Rana Dajani

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
115 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Rana Dajani is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Psychology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rana Dajani has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Clinical Psychology and 18 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Rana Dajani's work include Migration, Health and Trauma (19 papers), Resilience and Mental Health (11 papers) and Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (9 papers). Rana Dajani is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Health and Trauma (19 papers), Resilience and Mental Health (11 papers) and Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (9 papers). Rana Dajani collaborates with scholars based in Jordan, United States and United Kingdom. Rana Dajani's co-authors include Laurence H. Pearl, S. Mark Roe, Elizabeth Fraser, Neville Young, Trevor Dale, Catherine Panter‐Brick, Valerie M. Good, Kristin Hadfield, Laurent Meijer and Marie Knockaert and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Rana Dajani

104 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

GSK-3-Selective Inhibitors Derived from Tyrian Purple Indirubins

2003 672 citations Rana Dajani et al. profile →
Crystal Structure of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β

2001 558 citations Rana Dajani et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rana Dajani Jordan	22	1.9k	409	342	232	217	115	3.2k
Nathalie Tremblay Canada	23	813 0.4×	166 0.4×	185 0.5×	170 0.7×	167 0.8×	37	2.4k
W. Patrick Sullivan United States	35	3.4k 1.8×	489 1.2×	876 2.6×	394 1.7×	196 0.9×	88	5.1k
Lina H. K. Lim Singapore	37	2.4k 1.3×	474 1.2×	162 0.5×	129 0.6×	829 3.8×	86	4.9k
Yasuyuki Ohta Japan	38	1.7k 0.9×	414 1.0×	157 0.5×	225 1.0×	249 1.1×	343	6.7k
Michael D. Davis United States	31	2.3k 1.2×	115 0.3×	174 0.5×	518 2.2×	186 0.9×	100	3.9k
Mark Reimers United States	31	2.2k 1.2×	212 0.5×	441 1.3×	131 0.6×	748 3.4×	52	4.4k
Graham Jamieson United States	40	1.8k 0.9×	302 0.7×	327 1.0×	365 1.6×	239 1.1×	132	5.8k
Keiko Takahashi Japan	34	1.5k 0.8×	251 0.6×	209 0.6×	263 1.1×	313 1.4×	168	4.1k
E. Mulder Netherlands	28	1.8k 0.9×	476 1.2×	1.4k 4.0×	166 0.7×	271 1.2×	123	4.4k
Linda L. Johnson United States	32	914 0.5×	192 0.5×	268 0.8×	60 0.3×	546 2.5×	72	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Rana Dajani

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rana Dajani

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All Works

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Panter‐Brick, Catherine, et al.. (2025). Mapping the perceived impacts of a social innovation program on women’s agency and life satisfaction. Frontiers in Sociology. 10. 1527841–1527841.

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Lisi, Matteo, et al.. (2025). Effects of Early Adversity and War Trauma on Learning Under Uncertainty. Developmental Science. 28(5). e70049–e70049.

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Mulligan, Connie J., et al.. (2025). Epigenetic signatures of intergenerational exposure to violence in three generations of Syrian refugees. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 5945–5945. 8 indexed citations

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Dajani, Rana, et al.. (2024). Neocolonialism and science diplomacy: lessons learned from the field and the way forward. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1472421–1472421. 2 indexed citations

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Dajani, Rana, et al.. (2024). Self-compassion and association with distress, depression, and anxiety among displaced Syrians: A population-based study. PLoS ONE. 19(9). e0309051–e0309051. 1 indexed citations

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Shaheen, Amira, et al.. (2024). The war on the Gaza Strip and its consequences on global warming. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 5 indexed citations

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Merrill, Sarah M., et al.. (2024). Molecular insights into trauma: A framework of epigenetic pathways to resilience through intervention. Med. 6(2). 100560–100560. 2 indexed citations

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Lisi, Matteo, et al.. (2023). Facial emotion recognition in refugee children with a history of war trauma.. Emotion. 24(2). 479–494. 5 indexed citations

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Dajani, Rana, et al.. (2023). Attitudes toward dementia and cognitive aging among Syrian refugees resettled in Jordan: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 2307–2307. 4 indexed citations

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Dajani, Rana, Laurie Zoloth, Mohammed Ghaly, et al.. (2022). Diversifying stem cell debates: Including Muslim contexts and perspectives. Stem Cell Reports. 17(5). 1019–1022. 4 indexed citations

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Hastings, Paul D., et al.. (2021). Adrenocortical and psychosocial responses of families in Jordan to the COVID-19 pandemic. Child Development. 92(5). e798–e816. 17 indexed citations

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Al‐Balas, Qosay, Rana Dajani, & Wael K. Al‐Delaimy. (2020). The Ethics of Gene Editing from an Islamic Perspective: A Focus on the Recent Gene Editing of the Chinese Twins. Science and Engineering Ethics. 26(3). 1851–1860. 7 indexed citations

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Dajani, Rana, et al.. (2020). Stem Cell Statute in Jordan: Leading the Way. Frontiers in Genetics. 11. 657–657. 5 indexed citations

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Dajani, Rana, et al.. (2018). Genetics of risk and trauma exposure in Syrian refugee youth.

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Mulligan, Connie J., et al.. (2017). Genetics of risk and resilience in Syrian refugee youth. 2 indexed citations

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Dajani, Rana, Jin Li, Zhi Wei, et al.. (2017). Genome-wide association study identifies novel type II diabetes risk loci in Jordan subpopulations. PeerJ. 5. e3618–e3618. 11 indexed citations

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Panter‐Brick, Catherine, Kristin Hadfield, Rana Dajani, et al.. (2017). Resilience in Context: A Brief and Culturally Grounded Measure for Syrian Refugee and Jordanian Host-Community Adolescents. Child Development. 89(5). 1803–1820. 116 indexed citations

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Dajani, Rana, Kristin Hadfield, Stan Van Uum, Michael Greff, & Catherine Panter‐Brick. (2017). Hair cortisol concentrations in war-affected adolescents: A prospective intervention trial. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 89. 138–146. 79 indexed citations

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Dajani, Rana, et al.. (2013). Prevalence of MTHFR C677T Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Genetically Isolated Populations in Jordan. Biochemical Genetics. 51(9-10). 780–788. 8 indexed citations

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Dajani, Rana. (2003). Structural basis for recruitment of glycogen synthase kinase 3beta to the axin-APC scaffold complex. The EMBO Journal. 22(3). 494–501. 262 indexed citations

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