Alok Dhawan

11.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
153 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Alok Dhawan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Cancer Research and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Alok Dhawan has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Materials Chemistry, 48 papers in Cancer Research and 45 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Alok Dhawan's work include Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (52 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (48 papers) and Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (19 papers). Alok Dhawan is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (52 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (48 papers) and Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (19 papers). Alok Dhawan collaborates with scholars based in India, United Kingdom and United States. Alok Dhawan's co-authors include Vyom Sharma, Alok K. Pandey, Ashutosh Kumar, Devendra Parmar, Diana Anderson, Ritesh K. Shukla, Shashi Singh, Rishi Shanker, Mahima Bajpayee and Mukul Das and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Alok Dhawan

150 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Zinc oxide nanoparticles induce oxidative DNA damage and ROS-triggered mitochondria mediated apoptosis in human liver cells (HepG2)

2012 654 citations Diana Anderson, Alok Dhawan et al. profile →
DNA damaging potential of zinc oxide nanoparticles in human epidermal cells

2009 497 citations Ritesh K. Shukla, Devendra Parmar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alok Dhawan India	47	4.5k	2.3k	1.7k	1.4k	1.4k	153	9.0k
Mária Dušinská Norway	52	3.1k 0.7×	2.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	2.6k 1.8×	2.8k 2.0×	236	9.9k
Abdulaziz A. Al‐Khedhairy Saudi Arabia	50	4.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.4×	1.8k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	421 0.3×	233	9.0k
Javed Musarrat India	60	4.9k 1.1×	1000 0.4×	2.0k 1.2×	2.3k 1.6×	427 0.3×	179	10.9k
Marcin Kruszewski Poland	42	2.0k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	853 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	205	6.9k
Jinhee Choi South Korea	47	4.4k 1.0×	2.7k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	282 0.2×	194	9.1k
Herman Autrup Denmark	56	2.3k 0.5×	4.1k 1.8×	1.1k 0.7×	3.2k 2.2×	3.1k 2.3×	268	11.4k
Anna A. Shvedova United States	56	6.2k 1.4×	2.4k 1.0×	3.9k 2.3×	2.6k 1.8×	588 0.4×	142	12.2k
Harald F. Krug Switzerland	42	4.8k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	2.9k 1.7×	1.8k 1.3×	385 0.3×	126	9.4k
Maqusood Ahamed Saudi Arabia	57	7.4k 1.6×	2.3k 1.0×	3.1k 1.9×	1.4k 1.0×	306 0.2×	207	12.2k
Meng Tang China	51	3.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	305 0.2×	194	7.4k

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Balamurugan, Kanagasabai, et al.. (2015). Effect of graphene oxide on the conformational transitions of amyloid beta peptide: A molecular dynamics simulation study. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 61. 175–185. 73 indexed citations

Dhawan, Alok & Mahima Bajpayee. (2013). Genotoxicity assessment : methods and protocols. Humana Press eBooks. 22 indexed citations

Magdolénová, Zuzana, Andrew Collins, Ashutosh Kumar, et al.. (2013). Mechanisms of genotoxicity. A review ofin vitroandin vivostudies with engineered nanoparticles. Nanotoxicology. 8(3). 233–278. 439 indexed citations

Gurbani, Deepak, Vandna Kukshal, Ashutosh Kumar, et al.. (2012). Mechanism of Inhibition of the ATPase Domain of Human Topoisomerase IIα by 1,4-Benzoquinone, 1,2-Naphthoquinone, 1,4-Naphthoquinone, and 9,10-Phenanthroquinone. Toxicological Sciences. 126(2). 372–390. 36 indexed citations

Kumar, Rahul, Bhushan P. Chaudhari, Alok Dhawan, et al.. (2012). Topical Application of Ochratoxin A Causes DNA Damage and Tumor Initiation in Mouse Skin. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e47280–e47280. 39 indexed citations

Vallabani, N.V. Srikanth, Sandeep Mittal, Ritesh K. Shukla, et al.. (2011). Toxicity of Graphene in Normal Human Lung Cells (BEAS-2B). Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology. 7(1). 106–107. 125 indexed citations

Singh, Poonam, et al.. (2010). Expression profiling of toxicity pathway genes by real-time PCR array in cypermethrin-exposed mouse brain. Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods. 21(3). 193–199. 15 indexed citations

Singh, Sanjay, et al.. (2009). Cytotoxic and genotoxic assessment of glycolipid-reduced and -capped gold and silver nanoparticles. New Journal of Chemistry. 34(2). 294–301. 74 indexed citations

Singh, Sanjay, Umananda M. Bhatta, P. V. Satyam, et al.. (2008). Bacterial synthesis of silicon/silica nanocomposites. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 18(22). 2601–2601. 46 indexed citations

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Dhawan, Alok, et al.. (2007). Persistence in Alterations in the Ontogeny of Cerebral and Hepatic Cytochrome P450s following Prenatal Exposure to Low Doses of Lindane. Toxicological Sciences. 101(2). 331–340. 15 indexed citations

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Taurozzi, Julian S., Alok Dhawan, Volodymyr V. Tarabara, et al.. (2006). Stable Colloidal Dispersions of C 60 Fullerenes in Water: Evidence for Cenotoxicity. Environmental Science & Technology. 7394–7401. 36 indexed citations

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Yadav, Sanjay, Alok Dhawan, Ram Lakhan Singh, Prahlad K. Seth, & Devendra Parmar. (2006). Expression of constitutive and inducible cytochrome P450 2E1 in rat brain. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 286(1-2). 171–180. 36 indexed citations

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Bakare, Adekunle A., Alok K. Pandey, Mahima Bajpayee, et al.. (2006). DNA damage induced in human peripheral blood lymphocytes by industrial solid waste and municipal sludge leachates. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. 48(1). 30–37. 56 indexed citations

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Pandey, Alok K., et al.. (2006). Cypermethrin-induced DNA damage in organs and tissues of the mouse: Evidence from the comet assay. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. 607(2). 176–183. 109 indexed citations

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Yadav, Sanjay, et al.. (2006). Long lasting effects of prenatal exposure to deltamethrin on cerebral and hepatic cytochrome P450s and behavioral activity in rat offspring. European Journal of Pharmacology. 544(1-3). 58–68. 32 indexed citations

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Das, Mukul, Kausar M. Ansari, Alok Dhawan, Yogeshwer Shukla, & Subhash K. Khanna. (2005). Correlation of DNA damage in epidemic dropsy patients to carcinogenic potential of argemone oil and isolated sanguinarine alkaloid in mice. International Journal of Cancer. 117(5). 709–717. 48 indexed citations

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Dhawan, Alok, Neeraj Mathur, & Prahlad K. Seth. (2001). The effect of smoking and eating habits on DNA damage in Indian population as measured in the Comet assay. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 474(1-2). 121–128. 94 indexed citations

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Parmar, Devendra, et al.. (2001). Induction of rat brain cytochrome P450s (P450s) by deltamethrin: Regional specificity and correlation with neurobehavioral toxicity. Neurotoxicity Research. 3(4). 351–357. 22 indexed citations

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Anderson, Diana, Alok Dhawan, A Yardley-Jones, Costas Ioannides, & John Webb. (2001). Effect of antioxidant flavonoids and a food mutagen on lymphocytes of a thalassemia patient without chelation therapy in the Comet assay. Teratogenesis Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis. 21(2). 165–174. 14 indexed citations

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Parmar, Devendra, et al.. (1999). Induction of rat brain and liver cytochrome P450 1A1/1A2 and 2B1/2B2 isoenzymes by deltamethrin. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 7(3). 169–178. 31 indexed citations

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