2026 Akhlaq A. Farooqui: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	66	8705	8032	3905	3508	328	15062

Overview

Akhlaq A. Farooqui is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States and specializes in neuroscience. Their research focuses primarily on cognitive neuroscience, with additional work in experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, computer vision and pattern recognition, and general health professions.

The main topics explored in their work include:

Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Cognitive Functions and Memory
Mind wandering and attention
Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Multisensory perception and integration
Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
Human-Automation Interaction and Safety

Their recent publications cover a range of cognitive and neurological subjects. These include the full titles, years, and venues:

Chunking of Control: An Unrecognized Aspect of Cognitive Resource Limits, 2023, Journal of Cognition
The visual cortex in the blind but not the auditory cortex in the deaf becomes multiple-demand regions, 2024, Brain
The 'task' of mind-wandering splits both multiple demand and default mode regions and ramps-up the deactivating regions, 2025, Neuropsychologia

Additionally, several related papers by frequent collaborators are noted for context:

Artificial intelligence, 2023, Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)
Impaired morphological processing: insights from multiple sclerosis, 2023, Language Cognition and Neuroscience

Frequent coauthors with whom Akhlaq A. Farooqui collaborates include:

Tamer Gezici
Berhan Faruk Akgür
İrem Giray
Sami Boudelaa
Saı̈d Boujraf

Published work frequently appears in the following venues:

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Language Cognition and Neuroscience
Journal of Cognition
Brain
Neuropsychologia

Best Publications

Review of current evidence for apoptosis after spinal cord injury

Michael S. Beattie;Akhlaq A. Farooqui;Jacqueline C. Bresnahan

653
Citations
Glycerophospholipids in brain: their metabolism, incorporation into membranes, functions, and involvement in neurological disorders

Akhlaq A Farooqui;Lloyd A Horrocks;Tahira Farooqui

630
Citations
Cyclooxygenases, lipoxygenases, and epoxygenases in CNS: their role and involvement in neurological disorders.

John W. Phillis;Lloyd A. Horrocks;Lloyd A. Horrocks;Akhlaq A. Farooqui;Akhlaq A. Farooqui

618
Citations
Modulation of inflammation in brain: a matter of fat.

Akhlaq A. Farooqui;Lloyd A. Horrocks;Tahira Farooqui

602
Citations
Inhibitors of Brain Phospholipase A2 Activity: Their Neuropharmacological Effects and Therapeutic Importance for the Treatment of Neurologic Disorders

Akhlaq A. Farooqui;Wei-Yi Ong;Lloyd A. Horrocks

527
Citations
Phospholipase A2 and Its Role in Brain Tissue

Akhlaq A. Farooqui;Hsiu‐Chiung Yang;Thad A. Rosenberger;Lloyd A. Horrocks

480
Citations
Docosahexaenoic acid in the diet: its importance in maintenance and restoration of neural membrane function

Lloyd A Horrocks;Akhlaq A Farooqui

450
Citations
Excitatory amino acid receptors, neural membrane phospholipid metabolism and neurological disorders.

Akhlaq A. Farooqui;Lloyd A. Horrocks

408
Citations
Phospholipase A2-generated lipid mediators in the brain: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Akhlaq A. Farooqui;Lloyd A. Horrocks

366
Citations
Book Review: Plasmalogens: Workhorse Lipids of Membranes in Normal and Injured Neurons and Glia:

Akhlaq A. Farooqui;Lloyd A. Horrocks

296
Citations
Aging: An important factor for the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases

Tahira Farooqui;Akhlaq A. Farooqui

277
Citations
Biochemical aspects of neurodegeneration in human brain: involvement of neural membrane phospholipids and phospholipases A2.

Akhlaq A Farooqui;Wei-Yi Ong;Lloyd A Horrocks

253
Citations
Membrane phospholipid alterations in Alzheimer's disease : Deficiency of ethanolamine plasmalogens

Akhlaq A. Farooqui;Stanley I. Rapoport;Lloyd A. Horrocks

236
Citations
Neural Membrane Phospholipids in Alzheimer Disease

Kimberly Wells;Akhlaq A. Farooqui;Leopold Liss;Lloyd A. Horrocks

234
Citations
Protective effects of ginseng on neurological disorders

Wei-Yi Ong;Tahira Farooqui;Hwee-Ling Koh;Akhlaq A. Farooqui

228
Citations
Metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for neurological disorders

Akhlaq A. Farooqui;Tahira Farooqui;Francesco Panza;Vincenza Frisardi

224
Citations
Glycerophospholipids and glycerophospholipid-derived lipid mediators: a complex meshwork in Alzheimer's disease pathology.

Vincenza Frisardi;Francesco Panza;Davide Seripa;Tahira Farooqui

223
Citations
A light and electron microscopic study of cytoplasmic phospholipase A2 and cyclooxygenase-2 in the hippocampus after kainate lesions.

T.L Sandhya;W.Y Ong;L.A Horrocks;A.A Farooqui

198
Citations
The roles of NADPH oxidase and phospholipases A2 in oxidative and inflammatory responses in neurodegenerative diseases.

Grace Y. Sun;Lloyd A. Horrocks;Akhlaq A. Farooqui

189
Citations
Identification and purification of calcium-independent phospholipase A2 from bovine brain cytosol.

Yutaka Hirashima;Akhlaq A. Farooqui;John S. Mills;Lloyd A. Horrocks

187
Citations