Sami S. Zoghbi

18.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
271 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

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Sami S. Zoghbi is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sami S. Zoghbi has authored 271 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 102 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 83 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sami S. Zoghbi's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (86 papers), Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (65 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (48 papers). Sami S. Zoghbi is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (86 papers), Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (65 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (48 papers). Sami S. Zoghbi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Japan. Sami S. Zoghbi's co-authors include Robert B. Innis, Victor W. Pike, Ronald M. Baldwin, John Seibyl, Masahiro Fujita, Yolanda Zea‐Ponce, Marc Laruelle, Dennis S. Charney, Cheryl L. Morse and Paul B. Hoffer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Oncology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sami S. Zoghbi

263 papers receiving 13.9k 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.

Single photon emission computerized tomography imaging of amphetamine-induced dopamine release in drug-free schizophrenic subjects.

1996 980 citations Sami S. Zoghbi, Ronald M. Baldwin et al. profile →
Reversible and regionally selective downregulation of brain cannabinoid CB1 receptors in chronic daily cannabis smokers

2011 424 citations Jussi Hirvonen, Sami S. Zoghbi et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sami S. Zoghbi United States	61	6.1k	3.6k	2.8k	2.5k	2.3k	271	14.2k
Robert F. Dannals United States	69	6.8k 1.1×	4.9k 1.4×	4.5k 1.6×	1.4k 0.6×	2.5k 1.1×	360	17.9k
Alan A. Wilson Canada	75	8.3k 1.4×	4.4k 1.2×	3.1k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	3.8k 1.7×	328	19.0k
Eugenii A. Rabiner United Kingdom	56	4.1k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	228	10.6k
Tetsuya Suhara Japan	67	6.0k 1.0×	3.8k 1.1×	3.0k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	3.1k 1.4×	435	17.0k
Robert B. Innis United States	84	10.6k 1.7×	6.5k 1.8×	4.2k 1.5×	3.4k 1.4×	4.0k 1.7×	412	25.7k
Victor W. Pike United States	66	4.4k 0.7×	4.6k 1.3×	4.7k 1.7×	825 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	433	15.4k
Hank F. Kung United States	60	4.0k 0.7×	3.7k 1.0×	3.4k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	290	13.1k
Christer Halldin Sweden	75	9.5k 1.6×	6.7k 1.9×	6.3k 2.2×	3.1k 1.3×	4.1k 1.8×	668	24.1k
Koen Van Laere Belgium	60	3.2k 0.5×	1.9k 0.5×	2.9k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	421	12.3k
Dean F. Wong United States	69	5.9k 1.0×	3.5k 1.0×	3.5k 1.2×	2.0k 0.8×	4.3k 1.9×	421	17.2k

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Yan, Xuefeng, Ping Bai, Jeih-San Liow, et al.. (2025). Syntheses and preclinical evaluations of ¹¹ C-labeled radioligands for imaging brain orexin-1 and orexin-2 receptors with positron emission tomography. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 16(8). 3787–3798. 1 indexed citations

Maqbool, Mudasir, Xuefeng Yan, Jeih‐San Liow, et al.. (2025). Development and Evaluation in Rat and Monkey of a Candidate Homochiral Radioligand for PET Studies of Brain Receptor Interacting Protein Kinase 1: [¹⁸F](S)-1-(5-(3-Fluorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-2,2-dimethylpropan-1-one. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 16(2). 203–222.

Yan, Xuefeng, Fabrice G. Siméon, Jeih-San Liow, et al.. (2024). [ ¹⁸ F]SF51, a novel ¹⁸ F-labeled PET radioligand for translocator protein 18kDa (TSPO) in brain, works well in monkeys but fails in humans. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 45(2). 365–372.

