Anusha Rajan

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Anusha Rajan is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anusha Rajan has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Oncology, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Anusha Rajan's work include CAR-T cell therapy research (9 papers), Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (4 papers) and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (2 papers). Anusha Rajan is often cited by papers focused on CAR-T cell therapy research (9 papers), Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (4 papers) and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (2 papers). Anusha Rajan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Mexico. Anusha Rajan's co-authors include Stanley R. Riddell, Alexander I. Salter, Daniel Sommermeyer, Lingfeng Liu, Amanda G. Paulovich, Jacob J. Kennedy, Raphaël Gottardo, Richard G. Ivey, Valentin Voillet and Jeffrey R. Whiteaker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Blood and Clinical Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Anusha Rajan

13 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Designed protein logic to target cells with precise combinations of surface antigens

2020 144 citations Marc J. Lajoie, Scott E. Boyken et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anusha Rajan United States	10	849	453	332	302	189	14	1.1k
Brenna Hansen United States	6	785 0.9×	350 0.8×	249 0.8×	250 0.8×	193 1.0×	7	889
Annalisa Cabriolu United States	6	787 0.9×	351 0.8×	323 1.0×	323 1.1×	223 1.2×	9	974
Christopher D. Chien United States	16	702 0.8×	450 1.0×	172 0.5×	302 1.0×	249 1.3×	32	1.1k
Lingfeng Liu United States	11	1.3k 1.5×	489 1.1×	535 1.6×	451 1.5×	359 1.9×	12	1.4k
Anton Dobrin United States	8	885 1.0×	360 0.8×	346 1.0×	393 1.3×	234 1.2×	12	1.0k
Sang M. Nguyen United States	10	1.2k 1.5×	418 0.9×	437 1.3×	370 1.2×	376 2.0×	16	1.4k
Julian Rydzek Germany	5	741 0.9×	300 0.7×	265 0.8×	287 1.0×	205 1.1×	7	850
Jingyi Xiang United States	9	808 1.0×	351 0.8×	246 0.7×	452 1.5×	192 1.0×	16	1.0k
Ryan Urak United States	15	910 1.1×	425 0.9×	301 0.9×	402 1.3×	254 1.3×	31	1.1k
Yinmeng Yang United States	9	662 0.8×	338 0.7×	174 0.5×	325 1.1×	210 1.1×	18	877

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14 of 14 papers shown

Simon, Sylvain, Anusha Rajan, Longhui Zeng, et al.. (2025). Design of sensitive monospecific and bispecific synthetic chimeric T cell receptors for cancer therapy. Nature Cancer. 6(4). 647–665. 6 indexed citations

Rajan, Anusha, et al.. (2025). First-principles study of Cd-doped germanium nanoclusters: Stability, electronic structure, and chemical properties. Next Materials. 8. 100877–100877.

Simon, Sylvain, et al.. (2023). Multispecific Hybrid T Cell Receptors for Sensitive Targeting of Cancer. Blood. 142(Supplement 1). 4822–4822. 1 indexed citations

Leung, Isabel, Anusha Rajan, Sarah M. Garrison, et al.. (2022). Compromised antigen binding and signaling interfere with bispecific CD19 and CD79a chimeric antigen receptor function. Blood Advances. 7(12). 2718–2730. 13 indexed citations

Salter, Alexander I., Anusha Rajan, Jacob J. Kennedy, et al.. (2021). Comparative analysis of TCR and CAR signaling informs CAR designs with superior antigen sensitivity and in vivo function. Science Signaling. 14(697). 98 indexed citations

Lajoie, Marc J., Scott E. Boyken, Alexander I. Salter, et al.. (2020). Designed protein logic to target cells with precise combinations of surface antigens. Science. 369(6511). 1637–1643. 144 indexed citations breakdown →

Balakrishnan, Ashwini, Anusha Rajan, Alexander I. Salter, et al.. (2019). Multispecific Targeting with Synthetic Ankyrin Repeat Motif Chimeric Antigen Receptors. Clinical Cancer Research. 25(24). 7506–7516. 48 indexed citations

Rajan, Anusha, et al.. (2019). Effect of Nitrogen Flow on the Growth of Nitrogen Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (N-UNCD) Films on Si/SiO2/HfO2 Substrate. 78–84. 3 indexed citations

Pont, Margot J., Tyler Hill, Gabriel O. Cole, et al.. (2019). γ-Secretase inhibition increases efficacy of BCMA-specific chimeric antigen receptor T cells in multiple myeloma. Blood. 134(19). 1585–1597. 238 indexed citations

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Salter, Alexander I., Richard G. Ivey, Jacob J. Kennedy, et al.. (2018). Phosphoproteomic analysis of chimeric antigen receptor signaling reveals kinetic and quantitative differences that affect cell function. Science Signaling. 11(544). 342 indexed citations

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Balakrishnan, Ashwini, Tracy Goodpaster, Julie Randolph‐Habecker, et al.. (2016). Analysis of ROR1 Protein Expression in Human Cancer and Normal Tissues. Clinical Cancer Research. 23(12). 3061–3071. 151 indexed citations

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Kashem, Mohammed A., Chunling Wa, John P. Wolak, et al.. (2014). A High-Throughput Scintillation Proximity Assay for Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Lyase. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 12(5). 293–302. 11 indexed citations

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Boominathan, Prakash, et al.. (2008). Vocal Hygiene Awareness Program for Professional Voice Users (Teachers): An Evaluative Study from Chennai. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing. 11(1). 39–45. 11 indexed citations

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Rajan, Anusha & Anders Bennick. (1983). Demonstration of proline-rich proteins in rabbit parotid saliva and partial characterization of some of the proteins. Archives of Oral Biology. 28(5). 431–439. 15 indexed citations

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