Rola Saouaf

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Rola Saouaf is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Rola Saouaf has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 20 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 13 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Rola Saouaf's work include Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (12 papers), MRI in cancer diagnosis (9 papers) and Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (9 papers). Rola Saouaf is often cited by papers focused on Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (12 papers), MRI in cancer diagnosis (9 papers) and Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (9 papers). Rola Saouaf collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Rola Saouaf's co-authors include Aristidis Veves, Edward S. Horton, A. Enrique Caballero, Su Chi Lim, Frank W. LoGerfo, Subodh Arora, Paula Smakowski, George L. King, Peter Brecher and Hyung L. Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Rola Saouaf

55 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rola Saouaf United States	21	675	547	444	414	354	56	2.1k
Hisashi Masugata Japan	25	781 1.2×	213 0.4×	360 0.8×	276 0.7×	338 1.0×	120	1.8k
Teut Risler Germany	27	286 0.4×	541 1.0×	161 0.4×	316 0.8×	449 1.3×	72	2.6k
Nobuaki Kobayashi Japan	32	936 1.4×	661 1.2×	325 0.7×	472 1.1×	1.4k 4.0×	206	3.5k
Marcus Fischer Germany	25	944 1.4×	275 0.5×	207 0.5×	428 1.0×	504 1.4×	119	2.3k
Sanjeev Francis United States	22	962 1.4×	224 0.4×	471 1.1×	236 0.6×	473 1.3×	47	2.5k
Nicola Galea Italy	21	850 1.3×	227 0.4×	583 1.3×	286 0.7×	265 0.7×	103	1.6k
Matthias Frick Austria	24	728 1.1×	231 0.4×	176 0.4×	290 0.7×	495 1.4×	68	1.8k
Marcus Franz Germany	28	1.1k 1.7×	494 0.9×	140 0.3×	775 1.9×	606 1.7×	182	2.8k
Carine J. Peutz‐Kootstra Netherlands	27	154 0.2×	539 1.0×	201 0.5×	245 0.6×	465 1.3×	60	2.4k
Shota Nakamura Japan	22	769 1.1×	549 1.0×	286 0.6×	154 0.4×	450 1.3×	136	2.0k

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Saouaf, Rola, et al.. (2025). The Role of Ferumoxytol-Enhanced MR Venography in Transvenous Embolization of CSF-Venous Fistulas. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 46(11). 2406–2413. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Lixia, Timothy J. Daskivich, Hsu‐Lei Lee, et al.. (2025). Retrospectively Quantified T2 Improves Detection of Clinically Significant Peripheral Zone Prostate Cancer. Cancers. 17(3). 381–381. 1 indexed citations

Luu, Michael, et al.. (2024). Patient Perceptions of Standardized Risk Language Used in ACR Prostate MRI PI-RADS Scores. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 21(10). 1634–1642. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Haoran, Lixia Wang, Timothy J. Daskivich, et al.. (2023). Retrospective T2 quantification from conventional weighted MRI of the prostate based on deep learning. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 1223377–1223377. 2 indexed citations

Saouaf, Rola, et al.. (2022). Lymphoepithelioma-like hepatocellular carcinoma, case report of a rare indolent subtype of hepatic cancer. Journal of Clinical Images and Medical Case Reports. 3(10).

Noureddin, Mazen, Emily Truong, Jeffrey Gornbein, et al.. (2021). MRI-based (MAST) score accurately identifies patients with NASH and significant fibrosis. Journal of Hepatology. 76(4). 781–787. 117 indexed citations

Reichel, Derek, Manisha Tripathi, Pramod Butte, Rola Saouaf, & J. Manuel Perez. (2019). Tumor-Activatable Clinical Nanoprobe for Cancer Imaging. Nanotheranostics. 3(2). 196–211. 13 indexed citations

Li, Ping, Sungyong You, Christopher Nguyen, et al.. (2018). Genes involved in prostate cancer progression determine MRI visibility. Theranostics. 8(7). 1752–1765. 54 indexed citations

Miller, Joseph M., et al.. (2018). Radiologic Reporting and Interpretation of Occult Inguinal Hernia. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 227(5). 489–495. 12 indexed citations

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Sharif‐Afshar, Ali‐Reza, Christopher Nguyen, Tom Feng, et al.. (2016). Prospective Pilot Trial to Evaluate a High Resolution Diffusion-Weighted MRI in Prostate Cancer Patients. EBioMedicine. 7. 80–84. 5 indexed citations

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Feng, Tom, Ali‐Reza Sharif‐Afshar, Jonathan Wu, et al.. (2015). Multiparametric MRI Improves Accuracy of Clinical Nomograms for Predicting Extracapsular Extension of Prostate Cancer. Urology. 86(2). 332–337. 95 indexed citations

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Feng, Tom, Ali‐Reza Sharif‐Afshar, Steven C. Smith, et al.. (2014). Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging localizes established extracapsular extension of prostate cancer. Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations. 33(3). 109.e15–109.e22. 43 indexed citations

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Saouaf, Rola, et al.. (2010). Renal Hydatid Disease. Radiographics. 30(2). 334–337. 17 indexed citations

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Wolak, Arik, Heidi Gransar, Louise Thomson, et al.. (2008). Aortic Size Assessment by Noncontrast Cardiac Computed Tomography: Normal Limits by Age, Gender, and Body Surface Area. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 1(2). 200–209. 225 indexed citations

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Thomson, Louise, David S. Fieno, Aiden Abidov, et al.. (2007). Added Value of Rest to Stress Study for Recognition of Artifacts in Perfusion Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 9(5). 733–740. 14 indexed citations

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Fieno, David S., Louise Thomson, Piotr J. Slomka, et al.. (2006). Rapid Assessment of Left Ventricular Segmental Wall Motion, Ejection Fraction, and Volumes with Single Breath-Hold, Multi-Slice TrueFISP MR Imaging. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 8(3). 435–444. 5 indexed citations

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Gersony, Deborah R., Elsa D. Angelini, Clarito Dimayuga, et al.. (2002). Spatio-temporal brushlet denoising improves real time three-dimensional calculation of right ventricular function in primary pulmonary hypertension patients. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 39. 395–396. 1 indexed citations

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Markowitz, Glen S., et al.. (2001). A novel etiology of renal allograft dysfunction. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 38(3). 658–663. 4 indexed citations

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Hartnell, George G., et al.. (1997). Safety of MR imaging in patients who have retained metallic materials after cardiac surgery.. American Journal of Roentgenology. 168(5). 1157–1159. 59 indexed citations

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Saouaf, Rola, I Takasaki, Eric Eastman, Aram V. Chobanian, & Peter Brecher. (1991). Fibronectin biosynthesis in the rat aorta in vitro. Changes due to experimental hypertension.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 88(4). 1182–1189. 33 indexed citations

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