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Amirhossein Sahebkar 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 Amirhossein Sahebkar sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,394 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Amirhossein Sahebkar 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 Amirhossein Sahebkar sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 163 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Iran Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Iran Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Iran Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Iran Leader Award

Overview

Amirhossein Sahebkar is affiliated with Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in Iran and has a research portfolio spanning medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work encompasses several subfields, prominently molecular biology, surgery, molecular medicine, cancer research, and pharmacology.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad spectrum of biomedical interests, including:

  • Curcumin's Biomedical Applications
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • MicroRNA in Disease Regulation
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery

Amirhossein Sahebkar has contributed extensively to several publication venues, with a high volume of papers appearing in:

  • Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
  • Current Medicinal Chemistry
  • Phytotherapy Research
  • Archives of Medical Science
  • Pharmacological Research

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Molecular Mechanisms Linking Oxidative Stress and Diabetes Mellitus" (2020) published in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
  • "Prevalence of statin intolerance: a meta-analysis" (2022) published in European Heart Journal
  • "Anti-inflammatory Action of Statins in Cardiovascular Disease: the Role of Inflammasome and Toll-Like Receptor Pathways" (2020) published in Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology
  • "Potential effects of curcumin in the treatment of COVID-19 infection" (2020) published in Phytotherapy Research
  • "Curcumin: an inflammasome silencer" (2020) published in Pharmacological Research

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Tannaz Jamialahmadi
  • Prashant Kesharwani
  • Thozhukat Sathyapalan
  • Maciej Banach
  • Mohammad Bagherniya

Amirhossein Sahebkar has also contributed to academic books published by Springer Nature, such as:

  • "Pharmacological Properties of Plant-Derived Natural Products and Implications for Human Health" (2021)
  • "Natural Products and Human Diseases" (2021)

Best Publications

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Valery L Feigin;Benjamin A Stark;Catherine Owens Johnson;Gregory A Roth

  • Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 1990 to 2017

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Degu Abate;Naghmeh Abbasi;Hedayat Abbastabar

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Macrophage plasticity, polarization, and function in health and disease.

    Abbas Shapouri‐Moghaddam;Saeed Mohammadian;Hossein Vazini;Mahdi Taghadosi

  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Max G Griswold;Nancy Fullman;Caitlin Hawley;Nicholas Arian

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Catherine Owens Johnson;Minh Nguyen;Gregory A. Roth;Emma Nichols

  • Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Haidong Wang;Kaja M. Abbas;Mitra Abbasifard;Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari

  • Global, regional, and country-specific lifetime risks of stroke, 1990 and 2016

    VL Feigin;G Nguyen;K Cercy

  • Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Marissa B Reitsma;Parkes J Kendrick;Emad Ababneh;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Drinking to death: the changing face of liver disease

    MG Griswold;N Fullman;C Hawley;N Arian

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • The impact of stress on body function: A review.

    Habib Yaribeygi;Yunes Panahi;Hedayat Sahraei;Thomas P. Johnston

  • Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Nancy Fullman;Jamal Yearwood;Solomon M Abay;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Hearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Lydia M Haile;Kaloyan Kamenov;Paul Svitil Briant;Aislyn U Orji

  • Insulin resistance: Review of the underlying molecular mechanisms

    Habib Yaribeygi;Farin Rashid Farrokhi;Alexandra E. Butler;Amirhossein Sahebkar

  • Lipid-lowering nutraceuticals in clinical practice: position paper from an International Lipid Expert Panel.

    Arrigo F G Cicero;Alessandro Colletti;Gani Bajraktari;Olivier Descamps

Frequent Co-Authors

Maciej Banach
Maciej Banach John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
George E. Barreto
George E. Barreto University of Limerick
Matteo Pirro
Matteo Pirro University of Perugia
Gordon A. Ferns
Gordon A. Ferns Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Dimitri P. Mikhailidis
Dimitri P. Mikhailidis University College London
Hamed Mirzaei
Hamed Mirzaei Kashan University of Medical Sciences
Mahmoud Reza Jaafari
Mahmoud Reza Jaafari Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Gerald F. Watts
Gerald F. Watts University of Western Australia
Željko Reiner
Željko Reiner University of Zagreb
Mehrdad Iranshahi
Mehrdad Iranshahi Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

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