2026 Sassan Asgari: 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	59	12783	11767	358	343	168	10048

Overview

Sassan Asgari is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields mainly focused on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine.

Their subfields of study include:

Insect Science
Molecular Biology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases
Immunology

Asgari's main research topics cover:

Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
Mosquito-borne diseases and control
Insect Resistance and Genetics
Insect and Pesticide Research
Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

The scientist has contributed to key papers including:

Current scenario of RNAi -based hemipteran control (2020), Pest Management Science
Uncovering the Worldwide Diversity and Evolution of the Virome of the Mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (2021), Microorganisms
Wolbachia: A tool for livestock ectoparasite control (2020), Veterinary Parasitology
Wolbachia Endosymbiont of the Horn Fly (Haematobia irritans irritans): a Supergroup A Strain with Multiple Horizontally Acquired Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Genes (2020), Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Identification and RNAi Profile of a Novel Iflavirus Infecting Senegalese Aedes vexans arabiensis Mosquitoes (2020), Viruses

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

Kayvan Etebari (10 publications)
Rhys Parry (9 publications)
Mazhar Hussain (9 publications)
Mohammad Mehrabadi (5 publications)
Cameron Bishop (5 publications)

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, notably:

Pest Management Science (5 publications)
Insect Molecular Biology (5 publications)
mSphere (3 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)
Viruses (2 publications)

Best Publications

Genomic innovations, transcriptional plasticity and gene loss underlying the evolution and divergence of two highly polyphagous and invasive Helicoverpa pest species

S. L. Pearce;D. F. Clarke;D. F. Clarke;P. D. East;S. Elfekih

348
Citations
Venom Proteins from Endoparasitoid Wasps and Their Role in Host-Parasite Interactions

Sassan Asgari;David B. Rivers

300
Citations
"Megavirales", a proposed new order for eukaryotic nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses.

Philippe Colson;Xavier De Lamballerie;Natalya Yutin;Sassan Asgari

280
Citations
MicroRNA functions in insects

Sassan Asgari

274
Citations
Induction and transmission of Bacillus thuringiensis tolerance in the flour moth Ephestia kuehniella

M. Mahbubur Rahman;Harry L. S. Roberts;Muhammad Sarjan;Sassan Asgari

271
Citations
Wolbachia uses host microRNAs to manipulate host gene expression and facilitate colonization of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti

Mazhar Hussain;Francesca D. Frentiu;Luciano A. Moreira;Scott L. O'Neill

261
Citations
West Nile virus encodes a microRNA-like small RNA in the 3′ untranslated region which up-regulates GATA4 mRNA and facilitates virus replication in mosquito cells

Mazhar Hussain;Shessy Torres;Esther Schnettler;Anneke Funk

259
Citations
Venom Proteins from Parasitoid Wasps and Their Biological Functions.

Sébastien J. M. Moreau;Sassan Asgari

239
Citations
Wolbachia uses a host microRNA to regulate transcripts of a methyltransferase, contributing to dengue virus inhibition in Aedes aegypti

Guangmei Zhang;Mazhur Hussain;Scott Leslie O'Neill;Scott Leslie O'Neill;Sassan Asgari

228
Citations
A serine proteinase homolog venom protein from an endoparasitoid wasp inhibits melanization of the host hemolymph

Sassan Asgari;Guangmei Zhang;Reza Zareie;Otto Schmidt

205
Citations
Host haemocyte inactivation by an insect parasitoid: transient expression of a polydnavirus gene

Sassan Asgari;Marianne Hellers;Otto Schmidt

168
Citations
MicroRNA-like viral small RNA from Dengue virus 2 autoregulates its replication in mosquito cells

Mazhar Hussain;Sassan Asgari

163
Citations
Field evidence for mechanical transmission of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) by flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) among wild rabbits in Australia

Sassan Asgari;Jonathan R.E Hardy;Ron G Sinclair;Brian D Cooke

163
Citations
An Insect Virus-Encoded MicroRNA Regulates Viral Replication

Mazhar Hussain;Ryan J. Taft;Sassan Asgari

159
Citations
Virus or not? Phylogenetics of polydnaviruses and their wasp carriers

James B. Whitfield;Sassan Asgari

145
Citations
A POLYDNAVIRUS-ENCODED PROTEIN OF AN ENDOPARASITOID WASP IS AN IMMUNE SUPPRESSOR

Sassan Asgari;Otto Schmidt;Ulrich Theopold

145
Citations
Effect of Wolbachia on Replication of West Nile Virus in a Mosquito Cell Line and Adult Mosquitoes

Mazhar Hussain;Guangjin Lu;Shessy Torres;Judith H. Edmonds

137
Citations
A protein with protective properties against the cellular defense reactions in insects

Sassan Asgari;Ulrich Theopold;Craig Wellby;Otto Schmidt

129
Citations
A calreticulin-like protein from endoparasitoid venom fluid is involved in host hemocyte inactivation.

Guangmei Zhang;Otto Schmidt;Sassan Asgari

126
Citations
Venom proteins from polydnavirus-producing endoparasitoids: Their role in host-parasite interactions

Sassan Asgari

125
Citations