Ankita Shastri

786 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 691 citations indexed

About

Ankita Shastri is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ankita Shastri has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 691 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 1 paper in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Ankita Shastri's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (2 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (1 paper) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (1 paper). Ankita Shastri is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (2 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (1 paper) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (1 paper). Ankita Shastri collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Ankita Shastri's co-authors include Joanna Aizenberg, Anna C. Balazs, Olga Kuksenok, Michael Aizenberg, Ximin He, Lauren D. Zarzar, Thomas B. H. Schroeder, Michael M. Lerch, Ya Liu and Yolanda Vasquez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ankita Shastri

4 papers receiving 687 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Synthetic homeostatic materials with chemo-mechano-chemical self-regulation

2012 456 citations Ximin He, Michael Aizenberg et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ankita Shastri United States	4	283	270	132	131	122	6	691
Jeroen ter Schiphorst Netherlands	12	265 0.9×	188 0.7×	241 1.8×	94 0.7×	53 0.4×	16	625
Pratyush Dayal India	14	386 1.4×	194 0.7×	141 1.1×	318 2.4×	185 1.5×	42	904
Fanlong Meng China	20	476 1.7×	180 0.7×	229 1.7×	172 1.3×	264 2.2×	56	1.2k
Marlies Nijemeisland Netherlands	11	355 1.3×	112 0.4×	143 1.1×	168 1.3×	343 2.8×	13	710
Roger S. M. Rikken Netherlands	7	253 0.9×	60 0.2×	126 1.0×	213 1.6×	146 1.2×	8	606
Yinliang Huang China	16	403 1.4×	479 1.8×	290 2.2×	70 0.5×	65 0.5×	21	969
Rémi Merindol France	15	328 1.2×	161 0.6×	390 3.0×	550 4.2×	128 1.0×	17	1.3k
Sarah J. Aßhoff Netherlands	9	450 1.6×	619 2.3×	387 2.9×	259 2.0×	161 1.3×	11	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ankita Shastri

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ankita Shastri

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Lerch, Michael M., Ankita Shastri, Thomas B. H. Schroeder, et al.. (2025). Unusual Swelling Behavior of Hydrogels Modified with Spiropyran as Appendage or Crosslinker. Advanced Functional Materials.

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Shastri, Ankita, et al.. (2022). Establishing an association between pregnancy-induced hypertension changes in the fundus and fetal outcomes. International Journal of Health Sciences. 1613–1620.

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Lerch, Michael M., et al.. (2021). Spiropyran Photoisomerization Dynamics in Multiresponsive Hydrogels. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(1). 219–227. 73 indexed citations

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Shastri, Ankita, Andy Tran, Anna V. Shneidman, et al.. (2020). Opto-chemo-mechanical transduction in photoresponsive gels elicits switchable self-trapped beams with remote interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(8). 3953–3959. 16 indexed citations

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Shastri, Ankita, Lynn M. McGregor, Ya Liu, et al.. (2015). An aptamer-functionalized chemomechanically modulated biomolecule catch-and-release system. Nature Chemistry. 7(5). 447–454. 146 indexed citations

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He, Ximin, Michael Aizenberg, Olga Kuksenok, et al.. (2012). Synthetic homeostatic materials with chemo-mechano-chemical self-regulation. Nature. 487(7406). 214–218. 456 indexed citations breakdown →

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