Sara Alaei

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Sara Alaei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Alaei has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 2 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Sara Alaei's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (10 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (4 papers). Sara Alaei is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (10 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (4 papers). Sara Alaei collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Italy and Netherlands. Sara Alaei's co-authors include José M. Polo, Christian M. Nefzger, Sue Mei Lim, Benjamin A. Schwarz, Endre Anderssen, Sihem Cheloufi, Matthias Stadtfeld, María E. Figueroa, Sridaran Natesan and Ari Melnick and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sara Alaei

13 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

A Molecular Roadmap of Reprogramming Somatic Cells into iPS Cells

2012 626 citations José M. Polo, Endre Anderssen et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sara Alaei Australia	9	931	119	105	96	90	15	1.0k
Rodrigo Osorno United Kingdom	10	1.1k 1.1×	103 0.9×	32 0.3×	105 1.1×	110 1.2×	11	1.1k
Nicola Festuccia France	17	1.3k 1.4×	68 0.6×	54 0.5×	238 2.5×	61 0.7×	20	1.4k
Michelle Desler United States	15	808 0.9×	79 0.7×	55 0.5×	96 1.0×	76 0.8×	20	935
Odelya Hartung United States	9	859 0.9×	135 1.1×	40 0.4×	226 2.4×	87 1.0×	12	1.0k
Frederick C.K. Wong United Kingdom	11	805 0.9×	73 0.6×	42 0.4×	91 0.9×	84 0.9×	14	862
Oz Pomp United States	15	441 0.5×	51 0.4×	52 0.5×	106 1.1×	74 0.8×	18	638
Nergis Kara United States	6	606 0.7×	40 0.3×	53 0.5×	70 0.7×	53 0.6×	6	713
Guizhong Cui China	12	608 0.7×	54 0.5×	81 0.8×	34 0.4×	48 0.5×	31	744
Abdenour Soufi United Kingdom	13	1.5k 1.6×	43 0.4×	69 0.7×	155 1.6×	91 1.0×	18	1.6k
Leehee Weinberger Israel	6	1.4k 1.5×	100 0.8×	33 0.3×	282 2.9×	166 1.8×	8	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Alaei

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

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Berger, Joachim, et al.. (2025). Redundant and novel functions of scube genes during zebrafish development. Developmental Biology. 528. 79–90.

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Salavaty, Adrian, Sara Alaei, Mirana Ramialison, & Peter D. Currie. (2022). Systematic molecular profiling of acute leukemia cancer stem cells allows identification of druggable targets. Heliyon. 8(10). e11093–e11093.

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Wood, Alasdair J., Chi‐Hung Lin, Sara Alaei, et al.. (2021). FKRP-dependent glycosylation of fibronectin regulates muscle pathology in muscular dystrophy. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2951–2951. 21 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Phong D., David Gurevich, C. Sonntag, et al.. (2017). Muscle Stem Cells Undergo Extensive Clonal Drift during Tissue Growth via Meox1-Mediated Induction of G2 Cell-Cycle Arrest. Cell stem cell. 21(1). 107–119.e6. 61 indexed citations

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Knaupp, Anja S., Sam Buckberry, Jahnvi Pflueger, et al.. (2017). Transient and Permanent Reconfiguration of Chromatin and Transcription Factor Occupancy Drive Reprogramming. Cell stem cell. 21(6). 834–845.e6. 78 indexed citations

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Nefzger, Christian M., Fernando J. Rossello, Joseph Chen, et al.. (2017). Cell Type of Origin Dictates the Route to Pluripotency. Cell Reports. 21(10). 2649–2660. 36 indexed citations

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Alaei, Sara, Anja S. Knaupp, Sue Mei Lim, et al.. (2016). An improved reprogrammable mouse model harbouring the reverse tetracycline-controlled transcriptional transactivator 3. Stem Cell Research. 17(1). 49–53. 9 indexed citations

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Nefzger, Christian M., Sara Alaei, & José M. Polo. (2015). Isolation of Reprogramming Intermediates During Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts. Methods in molecular biology. 1330. 205–218. 3 indexed citations

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Nefzger, Christian M., Sara Alaei, Anja S. Knaupp, Melissa L. Holmes, & José M. Polo. (2014). Cell Surface Marker Mediated Purification of iPS Cell Intermediates from a Reprogrammable Mouse Model. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

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Nefzger, Christian M., Sara Alaei, Anja S. Knaupp, Melissa L. Holmes, & José M. Polo. (2014). Cell Surface Marker Mediated Purification of iPS Cell Intermediates from a Reprogrammable Mouse Model. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e51728–e51728. 16 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Phong D., Georgina E. Hollway, C. Sonntag, et al.. (2014). Haematopoietic stem cell induction by somite-derived endothelial cells controlled by meox1. Nature. 512(7514). 314–318. 108 indexed citations

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Alaei, Sara, Anja S. Knaupp, & José M. Polo. (2014). Epigenetic Changes During Reprogramming. 45(1). 17–20. 1 indexed citations

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Polo, José M., Endre Anderssen, Ryan Walsh, et al.. (2012). A Molecular Roadmap of Reprogramming Somatic Cells into iPS Cells. Cell. 151(7). 1617–1632. 626 indexed citations breakdown →

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Alaei, Sara. (2011). Improvement of xanthan gum production in batch culture using stepwise acetic acid stress. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 10(83). 7 indexed citations

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Nemati, Shiva, et al.. (2010). Long-Term Self-Renewable Feeder-Free Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived Neural Progenitors. Stem Cells and Development. 20(3). 503–514. 47 indexed citations

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