Walid Zaher

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

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Walid Zaher is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Walid Zaher has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Walid Zaher's work include Mesenchymal stem cell research (5 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (3 papers) and Bone Metabolism and Diseases (3 papers). Walid Zaher is often cited by papers focused on Mesenchymal stem cell research (5 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (3 papers) and Bone Metabolism and Diseases (3 papers). Walid Zaher collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, Denmark and United States. Walid Zaher's co-authors include Charles P. Lin, Clemens Alt, Judith Runnels, Luke J. Mortensen, Moustapha Kassem, Juwell W. Wu, Daniel Côté, Raphaël Turcotte, Emmanuel Roussakis and Rushdia Z. Yusuf and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Scientific Reports and Stem Cells.

In The Last Decade

Walid Zaher

15 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Direct measurement of local oxygen concentration in the bone marrow of live animals

2014 876 citations Joel A. Spencer, Francesca Ferraro et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walid Zaher Saudi Arabia	13	464	344	304	267	221	15	1.4k
Rushdia Z. Yusuf United States	14	1.1k 2.4×	345 1.0×	670 2.2×	488 1.8×	418 1.9×	26	2.3k
Eliel Bayever United States	20	490 1.1×	139 0.4×	288 0.9×	86 0.3×	350 1.6×	69	1.3k
J. Justesen Denmark	13	599 1.3×	444 1.3×	127 0.4×	112 0.4×	215 1.0×	19	1.5k
Rami Kotb Canada	18	523 1.1×	209 0.6×	620 2.0×	113 0.4×	475 2.1×	85	1.4k
Patrick Wuchter Germany	27	575 1.2×	581 1.7×	900 3.0×	154 0.6×	692 3.1×	119	2.1k
Daniel Kraft United States	13	596 1.3×	330 1.0×	391 1.3×	53 0.2×	201 0.9×	30	1.7k
Torsten Keßler Germany	26	950 2.0×	178 0.5×	529 1.7×	341 1.3×	685 3.1×	92	2.1k
Sanjay Tiwari Germany	20	509 1.1×	137 0.4×	298 1.0×	73 0.3×	336 1.5×	75	1.6k
Philip Cohen United States	22	459 1.0×	381 1.1×	105 0.3×	289 1.1×	1.0k 4.6×	78	2.3k
Ryo Tamura Japan	22	859 1.9×	79 0.2×	219 0.7×	414 1.6×	240 1.1×	67	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walid Zaher

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Kaabi, Nawal Al, Yunkai Yang, Salah Eldin Hussein, et al.. (2023). Efficacy and Safety of a Booster Vaccination with Two Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines on Symptomatic COVID-19 Infection in Adults: Results of a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 Trial in Abu Dhabi. Vaccines. 11(2). 299–299. 5 indexed citations

Iqbal, Imran, et al.. (2022). Clinical prediction system of complications among patients with COVID-19: A development and validation retrospective multicentre study during first wave of the pandemic. Intelligence-Based Medicine. 6. 100065–100065. 3 indexed citations

Ganesan, Subhashini, et al.. (2022). Vaccine Side Effects Following COVID-19 Vaccination Among the Residents of the UAE—An Observational Study. Frontiers in Public Health. 10. 876336–876336. 43 indexed citations

Ganesan, Subhashini, et al.. (2021). Response to COVID-19 pandemic in the UAE: A public health perspective. Journal of Global Health. 11. 3050–3050. 27 indexed citations

Jafari, Abbas, Adiba Isa, Li Chen, et al.. (2018). TAFA2 Induces Skeletal (Stromal) Stem Cell Migration Through Activation of Rac1-p38 Signaling. Stem Cells. 37(3). 407–416. 20 indexed citations

Okla, Meshail, Walid Zaher, Musaad Alfayez, & Soonkyu Chung. (2017). Inhibitory Effects of Toll-Like Receptor 4, NLRP3 Inflammasome, and Interleukin-1β on White Adipocyte Browning. Inflammation. 41(2). 626–642. 75 indexed citations

Turcotte, Raphaël, Clemens Alt, Judith Runnels, et al.. (2017). Image-guided transplantation of single cells in the bone marrow of live animals. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 3875–3875. 12 indexed citations

Harkness, Linda, Walid Zaher, Nicholas Ditzel, Adiba Isa, & Moustapha Kassem. (2016). CD146/MCAM defines functionality of human bone marrow stromal stem cell populations. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 7(1). 4–4. 68 indexed citations

Zaher, Walid, Nicholas Ditzel, Katharina Drews, et al.. (2015). Association between in vivo bone formation and ex vivo migratory capacity of human bone marrow stromal cells. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 6(1). 196–196. 15 indexed citations

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Jafari, Abbas, Majken Siersbæk, Li Chen, et al.. (2015). Pharmacological Inhibition of Protein Kinase G1 Enhances Bone Formation by Human Skeletal Stem Cells Through Activation of RhoA-Akt Signaling. Stem Cells. 33(7). 2219–2231. 19 indexed citations

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Spencer, Joel A., Francesca Ferraro, Emmanuel Roussakis, et al.. (2014). Direct measurement of local oxygen concentration in the bone marrow of live animals. Nature. 508(7495). 269–273. 876 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zaher, Walid, Linda Harkness, Abbas Jafari, & Moustapha Kassem. (2014). An update of human mesenchymal stem cell biology and their clinical uses. Archives of Toxicology. 88(5). 1069–1082. 53 indexed citations

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Abdallah, Basem M., Abbas Jafari, Walid Zaher, Weimin Qiu, & Moustapha Kassem. (2014). Skeletal (stromal) stem cells: An update on intracellular signaling pathways controlling osteoblast differentiation. Bone. 70. 28–36. 84 indexed citations

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Alt, Clemens, Judith Runnels, Luke J. Mortensen, Walid Zaher, & Charles P. Lin. (2014). In Vivo Imaging of Microglia Turnover in the Mouse Retina After Ionizing Radiation and Dexamethasone Treatment. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 55(8). 5314–5314. 27 indexed citations

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Aldahmash, Abdullah, Walid Zaher, May Al-Nbaheen, & Moustapha Kassem. (2012). Human Stromal (Mesenchymal) Stem Cells: Basic Biology and Current Clinical Use for Tissue Regeneration. Annals of Saudi Medicine. 32(1). 68–77. 50 indexed citations

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