Saad Arif

948 total citations
23 papers, 544 citations indexed

About

Saad Arif is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Saad Arif has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 544 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Genetics, 7 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Saad Arif's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (7 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (6 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (5 papers). Saad Arif is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (7 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (6 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (5 papers). Saad Arif collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Austria. Saad Arif's co-authors include Alistair P. McGregor, John J. Wiens, Caitlin A. Kuczynski, Tod W. Reeder, Maria D. S. Nunes, Dean C. Adams, Christian Schlötterer, Maarten Hilbrant, Windsor E. Aguirre and Sebastian Kittelmann and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Current Biology and Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Saad Arif

21 papers receiving 534 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Saad Arif United Kingdom	14	231	186	167	162	90	23	544
Ryan D Bickel United States	11	185 0.8×	107 0.6×	124 0.7×	205 1.3×	84 0.9×	15	614
Carolyne Bardeleben United States	14	282 1.2×	375 2.0×	61 0.4×	125 0.8×	155 1.7×	26	706
Nuria Macías‐Hernández Spain	16	361 1.6×	126 0.7×	56 0.3×	156 1.0×	128 1.4×	33	576
Adrian Indermaur Switzerland	12	343 1.5×	191 1.0×	85 0.5×	190 1.2×	300 3.3×	27	908
Diana P. Baumann United States	12	237 1.0×	305 1.6×	102 0.6×	123 0.8×	42 0.5×	19	731
Luiz Felipe Lima da Silveira Brazil	15	302 1.3×	275 1.5×	51 0.3×	380 2.3×	163 1.8×	45	584
Barbara York Main Australia	18	529 2.3×	121 0.7×	116 0.7×	265 1.6×	129 1.4×	45	781
Fabrizia Ronco Switzerland	14	265 1.1×	135 0.7×	59 0.4×	127 0.8×	203 2.3×	27	654
Vera Domingues United States	13	507 2.2×	324 1.7×	171 1.0×	163 1.0×	211 2.3×	17	890
Karen A. Ober United States	14	267 1.2×	178 1.0×	36 0.2×	438 2.7×	211 2.3×	20	697

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Schönauer, Anna, Saad Arif, Daniel J. Leite, et al.. (2025). Development and patterning of a highly versatile visual system in spiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2042). 20242069–20242069. 1 indexed citations

Torres-Oliva, Montserrat, Alexandra D. Buffry, Maike Kittelmann, et al.. (2025). Heterochrony in orthodenticle expression is associated with ommatidial size variation between Drosophila species. BMC Biology. 23(1). 34–34.

Hens, Korneel, et al.. (2024). The last days of Aporia crataegi (L.) in Britain: Evaluating genomic erosion in an extirpated butterfly. Molecular Ecology. 33(19). e17518–e17518. 2 indexed citations

Arif, Saad, et al.. (2022). Study of infection intensity of Copepods parasites from the genus (Ergasilus) on gills of carp fishes (Cyprinus carpio L) (endoparasites), and on fish's tail region (exoparasites) for big sizes and small sizes (Fingerlings) at three seasons (summer, winte. International Journal of Health Sciences. 671–670. 1 indexed citations

Schönauer, Anna, Ralf Janßen, Michael Seiter, et al.. (2021). Widespread retention of ohnologs in key developmental gene families following whole-genome duplication in arachnopulmonates. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(12). 25 indexed citations

Seiter, Michael, Saad Arif, Lauren Sumner‐Rooney, et al.. (2021). The Evolution of Sox Gene Repertoires and Regulation of Segmentation in Arachnids. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(8). 3153–3169. 11 indexed citations

Arif, Saad, et al.. (2021). Evidence for multiple colonisations and Wolbachia infections shaping the genetic structure of the widespread butterfly Polyommatus icarus in the British Isles. Molecular Ecology. 30(20). 5196–5213. 15 indexed citations

Arif, Saad, et al.. (2021). Effect of some heavy metals synergism on the longevity and bioaccumulation inside the muscles of frog ridibunda species under the laboratory conditions. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 779(1). 12124–12124.

Gaspar, Pedro, Saad Arif, Lauren Sumner‐Rooney, et al.. (2020). Characterization of the Genetic Architecture Underlying Eye Size Variation Within Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(3). 1005–1018. 19 indexed citations

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Mendes, Cláudia C., Kentaro M. Tanaka, Franziska Anni Franke, et al.. (2020). Unraveling the Genetic Basis for the Rapid Diversification of Male Genitalia between Drosophila Species. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(2). 437–448. 12 indexed citations

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Arif, Saad, et al.. (2019). Three Quantitative Trait Loci Explain More than 60% of Variation for Chill Coma Recovery Time in a Natural Population of Drosophila ananassae. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 9(11). 3715–3725. 7 indexed citations

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Kittelmann, Sebastian, Alexandra D. Buffry, Franziska Anni Franke, et al.. (2018). Gene regulatory network architecture in different developmental contexts influences the genetic basis of morphological evolution. PLoS Genetics. 14(5). e1007375–e1007375. 33 indexed citations

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Leite, Daniel J., Maria Ninova, Maarten Hilbrant, et al.. (2016). Pervasive microRNA Duplication in Chelicerates: Insights from the Embryonic microRNA Repertoire of the Spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. Genome Biology and Evolution. 8(7). 2133–2144. 32 indexed citations

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Arif, Saad, Maarten Hilbrant, Corinna Hopfen, et al.. (2013). Genetic and developmental analysis of differences in eye and face morphology between Drosophila simulans and Drosophila mauritiana. Evolution & Development. 15(4). 257–267. 24 indexed citations

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Arif, Saad, Isabel Almudí, Maria D. S. Nunes, et al.. (2013). Evolution of mir-92a Underlies Natural Morphological Variation in Drosophila melanogaster. Current Biology. 23(6). 523–528. 37 indexed citations

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Posnien, Nico, Corinna Hopfen, Maarten Hilbrant, et al.. (2012). Evolution of Eye Morphology and Rhodopsin Expression in the Drosophila melanogaster Species Subgroup. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e37346–e37346. 43 indexed citations

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Posnien, Nico, Corinna Hopfen, Maarten Hilbrant, et al.. (2012). Correction: Evolution of Eye Morphology and Rhodopsin Expression in the Drosophila melanogaster Species Subgroup. PLoS ONE. 7(7). 6 indexed citations

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Wiens, John J., Caitlin A. Kuczynski, Saad Arif, & Tod W. Reeder. (2009). Phylogenetic relationships of phrynosomatid lizards based on nuclear and mitochondrial data, and a revised phylogeny for Sceloporus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 54(1). 150–161. 117 indexed citations

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Arif, Saad, et al.. (2007). Bioclimatic modelling, morphology, and behaviour reveal alternative mechanisms regulating the distributions of two parapatric salamander species. Evolutionary ecology research. 9(5). 843–854. 67 indexed citations

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Smith, Sarah A., Saad Arif, Adrián Nieto‐Montes de, & John J. Wiens. (2007). A PHYLOGENETIC HOT SPOT FOR EVOLUTIONARY NOVELTY IN MIDDLE AMERICAN TREEFROGS. Evolution. 61(9). 2075–2085. 16 indexed citations

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