Yan, Xuefeng, Fabrice G. Siméon, Jeih‐San Liow, et al.. (2023). In vivo evaluation of a novel 18F-labeled PET radioligand for translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO) in monkey brain. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 50(10). 2962–2970. 5 indexed citations

Siméon, Fabrice G., Jae‐Hoon Lee, Cheryl L. Morse, et al.. (2021). Synthesis and Screening in Mice of Fluorine-Containing PET Radioligands for TSPO: Discovery of a Promising ¹⁸F-Labeled Ligand. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 64(22). 16731–16745. 17 indexed citations

Liow, Jeih‐San, Sami S. Zoghbi, Shuo Hu, et al.. (2016). 18F-FCWAY, a serotonin 1A receptor radioligand, is a substrate for efflux transport at the human blood-brain barrier. NeuroImage. 138. 134–140. 7 indexed citations

Zoghbi, Sami S., Shuiyu Lu, Suneet Shukla, et al.. (2015). The Inhibitor Ko143 Is Not Specific for ABCG2. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 354(3). 384–393. 117 indexed citations

Lyoo, Chul Hyoung, Paolo Zanotti‐Fregonara, Sami S. Zoghbi, et al.. (2014). Image-Derived Input Function Derived from a Supervised Clustering Algorithm: Methodology and Validation in a Clinical Protocol Using [11C](R)-Rolipram. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e89101–e89101. 13 indexed citations

Zanotti‐Fregonara, Paolo, Jussi Hirvonen, Chul Hyoung Lyoo, et al.. (2014). Population-Based Input Function Modeling for [18F]FMPEP-d2, an Inverse Agonist Radioligand for Cannabinoid CB1 Receptors: Validation in Clinical Studies. YUHSpace (Yonsei University Medical Library). 29 indexed citations

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Zanotti‐Fregonara, Paolo, Jussi Hirvonen, Chul Hyoung Lyoo, et al.. (2013). Population-Based Input Function Modeling for [18F]FMPEP-d2, an Inverse Agonist Radioligand for Cannabinoid CB1 Receptors: Validation in Clinical Studies. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e60231–e60231. 4 indexed citations

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Zanotti‐Fregonara, Paolo, Sami S. Zoghbi, Jeih-San Liow, et al.. (2010). Kinetic analysis in human brain of [11C](R)-rolipram, a positron emission tomographic radioligand to image phosphodiesterase 4: A retest study and use of an image-derived input function. NeuroImage. 54(3). 1903–1909. 28 indexed citations

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Kreisl, William Charles, Masahiro Fujita, Sami S. Zoghbi, et al.. (2009). Stroke Incidentally Identified Using Improved Positron Emission Tomography for Microglial Activation. Archives of Neurology. 66(10). 1288–9. 17 indexed citations

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Brown, Amira K., Yasuyuki Kimura, Sami S. Zoghbi, et al.. (2008). Metabotropic Glutamate Subtype 5 Receptors Are Quantified in the Human Brain with a Novel Radioligand for PET. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 49(12). 2042–2048. 47 indexed citations

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Zoghbi, Sami S., Hitesh Shetty, Masanori Ichise, et al.. (2006). PET imaging of the dopamine transporter with 18F-FECNT: a polar radiometabolite confounds brain radioligand measurements.. PubMed. 47(3). 520–7. 153 indexed citations

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Fujita, Masahiro, Sami S. Zoghbi, Jau‐Shyong Hong, et al.. (2004). PET imaging of brain phosphodiesterase 4 in rats using [C-11]rolipram. NeuroImage. 22.

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Kugaya, Akira, Gerard Sanacora, Nicolaas P. L. G. Verhoeff, et al.. (2003). Cerebral benzodiazepine receptors in depressed patients measured with [123i]iomazenil SPECT. Biological Psychiatry. 54(8). 792–799. 52 indexed citations

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Fujita, Masahiro, Gilles Tamagnan, Sami S. Zoghbi, et al.. (2000). Measurement of alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors with [123I]5-I-A-85380 SPECT.. PubMed. 41(9). 1552–60. 35 indexed citations

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Cesati, Richard R., Gilles Tamagnan, Ronald M. Baldwin, et al.. (1999). Synthesis of cyclopentadienyl tricarbonyl technetium phenyl-tropane derivatives by direct double ligand transfer with ferrocene precursors. Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals. 42. 1 indexed citations

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Innis, Robert B., et al.. (1991). SPECT imaging of the benzodiazepine receptor: feasibility of in vivo potency measurements from stepwise displacement curves.. PubMed. 32(9). 1754–61. 57 indexed citations

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Hoffer, Paul B., et al.. (1987). Comparison of gallium-67 versus indium-111 monoclonal antibody (96.5, ZME-018) in detection of human melanoma in athymic mice.. PubMed. 28(9). 1441–6. 3 indexed citations

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