Saiba Shams

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 826 citations indexed

About

Saiba Shams is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Saiba Shams has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 826 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 2 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 2 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Saiba Shams's work include Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (2 papers), Tea Polyphenols and Effects (2 papers) and Nigella sativa pharmacological applications (2 papers). Saiba Shams is often cited by papers focused on Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (2 papers), Tea Polyphenols and Effects (2 papers) and Nigella sativa pharmacological applications (2 papers). Saiba Shams collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, India and Oman. Saiba Shams's co-authors include Babar Ali, Firoz Anwar, Shah Alam Khan, Qazi Mohammad Sajid Jamal, Gohar Mushtaq, Mohammad A. Alzohairy, Kavindra Kumar Kesari, Naser A. Al‐Wabel, Mughees Uddin Siddiqui and Mohammad Amjad Kamal and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Antibiotics, CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets and Inflammopharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Saiba Shams

7 papers receiving 788 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Essential oils used in aromatherapy: A systemic review

2015 759 citations Babar Ali, Saiba Shams et al. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Saiba Shams Saudi Arabia	5	350	223	155	145	104	7	826
Firoz Anwar Saudi Arabia	9	363 1.0×	264 1.2×	157 1.0×	170 1.2×	197 1.9×	21	1.1k
Lei Yao China	16	327 0.9×	261 1.2×	114 0.7×	96 0.7×	207 2.0×	50	877
Babar Ali India	11	475 1.4×	287 1.3×	157 1.0×	196 1.4×	229 2.2×	24	1.2k
Gerhard Buchbauer Austria	3	410 1.2×	273 1.2×	122 0.8×	92 0.6×	149 1.4×	4	711
Tapanee Hongratanaworakit Thailand	15	271 0.8×	153 0.7×	340 2.2×	108 0.7×	109 1.0×	24	717
Roseli Barbosa Brazil	21	314 0.9×	276 1.2×	79 0.5×	132 0.9×	232 2.2×	51	918
Martina Höferl Austria	12	307 0.9×	214 1.0×	51 0.3×	57 0.4×	130 1.3×	24	597
Hyejin Yang South Korea	18	175 0.5×	155 0.7×	64 0.4×	108 0.7×	182 1.8×	81	1.0k
John P. Munafo United States	18	370 1.1×	269 1.2×	88 0.6×	43 0.3×	253 2.4×	51	849
M. J. Patil India	16	157 0.4×	304 1.4×	56 0.4×	147 1.0×	122 1.2×	79	726

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Saiba Shams

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Anwar, Firoz, Saiba Shams, Ryan A. Sheikh, et al.. (2023). Nanomedicines: intervention in inflammatory pathways of cancer. Inflammopharmacology. 31(3). 1199–1221. 5 indexed citations

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Rashid, Mohammad Mamun Ur, et al.. (2021). Comparative antibacterial study of black cumin oil of Saudi and Syrian origin seeds with the commercial product. Journal of Reports in Pharmaceutical Sciences. 10(1). 148–148. 4 indexed citations

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Ali, Babar, Qazi Mohammad Sajid Jamal, Showkat R. Mir, Saiba Shams, & Mohammad Amjad Kamal. (2020). Molecular docking studies of tea (Thea sinensis Linn.) polyphenols inhibition pattern with Rat P-glycoprotein. Physical Sciences Reviews. 7(9). 969–980. 1 indexed citations

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Jamal, Qazi Mohammad Sajid, Saiba Shams, Naser A. Al‐Wabel, et al.. (2016). In Silico Analysis of Green Tea Polyphenols as Inhibitors of AChE and BChE Enzymes in Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment. CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets. 15(5). 624–628. 45 indexed citations

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Ali, Babar, et al.. (2015). Essential oils used in aromatherapy: A systemic review. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 5(8). 601–611. 759 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jamal, Qazi Mohammad Sajid, et al.. (2015). In silico analysis for predicting fatty acids of black cumin oil as inhibitors of P-glycoprotein. Pharmacognosy Magazine. 11(44). 606–606. 5 indexed citations

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Shams, Saiba, et al.. (2014). Antifungal effect of Gatifloxacin and copper ions combination. The Journal of Antibiotics. 67(7). 499–504. 7 indexed citations

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