Wassila Derafa

528 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 362 citations indexed

About

Wassila Derafa is a scholar working on Oncology, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wassila Derafa has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 362 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Oncology, 4 papers in Organic Chemistry and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wassila Derafa's work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (7 papers), Synthesis and biological activity (3 papers) and Crystal structures of chemical compounds (3 papers). Wassila Derafa is often cited by papers focused on Metal complexes synthesis and properties (7 papers), Synthesis and biological activity (3 papers) and Crystal structures of chemical compounds (3 papers). Wassila Derafa collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, Algeria and France. Wassila Derafa's co-authors include Nadia A. A. Elkanzi, Hajer Hrichi, Rania B. Bakr, Ali Ourari, Aly Abdou, Mohammed A. El‐Hashemy, Sofiane Bouacida, Walid Baaziz, Ovidiu Ersen and Corinne Petit and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and RSC Advances.

In The Last Decade

Wassila Derafa

13 papers receiving 354 citations

Hit Papers

Synthesis of Chalcones Derivatives and Their Biological A... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200
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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. Synthesis of Chalcones Derivatives and Their Biological Activities: A Review
    2022 202 citations Nadia A. A. Elkanzi, Hajer Hrichi et al. ACS Omega profile →

Peers

Wassila Derafa
Eric O. Akintemi South Africa
Rageh K. Hussein Saudi Arabia
T.M. Fasina Nigeria
Essam M. Hussein Egypt
Murat Bingül Türkiye
Mohammad Abdul Mumit Bangladesh
Peter A. Sidhom Egypt
Temitope O. Olomola South Africa
Md. Al‐Amin‐Al‐Azadul Islam Bangladesh
Khadidja Otmane Rachedi Algeria
Eric O. Akintemi South Africa
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Fields of papers citing papers by Wassila Derafa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wassila Derafa

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Song, Peng, Taihong Huang, Tao Wang, et al.. (2025). Insights into the electronic, mechanical and thermodynamic properties of pyrochlore oxides A2B2O7: A first-principles study. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 199. 112551–112551.
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Haq, Saeed Ul, Raz Muhammad, Muhammad Faizan, et al.. (2023). DFT study of structural, electronic, thermoelectric and elastic properties of KPdX3 (X = F, Cl, Br, and I) perovskites. Physica Scripta. 98(6). 65922–65922. 3 indexed citations
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Derafa, Wassila, et al.. (2022). An unexpected single crystal structure of nickel(II) complex: Spectral, DFT, NLO, magnetic and molecular docking studies. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1264. 133190–133190. 19 indexed citations
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Elkanzi, Nadia A. A., et al.. (2022). Synthesis of Chalcones Derivatives and Their Biological Activities: A Review. ACS Omega. 7(32). 27769–27786. 202 indexed citations breakdown →
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Derafa, Wassila, Djouhra Aggoun, & Ali Ourari. (2022). Electrocatalytic Heterogeneous Oxidation of Alcohols (Methanol, Ethanol and Isopropanol) Using GC-Modified Electrodes with Unsymmetrical NiII-Schiff Base Complex. International Journal of Electrochemical Science. 17(11). 22112–22112.
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El‐Hashemy, Mohammed A., et al.. (2022). Corrosion inhibition of mild steel by highly stable polydentate schiff base derived from 1,3- propanediamine in aqueous acidic solution. Journal of Saudi Chemical Society. 26(4). 101501–101501. 32 indexed citations
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Derafa, Wassila, et al.. (2021). Removal of heavy metals from groundwater using silica/activated carbon composite. Desalination and Water Treatment. 238. 198–206. 2 indexed citations
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Derafa, Wassila, Walid Baaziz, Ovidiu Ersen, et al.. (2018). Synthesis and characterization of nickel-doped ceria nanoparticles with improved surface reducibility. RSC Advances. 8(71). 40712–40719. 29 indexed citations
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Ourari, Ali, et al.. (2015). Crystal structure of bis(2-{[(3-bromopropyl)imino]methyl}phenolato-κ2N,O)copper(II). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 71(2). m33–m34. 1 indexed citations
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Ourari, Ali, et al.. (2012). Bis[μ-(3-acetyl-2-hydroxy-6-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one-κ3O:O′,O′′)]diaquatetrakis(pyridine-κN)dicopper(II) diperchlorate. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 68(11). m1356–m1357. 1 indexed citations
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Ourari, Ali, et al.. (2011). catena-Poly[[[(pyridine-κN)copper(II)]-μ-3-{1-[(2-aminoethyl)imino]ethyl}-6-methyl-2-oxo-2H-pyran-4-olato-κ4N,N,O4:O2] perchlorate]. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 67(12). m1720–m1721. 2 indexed citations

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