Saeed Emami

10.4k citations

255 papers · 9.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 54

Impact in

Organic Chemistry top 0.1%
- Synthesis and biological activity
- Synthesis and Biological Evaluation
- Click Chemistry and Applications
- Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds
- Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles
Toxicology top 0.2%

Papers in ⓘ

Organic Chemistry 168
- Synthesis and biological activity 106
- Synthesis and Biological Evaluation 57
- Click Chemistry and Applications 31
Molecular Biology 81
- Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms 29

Co-authors: Alireza Foroumadi (133 shared papers)Abbas Shafiee (102 shared papers)Sakineh Dadashpour (7 shared papers)Adileh Ayati (10 shared papers)Mehdi Khoobi (29 shared papers)Hamid Nadri (26 shared papers)Sussan K. Ardestani (27 shared papers)Ali Asadipour (12 shared papers)
Journals: European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (62 papers)Archiv der Pharmazie (17 papers)Bioorganic Chemistry (13 papers)Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters (11 papers)Medicinal Chemistry Research (10 papers)
Partner nations: Iran United States Türkiye

In The Last Decade

Saeed Emami

249 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Indole in the target-based design of anticancer agents: A versatile scaffold with diverse mechanisms 2018 · 288 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2015 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2015 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

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1	Current developments of coumarin-based anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Saeed Emami, Sakineh Dadashpour Hit paper breakdown →	2015	417
2	Recent applications of 1,3-thiazole core structure in the identification of new lead compounds and drug discovery European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Adileh Ayati, Saeed Emami, Ali Asadipour, Abbas Shafiee, Alireza Foroumadi Hit paper breakdown →	2015	372
3	Indole in the target-based design of anticancer agents: A versatile scaffold with diverse mechanisms European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Sakineh Dadashpour, Saeed Emami Hit paper breakdown →	2018	288
4	2H-chromene derivatives bearing thiazolidine-2,4-dione, rhodanine or hydantoin moieties as potential anticancer agents European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Mohammad Azizmohammadi, Mehdi Khoobi, Ali Ramazani, Saeed Emami, Abdolhossein Zarrin, Omidreza Firuzi, Ramin Miri, Abbas Shafiee	2012	184
5	Recent advances of chroman-4-one derivatives: Synthetic approaches and bioactivities European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Saeed Emami, Zahra Ghanbarimasir	2015	177
6	Methyl red removal from water by iron based metal-organic frameworks loaded onto iron oxide nanoparticle adsorbent Applied Surface Science ·Shayessteh Dadfarnia, Ali Mohammad Haji Shabani, S.E. Moradi, Saeed Emami	2015	141
7	Synthesis and antibacterial activity of N-(5-benzylthio-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl) and N-(5-benzylsulfonyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)piperazinyl quinolone derivatives Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Alireza Foroumadi, Saeed Emami, Abdolreza Hassanzadeh, Majid Rajaee, Kazem Sokhanvar, Mohammad Hassan Moshafi, Abbas Shafiee	2005	121
8	Thiazole in the Targeted Anticancer Drug Discovery Future Medicinal Chemistry ·Adileh Ayati, Saeed Emami, Setareh Moghimi, Alireza Foroumadi	2019	115
9	The importance of triazole scaffold in the development of anticonvulsant agents European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Adileh Ayati, Saeed Emami, Alireza Foroumadi	2016	111
10	Synthesis and evaluation of 4-substituted coumarins as novel acetylcholinesterase inhibitors European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Seyyede Faeze Razavi, Mehdi Khoobi, Hamid Nadri, Amirhossein Sakhteman, Alireza Moradi, Saeed Emami, Alireza Foroumadi, Abbas Shafiee	2013	110
11	Novel coumarin-3-carboxamides bearing N-benzylpiperidine moiety as potent acetylcholinesterase inhibitors European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Ali Asadipour, Masoumeh Alipour, Mona Jafari, Mehdi Khoobi, Saeed Emami, Hamid Nadri, Amirhossein Sakhteman, Alireza Moradi, Vahid Sheibani, Farshad Homayouni Moghadam, Abbas Shafiee, Alireza Foroumadi	2013	105
12	Kojic acid and its manganese and zinc complexes as potential radioprotective agents Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Saeed Emami, Seyed Jalal Hosseinimehr, Seyed Mohammad Taghdisi, Shahram Akhlaghpoor	2006	101
13	Synthesis and anticholinesterase activity of coumarin-3-carboxamides bearing tryptamine moiety European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Samaneh Ghanei-Nasab, Mehdi Khoobi, Farzin Hadizadeh, Azam Marjani, Alireza Moradi, Hamid Nadri, Saeed Emami, Alireza Foroumadi, Abbas Shafiee	2016	98
14	Design, synthesis, biological evaluation and docking study of 5-oxo-4,5-dihydropyrano[3,2-c]chromene derivatives as acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Mehdi Khoobi, Masoumeh Alipour, Amirhossein Sakhteman, Hamid Nadri, Alireza Moradi, Mehdi Ghandi, Saeed Emami, Alireza Foroumadi, Abbas Shafiee	2013	97
15	Recent applications of vinyl sulfone motif in drug design and discovery European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Reza Ahmadi, Saeed Emami	2022	93
16	Structural Features of New Quinolones and Relationship to Antibacterial Activity Against Gram-positive Bacteria Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry ·Saeed Emami, Abbas Shafiee, Alireza Foroumadi	2006	93
17	Synthesis, in vitro cytotoxicity and apoptosis inducing study of 2-aryl-3-nitro-2H-chromene derivatives as potent anti-breast cancer agents European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Samira Rahmani‐Nezhad, Maliheh Safavi, Mahboobeh Pordeli, Sussan K. Ardestani, Leila Khosravani, Yaghoub Pourshojaei, Mohammad Mahdavi, Saeed Emami, Alireza Foroumadi, Abbas Shafiee	2014	91
18	Nitroimidazolyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole-based anti-leishmanial agents: Synthesis and in vitro biological evaluation European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Fatemeh Poorrajab, Sussan K. Ardestani, Saeed Emami, Mina Behrouzi‐Fardmoghadam, Abbas Shafiee, Alireza Foroumadi	2008	84
19	Recent advances of cytotoxic chalconoids targeting tubulin polymerization: Synthesis and biological activity European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Hassan Mirzaei, Saeed Emami	2016	83
20	β-Ionone and its analogs as promising anticancer agents European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Mahsa Ansari, Saeed Emami	2016	83

About Saeed Emami

Saeed Emami is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, having authored 255 papers that have together received 9.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Synthesis and biological activity (106 papers), Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (57 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (31 papers), Synthesis of Organic Compounds (31 papers), Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (29 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (28 papers), Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (26 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (25 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organic Chemistry (6.2k citations), Toxicology (494 citations), Pharmacology (2.1k citations), Computational Theory and Mathematics (1.1k citations) and Molecular Medicine (202 citations). Saeed Emami has collaborated with scholars based in Iran, United States and Türkiye. Frequent co-authors include Alireza Foroumadi, Abbas Shafiee, Sakineh Dadashpour, Adileh Ayati, Mehdi Khoobi, Hamid Nadri, Sussan K. Ardestani, Ali Asadipour, Alireza Moradi and S.E. Moradi. Their work appears in journals such as European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Archiv der Pharmazie, Bioorganic Chemistry, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters and Medicinal Chemistry Research.

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