Salman Alrokayan

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
184 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Salman Alrokayan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Salman Alrokayan has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Materials Chemistry, 42 papers in Molecular Biology and 37 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Salman Alrokayan's work include ZnO doping and properties (26 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (24 papers) and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (21 papers). Salman Alrokayan is often cited by papers focused on ZnO doping and properties (26 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (24 papers) and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (21 papers). Salman Alrokayan collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and India. Salman Alrokayan's co-authors include Maqusood Ahamed, Mohd Javed Akhtar, M.A. Majeed Khan, Javed Ahmad, Mohamad S. AlSalhi, Hisham A. Alhadlaq, Khalid M. Abu–Salah, Kumar, Haseeb A. Khan and Maqsood A. Siddiqui and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Salman Alrokayan

167 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories sort by overperformance

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.

Zinc oxide nanoparticles selectively induce apoptosis in human cancer cells through reactive oxygen species

2012 591 citations Salman Alrokayan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Salman Alrokayan Saudi Arabia	33	2.3k	1.3k	835	748	412	184	4.6k
Mohd Javed Akhtar Saudi Arabia	37	3.2k 1.4×	1.5k 1.2×	761 0.9×	866 1.2×	283 0.7×	112	5.2k
Hisham A. Alhadlaq Saudi Arabia	42	3.0k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	544 0.7×	828 1.1×	316 0.8×	113	5.2k
Ru Bai China	37	2.1k 0.9×	1.8k 1.4×	816 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	334 0.8×	124	4.8k
Jaison Jeevanandam Malaysia	26	2.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	531 0.6×	778 1.0×	425 1.0×	68	4.7k
Xiaoli Wu China	37	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	554 0.7×	557 1.4×	167	4.5k
Eudald Casals Spain	41	3.2k 1.4×	1.9k 1.5×	1.2k 1.5×	1.6k 2.1×	304 0.7×	83	6.2k
Xifeng Zhang China	39	3.0k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	1.4k 1.6×	590 0.8×	313 0.8×	141	6.6k
Shashi Singh India	35	2.0k 0.9×	963 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	574 0.8×	136 0.3×	71	4.9k
Huijie Zhang China	38	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.7×	842 1.1×	522 1.3×	246	5.9k
Li Xu China	44	1.5k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.6×	781 1.0×	666 1.6×	250	6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Salman Alrokayan

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Salman Alrokayan's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Salman Alrokayan with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Salman Alrokayan more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Salman Alrokayan

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Salman Alrokayan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Salman Alrokayan. The network helps show where Salman Alrokayan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Salman Alrokayan

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Alrokayan, Salman, et al.. (2026). Iron nanoparticles mitigate cadmium-induced abiotic stress in soybean by modulating reactive oxygen species accumulation and cellular integrity. Frontiers in Plant Science. 16. 1727507–1727507.

Shehabeldine, Amr M., Fathy M. Elkady, Toru Watanabe, et al.. (2025). Anti-Virulence Properties of Curcumin/CuO-NPs and Their Role in Accelerating Wound Healing In Vivo. Medicina. 61(3). 515–515. 5 indexed citations

Bibi, Amina, Jean Sévigny, Tajamul Hussain, et al.. (2025). Design, synthesis and in vitro and evaluation of novel nalidixic acid derivatives as potent ectonucleotidases inhibitors. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1341. 142611–142611.

Ahmad, Bashir, Sumaira Miskeen, Khalid Ahmad, et al.. (2025). Phytochemical composition and bioactivity of Debregeasia saeneb leaves: Insights into anti-diabetic and antioxidant properties. PLoS ONE. 20(7). e0326991–e0326991.

Ramalingam, Prasanna Srinivasan, Md Sadique Hussain, Gayathri Chellasamy, et al.. (2025). Repurposing DPP-4 inhibitors as anticancer agents in KRAS-mutated pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology. 26(1). 208–208.

