Qudsia Yousafi

612 total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 425 citations indexed

About

Qudsia Yousafi is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Qudsia Yousafi has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 425 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Plant Science, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Qudsia Yousafi's work include Computational Drug Discovery Methods (9 papers), Agricultural pest management studies (6 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 papers). Qudsia Yousafi is often cited by papers focused on Computational Drug Discovery Methods (9 papers), Agricultural pest management studies (6 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 papers). Qudsia Yousafi collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, China and Saudi Arabia. Qudsia Yousafi's co-authors include Muhammad Saad Khan, Shabana Bibi, Mohammad Mehedi Hasan, Hitesh Chopra, Talha Bin Emran, Inderbir Singh, Simona Cavalu, Fahadul Islam, Md. Mominur Rahman and Atif Amin Baig and has published in prestigious journals such as Molecules, BioMed Research International and Current Pharmaceutical Design.

In The Last Decade

Qudsia Yousafi

34 papers receiving 412 citations

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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.

Green Metallic Nanoparticles: Biosynthesis to Applications

2022 167 citations Hitesh Chopra, Shabana Bibi et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qudsia Yousafi Pakistan	9	129	120	88	54	54	36	425
Bushra Hafeez Kiani Saudi Arabia	11	61 0.5×	151 1.3×	93 1.1×	20 0.4×	33 0.6×	46	372
Abdulaziz S. Alothaim Saudi Arabia	10	60 0.5×	163 1.4×	32 0.4×	46 0.9×	50 0.9×	33	428
Manasa Kumar Panda India	11	46 0.4×	96 0.8×	79 0.9×	17 0.3×	42 0.8×	14	336
Fazia Adyani Ahmad Fuad Malaysia	6	42 0.3×	162 1.4×	140 1.6×	31 0.6×	51 0.9×	14	436
S. Sathianarayanan India	10	32 0.2×	127 1.1×	72 0.8×	39 0.7×	34 0.6×	37	500
Saskya E. Carrera-Pacheco Ecuador	11	69 0.5×	193 1.6×	36 0.4×	15 0.3×	55 1.0×	22	452
Noura Al‐Dayan Saudi Arabia	10	76 0.6×	90 0.8×	60 0.7×	11 0.2×	40 0.7×	38	339
René B. Khan South Africa	13	37 0.3×	216 1.8×	75 0.9×	52 1.0×	32 0.6×	43	467
Yasemin Budama‐Kilinc Türkiye	12	40 0.3×	96 0.8×	35 0.4×	23 0.4×	43 0.8×	48	382
Amit Kumar Srivastav India	13	48 0.4×	66 0.6×	52 0.6×	11 0.2×	53 1.0×	32	344

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Shereen, Muhammad Adnan, Sadia Mehmood Satti, Asim Abbasi, et al.. (2025). Investigating the Polystyrene (PS) Biodegradation Potential of Phanerochaete chrysosporium Strain NA3: A Newly Isolated Soil Fungus. Life. 15(6). 869–869.

Aljarba, Nada H., et al.. (2024). Elucidating gastric cancer mechanisms and therapeutic potential of Adociaquinone A targeting EGFR: A genomic analysis and Computer Aided Drug Design (CADD) approach. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 28(20). e70133–e70133. 1 indexed citations

Biswas, Partha, Shabana Bibi, Qudsia Yousafi, et al.. (2023). Study of MDM2 as Prognostic Biomarker in Brain-LGG Cancer and Bioactive Phytochemicals Inhibit the p53-MDM2 Pathway: A Computational Drug Development Approach. Molecules. 28(7). 2977–2977. 14 indexed citations

Dracatos, Peter M., et al.. (2023). Genetic Variability and Population Structure of Pakistani Potato Genotypes Using Retrotransposon-Based Markers. Agriculture. 13(1). 185–185. 2 indexed citations

Yousafi, Qudsia, et al.. (2023). Pharmacotherapeutic Potential of Natural Products to Target the SARS-CoV-2 PLpro Using Molecular Screening and Simulation Approaches. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 195(11). 6959–6978. 14 indexed citations

