Anita Kumar

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 900 citations indexed

About

Anita Kumar is a scholar working on Reproductive Medicine, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Anita Kumar has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 900 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Reproductive Medicine, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Anita Kumar's work include Sperm and Testicular Function (13 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (12 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (6 papers). Anita Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Sperm and Testicular Function (13 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (12 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (6 papers). Anita Kumar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Denmark. Anita Kumar's co-authors include Louis R. Lapierre, Joslyn Mills, Nafisa Balasinor, Sharvari Deshpande, Shi Quan Wong, Leena Kadam, Alexander Steinkasserer, Susanne Berchtold, Robert A. Reenan and Geetanjali Sachdeva and has published in prestigious journals such as Biochemical Journal, Endocrinology and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Anita Kumar

28 papers receiving 895 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.

Selective Autophagy Receptor p62/SQSTM1, a Pivotal Player in Stress and Aging

2022 192 citations Anita Kumar, Joslyn Mills et al. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anita Kumar India	15	365	237	223	159	131	28	900
Jingli Tao China	21	437 1.2×	116 0.5×	222 1.0×	118 0.7×	333 2.5×	45	1.2k
Guoli Dai United States	25	905 2.5×	244 1.0×	135 0.6×	300 1.9×	103 0.8×	62	2.0k
Xiaojing Hou China	16	431 1.2×	59 0.2×	137 0.6×	55 0.3×	401 3.1×	27	1.1k
Faiza Fakhfakh Tunisia	18	646 1.8×	62 0.3×	215 1.0×	257 1.6×	165 1.3×	128	1.2k
Saffet Öztürk Türkiye	20	562 1.5×	40 0.2×	225 1.0×	168 1.1×	346 2.6×	52	1.1k
Chelin Hu United States	18	710 1.9×	70 0.3×	161 0.7×	560 3.5×	258 2.0×	31	1.6k
Dinesh Stanislaus United States	20	592 1.6×	33 0.1×	362 1.6×	210 1.3×	125 1.0×	41	1.2k
Hope Dang United States	13	296 0.8×	97 0.4×	31 0.1×	280 1.8×	45 0.3×	20	1.2k
Yasuhiro Fujiwara Japan	18	569 1.6×	56 0.2×	70 0.3×	177 1.1×	72 0.5×	78	1.2k
Aurora Gómez-Durán United Kingdom	21	1.1k 3.0×	116 0.5×	47 0.2×	140 0.9×	65 0.5×	37	1.5k

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Balasinor, Nafisa, et al.. (2025). “Extracellular Vesicle DNA: Advances and Applications as a Non-Invasive Biomarker in Disease Diagnosis and Treatment”. Clinica Chimica Acta. 568. 120125–120125. 3 indexed citations

Kumar, Anita, Joslyn Mills, Celeste See-Pui Ng, et al.. (2023). Lipid droplets modulate proteostasis, SQST-1/SQSTM1 dynamics, and lifespan in C. elegans. iScience. 26(10). 107960–107960. 6 indexed citations

Kumar, Anita & Joslyn Mills. (2023). Non-canonical autophagy in aging and age-related diseases. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11. 1137870–1137870. 11 indexed citations

Kumar, Anita, et al.. (2022). Exportin 1 modulates life span by regulating nucleolar dynamics via the autophagy protein LGG-1/GABARAP. Science Advances. 8(13). eabj1604–eabj1604. 9 indexed citations

Kumar, Anita, Joslyn Mills, & Louis R. Lapierre. (2022). Selective Autophagy Receptor p62/SQSTM1, a Pivotal Player in Stress and Aging. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10. 793328–793328. 192 indexed citations breakdown →

Kumar, Anita, et al.. (2021). Sex hormones regulate lipid metabolism in adult Sertoli cells: A genome-wide study of estrogen and androgen receptor binding sites. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 211. 105898–105898. 12 indexed citations

Kumar, Anita & Louis R. Lapierre. (2021). Location, location, location: subcellular protein partitioning in proteostasis and aging. Biophysical Reviews. 13(6). 931–941. 3 indexed citations

Wong, Shi Quan, Anita Kumar, Joslyn Mills, & Louis R. Lapierre. (2020). C. elegans to model autophagy-related human disorders. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 172. 325–373. 15 indexed citations

Wong, Shi Quan, Anita Kumar, Joslyn Mills, & Louis R. Lapierre. (2019). Autophagy in aging and longevity. Human Genetics. 139(3). 277–290. 150 indexed citations

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Kumar, Anita, et al.. (2018). Give me a SINE: how Selective Inhibitors of Nuclear Export modulate autophagy and aging. Molecular & Cellular Oncology. 5(5). e1502511–e1502511. 6 indexed citations

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Johnson, Joseph R., et al.. (2018). Nuclear Export Inhibition Enhances HLH-30/TFEB Activity, Autophagy, and Lifespan. Cell Reports. 23(7). 1915–1921. 69 indexed citations

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Kumar, Anita, et al.. (2018). Delineating the regulation of estrogen and androgen receptor expression by sex steroids during rat spermatogenesis. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 182. 127–136. 14 indexed citations

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Kumar, Anita, et al.. (2017). Direct regulation of genes involved in sperm release by estrogen and androgen through their receptors and coregulators. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 171. 66–74. 25 indexed citations

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Kumar, Anita, et al.. (2016). Differential roles of estrogen receptors, ESR1 and ESR2, in adult rat spermatogenesis. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 428. 89–100. 59 indexed citations

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Kumar, Anita, et al.. (2016). Actin related protein complex subunit 1b controls sperm release, barrier integrity and cell division during adult rat spermatogenesis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1863(8). 1996–2005. 11 indexed citations

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Kumar, Anita, et al.. (2015). Estrogen and androgen regulate actin-remodeling and endocytosis-related genes during rat spermiation. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 404. 91–101. 28 indexed citations

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Kumar, Anita, et al.. (2015). Effect of estrogen receptor-subtype-specific ligands on fertility in adult male rats. Journal of Endocrinology. 225(3). 169–180. 34 indexed citations

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Kumar, Anita, et al.. (2012). Tubulobulbar complex: Cytoskeletal remodeling to release spermatozoa. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology. 10(1). 27–27. 35 indexed citations

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Balasinor, Nafisa, et al.. (2012). Proteomics in reproductive biology: Beacon for unraveling the molecular complexities. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1834(1). 8–15. 27 indexed citations

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Kumar, Anita, Alexander Steinkasserer, & Susanne Berchtold. (2003). Interleukin-10 Influences the Expression of MRP8 and MRP14 in Human Dendritic Cells. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. 132(1). 40–47. 28 indexed citations

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