Sara Kiani

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 838 citations indexed

About

Sara Kiani is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Kiani has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 838 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sara Kiani's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (4 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (4 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (3 papers). Sara Kiani is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (4 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (4 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (3 papers). Sara Kiani collaborates with scholars based in Iran, United States and Denmark. Sara Kiani's co-authors include Sepideh Miraj, Reza Khodarahmi‬, Mohammad Hosein Farzaei, Kamran Mansouri, Kamran Mansouri, Bahare Mohamadzade, Pedram Lalbakhsh, Wahab Mohyuddin, Luigi La Spada and Zdeněk Peroutka and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Access and Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy.

In The Last Decade

Sara Kiani

28 papers receiving 812 citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sara Kiani Iran	13	237	220	160	97	90	31	838
Himanshu Joshi India	16	138 0.6×	179 0.8×	112 0.7×	108 1.1×	53 0.6×	100	819
Rajnish Kumar India	24	195 0.8×	490 2.2×	66 0.4×	110 1.1×	66 0.7×	116	1.6k
Qingqing Chen China	19	275 1.2×	306 1.4×	142 0.9×	70 0.7×	60 0.7×	120	1.4k
Haleema Sadia Pakistan	20	84 0.4×	456 2.1×	72 0.5×	65 0.7×	166 1.8×	87	1.2k
Chen Chen China	22	377 1.6×	318 1.4×	365 2.3×	76 0.8×	31 0.3×	108	1.6k
Mengyao Ji China	15	117 0.5×	146 0.7×	96 0.6×	68 0.7×	57 0.6×	54	714
Ran Duan China	20	47 0.2×	381 1.7×	104 0.7×	96 1.0×	131 1.5×	67	1.2k
Khalid Raza India	23	103 0.4×	558 2.5×	172 1.1×	25 0.3×	67 0.7×	107	1.5k
Shamima Akter Bangladesh	16	148 0.6×	189 0.9×	231 1.4×	106 1.1×	24 0.3×	43	909

Countries citing papers authored by Sara Kiani

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Kiani

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Sadeghalvad, Mona, Hamid‐Reza Mohammadi‐Motlagh, Kamran Mansouri, et al.. (2025). Breast Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Could Induce the PI3K/Akt/ mTOR Signaling Pathway Through Downstream Long Non-Coding RNA HOTAIR. 1 indexed citations

Yarani, Reza, et al.. (2024). L-lysine Increases the Anticancer Effect of Doxorubicin in Breast Cancer by Inducing ROS-dependent Autophagy. Current Cancer Drug Targets. 25(3). 257–269.

Yarani, Reza, Sara Kiani, Zohreh Hoseinkhani, et al.. (2024). Therapeutic potential of exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells for treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus. Journal of Inflammation. 21(1). 20–20. 6 indexed citations

Valipour, Elahe, et al.. (2023). Autophagy: A challengeable paradox in cancer treatment. Cancer Medicine. 12(10). 11542–11569. 43 indexed citations

Villavisanis, Dillan F., David Perrault, Sara Kiani, David Cholok, & Paige M. Fox. (2023). Current Treatment Landscape for Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa: From Surgical Management to Emerging Gene Therapies and Novel Skin Grafts. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 49(5). 472–480.

Gornitzky, Alex L., et al.. (2022). Why Don’t Adolescents Wear Their Brace? A Prospective Study Investigating Psychosocial Characteristics That Predict Scoliosis Brace Wear. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 43(1). 51–60. 8 indexed citations

Yarani, Reza, et al.. (2021). Cell line-directed breast cancer research based on glucose metabolism status. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 146. 112526–112526. 40 indexed citations

Barzegari, Ebrahim, Kamran Mansouri, Pantea Mohammadi, et al.. (2020). Heterologous expression, purification, and refolding of SRY protein: role of l-arginine as analyzed by simulation and practical study. Molecular Biology Reports. 47(8). 5943–5951. 4 indexed citations

Farzaei, Mohammad Hosein, et al.. (2020). Immunomodulatory; Anti-inflammatory/antioxidant Effects of Polyphenols: A Comparative Review on the Parental Compounds and Their Metabolites. Food Reviews International. 37(8). 759–811. 104 indexed citations

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Yarani, Reza, et al.. (2020). Perfluorocarbon as an adjuvant for tumor anti-angiogenic therapy: Relevance to hypoxia and HIF-1. Medical Hypotheses. 146. 110357–110357. 10 indexed citations

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Norooznezhad, Fatemeh, et al.. (2019). Autophagy, cancer and angiogenesis: where is the link?. Cell & Bioscience. 9(1). 65–65. 67 indexed citations

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Miraj, Sepideh & Sara Kiani. (2016). A review study of therapeutic effects of Salvia officinalis L. Der pharmacia lettre. 8(6). 299–303. 28 indexed citations

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Miraj, Sepideh & Sara Kiani. (2016). Bioactivity of Sesamum indicum: A review study. Der pharmacia lettre. 8(6). 328–334. 18 indexed citations

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Miraj, Sepideh, et al.. (2016). A review of chemical components and pharmacological effects of Kelussia odoratissima Mozaff. Der pharmacia lettre. 8(1). 140–147. 2 indexed citations

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Miraj, Sepideh & Sara Kiani. (2016). Review of association between dietotherapy, dystemprement and preventionand Treatment of diseases. Der pharmacia lettre. 8(6). 166–169. 1 indexed citations

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Miraj, Sepideh & Sara Kiani. (2016). Astragalus membranaceus : A review study of its anti-carcinoma activities. Der pharmacia lettre. 8(6). 59–65. 12 indexed citations

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Kiani, Sara, et al.. (2016). Chemical compound and Therapeutic effects of Hypericum perforatum. Der pharmacia lettre. 8(9). 237–241. 5 indexed citations

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Miraj, Sepideh & Sara Kiani. (2016). Soybean: Is it the most useful plant for animals. Der pharmacia lettre. 8(6). 342–349. 1 indexed citations

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Kahrizi, Danial, et al.. (2012). Genetic diversity study of some medicinal plant accessions belong to Apiaceae family based on seed storage proteins patterns. Molecular Biology Reports. 39(12). 10361–10365. 23 indexed citations

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Mostafaie, Ali, Kheirollah Yari, & Sara Kiani. (2011). A comparative evaluation of rehydration and cup- loading sample application for modified two- dimensional gel electrophoresis of human serum proteins using immobilized pH gradient. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 10(55). 11711–11715. 5 indexed citations

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