Shahzad, Saleem, Shabana Bibi, Qudsia Yousafi, et al.. (2022). Identification of Effective and Nonpromiscuous Antidiabetic Drug Molecules from Penicillium Species. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2022. 1–15. 4 indexed citations

Yousafi, Qudsia, Shabana Bibi, Saleem Shahzad, et al.. (2022). Identification of Novel and Safe Fungicidal Molecules against Fusarium oxysporum from Plant Essential Oils: In Vitro and Computational Approaches. BioMed Research International. 2022(1). 5347224–5347224. 5 indexed citations

Suleman, Muhammad, Qudsia Yousafi, Zahid Rasul Niazi, et al.. (2022). Investigation of the binding and dynamic features of A.30 variant revealed higher binding of RBD for hACE2 and escapes the neutralizing antibody: A molecular simulation approach. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 146. 105574–105574. 4 indexed citations

Khan, Abbas, Anwar Mohammad, Inamul Haq, et al.. (2021). Structural-Dynamics and Binding Analysis of RBD from SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern (VOCs) and GRP78 Receptor Revealed Basis for Higher Infectivity. Microorganisms. 9(11). 2331–2331. 6 indexed citations

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Suleman, Muhammad, Qudsia Yousafi, Syed Shujait Ali, et al.. (2021). Bioinformatics analysis of the differences in the binding profile of the wild-type and mutants of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variants with the ACE2 receptor. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 138. 104936–104936. 36 indexed citations

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Yousafi, Qudsia, et al.. (2021). In silico annotation of unreviewed acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in some lepidopteran insect pest species reveals the causes of insecticide resistance. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 28(4). 2197–2209. 8 indexed citations

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Yousafi, Qudsia, et al.. (2021). Subtractive Proteomics and Immuno-informatics Approaches for Multi-peptide Vaccine Prediction Against Klebsiella oxytoca and Validation Through In Silico Expression. International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics. 27(4). 2685–2701. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Sitong, Lichun Wang, Wei Wei, et al.. (2020). Sumoylation as an Emerging Target in Therapeutics against Cancer. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 26(37). 4764–4776. 13 indexed citations

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Yousafi, Qudsia, et al.. (2019). In silico comparative proteomic analysis of enzymes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis in castor bean ( Ricinus communis ) and soybean ( Glycine max ). DergiPark (Istanbul University). 1 indexed citations

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Yousafi, Qudsia, Hamid Rashid, Qurban Ali, et al.. (2019). Insecticide resistance management strategy for Aedes aegypti L. and Anopheles gambiae G. through prediction of potential chorion peroxidase inhibitors using computer aided drug designing approach (CAAD).. The Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 56(3). 675–686. 2 indexed citations

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Yousafi, Qudsia, et al.. (2019). In silico structural and functional characterization and phylogenetic study of alkaline phosphatase in bacterium, Rhizobium leguminosarum (Frank 1879). Computational Biology and Chemistry. 83. 107142–107142. 4 indexed citations

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Yousafi, Qudsia, Muhammad Saad Khan, Saleem Shahzad, et al.. (2019). Interaction of human dynein light chain 1 (DYNLL1) with enterochelin esterase (Salmonella typhimurium) and protective antigen (Bacillus anthraci) might be the potential cause of human infection. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 27(5). 1396–1402. 3 indexed citations

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Karim, Sajjad, Imran Malik, Ahmad Zaheer, et al.. (2019). Molecular analysis of V617F mutation in Janus kinase 2 gene of breast cancer patients. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 26(6). 1123–1128. 4 indexed citations

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Yousafi, Qudsia, Muhammad Afzal, & Muhammad Aslam. (2015). Management of brinjal shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee, with selected insecticides.. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 47(5). 1413–1420. 2 indexed citations

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Yousafi, Qudsia, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Razaq, & Muhammad Shahid. (2013). Screening of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) varieties sown in autumn for resistance to cotton jassid, Amrasca bigutulla bigutulla (Ishida).. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 45(4). 897–902. 11 indexed citations

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