Mohammad A. Saad

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Mohammad A. Saad is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mohammad A. Saad has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mohammad A. Saad's work include Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (19 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (17 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (7 papers). Mohammad A. Saad is often cited by papers focused on Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (19 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (17 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (7 papers). Mohammad A. Saad collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Spain. Mohammad A. Saad's co-authors include Amit Asthana, Ira Bhatnagar, Chintalagiri Mohan Rao, Tayyaba Hasan, Shabbir Ahmad, Jerald Mahesh Kumar, Sonali Kumari, Anand K. Kondapi, Nalam Madhusudhana Rao and Ch. Mohan Rao and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Nanoscale.

In The Last Decade

Mohammad A. Saad

27 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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Chitosan as biomaterial in drug delivery and tissue engineering

2017 528 citations Mohammad A. Saad, Amit Asthana et al. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mohammad A. Saad United States	12	465	462	217	142	135	29	1.1k
Huipeng Li China	22	428 0.9×	550 1.2×	412 1.9×	109 0.8×	244 1.8×	55	1.4k
Jangwook Lee South Korea	20	426 0.9×	388 0.8×	386 1.8×	117 0.8×	95 0.7×	49	1.2k
Chung‐Sung Lee South Korea	21	428 0.9×	735 1.6×	405 1.9×	126 0.9×	192 1.4×	40	1.3k
Kun Liang China	20	377 0.8×	581 1.3×	367 1.7×	53 0.4×	129 1.0×	48	1.3k
Abuzer Alp Yetisgin Türkiye	6	336 0.7×	350 0.8×	215 1.0×	48 0.3×	175 1.3×	13	965
Prabhanjan Giram India	22	605 1.3×	416 0.9×	175 0.8×	69 0.5×	118 0.9×	48	1.3k
Jian-Qing Gao China	16	358 0.8×	264 0.6×	315 1.5×	57 0.4×	115 0.9×	38	992
Annalisa Bianchera Italy	16	362 0.8×	361 0.8×	206 0.9×	57 0.4×	57 0.4×	49	1.0k
Muthunarayanan Muthiah South Korea	19	605 1.3×	423 0.9×	270 1.2×	53 0.4×	161 1.2×	27	1.1k
Hongli Chen China	20	403 0.9×	566 1.2×	300 1.4×	132 0.9×	186 1.4×	64	1.1k

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Allen, Donald O., et al.. (2025). Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy: mechanisms, applications, and future perspectives in cancer research. PubMed. 8(1). 68–85. 2 indexed citations

Silva, Pushpamali De, Mohammad A. Saad, Zhiming Mai, et al.. (2025). Photodynamic priming with red light triggers adaptive immune responses in a pancreatic cancer mouse model. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 265. 113126–113126. 1 indexed citations

Saad, Mohammad A., et al.. (2025). PEDAGOGICAL CHALLENGES IN RURAL ESL MULTIGRADE CLASSROOMS IN MALAYSIA: TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES TEACHING ACROSS GRADES. Quantum Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities. 6(4). 79–91.

Saad, Mohammad A., et al.. (2024). Enabling multi-modal imaging and photoimmunotherapy of oral cancer spheroids through an EGFR-targeted antibody conjugate. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy. 46. 104176–104176. 1 indexed citations

Saad, Mohammad A., et al.. (2024). Methods for assessing and removing non‐specific photoimmunotherapy damage in patient‐derived tumor cell culture models. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 101(1). 4–20. 1 indexed citations

Saad, Mohammad A., et al.. (2023). Dual-Function Antibody Conjugate-Enabled Photoimmunotherapy Complements Fluorescence and Photoacoustic Imaging of Head and Neck Cancer Spheroids. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 35(1). 51–63. 4 indexed citations

Shimizu, K., Fatma Turna Demir, Mohammad A. Saad, et al.. (2023). Photodynamic augmentation of oncolytic virus therapy for central nervous system malignancies. Cancer Letters. 572. 216363–216363. 13 indexed citations

Saad, Mohammad A., et al.. (2023). Optimizing Axial and Peripheral Substitutions in Si-Centered Naphthalocyanine Dyes for Enhancing Aqueous Solubility and Photoacoustic Signal Intensity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2241–2241. 5 indexed citations

Saad, Mohammad A., et al.. (2022). A fluorescent photoimmunoconjugate for imaging of cholesteatoma. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 19905–19905. 1 indexed citations

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Saad, Mohammad A., et al.. (2022). Hyaluronic acid-poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles with a ruthenium photosensitizer cargo for photokilling of oral cancer cells. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 436. 114349–114349. 11 indexed citations

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Saad, Mohammad A. & Tayyaba Hasan. (2022). Spotlight on Photoactivatable Liposomes beyond Drug Delivery: An Enabler of Multitargeting of Molecular Pathways. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 33(11). 2041–2064. 15 indexed citations

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Saad, Mohammad A., Bakthisaran Raman, T. Ramakrishna, & Ch. Mohan Rao. (2021). Nucleosomal association and altered interactome underlie the mechanism of cataract caused by the R54C mutation of αA-crystallin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1865(5). 129846–129846. 4 indexed citations

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Silva, Pushpamali De, et al.. (2020). Abstract A17: Enhanced immune infiltration and antitumor immune reactivity in response to optical priming in pancreatic cancer. Cancer Immunology Research. 8(3_Supplement). A17–A17. 3 indexed citations

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Nath, Shubhankar, et al.. (2019). Photoimmunotherapy of Ovarian Cancer: A Unique Niche in the Management of Advanced Disease. Cancers. 11(12). 1887–1887. 32 indexed citations

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Saad, Mohammad A., Chintalagiri Mohan Rao, & Shabbir Ahmad. (2018). Nanoparticle-Protein Interaction: The Significance and Role of Protein Corona. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1048. 175–198. 88 indexed citations

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Saad, Mohammad A., et al.. (2017). Chitosan as biomaterial in drug delivery and tissue engineering. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 110. 97–109. 528 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kumari, Sonali, Mohammad A. Saad, Jerald Mahesh Kumar, Anand K. Kondapi, & Nalam Madhusudhana Rao. (2017). Overcoming blood brain barrier with a dual purpose Temozolomide loaded Lactoferrin nanoparticles for combating glioma (SERP-17-12433). Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6602–6602. 131 indexed citations

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Saad, Mohammad A. & Chintalagiri Mohan Rao. (2017). The role of surface charge in the desolvation process of gelatin: implications in nanoparticle synthesis and modulation of drug release. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Volume 12. 795–808. 74 indexed citations

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Saad, Mohammad A. & Ch. Mohan Rao. (2017). Condition responsive nanoparticles for managing infection and inflammation in keratitis. Nanoscale. 9(28). 9946–9959. 30 indexed citations

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Saad, Mohammad A. & Ch. Mohan Rao. (2016). Structural studies on aqueous gelatin solutions: Implications in designing a thermo-responsive nanoparticulate formulation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 95. 1126–1134. 14 indexed citations

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