Muhammad Nafees

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Muhammad Nafees is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Nafees has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Oncology, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Nafees's work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (12 papers), Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications (4 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (3 papers). Muhammad Nafees is often cited by papers focused on Metal complexes synthesis and properties (12 papers), Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications (4 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (3 papers). Muhammad Nafees collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and New Zealand. Muhammad Nafees's co-authors include Zijian Guo, S. Jin, Xiaohui Wang, Xiaoyong Wang, Amir Waseem, Chengcheng Zhu, Sadia Nasreen, Kun Wang, Zhenqin Zhang and Yan Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Nafees

34 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Stimuli-Responsive Therapeutic Metallodrugs

2018 555 citations Xiaohui Wang, S. Jin et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
Metal-based anticancer chemotherapeutic agents

2014 425 citations Muhammad Nafees, Zijian Guo Current Opinion in Chemical Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Muhammad Nafees China	16	972	733	504	451	385	36	1.9k
Jie Tang China	33	467 0.5×	1.5k 2.1×	838 1.7×	691 1.5×	964 2.5×	116	3.4k
Ahmed M. Mansour Egypt	27	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.6×	671 1.3×	331 0.7×	128 0.3×	130	2.4k
Celine J. Marmion Ireland	22	1.1k 1.2×	960 1.3×	546 1.1×	297 0.7×	103 0.3×	42	1.8k
Stephen F. Ralph Australia	29	692 0.7×	579 0.8×	619 1.2×	439 1.0×	398 1.0×	81	2.3k
Tarita Biver Italy	31	926 1.0×	971 1.3×	1.1k 2.2×	506 1.1×	154 0.4×	119	2.4k
Nicola Margiotta Italy	29	1.2k 1.2×	831 1.1×	432 0.9×	433 1.0×	535 1.4×	97	2.3k
S. Jin China	18	575 0.6×	395 0.5×	432 0.9×	435 1.0×	452 1.2×	44	1.5k
Jinxu Qi China	23	627 0.6×	437 0.6×	598 1.2×	328 0.7×	242 0.6×	45	1.4k
Md Abdus Subhan Bangladesh	31	385 0.4×	289 0.4×	724 1.4×	1.0k 2.2×	598 1.6×	90	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Muhammad Nafees

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Nafees, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Harnessing metal complexes to target tumour bioenergetics and metabolic vulnerabilities. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(13). 4151–4177. 2 indexed citations

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Nafees, Muhammad, Muhammad Hanif, & Piaoping Yang. (2025). Metallodrugs: From mere cytotoxic agents to immune modulators and checkpoint inhibitors. Chinese Chemical Letters. 37(4). 111013–111013. 1 indexed citations

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Nafees, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). The Impact of Flipped Classroom Pedagogy on Student Engagement and Academic Performance in Secondary Education. The critical review of social sciences studies. 3(2). 1904–1916.

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Nafees, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). A Dual Action Platinum(IV) Complex with Self‐assembly Property Inhibits Prostate Cancer through Mitochondrial Stress Pathway. ChemMedChem. 19(22). e202400289–e202400289. 3 indexed citations

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Hussain, Mazhar, Muhammad Rizwan, Rizwan Rasheed, et al.. (2024). Pervasive influence of heavy metals on metabolic pathways is potentially relieved by hesperidin to enhance the phytoremediation efficiency of Bassia scoparia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(23). 34526–34549. 3 indexed citations

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Nafees, Muhammad, Muhammad Hanif, & Piaoping Yang. (2023). Beyond cisplatin: New frontiers in metallodrugs for hard-to-treat triple negative breast cancer. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 499. 215507–215507. 33 indexed citations

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Nafees, Muhammad, et al.. (2021). Feasibility and analysis of MMC-based UHVDC for a case study of Pakistan. 7. 1–7. 2 indexed citations

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Nafees, Muhammad, et al.. (2021). Redirecting Cisplatin and Doxorubicin to Mitochondria Affords Highly Effective Platinum^IV Prodrug Against Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 16(16). 2276–2279. 7 indexed citations

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Jin, S., Muhammad Nafees, Yuewen Sun, et al.. (2020). Multispecific Platinum(IV) Complex Deters Breast Cancer via Interposing Inflammation and Immunosuppression as an Inhibitor of COX‐2 and PD‐L1. Angewandte Chemie. 132(51). 23513–23521. 21 indexed citations

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Jin, S., Muhammad Nafees, Yuewen Sun, et al.. (2020). Multispecific Platinum(IV) Complex Deters Breast Cancer via Interposing Inflammation and Immunosuppression as an Inhibitor of COX‐2 and PD‐L1. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(51). 23313–23321. 124 indexed citations

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Wang, Kun, Chengcheng Zhu, Yafeng He, et al.. (2019). Restraining Cancer Cells by Dual Metabolic Inhibition with a Mitochondrion‐Targeted Platinum(II) Complex. Angewandte Chemie. 131(14). 4686–4691. 24 indexed citations

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Wang, Kun, Chengcheng Zhu, Yafeng He, et al.. (2019). Restraining Cancer Cells by Dual Metabolic Inhibition with a Mitochondrion‐Targeted Platinum(II) Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(14). 4638–4643. 147 indexed citations

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Nasreen, Sadia, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of heterogeneous catalyst for the production of biodiesel from soybean oil. Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences. 10. 609–618. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaohui, et al.. (2018). Stimuli-Responsive Therapeutic Metallodrugs. Chemical Reviews. 119(2). 1138–1192. 555 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ma, Lin, et al.. (2017). Suppression of cancer stemness by upregulating Ligand-of-Numb protein X1 in colorectal carcinoma. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0188665–e0188665. 10 indexed citations

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Nasreen, Sadia, et al.. (2017). Comparison and effect of Cinder supported with Manganese and Lanthanum oxide for biodiesel production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 42(29). 18389–18396. 9 indexed citations

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Nafees, Muhammad, et al.. (2015). EVALUATION OF MARBLE SLURRY WASTE FOR PREPARATION OF COMMERCIAL GRADE CEMENT. 34(1). 9 indexed citations

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Nafees, Muhammad & Zijian Guo. (2014). Metal-based anticancer chemotherapeutic agents. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 19. 144–153. 425 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nafees, Muhammad, Amir Waseem, & Abdur Rehman Khan. (2013). Comparative Study of Laterite and Bentonite Based Organoclays: Implications of Hydrophobic Compounds Remediation from Aqueous Solutions. The Scientific World JOURNAL. 2013(1). 681769–681769. 15 indexed citations

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Nafees, Muhammad, et al.. (2012). Attitudes and Opinions of Teachers towards Corporal Punishment. International Journal of Learning and Development. 2(5). 155–155. 1 indexed citations

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