Nadiah Zafar

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 909 citations indexed

About

Nadiah Zafar is a scholar working on Pharmaceutical Science, Molecular Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nadiah Zafar has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 909 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Pharmaceutical Science, 11 papers in Molecular Medicine and 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nadiah Zafar's work include Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (18 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (11 papers) and Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery (8 papers). Nadiah Zafar is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (18 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (11 papers) and Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery (8 papers). Nadiah Zafar collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, France and Malaysia. Nadiah Zafar's co-authors include Abdelhamid Elaı̈ssari, Hatem Fessi, Muhammad Iqbal, Rai Muhammad Sarfraz, Asif Mahmood, Hatem Fessi, Hira Ijaz, Waisudin Badri, Sergio Arturo Galindo-Rodríguez and Muhammad Zaman and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Materials Science and Engineering C and Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery.

In The Last Decade

Nadiah Zafar

25 papers receiving 889 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Double emulsion solvent evaporation techniques used for drug encapsulation

2015 421 citations Muhammad Iqbal, Nadiah Zafar et al. International Journal of Pharmaceutics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nadiah Zafar Pakistan	12	346	277	251	142	140	25	909
Lăcrămioara Ochiuz Romania	16	242 0.7×	315 1.1×	171 0.7×	170 1.2×	167 1.2×	78	934
Witold Musiał Poland	14	285 0.8×	226 0.8×	143 0.6×	164 1.2×	171 1.2×	103	945
M. Sabitha India	18	523 1.5×	372 1.3×	238 0.9×	198 1.4×	145 1.0×	33	1.3k
Venkata Srikanth Meka Malaysia	13	301 0.9×	195 0.7×	138 0.5×	127 0.9×	117 0.8×	28	874
Giulia Auriemma Italy	19	238 0.7×	214 0.8×	250 1.0×	115 0.8×	181 1.3×	39	1.1k
D. V. Gowda India	18	431 1.2×	317 1.1×	215 0.9×	187 1.3×	104 0.7×	86	1.1k
Thais Alves Brazil	17	238 0.7×	232 0.8×	175 0.7×	123 0.9×	160 1.1×	46	940
Yasser Shahzad Pakistan	23	617 1.8×	317 1.1×	187 0.7×	175 1.2×	222 1.6×	73	1.4k
Annalisa Dalmoro Italy	17	325 0.9×	276 1.0×	206 0.8×	225 1.6×	88 0.6×	43	964
Somayeh Taymouri Iran	20	387 1.1×	341 1.2×	182 0.7×	247 1.7×	90 0.6×	59	1.1k

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Mahmood, Asif, Rai Muhammad Sarfraz, Nadiah Zafar, et al.. (2023). Development of Tofacitinib Loaded pH-Responsive Chitosan/Mucin Based Hydrogel Microparticles: In-Vitro Characterization and Toxicological Screening. Gels. 9(3). 187–187. 16 indexed citations

Zafar, Nadiah, Asif Mahmood, Hira Ijaz, et al.. (2023). Novel Natrosol/Pectin-co-poly (acrylate) based pH-responsive polymeric carrier system for controlled delivery of Tapentadol Hydrochloride. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal. 31(8). 101671–101671. 10 indexed citations

Noor, Fatima, Asif Mahmood, Nadiah Zafar, et al.. (2023). Fabrication of pH-responsive hydrogels of perindopril erbumine using black seed extract and β-cyclodextrin co-polymerized with methacrylic acid and methylene bisacrylamide. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 88. 104924–104924. 4 indexed citations

Zafar, Nadiah, et al.. (2023). Fast dissolving microneedle patch for pronounced systemic delivery of an antihyperlipidemic drug. Pharmaceutical Development and Technology. 28(9). 896–906. 11 indexed citations

Sarfraz, Rai Muhammad, Muhammad Zaman, Nadiah Zafar, et al.. (2022). Orally Administered, Biodegradable and Biocompatible Hydroxypropyl–β–Cyclodextrin Grafted Poly(methacrylic acid) Hydrogel for pH Sensitive Sustained Anticancer Drug Delivery. Gels. 8(3). 190–190. 33 indexed citations

Zafar, Nadiah, et al.. (2022). TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC POLYMER BASED DISSOLVABLE MICRONEEDLE PATCHES HAVING VARIABLE RELEASE PROFILES. Cellulose Chemistry and Technology. 56(7-8). 777–786. 6 indexed citations

Mahmood, Asif, et al.. (2022). Novel Black Seed Polysaccharide Extract-g-Poly (Acrylate) pH-Responsive Hydrogel Nanocomposites for Safe Oral Insulin Delivery: Development, In Vitro, In Vivo and Toxicological Evaluation. Pharmaceutics. 15(1). 62–62. 10 indexed citations

Mahmood, Asif, Muhammad Zaman, Muhammad Farooq, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of Renessans (Iodine Complex Molecule) Safety in Human Beings: An Open-Labeled Clinical Study. Dose-Response. 20(4). 3794530017–3794530017. 1 indexed citations

Zafar, Nadiah, et al.. (2022). Simvastatin Loaded Dissolvable Microneedle Patches with Improved Pharmacokinetic Performance. Micromachines. 13(8). 1304–1304. 27 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Ayesha, et al.. (2022). Hydrogel-based intelligent delivery system for controlled release of diloxanide furoate. Polymer Bulletin. 80(8). 8283–8319. 11 indexed citations

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Zafar, Nadiah, Muhammad Akhlaq, Asif Mahmood, et al.. (2022). Facile synthesis and in vitro evaluation of semi-interpenetrating polymeric network. Polymer Bulletin. 80(2). 2069–2097. 2 indexed citations

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Sarfraz, Rai Muhammad, et al.. (2021). Chitosan/Agarose‐g‐poly (methacrylate) pH responsive polymeric blend: A dais for controlled delivery of Capecitabine. Polymers for Advanced Technologies. 32(9). 3782–3794. 22 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Asif, et al.. (2021). Formulation and evaluation of interpenetrating polymeric network for controlled drug delivery. Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy. 47(6). 931–946. 10 indexed citations

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Zafar, Nadiah, et al.. (2020). Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose-Based Hydrogel Copolymeric for Controlled Delivery of Galantamine Hydrobromide in Dementia. Processes. 8(11). 1350–1350. 46 indexed citations

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Zafar, Nadiah, Sophie Robin, Céline Viennet, et al.. (2017). Sponge like microparticles for drug delivery and cosmeto-textile use: Formulation and human skin penetration. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 532(1). 623–634. 9 indexed citations

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Zafar, Nadiah, et al.. (2016). Plant extracts: from encapsulation to application. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 13(8). 1165–1175. 97 indexed citations

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Zafar, Nadiah, G. Agusti, Hatem Fessi, & Abdelhamid Elaı̈ssari. (2016). Elaboration of sponge-like biodegradable cationic particles via double-emulsion solvent evaporation. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology. 38(4). 577–583. 4 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Muhammad, Nadiah Zafar, Hatem Fessi, & Abdelhamid Elaı̈ssari. (2015). Double emulsion solvent evaporation techniques used for drug encapsulation. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 496(2). 173–190. 421 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zafar, Nadiah, et al.. (2015). Elaboration of ammonio methacrylate copolymer based spongy cationic particles via double emulsion solvent evaporation process. Materials Science and Engineering C. 61. 85–96. 10 indexed citations

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Bitar, Ahmad, Nadiah Zafar, G. Agusti, et al.. (2015). Elaboration of sponge-like particles for textile functionalization and skin penetration. Colloid & Polymer Science. 293(10). 2967–2977. 12 indexed citations

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