Safia Habib

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Safia Habib is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Safia Habib has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 12 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Safia Habib's work include Advanced Glycation End Products research (20 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (6 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (6 papers). Safia Habib is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Glycation End Products research (20 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (6 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (6 papers). Safia Habib collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Saudi Arabia. Safia Habib's co-authors include Asif Ali, Moinuddin Moinuddin, Khursheed Alam, Abdul Rouf Mir, Uzma Shahab, Saheem Ahmad, Sidra Islam, Mudassir Alam, Irfan Qadir Tantry and Kiran Dixit and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and International Journal of Biological Macromolecules.

In The Last Decade

Safia Habib

61 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Apoptosis: A Comprehensive Overview of Signaling Pathways, Morphological Changes, and Physiological Significance and Therapeutic Implications

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Safia Habib India	20	353	296	210	165	133	64	1.1k
Asif Ali India	22	450 1.3×	502 1.7×	316 1.5×	222 1.3×	174 1.3×	81	1.4k
Nurbubu T. Moldogazieva Russia	14	598 1.7×	147 0.5×	100 0.5×	180 1.1×	104 0.8×	33	1.4k
Alexander A. Terentiev Russia	13	457 1.3×	131 0.4×	93 0.4×	141 0.9×	83 0.6×	25	1.1k
Raghu Ganugula United States	23	359 1.0×	162 0.5×	196 0.9×	122 0.7×	49 0.4×	46	1.1k
Xiaolei Wang China	18	525 1.5×	162 0.5×	189 0.9×	201 1.2×	48 0.4×	44	1.2k
Daniel Cervantes-Laurean United States	15	432 1.2×	314 1.1×	228 1.1×	151 0.9×	149 1.1×	15	1.2k
Litai Jin China	23	1.0k 2.8×	68 0.2×	161 0.8×	166 1.0×	109 0.8×	81	1.8k
Hong Shen United States	29	660 1.9×	65 0.2×	91 0.4×	252 1.5×	146 1.1×	60	1.9k
Ricardo Carnicer United Kingdom	20	368 1.0×	80 0.3×	92 0.4×	214 1.3×	58 0.4×	46	1.2k
Joellen Barnett United States	12	517 1.5×	286 1.0×	349 1.7×	225 1.4×	378 2.8×	13	2.2k

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Mustafa, Mohd Rais, Mudassir Alam, Safia Habib, et al.. (2025). Multi-target approach to Alzheimer’s disease prevention and treatment: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and amyloid- modulating mechanisms. Neurogenetics. 26(1). 39–39. 5 indexed citations

Habib, Safia, et al.. (2025). Portable SERS for salivary-based detection of oral pre-malignant lesions and carcinomas: a step toward clinical implementation. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 339. 126298–126298. 2 indexed citations

Mustafa, Mohd Rais, Rizwan Ahmad, Sidra Islam, et al.. (2025). A Promising Druggable Target for Translational Therapy of Ovarian Cancer: A Molecular Profiling of Therapeutic Innovations, Extracellular Vesicle Acquired Resistance, and Signaling Pathways. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 32(36). 8049–8074. 2 indexed citations

Ahmad, Rizwan, Sana Siddiqui, Hamda Khan, et al.. (2025). Preventive effects of thymoquinone on glyco-nitro-oxidized human fibrinogen: A comprehensive biophysical study projecting possible therapeutic role in diabetes and associated complications. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 300. 140212–140212. 1 indexed citations

Mustafa, Mohd Rais, Safia Habib, Khalid Imtiyaz, et al.. (2024). Characterization of structural, genotoxic, and immunological effects of methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) induced DNA modifications: Implications for inflammation-driven carcinogenesis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 268(Pt 1). 131743–131743. 6 indexed citations

Khan, Hamda, Uzma Shahab, Rizwan Ahmad, et al.. (2024). Nano‐therapeutics: The upcoming nanomedicine to treat cancer. IUBMB Life. 76(8). 468–484. 8 indexed citations

Habib, Safia, et al.. (2023). Nuclear and Joint Family System: Youth Perspective in Quetta, Balochistan. 4(4). 197–205.

Mahmood, Riaz, Safia Habib, Mohd Talha, et al.. (2022). Fructosylation of human insulin causes AGEs formation, structural perturbations and morphological changes: an in silico and multispectroscopic study. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 41(12). 5850–5862. 5 indexed citations

Shahab, Uzma, Safia Habib, Ahmad Alsulimani, et al.. (2022). N-OH-AABP Modifications in Human DNA May Lead to Auto-Antibodies in Bladder Cancer Subjects. Diagnostics. 12(2). 337–337.

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Ali, Asif, et al.. (2022). Risk of Carcinogenicity Associated with Synthetic Hair Dyeing Formulations: A Biochemical View on Action Mechanisms, Genetic Variation and Prevention. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry. 37(4). 399–409. 5 indexed citations

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Habib, Safia, et al.. (2021). Role of Beta-Blockers as an Effective Cardio protective Agents, an insight in to Tackling with Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) and Hypertension. 3(2). 27–35. 1 indexed citations

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Talha, Mohd, et al.. (2021). Hydroxyl radical induced structural perturbations make insulin highly immunogenic and generate an auto-immune response in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 255. 119640–119640. 17 indexed citations

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Habib, Safia & Asif Ali. (2020). Increasing Use of Hair Dye and Associated Genotoxicity Needs to be Probed. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry. 35(2). 133–134. 2 indexed citations

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Mir, Abdul Rouf, et al.. (2019). Preferential recognition of epitopes on peroxynitrite-modified alpha-2-macroglobulin by circulating autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 38(7). 1984–1994. 5 indexed citations

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Habib, Safia, Aftab Ahmad Khan, Tasneem Kausar, et al.. (2019). Molecular docking explores heightened immunogenicity and structural dynamics of acetaldehyde human immunoglobulin G adduct. IUBMB Life. 71(10). 1522–1536. 2 indexed citations

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Islam, Badar ul, et al.. (2015). Pathophysiological Role of Peroxynitrite Induced DNA Damage in Human Diseases: A Special Focus on Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase (PARP). Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry. 30(4). 368–385. 61 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Saheem, et al.. (2014). Autoimmune response to AGE modified human DNA: Implications in type 1 diabetes mellitus. Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology. 1(3). 66–72. 24 indexed citations

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Shahab, Uzma, Saheem Ahmad, Moinuddin Moinuddin, et al.. (2012). Hydroxyl Radical Modification of Collagen Type II Increases Its Arthritogenicity and Immunogenicity. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e31199–e31199. 43 indexed citations

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Ansar, Waliza, et al.. (2009). Unraveling the C-reactive Protein Complement-Cascade in Destruction of Red Blood Cells: Potential Pathological Implications in <i>Plasmodium Falciparum</i> Malaria. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 23(1-3). 175–190. 14 indexed citations

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Khan, Wahid Ali, et al.. (2008). Enhanced binding of circulating SLE autoantibodies to catecholestrogen-copper-modified DNA. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 315(1-2). 143–150. 24 indexed citations

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