Sadaf Riaz

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Sadaf Riaz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sadaf Riaz has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Organic Chemistry and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sadaf Riaz's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (5 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (4 papers). Sadaf Riaz is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (5 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (4 papers). Sadaf Riaz collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Qatar and China. Sadaf Riaz's co-authors include Majid R. Foolad, Amer Jamil, Muhammad Ashraf, Islam Ullah Khan, Fatima Mraiche, Muhammad Yar, Marek Bajda, Zhenghong Sui, Sajjad Hussain and Sadaf Mutahir and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sadaf Riaz

37 papers receiving 981 citations

Hit Papers

Gene Expression Profiling of Plants under Salt Stress 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400 500
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. Gene Expression Profiling of Plants under Salt Stress
    2011 563 citations Sadaf Riaz et al. profile →

Peers

Sadaf Riaz
Bikarma Singh India
Ke Song China
Ashutosh K. Shukla India
Natalie Sadler United States
T. Senthil Kumar India
Kanika Sharma India
Mona Dawood Egypt
Miguel Garriga Chile
Matthias Keck Germany
Sanjay Kumar India
Bikarma Singh India
Sadaf Riaz
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Fields of papers citing papers by Sadaf Riaz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sadaf Riaz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sadaf Riaz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sadaf Riaz based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sadaf Riaz. Sadaf Riaz is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Riaz, Sadaf, et al.. (2025). Pharmacogenomics Education and Knowledge Assessment in Healthcare Curricula: A Scoping Review of the Middle East and North Africa Region. Pharmacology Research & Perspectives. 13(4). e70121–e70121.
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Wang, Zhao‐Wen, et al.. (2023). Roles and Sources of Calcium in Synaptic Exocytosis. Advances in neurobiology. 33. 139–170. 1 indexed citations
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Zakaria, Zain Zaki, Rashid Ahmed, Huseyin C. Yalcin, et al.. (2023). The Role of p90 Ribosomal S6 Kinase (RSK) in Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (TKI)-Induced Cardiotoxicity. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. 17(2). 334–344. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhao‐Wen, et al.. (2023). Regulation of Ryanodine Receptor-Dependent Neurotransmitter Release by AIP, Calstabins, and Presenilins. Advances in neurobiology. 33. 287–304. 1 indexed citations
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Cui, Yixuan, et al.. (2022). Discovery of Five New Ethylene-Forming Enzymes for Clean Production of Ethylene in E. coli. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(9). 4500–4500. 4 indexed citations
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Riaz, Sadaf, et al.. (2022). Generation of miniploid cells and improved natural transformation procedure for a model cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 959043–959043. 5 indexed citations
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Wadoo, Ovais, et al.. (2022). Clozapine prescribing practice and trends in Qatar: First national observational study. Brain and Behavior. 12(7). e2617–e2617. 4 indexed citations
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Riaz, Sadaf, et al.. (2022). Burnout among pharmacy professionals in Qatar: A cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE. 17(5). e0267438–e0267438. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuan, et al.. (2021). Calmodulin and Its Interactive Proteins Participate in Regulating the Explosive Growth of Alexandrium pacificum (Dinoflagellate). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(1). 145–145. 5 indexed citations
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Riaz, Sadaf, Nabeel Abdulrahman, Shahab Uddin, et al.. (2020). Anti-hypertrophic effect of Na+/H+ exchanger-1 inhibition is mediated by reduced cathepsin B. European Journal of Pharmacology. 888. 173420–173420. 7 indexed citations
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Riaz, Sadaf, et al.. (2018). Lead induces DNA damage and alteration of ALAD and antioxidant genes mRNA expression in construction site workers. Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health. 74(4). 171–178. 21 indexed citations
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Khan, Sohrab, Yunxiang Mao, Dong Gao, et al.. (2018). Identification of proteins responding to pathogen-infection in the red alga Pyropia yezoensis using iTRAQ quantitative proteomics. BMC Genomics. 19(1). 842–842. 13 indexed citations
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Munusamy, Shankar, et al.. (2018). The use of Socrative and Yammer online tools to promote interactive learning in pharmacy education. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 11(1). 76–80. 24 indexed citations
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Riaz, Sadaf & Zhenghong Sui. (2018). Molecular Cloning, Transcriptome Profiling, and Characterization of Histone Genes in the Dinoflagellate Alexandrium pacificum. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 28(7). 1185–1198. 11 indexed citations
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Abdulrahman, Nabeel, et al.. (2016). Inhibition of p90 ribosomal S6 kinase attenuates cell migration and proliferation of the human lung adenocarcinoma through phospho-GSK-3β and osteopontin. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 418(1-2). 21–29. 25 indexed citations
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Mutahir, Sadaf, Jakub Jończyk, Marek Bajda, et al.. (2015). Novel biphenyl bis -sulfonamides as acetyl and butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors: Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular modeling studies. Bioorganic Chemistry. 64. 13–20. 65 indexed citations
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Riaz, Sadaf, Bushra Sadia, Faisal Saeed Awan, Iqrar Ahmad Khan, & Hafeez Ahmad Sadaqat. (2012). Development of a species-specific sequence-characterized amplified region marker for roses. Genetics and Molecular Research. 11(1). 440–447. 4 indexed citations

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