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Khedoudja Nafa publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Khedoudja Nafa sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 203 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Khedoudja Nafa D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Khedoudja Nafa sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 59 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Khedoudja Nafa is affiliated with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions focusing on cancer research, pathology, pulmonary medicine, molecular biology, and oncology.

Their publications include work in a range of scientific venues with the highest number of articles appearing in the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. Other frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • Haematologica
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Nafa include:

  • Enhanced specificity of clinical high-sensitivity tumor mutation profiling in cell-free DNA via paired normal sequencing using MSK-ACCESS, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Comprehensive Molecular and Clinicopathologic Analysis of 200 Pulmonary Invasive Mucinous Adenocarcinomas Identifies Distinct Characteristics of Molecular Subtypes, 2021, Clinical Cancer Research
  • Clinical Experience of Cerebrospinal Fluid-Based Liquid Biopsy Demonstrates Superiority of Cell-Free DNA over Cell Pellet Genomic DNA for Molecular Profiling, 2021, Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
  • Ultrarapid EGFR Mutation Screening Followed by Comprehensive Next-Generation Sequencing: A Feasible, Informative Approach for Lung Carcinoma Cytology Specimens With a High Success Rate, 2020, JTO Clinical and Research Reports
  • Rapid EGFR Mutation Detection Using the Idylla Platform, 2020, Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Research topics covered by Nafa include:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Nafa are:

  • Maria E. Arcila
  • Marc Ladanyi
  • Ryma Benayed
  • Chad Vanderbilt
  • Michael F. Berger

Nafa's work displays a multidisciplinary approach integrating molecular diagnostic techniques, clinical pathology, and cancer genomics. The scientist's research contributes to understanding tumor mutation profiling, liquid biopsy methods, and mutation screening using advanced sequencing technologies in the context of cancer types such as lung carcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, and hematologic malignancies.

Best Publications

  • Mutational landscape of metastatic cancer revealed from prospective clinical sequencing of 10,000 patients

    Ahmet Zehir;Ryma Benayed;Ronak H Shah;Aijazuddin Syed

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering-Integrated Mutation Profiling of Actionable Cancer Targets (MSK-IMPACT): A Hybridization Capture-Based Next-Generation Sequencing Clinical Assay for Solid Tumor Molecular Oncology

    Donavan T. Cheng;Talia N. Mitchell;Ahmet Zehir;Ronak H. Shah

  • Risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy in women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation.

    Noah D. Kauff;Jaya M. Satagopan;Mark E. Robson;Lauren Scheuer

  • Y-Chromosomal Diversity in Europe Is Clinal and Influenced Primarily by Geography, Rather than by Language

    Zoë H. Rosser;Tatiana Zerjal;Matthew E. Hurles;Maarja Adojaan

  • Frequency and distinctive spectrum of KRAS mutations in never smokers with lung adenocarcinoma.

    Gregory J. Riely;Mark G. Kris;Daniel Rosenbaum;Jenifer Marks

  • Rebiopsy of Lung Cancer Patients with Acquired Resistance to EGFR Inhibitors and Enhanced Detection of the T790M Mutation Using a Locked Nucleic Acid-Based Assay

    Maria E. Arcila;Geoffrey R. Oxnard;Khedoudja Nafa;Gregory J. Riely

  • Prevalence, clinicopathologic associations, and molecular spectrum of ERBB2 (HER2) tyrosine kinase mutations in lung adenocarcinomas.

    Maria E. Arcila;Jamie E. Chaft;Khedoudja Nafa;Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri

  • Clonal populations of hematopoietic cells with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria genotype and phenotype are present in normal individuals.

    David J. Araten;Khedoudja Nafa;Kriangsak Pakdeesuwan;Lucio Luzzatto

  • EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Mutations in Lung Adenocarcinomas: Prevalence, Molecular Heterogeneity, and Clinicopathologic Characteristics

    Maria E. Arcila;Khedoudja Nafa;Jamie E. Chaft;Natasha Rekhtman

  • Mutation Detection in Patients With Advanced Cancer by Universal Sequencing of Cancer-Related Genes in Tumor and Normal DNA vs Guideline-Based Germline Testing

    Diana Mandelker;Liying Zhang;Yelena Kemel;Yelena Kemel;Zsofia K. Stadler;Zsofia K. Stadler

  • Factor VIII gene inversions in severe hemophilia A: results of an international consortium study

    S. E. Antonarakis;J. P. Rossiter;M. Young;J. Horst

  • Prediction of Germline Mutations and Cancer Risk in the Lynch Syndrome

    Sining Chen;Wenyi Wang;Shing Lee;Khedoudja Nafa

  • Loss of the Tumor Suppressor PML in Human Cancers of Multiple Histologic Origins

    Carmela Gurrieri;Paola Capodieci;Rosa Bernardi;Pier Paolo Scaglioni

  • Reliable Pan-Cancer Microsatellite Instability Assessment by Using Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Data.

    Sumit Middha;Liying Zhang;Khedoudja Nafa;Gowtham Jayakumaran

  • EWS-CREB1: a recurrent variant fusion in clear cell sarcoma--association with gastrointestinal location and absence of melanocytic differentiation.

    Cristina R. Antonescu;Khedoudja Nafa;Neil H. Segal;Paola Dal Cin

  • EWSR1-CREB1 is the predominant gene fusion in angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma

    Cristina R. Antonescu;Paola Dal Cin;Khedoudja Nafa;Lisa A. Teot

  • Value of Histopathology in Predicting Microsatellite Instability in Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer and Sporadic Colorectal Cancer

    Jinru Shia;Nathan A. Ellis;Philip B. Paty;Garrett M. Nash

  • Oncogene Mutation Profiling of Pediatric Solid Tumors Reveals Significant Subsets of Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma and Neuroblastoma with Mutated Genes in Growth Signaling Pathways

    Neerav N. Shukla;Nabahet Ameur;Ismail Yilmaz;Khedoudja Nafa

  • BLM Heterozygosity and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

    Stephen B. Gruber;Nathan A. Ellis;Gad Rennert;Kenneth Offit

  • ARTICLES Loss of the Tumor Suppressor PML in Human Cancers of Multiple Histologic Origins

    Carmela Gurrieri;Paola Capodieci;Rosa Bernardi;Pier Paolo Scaglioni

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Ladanyi
Marc Ladanyi Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Maria E. Arcila
Maria E. Arcila Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Kenneth Offit
Kenneth Offit Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Ahmet Zehir
Ahmet Zehir Natera (United States)
Nathan A. Ellis
Nathan A. Ellis University of Arizona
Michael F. Berger
Michael F. Berger Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mark E. Robson
Mark E. Robson Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mark G. Kris
Mark G. Kris Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Lucio Luzzatto
Lucio Luzzatto University of Florence
Monica Bessler
Monica Bessler Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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