 153 119 32 1.1k
Matthew F. Dilisio United States 25 817 1.4× 378 0.9× 177 1.1× 330 2.2× 78 0.7× 44 1.4k
Tanja Schmidt Germany 20 478 0.8× 287 0.7× 239 1.5× 67 0.4× 60 0.5× 41 1.3k
Mersedeh Tohidnezhad Germany 20 333 0.6× 228 0.5× 237 1.5× 69 0.5× 137 1.2× 45 1.0k
Evan B. Lynch United States 12 482 0.8× 317 0.7× 143 0.9× 136 0.9× 47 0.4× 22 772
Giovanni Trisolino Italy 20 640 1.1× 176 0.4× 208 1.3× 120 0.8× 59 0.5× 87 1.4k
Ingo J. Banke Germany 17 667 1.1× 377 0.9× 113 0.7× 101 0.7× 36 0.3× 79 1.2k
Kelly S. Santangelo United States 16 392 0.7× 272 0.6× 213 1.3× 61 0.4× 36 0.3× 61 1.1k
Daniel Most United States 16 716 1.2× 433 1.0× 193 1.2× 85 0.6× 300 2.5× 24 1.3k
Filippo Spiezia Italy 28 1.2k 2.0× 1.0k 2.4× 263 1.7× 276 1.8× 35 0.3× 53 2.1k
Jessica Cottrell United States 17 303 0.5× 168 0.4× 286 1.8× 122 0.8× 34 0.3× 44 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Moeed Akbar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Moeed Akbar

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

All Works

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Millar, Neal L., Iain B. McInnes, Frank Kolbinger, et al.. (2025). Targeting the IL-17A pathway for therapy in early-stage tendinopathy. RMD Open. 11(1). e004729–e004729. 2 indexed citations
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Akbar, Moeed, Hafiz Shoaib Sarwar, Muhammad Sarfraz, et al.. (2024). Macrophage targeted nanocarriers containing methotrexate against arthritis. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 102. 106319–106319.
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Crowe, Lindsay A. N., Moeed Akbar, Robert‐Jan de Vos, et al.. (2023). Pathways driving tendinopathy and enthesitis: siblings or distant cousins in musculoskeletal medicine?. The Lancet Rheumatology. 5(5). e293–e304. 7 indexed citations
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Huesa, Carmen, Sabarinadh Chilaka, James Doonan, et al.. (2023). IĸB Protein BCL3 as a Controller of Osteogenesis and Bone Health. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 75(12). 2148–2160. 3 indexed citations
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Millar, Neal L., Filip Struyf, A Campbell, et al.. (2022). Frozen shoulder. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 8(1). 59–59. 94 indexed citations breakdown →
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García-Melchor, Emma, Giacomo Cafaro, Lucy MacDonald, et al.. (2021). Novel self-amplificatory loop between T cells and tenocytes as a driver of chronicity in tendon disease. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 80(8). 1075–1085. 36 indexed citations
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Akbar, Moeed, Emma García-Melchor, Sabarinadh Chilaka, et al.. (2020). Attenuation of Dupuytren’s fibrosis via targeting of the STAT1 modulated IL-13Rα1 response. Science Advances. 6(28). eaaz8272–eaaz8272. 19 indexed citations
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Akbar, Moeed, Michael McLean, Emma García-Melchor, et al.. (2019). Fibroblast activation and inflammation in frozen shoulder. PLoS ONE. 14(4). e0215301–e0215301. 79 indexed citations
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McLean, Michael, Mark Blyth, Susan Kitson, et al.. (2019). Tranexamic acid toxicity in human periarticular tissues. Bone and Joint Research. 8(1). 11–18. 49 indexed citations
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Crowe, Lindsay A. N., Michael McLean, Susan Kitson, et al.. (2019). S100A8 & S100A9: Alarmin mediated inflammation in tendinopathy. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1463–1463. 62 indexed citations
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Abraham, Adam C., Mikhail Golman, Xiaoning Li, et al.. (2019). Targeting the NF-κB signaling pathway in chronic tendon disease. Science Translational Medicine. 11(481). 117 indexed citations
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Watts, Ashlee E., Neal L. Millar, Susan Kitson, et al.. (2017). MicroRNA29a Treatment Improves Early Tendon Injury. Molecular Therapy. 25(10). 2415–2426. 50 indexed citations
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Millar, Neal L., Moeed Akbar, A Campbell, et al.. (2016). IL-17A mediates inflammatory and tissue remodelling events in early human tendinopathy. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 27149–27149. 95 indexed citations
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Millar, Neal L., Derek S. Gilchrist, Moeed Akbar, et al.. (2015). MicroRNA29a regulates IL-33-mediated tissue remodelling in tendon disease. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6774–6774. 139 indexed citations
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Colombo, M., Leonardo Mirandola, S. Garavelli, et al.. (2014). Notch signaling drives multiple myeloma induced osteoclastogenesis. Oncotarget. 5(21). 10393–10406. 43 indexed citations
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Akbar, Moeed, Alasdair R. Fraser, Gerard J. Graham, James M. Brewer, & M.H. Grant. (2012). Acute inflammatory response to cobalt chromium orthopaedic wear debris in a rodent air-pouch model. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 9(74). 2109–2119. 30 indexed citations
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Akbar, Moeed, et al.. (2012). Distribution of metal released from cobalt–chromium alloy orthopaedic wear particles implanted into air pouches in mice. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 100A(6). 1529–1538. 25 indexed citations
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Akbar, Moeed, James M. Brewer, & M.H. Grant. (2011). Effect of chromium and cobalt ions on primary human lymphocytesin vitro. Journal of Immunotoxicology. 8(2). 140–149. 78 indexed citations
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