2026 Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	59	2004	1801	4	4	737	16753

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 737 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard is affiliated with Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Iran and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on molecular biology and cancer research.

Their work spans a range of topics, including:

Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Circular RNAs in diseases
MicroRNA in disease regulation
RNA modifications and cancer
RNA research and splicing
RNA regulation and disease
Cytokine signaling pathways and interactions

Frequent coauthors during their research career include:

Mohammad Taheri
Bashdar Mahmud Hussen
Hamed Shoorei
Arezou Sayad
Solat Eslami

Their research has appeared notably in journals such as:

Pathology - Research and Practice
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Journal of Molecular Neuroscience
Scientific Reports
Frontiers in Oncology

Among their recent papers are:

5-Fluorouracil: A Narrative Review on the Role of Regulatory Mechanisms in Driving Resistance to This Chemotherapeutic Agent, 2021, Frontiers in Oncology
Role of miRNA and lncRNAs in organ fibrosis and aging, 2021, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Interplay between PI3K/AKT pathway and heart disorders, 2022, Molecular Biology Reports

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard's scholarly output is situated primarily within molecular biology and cancer-related areas, emphasizing regulatory RNA molecules such as microRNAs and long non-coding RNAs in disease processes and therapeutic resistance.

Best Publications

H19 lncRNA: Roles in tumorigenesis.

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard;Mohammadhosein Esmaeili;Mohammad Taheri

229
Citations
MicroRNA: A signature for cancer progression.

Bashdar Mahmud Hussen;Hazha Jamal Hidayat;Abbas Salihi;Dana K. Sabir

224
Citations
The Role of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Breast Cancer.

Mohammad Soudyab;Mostafa Iranpour;Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard

157
Citations
Maternally expressed gene 3 (MEG3): A tumor suppressor long non coding RNA

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard;Mohammad Taheri

148
Citations
Expression analysis of four long noncoding RNAs in breast cancer

Mostafa Iranpour;Mohammad Soudyab;Lobat Geranpayeh;Reza Mirfakhraie

120
Citations
Role of miRNA and lncRNAs in organ fibrosis and aging.

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard;Atefe Abak;Seyedeh Fahimeh Talebi;Hamed Shoorei

113
Citations
Cancer-testis antigens: potential targets for cancer immunotherapy.

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard;Mohammad-Hossein Modarressi

111
Citations
5-Fluorouracil: A Narrative Review on the Role of Regulatory Mechanisms in Driving Resistance to This Chemotherapeutic Agent.

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard;Atefe Abak;Farhad Tondro Anamag;Hamed Shoorei

109
Citations
miRNA profile in ovarian cancer.

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard;Hamed Shoorei;Mohammad Taheri

104
Citations
DNA methylation-based age clocks: From age prediction to age reversion.

Rezvan Noroozi;Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard;Aleksandra Pisarek;Joanna Rudnicka

98
Citations
Non-coding RNAs participate in the ischemia-reperfusion injury

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard;Hamed Shoorei;Mohammad Taheri

95
Citations
Nuclear Enriched Abundant Transcript 1 (NEAT1): A long non-coding RNA with diverse functions in tumorigenesis.

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard;Mohammad Taheri

94
Citations
Long non-coding RNA expression in bladder cancer.

Mohammad Taheri;Mir Davood Omrani;Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard

91
Citations
The Role of Probiotics in Cancer Treatment: Emphasis on their In Vivo and In Vitro Anti-metastatic Effects.

Elahe Motevaseli;Ali Dianatpour;Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard

85
Citations
HOTAIR genetic variants are associated with prostate cancer and benign prostate hyperplasia in an Iranian population

Mohammad Taheri;Mohsen Habibi;Rezvan Noroozi;Azadeh Rakhshan

82
Citations
Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus crispatus Culture Supernatants Downregulate Expression of Cancer-testis Genes in the MDA-MB-231 Cell Line

Rosa Azam;Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard;Mina Tabrizi;Mohammad-Hossein Modarressi

81
Citations
The Role of Non-Coding RNAs in Controlling Cell Cycle Related Proteins in Cancer Cells

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard;Hamed Shoorei;Farhad Tondro Anamag;Mohammad Taheri

77
Citations
Urinary exosomal expression of long non-coding RNAs as diagnostic marker in bladder cancer.

Fatemeh Yazarlou;Mohammad Hossein Modarressi;Seyed Javad Mowla;Vahid Kholghi Oskooei

77
Citations
Long non-coding RNA signature in gastric cancer.

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard;Mohammad Taheri

75
Citations
The Role of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Ovarian Cancer.

Elahe Nikpayam;Behnoosh Tasharrofi;Shaghayegh Sarrafzadeh;Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard

73
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel E. Dinger University of Sydney

Serge Brand University of Basel

Hidetoshi Inoko Tokai University

Krzysztof Pyrc Jagiellonian University

Marek Sanak Jagiellonian University

Mohammad Reza Zali Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

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