Somayeh Vafaei

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 792 citations indexed

About

Somayeh Vafaei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Somayeh Vafaei has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 792 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Oncology and 12 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Somayeh Vafaei's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (7 papers), Uterine Myomas and Treatments (7 papers) and Endometriosis Research and Treatment (6 papers). Somayeh Vafaei is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (7 papers), Uterine Myomas and Treatments (7 papers) and Endometriosis Research and Treatment (6 papers). Somayeh Vafaei collaborates with scholars based in Iran, United States and China. Somayeh Vafaei's co-authors include Zahra Madjd, Angelina Olegovna Zekiy, Majid Zamani, Burhan Abdullah Zaman, Yuzhen Gao, Fahimeh Fattahi, Leili Saeednejad Zanjani, Marzieh Ebrahimi, Omid Gholizadeh and Saman Yasamineh and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Scientific Reports and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Somayeh Vafaei

41 papers receiving 777 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.

  1. Combination therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs); a new frontier
    2022 177 citations Somayeh Vafaei, Angelina Olegovna Zekiy et al. Cancer Cell International profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Somayeh Vafaei Iran 16 292 241 174 147 100 43 792
Hejing Wang China 19 423 1.4× 255 1.1× 161 0.9× 93 0.6× 212 2.1× 34 1.3k
Gregory T. Wurz United States 17 235 0.8× 277 1.1× 86 0.5× 106 0.7× 68 0.7× 50 992
Zacharias Fasoulakis Greece 14 386 1.3× 169 0.7× 202 1.2× 83 0.6× 93 0.9× 73 824
S Terlikowski Poland 19 300 1.0× 234 1.0× 198 1.1× 135 0.9× 96 1.0× 101 1.0k
Yarong Song China 17 519 1.8× 242 1.0× 343 2.0× 87 0.6× 186 1.9× 42 1.1k
Yingxin Pang China 16 551 1.9× 110 0.5× 337 1.9× 59 0.4× 61 0.6× 46 923
Yinghui Zhou China 16 341 1.2× 223 0.9× 141 0.8× 104 0.7× 59 0.6× 56 866
Fangxu Tang China 10 317 1.1× 191 0.8× 266 1.5× 40 0.3× 25 0.3× 18 753
Monica Wang United States 12 334 1.1× 229 1.0× 181 1.0× 383 2.6× 48 0.5× 77 988

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Fields of papers citing papers by Somayeh Vafaei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Somayeh Vafaei

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All Works

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Omran, Mervat M., Somayeh Vafaei, María Victoria Bariani, et al.. (2025). Utilising Human Myometrial and Uterine Fibroid Stem Cell‐Derived Three Dimentional Organoids as a Robust Model System for Understanding the Pathophysiology of Uterine Fibroids. Cell Proliferation. 58(9). e70025–e70025. 1 indexed citations
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Vafaei, Somayeh, Yuzhen Gao, Marzieh Naseri, et al.. (2025). Increased expression of PDGFA and RAF1 in Tumor-derived exosomes in humancolorectal cancer. Cellular and Molecular Biology. 71(3). 1–13.
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Yang, Qiwei, Somayeh Vafaei, María Victoria Bariani, et al.. (2024). Bromodomain-Containing Protein 9 Regulates Signaling Pathways and Reprograms the Epigenome in Immortalized Human Uterine Fibroid Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(2). 905–905. 5 indexed citations
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Ghasroldasht, Mohammad Mousaei, et al.. (2024). A Comparative Analysis of Naïve Exosomes and Enhanced Exosomes with a Focus on the Treatment Potential in Ovarian Disorders. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 14(5). 482–482. 7 indexed citations
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Ciebiera, Michał, Mohamed Ali, Qiwei Yang, et al.. (2024). Uterine fibroids: current research on novel drug targets and innovative therapeutic strategies. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets. 28(8). 669–687. 8 indexed citations
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Ali, Mohamed, María Victoria Bariani, Somayeh Vafaei, et al.. (2023). Prevention of uterine fibroids: Molecular mechanisms and potential clinical application. PubMed. 1. 100018–100018. 11 indexed citations
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Ali, Mohamed, Michał Ciebiera, Somayeh Vafaei, et al.. (2023). Progesterone Signaling and Uterine Fibroid Pathogenesis; Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutics. Cells. 12(8). 1117–1117. 25 indexed citations
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Vafaei, Somayeh, et al.. (2023). The potential use of mesenchymal stem cells-derived exosomes as microRNAs delivery systems in different diseases. Cell Communication and Signaling. 21(1). 20–20. 81 indexed citations
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Yang, Qiwei, Mohamed Ali, María Victoria Bariani, Somayeh Vafaei, & Ayman Al‐Hendy. (2023). Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and epigenetic reprogramming in developmental origin of uterine fibroids. Science Progress. 106(4). 332186097–332186097. 3 indexed citations
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Zanjani, Leili Saeednejad, Somayeh Vafaei, Maryam Abolhasani, Fahimeh Fattahi, & Zahra Madjd. (2022). Prognostic value of Talin-1 in renal cell carcinoma and its association with B7-H3. Cancer Biomarkers. 35(3). 269–292. 10 indexed citations
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Vafaei, Somayeh, et al.. (2022). Combination therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs); a new frontier. Cancer Cell International. 22(1). 2–2. 177 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fattahi, Fahimeh, Leili Saeednejad Zanjani, Somayeh Vafaei, et al.. (2021). Expressions of TWIST1 and CD105 markers in colorectal cancer patients and their association with metastatic potential and prognosis. Diagnostic Pathology. 16(1). 26–26. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Hao, et al.. (2021). A chemoresistance lncRNA signature for recurrence risk stratification of colon cancer patients with chemotherapy. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 27. 427–438. 14 indexed citations
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Vafaei, Somayeh, Leili Saeednejad Zanjani, Marzieh Naseri, et al.. (2020). Low expression of Talin1 is associated with advanced pathological features in colorectal cancer patients. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 17786–17786. 22 indexed citations
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Vafaei, Somayeh, Raheleh Roudi, Zahra Madjd, Amir Reza Aref, & Marzieh Ebrahimi. (2020). Potential theranostics of circulating tumor cells and tumor-derived exosomes application in colorectal cancer. Cancer Cell International. 20(1). 25 indexed citations
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Wan, Ye, et al.. (2020). Effect of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Pandemic on Medical Students’ Psychological Stress and Its Influencing Factors. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 548506–548506. 39 indexed citations
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Vafaei, Somayeh, et al.. (2015). Designing Novel and Simple Competitive Internal Amplification Control for Reliable PCR Diagnosis of Herpes Simplex Virus. Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology. 8(2). e16260–e16260. 6 indexed citations

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