Rami Najjar

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 751 citations indexed

About

Rami Najjar is a scholar working on Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rami Najjar has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 751 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Biochemistry, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Rami Najjar's work include Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (9 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (6 papers) and Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (5 papers). Rami Najjar is often cited by papers focused on Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (9 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (6 papers) and Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (5 papers). Rami Najjar collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Rami Najjar's co-authors include Rafaela G. Feresin, Carolyn E. Moore, Matthew J. Rardin, Marc K. Hellerstein, Yuya Nishida, Eric Verdin, Alexandria K. Sahu, Philipp Gut, Mark Fitch and Chris Carrico and has published in prestigious journals such as Molecular Cell, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Nutrients.

In The Last Decade

Rami Najjar

28 papers receiving 742 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.

  1. SIRT5 Regulates both Cytosolic and Mitochondrial Protein Malonylation with Glycolysis as a Major Target
    2015 358 citations Yuya Nishida, Matthew J. Rardin et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rami Najjar United States 12 258 250 239 151 98 31 751
Orsolya M Palacios United States 14 286 1.1× 337 1.3× 455 1.9× 185 1.2× 186 1.9× 24 1.0k
Francesca Pacifici Italy 16 235 0.9× 50 0.2× 166 0.7× 101 0.7× 42 0.4× 42 631
Alanna Fernandes Paraíso Brazil 13 211 0.8× 204 0.8× 324 1.4× 308 2.0× 24 0.2× 34 831
Rosa Ras Spain 10 213 0.8× 180 0.7× 136 0.6× 100 0.7× 11 0.1× 16 601
Tian An China 18 397 1.5× 21 0.1× 125 0.5× 72 0.5× 83 0.8× 46 765
Wei-Juan Liu China 8 167 0.6× 77 0.3× 92 0.4× 40 0.3× 184 1.9× 9 525
Raju Khatri United States 7 570 2.2× 21 0.1× 90 0.4× 57 0.4× 38 0.4× 10 879
Marta Santoro Italy 19 317 1.2× 23 0.1× 58 0.2× 94 0.6× 196 2.0× 34 918
Irene Alfaras United States 16 300 1.2× 235 0.9× 241 1.0× 74 0.5× 26 0.3× 22 797
Néziha Ghanem‐Boughanmi Tunisia 11 117 0.5× 113 0.5× 100 0.4× 48 0.3× 10 0.1× 19 429

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rami Najjar

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All Works

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Najjar, Rami, Yanling Wang, Vu L. Ngo, et al.. (2025). Prevention and Reversal of Hypertension‐Induced Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction by a Plant‐Based Diet. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(22). e045515–e045515.
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Najjar, Rami, Ranjan K. Roy, Javier E. Stern, & Rafaela G. Feresin. (2023). Raspberry polyphenols target molecular pathways of heart failure. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 124. 109535–109535. 6 indexed citations
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Najjar, Rami, Ranjan Roy, Javier E. Stern, & Rafaela G. Feresin. (2023). Raspberry polyphenols attenuate heart failure by modulating underlying molecular drivers of disease. Physiology. 38(S1). 1 indexed citations
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Najjar, Rami. (2023). The Impacts of Animal-Based Diets in Cardiovascular Disease Development: A Cellular and Physiological Overview. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 10(7). 282–282. 5 indexed citations
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Najjar, Rami. (2023). Comment on Dyńka et al. The Ketogenic Diet and Cardiovascular Diseases. Nutrients 2023, 15, 3368. Nutrients. 15(20). 4311–4311. 1 indexed citations
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Althammer, Ferdinand, Ranjan K. Roy, Arthur Lefèvre, et al.. (2022). Altered PVN‐to‐CA2 hippocampal oxytocin pathway and reduced number of oxytocin‐receptor expressing astrocytes in heart failure rats. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 34(7). e13166–e13166. 13 indexed citations
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Najjar, Rami, et al.. (2022). Raspberry and blackberry act in a synergistic manner to improve cardiac redox proteins and reduce NF-κB and SAPK/JNK in mice fed a high-fat, high-sucrose diet. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 32(7). 1784–1796. 11 indexed citations
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Canup, Brandon S.B., et al.. (2021). Characterization and Uptake of Strawberry-Derived Exosome-Like Nanovesicles by Human Aortic Endothelial Cells. Current Developments in Nutrition. 5. 310–310. 2 indexed citations
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Najjar, Rami, Neda Akhavan, Shirin Pourafshar, Bahram H. Arjmandi, & Rafaela G. Feresin. (2020). Cornus officinalis var. koreana Kitam polyphenol extract decreases pro-inflammatory markers in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced RAW 264.7 macrophages by reducing Akt phosphorylation. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 270. 113734–113734. 12 indexed citations
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Najjar, Rami, et al.. (2020). Raspberry Polyphenol Extract Decreases NF-kB and IL-6 Expression in Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-Induced RAW 264.7 Macrophages. Current Developments in Nutrition. 4. nzaa045_055–nzaa045_055. 2 indexed citations
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Najjar, Rami & Rafaela G. Feresin. (2019). Plant-Based Diets in the Reduction of Body Fat: Physiological Effects and Biochemical Insights. Nutrients. 11(11). 2712–2712. 72 indexed citations
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Najjar, Rami, et al.. (2019). A defined, plant-based diet as a potential therapeutic approach in the treatment of heart failure: A clinical case series. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 45. 211–214. 14 indexed citations
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Fisher‐Wellman, Kelsey H., James A. Draper, Michael T. Davidson, et al.. (2019). Respiratory Phenomics across Multiple Models of Protein Hyperacylation in Cardiac Mitochondria Reveals a Marginal Impact on Bioenergetics. Cell Reports. 26(6). 1557–1572.e8. 43 indexed citations
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Feresin, Rafaela G., et al.. (2019). Blackberry and Raspberry Attenuate the Increase in Blood Pressure Elicited by Angiotensin II in Mice (P06-054-19). Current Developments in Nutrition. 3. nzz031.P06–54. 2 indexed citations
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Nishida, Yuya, Matthew J. Rardin, Chris Carrico, et al.. (2015). SIRT5 Regulates both Cytosolic and Mitochondrial Protein Malonylation with Glycolysis as a Major Target. Molecular Cell. 59(2). 321–332. 358 indexed citations breakdown →

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