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D-Index
84
Citations
27244
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15041
National Ranking
7602

Ali Naji publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ali Naji sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 485 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Ali Naji D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ali Naji sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ali Naji is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans multiple subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, with additional contributions in Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's research focuses on various topics related to micro and nano-scale systems and their interactions. Key areas include:

  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions

Ali Naji's substantial body of work includes publications in a range of scientific venues. The most frequent publication platforms include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical review. E
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Physical Review Letters

Recent papers demonstrate a focus on active matter physics, soft condensed matter, and granular media. Selected publications are:

  • Active particles with polar alignment in ring-shaped confinement, 2021, Physical review. E
  • Confinement-induced alternating interactions between inclusions in an active fluid, 2020, Physical review. E
  • Non-Markovian Modeling of Nonequilibrium Fluctuations and Dissipation in Active Viscoelastic Biomatter, 2023, Physical Review Letters
  • Effective interactions mediated between two permeable disks in an active fluid, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Drag force on cylindrical intruders in granular media: Experimental study of lateral vs axial intrusion and high grain-size polydispersity, 2022, Powder Technology

Within their research collaborations, Ali Naji has frequently worked with several co-authors, including:

  • Mahmoud Sebtosheikh
  • Amir Reza Abbasi
  • Zahra Fazli
  • Mohammad Reza Shabanniya
  • Roland R. Netz

Best Publications

  • Thymic selection of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells induced by an agonist self-peptide.

    Martha S. Jordan;Alina Boesteanu;Amy J. Reed;Andria L. Petrone

  • Improvement in outcomes of clinical islet transplantation: 1999-2010.

    Franca B. Barton;Michael R. Rickels;Rodolfo Alejandro;Bernhard J. Hering

  • Phase 3 Trial of Transplantation of Human Islets in Type 1 Diabetes Complicated by Severe Hypoglycemia

    Bernhard J. Hering;William R. Clarke;Nancy D. Bridges;Thomas L. Eggerman

  • A Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-based Platform to Study SARS-CoV-2 Tropism and Model Virus Infection in Human Cells and Organoids.

    Liuliu Yang;Yuling Han;Benjamin E. Nilsson-Payant;Vikas Gupta

  • Regulation of pancreatic beta-cell growth and survival by the serine/threonine protein kinase Akt1/PKBalpha.

    Robyn L. Tuttle;Navdeep S. Gill;William Pugh;Jean-Pyo Lee

  • Induction of donor-specific unresponsiveness by intrathymic islet transplantation

    Andrew M. Posselt;Clyde F. Barker;John E. Tomaszewski;James F. Markmann

  • Epigenomic plasticity enables human pancreatic α to β cell reprogramming

    Nuria C. Bramswig;Logan J. Everett;Jonathan Schug;Craig Dorrell

  • Structural and Functional Abnormalities in the Islets Isolated From Type 2 Diabetic Subjects

    Shaoping Deng;Marko Vatamaniuk;Xiaolun Huang;Nicolai Doliba

  • Single-cell transcriptomics of the human endocrine pancreas

    Yue J. Wang;Jonathan Schug;Kyoung Jae Won;Chengyang Liu

  • B-Cells Are Required for the Initiation of Insulitis and Sialitis in Nonobese Diabetic Mice

    Hooman Noorchashm;Negin Noorchashm;Joshua Kern;Susan Y Rostami

  • Trial of Transplantation of HCV-Infected Kidneys into Uninfected Recipients

    David S. Goldberg;Peter L. Abt;Emily A. Blumberg;Vivianna M. Van Deerlin

  • Epigenetic regulation of the DLK1-MEG3 microRNA cluster in human type 2 diabetic islets.

    Vasumathi Kameswaran;Nuria C. Bramswig;Lindsay B. McKenna;Melinda Penn

  • Analysis of self-antigen specificity of islet-infiltrating T cells from human donors with type 1 diabetes

    Jenny Aurielle B Babon;Megan E DeNicola;David M Blodgett;Inne Crèvecoeur

  • Antigen presenting function of class II MHC expressing pancreatic beta cells

    James Markmann;David Lo;Ali Naji;Richard D. Palmiter

  • Integration of ATAC-seq and RNA-seq identifies human alpha cell and beta cell signature genes

    Amanda M. Ackermann;Amanda M. Ackermann;Zhiping Wang;Jonathan Schug;Ali Naji

  • I-Ag7-mediated antigen presentation by B lymphocytes is critical in overcoming a checkpoint in T cell tolerance to islet beta cells of nonobese diabetic mice.

    Hooman Noorchashm;Yen K. Lieu;Negin Noorchashm;Susan Y. Rostami

  • MicroRNA-7 Regulates the mTOR Pathway and Proliferation in Adult Pancreatic β-Cells

    You Wang;Jiangying Liu;Chengyang Liu;Ali Naji

  • Elimination of maternally transmitted autoantibodies prevents diabetes in nonobese diabetic mice.

    Siri Atma W Greeley;Makoto Katsumata;Liping Yu;George S Eisenbarth

  • Rapamycin Has a Deleterious Effect on MIN-6 Cells and Rat and Human Islets

    Ewan Bell;Xiaopei Cao;Jacob A. Moibi;Scott R. Greene

  • Insulin independence following isolated islet transplantation and single islet infusions.

    James F. Markmann;Shaoping Deng;Xiaolun Huang;Niraj M. Desai

Frequent Co-Authors

James F. Markmann
James F. Markmann Harvard University
Willys K. Silvers
Willys K. Silvers University of Pennsylvania
Klaus H. Kaestner
Klaus H. Kaestner University of Pennsylvania
John E. Tomaszewski
John E. Tomaszewski University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Abraham Shaked
Abraham Shaked University of Pennsylvania
Michael R. Betts
Michael R. Betts University of Pennsylvania
Malek Kamoun
Malek Kamoun University of Pennsylvania
Bernhard J. Hering
Bernhard J. Hering University of Minnesota
Alvin C. Powers
Alvin C. Powers Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Jonathan Schug
Jonathan Schug University of Pennsylvania

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