Saeed Najafi

1.4k total citations
23 papers, 537 citations indexed

About

Saeed Najafi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Saeed Najafi has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 537 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 5 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Saeed Najafi's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (5 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (4 papers) and Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites (4 papers). Saeed Najafi is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (5 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (4 papers) and Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites (4 papers). Saeed Najafi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and Germany. Saeed Najafi's co-authors include Joan–Emma Shea, Songi Han, Mehdi Tajvidi, Dong Soo Hwang, Raffaello Potestio, Kris T. Delaney, Glenn H. Fredrickson, Yanxian Lin, Byoung-jin Jeon and Sohee Park and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Saeed Najafi

21 papers receiving 531 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Saeed Najafi United States 10 256 99 74 70 52 23 537
Hiroko Yamamoto Japan 18 170 0.7× 211 2.1× 201 2.7× 76 1.1× 136 2.6× 56 856
Sylvie Lélu Norway 8 205 0.8× 36 0.4× 153 2.1× 125 1.8× 144 2.8× 9 520
Aby A. Thyparambil United States 11 218 0.9× 13 0.1× 72 1.0× 53 0.8× 74 1.4× 16 419
Martin Schmidt Germany 7 82 0.3× 50 0.5× 93 1.3× 89 1.3× 151 2.9× 15 477
Jinsuk Song United States 11 150 0.6× 15 0.2× 53 0.7× 29 0.4× 61 1.2× 15 432
Taegyun Park South Korea 12 67 0.3× 52 0.5× 111 1.5× 145 2.1× 139 2.7× 26 540
Jeffrey M. Sanders United States 11 74 0.3× 41 0.4× 28 0.4× 124 1.8× 37 0.7× 26 395
Zheyu Wang China 12 126 0.5× 20 0.2× 57 0.8× 66 0.9× 80 1.5× 43 469
Stephen P. Nighswander‐Rempel Canada 10 51 0.2× 49 0.5× 32 0.4× 60 0.9× 121 2.3× 17 514
Claudia Battistella United States 15 144 0.6× 42 0.4× 153 2.1× 124 1.8× 146 2.8× 24 585

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Saeed Najafi

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Najafi, Saeed, et al.. (2025). Context Dependency of Hydrophobicity in Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Insights from a New Dewetting Free Energy-Based Hydrophobicity Scale. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 129(7). 1904–1915. 4 indexed citations
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Najafi, Saeed, et al.. (2025). Hydrophobicity in Intrinsically Disordered Protein Force Fields: Implications for Conformational Ensembles and Protein–Protein Interactions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 129(27). 6817–6827. 1 indexed citations
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Najafi, Saeed, Pritam Ganguly, Andrew P. Longhini, et al.. (2025). Water-directed pinning is key to tau prion formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(18). e2421391122–e2421391122. 1 indexed citations
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Najafi, Saeed, et al.. (2023). Spontaneous Transition of Spherical Coacervate to Vesicle‐Like Compartment. Advanced Science. 11(7). e2305978–e2305978. 6 indexed citations
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DeMartini, Daniel G., et al.. (2023). Mechanical Behavior of Octopus Egg Tethers Composed of Topologically Constrained, Tandemly Repeated EGF Domains. Biomacromolecules. 24(7). 3032–3042.
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Carrettiero, Daniel Carneiro, Maria Camila Almeida, Andrew P. Longhini, et al.. (2022). Stress routes clients to the proteasome via a BAG2 ubiquitin-independent degradation condensate. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3074–3074. 31 indexed citations
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Najafi, Saeed, et al.. (2022). Hydrophobicity of arginine leads to reentrant liquid-liquid phase separation behaviors of arginine-rich proteins. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7326–7326. 93 indexed citations
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Najafi, Saeed, Yanxian Lin, Andrew P. Longhini, et al.. (2021). Liquid–liquid phase separation of Tau by self and complex coacervation. Protein Science. 30(7). 1393–1407. 56 indexed citations
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Park, Sohee, Ryan Barnes, Yanxian Lin, et al.. (2020). Dehydration entropy drives liquid-liquid phase separation by molecular crowding. Communications Chemistry. 3(1). 83–83. 133 indexed citations
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Najafi, Saeed. (2019). Irreversible topological transition of a stretched superhelix: the interplay of chiralities. Soft Matter. 15(31). 6258–6262. 1 indexed citations
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Najafi, Saeed. (2019). Topological entanglement of interlocked knotted–unknotted polymer rings. Soft Matter. 15(9). 1916–1921. 1 indexed citations
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Saberi, Samaneh, Maryam Esmaeili, Saeed Najafi, et al.. (2018). Multiplex serology of Helicobacter pylori antigens in detection of current infection and atrophic gastritis - A simple and cost-efficient method. Microbial Pathogenesis. 119. 137–144. 25 indexed citations
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Sharifzadeh, Esmail, et al.. (2016). Defining the characteristics of spherical Janus particles by investigating the behavior of their corresponding particles at the oil/water interface in a Pickering emulsion. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology. 38(7). 985–991. 22 indexed citations
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Najafi, Saeed, Luca Tubiana, Rudolf Podgornik, & Raffaello Potestio. (2016). Chirality modifies the interaction between knots. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 114(5). 50007–50007. 14 indexed citations
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Najafi, Saeed, Rudolf Podgornik, Raffaello Potestio, & Luca Tubiana. (2016). Role of Bending Energy and Knot Chirality in Knot Distribution and Their Effective Interaction along Stretched Semiflexible Polymers. Polymers. 8(10). 347–347. 15 indexed citations
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Najafi, Saeed & Raffaello Potestio. (2015). Two Adhesive Sites Can Enhance the Knotting Probability of DNA. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0132132–e0132132. 5 indexed citations
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Najafi, Saeed & Raffaello Potestio. (2015). Folding of small knotted proteins: Insights from a mean field coarse-grained model. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 143(24). 243121–243121. 24 indexed citations
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Ghahri, Saman, Saeed Najafi, & Behbood Mohebby. (2014). INFLUENCE OF IMPACT MODIFIER AND COUPLING AGENT ON IMPACT STRENGTH OF WOOD FLOUR / RECYCLED PLASTIC COMPOSITES. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Mansoori, Parisa, et al.. (2013). The effect of changes in patients' body position on the back pain intensity and hemodynamic status during and after radiofrequency catheter ablation of cardiac dysrhythmias.. PubMed. 18(2). 89–93. 2 indexed citations
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Najafi, Saeed, et al.. (2007). EFFECT OF BLENDING METHOD ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES. 20(490). 361–367. 2 indexed citations

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