Saiful Islam

824 total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 578 citations indexed

About

Saiful Islam is a scholar working on Plant Science, Nutrition and Dietetics and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Saiful Islam has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 578 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Plant Science, 9 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 8 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Saiful Islam's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (8 papers), Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (8 papers) and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (5 papers). Saiful Islam is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (8 papers), Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (8 papers) and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (5 papers). Saiful Islam collaborates with scholars based in Bangladesh, Pakistan and United Kingdom. Saiful Islam's co-authors include Ali Imran, Farhan Saeed, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Umair Arshad, Ishtiaque Ahmad, Ahmed H. El‐Ghorab, Monira Ahsan, Nazma Shaheen, Ghulam Hussain and Mohammad Ali Shariati and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and BMJ Open.

In The Last Decade

Saiful Islam

34 papers receiving 547 citations

Hit Papers

Therapeutic application of carvacrol: A comprehensive review 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 25 50 75 100
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. Therapeutic application of carvacrol: A comprehensive review
    2022 110 citations Muhammad Imran, Farhan Saeed et al. Food Science & Nutrition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Saiful Islam Bangladesh 11 183 147 139 96 95 41 578
Oliviu Voștinaru Romania 16 157 0.9× 147 1.0× 155 1.1× 119 1.2× 80 0.8× 31 659
Reham Hassan Mekky Egypt 13 225 1.2× 136 0.9× 92 0.7× 103 1.1× 80 0.8× 29 498
Srinivasulu Cheemanapalli India 6 154 0.8× 128 0.9× 118 0.8× 111 1.2× 49 0.5× 20 533
Juliana de Carvalho da Costa Brazil 13 179 1.0× 181 1.2× 144 1.0× 75 0.8× 56 0.6× 42 539
Reham S. Ibrahim Egypt 16 118 0.6× 190 1.3× 123 0.9× 75 0.8× 87 0.9× 65 649
Firoza Rahman Bangladesh 2 121 0.7× 158 1.1× 136 1.0× 156 1.6× 54 0.6× 4 548
Tahira Batool Qaisrani Pakistan 9 150 0.8× 214 1.5× 158 1.1× 138 1.4× 140 1.5× 16 763
U.G. Chandrika Sri Lanka 14 219 1.2× 140 1.0× 125 0.9× 188 2.0× 167 1.8× 33 612
Santwana Palai India 6 136 0.7× 172 1.2× 147 1.1× 195 2.0× 69 0.7× 26 737
Nianwu He China 8 206 1.1× 183 1.2× 120 0.9× 108 1.1× 42 0.4× 14 574

Countries citing papers authored by Saiful Islam

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Fields of papers citing papers by Saiful Islam

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Saiful Islam

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Saiful Islam. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Saiful Islam 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 Saiful Islam. Saiful Islam is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Islam, Saiful, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of Bangladesh Healthy Eating Index (BD-HEI). BMC Nutrition. 11(1). 159–159.
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Rahman, MS, et al.. (2024). Complexes of Copper(II) and Adenine at Various pH: Synthesis and Characterization. Dhaka University Journal of Science. 72(2). 84–90.
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Islam, Saiful, et al.. (2024). Methodology for developing and validating Bangladesh healthy eating index: A study protocol. PLoS ONE. 19(10). e0309130–e0309130. 1 indexed citations
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Islam, Saiful, et al.. (2024). Nutrient density of Bangladeshi foods and its application in planning diet for pregnant women. PLoS ONE. 19(1). e0296831–e0296831.
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Islam, Saiful, et al.. (2024). A Systematic Review on Heavy Metals Contamination in Bangladeshi Fruits and Their Associated Health Risks. Environmental Health Insights. 18. 1448018528–1448018528. 1 indexed citations
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Islam, Saiful, et al.. (2023). Cost of Recommended Diet (CoRD) and Its Affordability in Bangladesh. Foods. 12(4). 790–790. 6 indexed citations
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Anwar, Haseeb, Azhar Rasul, Ali Imran, et al.. (2023). Comparative evaluation of ethyl acetate and n‐Hexane extracts of Cannabis sativa L. leaves for muscle function restoration after peripheral nerve lesion. Food Science & Nutrition. 11(6). 2767–2775. 10 indexed citations
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Usman, Ifrah, Ali Imran, Muhammad Umair Arshad, et al.. (2023). Formulation and Nutritional Characterization of Mustard and Sesame Oilseed Cake Extract-Based Functional Drinks. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 2023. 1–10. 3 indexed citations
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Islam, Saiful, et al.. (2023). Dietary diversity and micronutrients adequacy among the women of reproductive age at St. Martin’s island in Bangladesh. BMC Nutrition. 9(1). 52–52. 13 indexed citations
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Usman, Ifrah, Ali Imran, Muhammad Umair Arshad, et al.. (2023). Valorization of mustard and sesame oilseed cakes for food application through eco‐innovative technologies. Food Science & Nutrition. 11(4). 1818–1825. 13 indexed citations
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Islam, Saiful, et al.. (2023). Maternal Pregnancy Intention and Antenatal Care Seeking Behaviors in Bangladesh: Evidence From Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2018. International Journal of Public Health. 68. 1605944–1605944. 3 indexed citations
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Butt, Masood Sadiq, Muhammad Imran, Ali Imran, et al.. (2021). Therapeutic perspective of thymoquinone: A mechanistic treatise. Food Science & Nutrition. 9(3). 1792–1809. 19 indexed citations
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Shaheen, Nazma, et al.. (2021). Polyphenols profile and antioxidant capacity of selected medicinal plants of Bangladesh. 7(1). 947–954. 3 indexed citations
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Islam, Saiful, et al.. (2010). Effect of selected stress factors on androgenesis of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).. 37. 127–138. 4 indexed citations
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Ahsan, Monira, et al.. (2000). Constituents and cytotoxicity of Zanthoxylum rhesta stem bark. Fitoterapia. 71(6). 697–700. 28 indexed citations

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