Iqbal, Jamshed, Mariya al‐Rashida, Abdul Hameed, et al.. (2025). Pursing Quinoline-8-Sulfonamide derivatives for the identification of potent NPPs inhibitors: In silico molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations and density field theory (DFT) studies. Results in Chemistry. 17. 102556–102556.

Ramalingam, Prasanna Srinivasan, Gayathri Chellasamy, Md Sadique Hussain, et al.. (2025). Synergistic anticancer effects of camptothecin and sotorasib in KRAS-mutated pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 16. 1635449–1635449.

Salehmin, Mohd Nur Ikhmal, Mohamad Hafiz Mamat, Mohammad B. Kassim, et al.. (2025). Bio-mimetic ZnFe₂O₄ nanofibril photocatalysts for photoelectrochemical applications: role of electrolyte. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics. 36(6). 1 indexed citations

Khan, Noor Zaman, et al.. (2024). Analyzing microstructural evolution and wear behavior of friction stir welded dissimilar joints of SS304 and 2024-T3 Al alloy. Materials Letters. 366. 136493–136493. 5 indexed citations

10.

Hussain, Tajamul, Salman Alrokayan, Salman Alamery, et al.. (2023). Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of pyrazole-based benzene sulfonamides as inhibitors of human carbonic anhydrase II, IX and XII. RSC Advances. 13(27). 18461–18479. 6 indexed citations

11.

Murugaiah, Valarmathy, Chiara Agostinis, Praveen M. Varghese, et al.. (2020). Hyaluronic Acid Present in the Tumor Microenvironment Can Negate the Pro-apototic Effect of a Recombinant Fragment of Human Surfactant Protein D on Breast Cancer Cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 1171–1171. 12 indexed citations

12.

Alrokayan, Salman, et al.. (2020). The Potential of Pandanus amaryllifolius Leaves Extract in Fabrication of Dense and Uniform ZnO Microrods. Micromachines. 11(3). 299–299. 7 indexed citations

13.

Sofi, Hasham S., Hilal Rather, Nadeem Shabir, et al.. (2020). Fabrication of multifunctional cellulose/TiO₂/Ag composite nanofibers scaffold with antibacterial and bioactivity properties for future tissue engineering applications. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 108(4). 947–962. 33 indexed citations

14.

Khan, Haseeb A., et al.. (2018). Size and time-dependent induction of proinflammatory cytokines expression in brains of mice treated with gold nanoparticles. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 26(3). 625–631. 14 indexed citations

15.

Khan, Haseeb A., et al.. (2016). Total RNA yield and its correlation with GAPDH expression in liver and kidneys of rats treated with gold nanoparticles. Biomedical Research-tokyo. 424–429. 1 indexed citations

16.

Pereira, Hugo, Luísa Custódio, Maria João Rodrigues, et al.. (2015). Biological Activities and Chemical Composition of Methanolic Extracts of Selected Autochthonous Microalgae Strains from the Red Sea. Marine Drugs. 13(6). 3531–3549. 46 indexed citations

17.

Hamid, Sharifah Bee Abd, et al.. (2015). Surface topography of synthesized graphene from green carbon source using thermal chemical vapor deposition. 522–526. 6 indexed citations

18.

Mohamed, R., et al.. (2015). Effect of TiO2 seed layer on structural and optical properties of ZnO nanostructures. 455–460. 1 indexed citations

19.

Ye, Fei, Åsa Barrefelt, Manuchehr Abedi‐Valugerdi, et al.. (2015). Biodegradable Polymeric Vesicles Containing Magnetic Nanoparticles, Quantum Dots and Anticancer Drugs for Drug Delivery and Imaging. 2(5).

20.

Pereira, Hugo, Luísa Barreira, Luísa Custódio, et al.. (2013). Isolation and Fatty Acid Profile of Selected Microalgae Strains from the Red Sea for Biofuel Production. Energies. 6(6). 2773–2783. 54 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact