Sonia Younas

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Sonia Younas is a scholar working on Molecular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonia Younas has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Medicine, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Sonia Younas's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (12 papers), Antibiotic Use and Resistance (4 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (4 papers). Sonia Younas is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (12 papers), Antibiotic Use and Resistance (4 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (4 papers). Sonia Younas collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Hong Kong. Sonia Younas's co-authors include Hasan Ejaz, Kashaf Junaid, Khalid Omer Abdalla Abosalif, Abualgasim Elgaili Abdalla, Abdullah Alsrhani, Humera Javed, Aizza Zafar, Zeeshan Ahmed, Syed Nasir Abbas Bukhari and Muhammad Usman Qamar and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Sonia Younas

29 papers receiving 979 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.

COVID-19 and comorbidities: Deleterious impact on infected patients

2020 575 citations Hasan Ejaz, Abdullah Alsrhani et al. Journal of Infection and Public Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sonia Younas Saudi Arabia	13	431	196	167	133	118	31	1.0k
Kashaf Junaid Pakistan	18	477 1.1×	197 1.0×	205 1.2×	176 1.3×	127 1.1×	59	1.4k
Khalid Omer Abdalla Abosalif Saudi Arabia	12	438 1.0×	196 1.0×	119 0.7×	133 1.0×	119 1.0×	27	965
Sajad Yaghoubi Iran	16	409 0.9×	209 1.1×	216 1.3×	212 1.6×	275 2.3×	37	1.2k
Manaf AlQahtani Bahrain	16	571 1.3×	115 0.6×	104 0.6×	93 0.7×	55 0.5×	41	958
Mohammed Garout Saudi Arabia	18	239 0.6×	83 0.4×	138 0.8×	194 1.5×	91 0.8×	69	982
Lennie Derde Netherlands	16	329 0.8×	86 0.4×	348 2.1×	140 1.1×	111 0.9×	41	1.1k
Xu Jia China	19	632 1.5×	193 1.0×	355 2.1×	407 3.1×	79 0.7×	50	1.7k
Abualgasim Elgaili Abdalla Saudi Arabia	18	964 2.2×	272 1.4×	186 1.1×	392 2.9×	184 1.6×	52	1.9k
Shervin Shokouhi Iran	13	437 1.0×	91 0.5×	178 1.1×	162 1.2×	115 1.0×	59	1.3k
Humera Javed Pakistan	6	373 0.9×	182 0.9×	66 0.4×	58 0.4×	116 1.0×	15	670

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Alanazi, Awadh, et al.. (2025). Advancing the understanding of Naegleria fowleri: Global epidemiology, phylogenetic analysis, and strategies to combat a deadly pathogen. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 18(4). 102690–102690. 8 indexed citations

Alanazi, Awadh, Sonia Younas, Muhammad Umer Khan, et al.. (2025). A combined in silico and MD simulation approach to discover novel LpxC inhibitors targeting multiple drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 16900–16900.

Alanazi, Awadh, Sonia Younas, Muhammad Umer Khan, et al.. (2025). Aloe vera Phytochemicals as Potential Antibacterial Agents Against Multidrug‐Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. International Journal of Microbiology. 2025(1).

Ejaz, Hasan, Muhammad Usman Qamar, Aisha Farhana, et al.. (2024). The Rising Tide of Antibiotic Resistance: A Study on Extended‐Spectrum Beta‐Lactamase and Carbapenem‐Resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis. 38(10). e25081–e25081. 4 indexed citations

Ejaz, Hasan, Muhammad Usman Qamar, Kashaf Junaid, et al.. (2023). Antibacterial efficacy of indigenous Pakistani honey against extensively drug-resistant clinical isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi: an alternative option to combat antimicrobial resistance. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 23(1). 42–42. 6 indexed citations

Ejaz, Hasan, Kashaf Junaid, Sonia Younas, et al.. (2022). Emergence and dissemination of monkeypox, an intimidating global public health problem. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 15(10). 1156–1165. 28 indexed citations

Ejaz, Hasan, Muhammad Usman Qamar, Kashaf Junaid, et al.. (2022). The Molecular Detection of Class B and Class D Carbapenemases in Clinical Strains of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii Complex: The High Burden of Antibiotic Resistance and the Co-Existence of Carbapenemase Genes. Antibiotics. 11(9). 1168–1168. 12 indexed citations

Ejaz, Hasan, Kashaf Junaid, Sonia Younas, et al.. (2022). Multiple Antimicrobial Resistance and Heavy Metal Tolerance of Biofilm-Producing Bacteria Isolated from Dairy and Non-Dairy Food Products. Foods. 11(18). 2728–2728. 13 indexed citations

Zafar, Aizza, Humera Javed, Sonia Younas, et al.. (2022). Prevalence, Genotypic Distribution and the associated Risk Factors of Hepatitis C Infection in Pakistan Pediatric Patients. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16(1). 130–137. 2 indexed citations

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Junaid, Kashaf, et al.. (2022). Detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae antibiotic-resistant genes: An impending source of multidrug resistance dissemination through raw food. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 29(5). 3347–3353. 15 indexed citations

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Ejaz, Hasan, Sonia Younas, Khalid Omer Abdalla Abosalif, et al.. (2021). Molecular analysis of blaSHV, blaTEM, and blaCTX-M in extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae recovered from fecal specimens of animals. PLoS ONE. 16(1). e0245126–e0245126. 55 indexed citations

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Ejaz, Hasan, Sonia Younas, Muhammad Usman Qamar, et al.. (2021). Molecular Epidemiology of Extensively Drug-Resistant mcr Encoded Colistin-Resistant Bacterial Strains Co-Expressing Multifarious β-Lactamases. Antibiotics. 10(4). 467–467. 28 indexed citations

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Ejaz, Hasan, Sonia Younas, Kashaf Junaid, et al.. (2021). Molecular Epidemiology of Extensively-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Sequence Type 2 Co-Harboring blaNDM and blaOXA From Clinical Origin. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 14. 1931–1939. 20 indexed citations

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Junaid, Kashaf, Hasan Ejaz, Sonia Younas, et al.. (2021). Heavy Metal Tolerance Trend in Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Encoding Strains Recovered from Food Samples. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(9). 4718–4718. 4 indexed citations

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Junaid, Kashaf, Hasan Ejaz, Abdullah Alsrhani, et al.. (2021). Association of IL28 B and IL10 Polymorphism with HCV Infection and Direct Antiviral Treatment.. PubMed. 51(4). 512–520. 5 indexed citations

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Abdalla, Abualgasim Elgaili, Jianping Xie, Kashaf Junaid, et al.. (2021). Insight into the emerging role of SARS-CoV-2 nonstructural and accessory proteins in modulation of multiple mechanisms of host innate defense. Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. 7 indexed citations

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Younas, Sonia, Hamid Mukhtar, Umar Farooq Gohar, et al.. (2021). Diagnostic approach to elucidate the efficacy and side effects of direct-acting antivirals in HCV infected patients. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 15(10). 1489–1496. 5 indexed citations

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Junaid, Kashaf, Hasan Ejaz, Abualgasim Elgaili Abdalla, et al.. (2020). Effective Immune Functions of Micronutrients against SARS-CoV-2. Nutrients. 12(10). 2992–2992. 50 indexed citations

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Younas, Sonia, et al.. (2017). Isolation, Purification and Commercial Operation of LAB Bacteriocins. International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology. 3(4). 298–305. 1 indexed citations

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Ejaz, Hasan, et al.. (2017). Phenotypic characterization of extended-spectrum-beta‑lactamase producing E. coli from healthy individuals, patients, sewage sludge, cattle, chickens and raw meat. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences. 33(4). 886–890. 15 indexed citations

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