Samira Kiani

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Samira Kiani is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Hepatology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Samira Kiani has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Hepatology and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Samira Kiani's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (16 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (8 papers) and Liver Disease and Transplantation (6 papers). Samira Kiani is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (16 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (8 papers) and Liver Disease and Transplantation (6 papers). Samira Kiani collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and Netherlands. Samira Kiani's co-authors include Mo R. Ebrahimkhani, Ron Weiss, Alejandro Chavez, Marcelle Tuttle, James J. Collins, George M. Church, Noah Davidsohn, Benjamin W. Pruitt, Suhani Vora and Dmitry Ter‐Ovanesyan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Samira Kiani

31 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Highly efficient Cas9-mediated transcriptional programming

2015 1.2k citations Alejandro Chavez, Jonathan Scheiman et al. Nature Methods profile →
Genetic engineering of human pluripotent cells using TALE nucleases

2011 894 citations Dirk Hockemeyer, Haoyi Wang et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samira Kiani United States	19	3.2k	620	277	244	227	32	3.6k
Isaac B. Hilton United States	17	2.6k 0.8×	548 0.9×	312 1.1×	261 1.1×	178 0.8×	25	3.0k
Xi Shi China	14	4.4k 1.4×	685 1.1×	678 2.4×	186 0.8×	233 1.0×	30	5.3k
Kosuke Yusa United Kingdom	35	4.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.8×	442 1.6×	502 2.1×	142 0.6×	66	5.1k
Pratiksha I. Thakore United States	17	4.8k 1.5×	1.2k 2.0×	286 1.0×	351 1.4×	386 1.7×	24	5.6k
Bryan Zeitler United States	9	2.6k 0.8×	709 1.1×	127 0.5×	260 1.1×	156 0.7×	11	2.8k
Shondra M. Pruett‐Miller United States	32	3.0k 0.9×	717 1.2×	342 1.2×	167 0.7×	88 0.4×	97	3.8k
George E. Katibah United States	10	2.5k 0.8×	625 1.0×	519 1.9×	201 0.8×	78 0.3×	11	4.3k
Sarah J. Hinkley United States	6	2.4k 0.8×	706 1.1×	134 0.5×	340 1.4×	132 0.6×	8	2.6k
Ami M. Kabadi United States	12	2.7k 0.8×	605 1.0×	133 0.5×	188 0.8×	226 1.0×	15	2.9k
Jacqueline E. Villalta United States	13	4.2k 1.3×	635 1.0×	270 1.0×	350 1.4×	252 1.1×	16	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Samira Kiani

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Fields of papers citing papers by Samira Kiani

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samira Kiani

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

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Song, Qi, Amir Alavi, Jeremy J. Velazquez, et al.. (2023). Modelling post-implantation human development to yolk sac blood emergence. Nature. 626(7998). 367–376. 39 indexed citations

Moghadam, Farzaneh, Jeremy J. Velazquez, Nan Cher Yeo, et al.. (2020). Synthetic immunomodulation with a CRISPR super-repressor in vivo. Nature Cell Biology. 22(9). 1143–1154. 28 indexed citations

Velazquez, Jeremy J., Farzaneh Moghadam, Yuqi Tan, et al.. (2020). Gene Regulatory Network Analysis and Engineering Directs Development and Vascularization of Multilineage Human Liver Organoids. Cell Systems. 12(1). 41–55.e11. 64 indexed citations

Hernandez‐Gordillo, Victor, et al.. (2020). Multicellular systems to translate somatic cell genome editors to human. Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering. 16. 72–81.

Ewaisha, Radwa, Farzaneh Moghadam, Sri Krishna, et al.. (2019). Multifunctional CRISPR-Cas9 with engineered immunosilenced human T cell epitopes. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1842–1842. 144 indexed citations

Maldonado, Juan, et al.. (2018). The 2017 Arizona Biosecurity Workshop. Applied Biosafety. 23(4). 233–241. 3 indexed citations

Pineda, Michael, et al.. (2018). Safe CRISPR: Challenges and Possible Solutions. Trends in biotechnology. 37(4). 389–401. 46 indexed citations

Kiani, Samira, et al.. (2017). Approaches to Reduce CRISPR Off-Target Effects for Safer Genome Editing. Applied Biosafety. 22(1). 7–13. 20 indexed citations

Kiani, Samira, et al.. (2016). Detection of Vibrio Species Isolated from Ornamental Guppy Fish in Kashan, Isfahan, Iran Fish culturing Pounds. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations

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Guye, Patrick, Mo R. Ebrahimkhani, Nathan H. Kipniss, et al.. (2016). Genetically engineering self-organization of human pluripotent stem cells into a liver bud-like tissue using Gata6. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10243–10243. 118 indexed citations

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Chavez, Alejandro, Marcelle Tuttle, Raj Chari, et al.. (2015). Cas9 gRNA engineering for genome editing, activation and repression. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Kiani, Samira, Alejandro Chavez, Marcelle Tuttle, et al.. (2015). Cas9 gRNA engineering for genome editing, activation and repression. Nature Methods. 12(11). 1051–1054. 249 indexed citations

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Chavez, Alejandro, Jonathan Scheiman, Suhani Vora, et al.. (2015). Highly efficient Cas9-mediated transcriptional programming. Nature Methods. 12(4). 326–328. 1183 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kiani, Samira, Jacob Beal, Mo R. Ebrahimkhani, et al.. (2014). CRISPR transcriptional repression devices and layered circuits in mammalian cells. Nature Methods. 11(7). 723–726. 151 indexed citations

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Hockemeyer, Dirk, Haoyi Wang, Samira Kiani, et al.. (2011). Genetic engineering of human ES and iPS cells using TALE nucleases. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Hockemeyer, Dirk, Haoyi Wang, Samira Kiani, et al.. (2011). Genetic engineering of human pluripotent cells using TALE nucleases. Nature Biotechnology. 29(8). 731–734. 894 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ebrahimkhani, Mo R., Leila Moezi, Samira Kiani, Shahin Merat, & Ahmad Reza Dehpour. (2008). Opioid Receptor Blockade Improves Mesenteric Responsiveness in Biliary Cirrhosis. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 53(11). 3007–3011. 10 indexed citations

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Kiani, Samira, Mo R. Ebrahimkhani, Ahmad Shariftabrizi, et al.. (2006). Opioid system blockade decreases collagenase activity and improves liver injury in a rat model of cholestasis. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 22(3). 406–413. 15 indexed citations

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Riazi, Kiarash, Hooman Honar, Houman Homayoun, et al.. (2005). The synergistic anticonvulsant effect of agmatine and morphine: Possible role of alpha 2-adrenoceptors. Epilepsy Research. 65(1-2). 33–40. 28 indexed citations

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Ebrahimkhani, Mo R., Hamed Sadeghipour, Samira Kiani, et al.. (2005). Homocysteine alterations in experimental cholestasis and its subsequent cirrhosis. Life Sciences. 76(21). 2497–2512. 18 indexed citations

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