Zakia Kanwal

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Zakia Kanwal is a scholar working on Immunology, Materials Chemistry and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zakia Kanwal has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Immunology, 11 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in Zakia Kanwal's work include Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (10 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (10 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (5 papers). Zakia Kanwal is often cited by papers focused on Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (10 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (10 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (5 papers). Zakia Kanwal collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Netherlands and Saudi Arabia. Zakia Kanwal's co-authors include Shahzad Naseem, Saira Riaz, Muhammad Akram Raza, Anjum Nasim Sabri, Herman P. Spaink, Annemarie H. Meijer, Julien Rougeot, Asima Tayyeb, Farkhanda Manzoor and Wouter J. Veneman and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Immunology, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Zakia Kanwal

31 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Size- and Shape-Dependent Antibacterial Studies of Silver... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Size- and Shape-Dependent Antibacterial Studies of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized by Wet Chemical Routes
    2016 587 citations Muhammad Akram Raza, Zakia Kanwal et al. Nanomaterials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zakia Kanwal Pakistan 15 646 313 284 200 114 31 1.3k
Pradipta Ranjan Rauta India 18 539 0.8× 721 2.3× 335 1.2× 231 1.2× 33 0.3× 31 1.8k
Govindan Ramachandran India 21 439 0.7× 34 0.1× 202 0.7× 316 1.6× 73 0.6× 65 1.5k
Xiudan Wang China 24 381 0.6× 204 0.7× 665 2.3× 448 2.2× 9 0.1× 68 1.6k
Soo-Hee Kim South Korea 13 831 1.3× 26 0.1× 337 1.2× 211 1.1× 53 0.5× 31 1.5k
Yinglei Xu China 12 272 0.4× 106 0.3× 223 0.8× 221 1.1× 16 0.1× 25 983
Vinod Yadav India 10 1.1k 1.7× 108 0.3× 538 1.9× 293 1.5× 13 0.1× 27 1.8k
Paritosh Patel India 19 361 0.6× 40 0.1× 233 0.8× 201 1.0× 36 0.3× 41 1.0k
Ramezan Ali Taheri Iran 23 184 0.3× 144 0.5× 363 1.3× 548 2.7× 17 0.1× 92 1.5k
Jingyi Zhao China 20 182 0.3× 71 0.2× 193 0.7× 424 2.1× 31 0.3× 55 1.1k
Anna Zanfardino Italy 25 108 0.2× 110 0.4× 87 0.3× 600 3.0× 84 0.7× 60 1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zakia Kanwal

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All Works

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Ali, Daoud, Amna Sajjad, Shamaila Sajjad, et al.. (2023). Investigation and optimization of In-Vitro behaviour of Perovskite barium titanate as a scaffold and protective coatings. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 149. 106215–106215. 5 indexed citations
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Jabeen, Ghazala, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of cyto-genotoxicity biomarkers, changes in histology and antioxidant defense system of Oreochromis niloticus induced by the industrial effluents. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 104. 104309–104309. 5 indexed citations
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Kanwal, Zakia, Muhammad Akram Raza, Saira Riaz, et al.. (2023). Role of Citrullus colocynthis and Psidium guajava Mediated Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles in Disease Resistance against Aeromonas hydrophila Challenge in Labeo rohita. Biomedicines. 11(9). 2349–2349. 5 indexed citations
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Raza, Muhammad Akram, Zakia Kanwal, Saira Riaz, et al.. (2023). In-Vivo Bactericidal Potential of Mangifera indica Mediated Silver Nanoparticles against Aeromonas hydrophila in Cirrhinus mrigala. Biomedicines. 11(8). 2272–2272. 3 indexed citations
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Kanwal, Zakia, et al.. (2023). A Comparative Analysis on the Innate Immune Responses of Cirrhinus mrigala Challenged with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Fusarium oxysporum. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(15). 12392–12392. 3 indexed citations
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Tayyeb, Asima, Muhammad Akram Raza, Zakia Kanwal, et al.. (2022). Citrullus colocynthis-Mediated Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Their Antiproliferative Action against Breast Cancer Cells and Bactericidal Roles against Human Pathogens. Nanomaterials. 12(21). 3781–3781. 17 indexed citations
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Ambreen, Saira, et al.. (2020). Methanolic extract of Citrullus colocynthis suppresses growth and proliferation of breast cancer cells through regulation of cell cycle. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 28(1). 879–886. 15 indexed citations
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Kanwal, Zakia, et al.. (2020). Fabrication and characterization of superhydrophobic coatings on cotton fabrics using silica nanoparticles for self-cleaning applications. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews. 8(3). 32–39. 2 indexed citations
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Rougeot, Julien, Vincenzo Torraca, Zakia Kanwal, et al.. (2019). RNAseq Profiling of Leukocyte Populations in Zebrafish Larvae Reveals a cxcl11 Chemokine Gene as a Marker of Macrophage Polarization During Mycobacterial Infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 2720–2720. 69 indexed citations
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Kanwal, Zakia, Muhammad Akram Raza, Farkhanda Manzoor, et al.. (2019). A Comparative Assessment of Nanotoxicity Induced by Metal (Silver, Nickel) and Metal Oxide (Cobalt, Chromium) Nanoparticles in Labeo rohita. Nanomaterials. 9(2). 309–309. 47 indexed citations
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Kanwal, Zakia, Muhammad Akram Raza, Farkhanda Manzoor, et al.. (2019). In vivo anti-proliferative activity of silver nanoparticles against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in freshwater Labeo rohita. Applied Nanoscience. 9(8). 2039–2049. 6 indexed citations
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Rashid, Farzana, et al.. (2018). Effects of High Stocking Density on Condition Factor and Profile of Free Thyroxine and Cortisol in Catla catla (Hamilton, 1822) and Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822). Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 18(1). 217–221. 11 indexed citations
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Kanwal, Zakia, Geert F. Wiegertjes, Wouter J. Veneman, Annemarie H. Meijer, & Herman P. Spaink. (2014). Comparative studies of Toll-like receptor signalling using zebrafish. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 46(1). 35–52. 75 indexed citations
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Rougeot, Julien, et al.. (2014). RNA Sequencing of FACS-Sorted Immune Cell Populations from Zebrafish Infection Models to Identify Cell Specific Responses to Intracellular Pathogens. Methods in molecular biology. 1197. 261–274. 24 indexed citations
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Ordas, Anita, Zakia Kanwal, Julien Rougeot, et al.. (2013). MicroRNA-146 function in the innate immune transcriptome response of zebrafish embryos to Salmonella typhimurium infection. BMC Genomics. 14(1). 696–696. 86 indexed citations
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Cui, Chao, Erica L. Benard, Zakia Kanwal, et al.. (2011). Infectious Disease Modeling and Innate Immune Function in Zebrafish Embryos. Methods in cell biology. 105. 273–308. 62 indexed citations

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