Ashok Agarwal

82.9k total citations · 21 hit papers
981 papers, 55.8k citations indexed

About

Ashok Agarwal is a scholar working on Reproductive Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ashok Agarwal has authored 981 papers receiving a total of 55.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 774 papers in Reproductive Medicine, 570 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 139 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ashok Agarwal's work include Sperm and Testicular Function (666 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (553 papers) and Reproductive Health and Technologies (260 papers). Ashok Agarwal is often cited by papers focused on Sperm and Testicular Function (666 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (553 papers) and Reproductive Health and Technologies (260 papers). Ashok Agarwal collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and South Africa. Ashok Agarwal's co-authors include Rakesh Sharma, Sajal Gupta, Tamer M. Said, Anthony J. Thomas, Ramadan Saleh, Sandro C. Esteves, Stefan S. du Plessis, Ralf Henkel, Alaa Hamada and Edmund Sabanegh and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ashok Agarwal

946 papers receiving 53.3k citations

Hit Papers

A unique view on male inferti... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2015 2005 2012 2003 2014 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. A unique view on male infertility around the globe
    2015 1.6k citations Ashok Agarwal et al. profile →
  2. Role of oxidative stress in female reproduction
    2005 1.3k citations Ashok Agarwal, Rakesh Sharma et al. profile →
  3. The effects of oxidative stress on female reproduction: a review
    2012 1.2k citations Ashok Agarwal et al. profile →
  4. Role of reactive oxygen species in the pathophysiology of human reproduction
    2003 1.2k citations Ashok Agarwal, Ramadan Saleh et al. Fertility and Sterility profile →
  5. Effect of Oxidative Stress on Male Reproduction
    2014 920 citations Ashok Agarwal, Stefan S. du Plessis et al. The World Journal of Men s Health profile →
  6. Role of reactive oxygen species in male infertility
    1996 784 citations Rakesh Sharma, Ashok Agarwal profile →
  7. p53 controls both the G2/M and the G1 cell cycle checkpoints and mediates reversible growth arrest in human fibroblasts.
    1995 715 citations Ashok Agarwal et al. profile →
  8. Male infertility
    2020 714 citations Ashok Agarwal, Saradha Baskaran et al. profile →
  9. Role of sperm chromatin abnormalities and DNA damage in male infertility
    2003 655 citations Ashok Agarwal profile →
  10. REVIEW ARTICLE: Clinical Relevance of Oxidative Stress in Male Factor Infertility: An Update
    2007 581 citations Ashok Agarwal, Rakesh Sharma et al. profile →
  11. Lifestyle factors and reproductive health: taking control of your fertility
    2013 513 citations Rakesh Sharma, Ashok Agarwal et al. profile →
  12. Oxidative stress and sperm function: A systematic review on evaluation and management
    2019 347 citations Sulagna Dutta, Ahmad Majzoub et al. profile →
  13. Cigarette Smoking and Semen Quality: A New Meta-analysis Examining the Effect of the 2010 World Health Organization Laboratory Methods for the Examination of Human Semen
    2016 339 citations Ashok Agarwal, Sandro C. Esteves et al. profile →
  14. Causes, effects and molecular mechanisms of testicular heat stress
    2014 295 citations Damayanthi Durairajanayagam, Ashok Agarwal et al. profile →
  15. Sperm cryopreservation: A review on current molecular cryobiology and advanced approaches
    2018 287 citations Ralf Henkel, Ashok Agarwal et al. profile →
  16. Effects of increased paternal age on sperm quality, reproductive outcome and associated epigenetic risks to offspring
    2015 286 citations Rakesh Sharma, Ashok Agarwal et al. profile →
  17. Oxidative phosphorylation versus glycolysis: what fuel do spermatozoa use?
    2014 281 citations Stefan S. du Plessis, Ashok Agarwal et al. profile →
  18. Reactive oxygen species and male reproductive hormones
    2018 257 citations Ashok Agarwal, Pallav Sengupta et al. profile →
  19. Reactive oxygen species impact on sperm DNA and its role in male infertility
    2018 213 citations Rakesh Sharma, Ralf Henkel et al. Andrologia profile →
  20. The Sixth Edition of the WHO Manual for Human Semen Analysis: A Critical Review and SWOT Analysis
    2021 143 citations Rupin Shah, Ramadan Saleh et al. profile →
  21. Functional and Taxonomic Dysbiosis of the Gut, Urine, and Semen Microbiomes in Male Infertility
    2021 125 citations Neel Parekh, Manesh Kumar Panner Selvam et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ashok Agarwal United States 121 37.3k 26.5k 8.8k 5.6k 5.2k 981 55.8k
R. John Aitken Australia 119 31.3k 0.8× 25.7k 1.0× 7.0k 0.8× 3.7k 0.7× 4.6k 0.9× 679 49.3k
C. Yan Cheng United States 87 14.5k 0.4× 7.0k 0.3× 9.0k 1.0× 1.1k 0.2× 1.1k 0.2× 487 25.0k
Richard A. Anderson United Kingdom 85 11.8k 0.3× 11.1k 0.4× 7.2k 0.8× 2.8k 0.5× 567 0.1× 437 24.9k
Rakesh Sharma United States 77 15.0k 0.4× 11.5k 0.4× 2.6k 0.3× 2.1k 0.4× 2.3k 0.4× 388 20.9k
Niels E. Skakkebæk Denmark 114 16.4k 0.4× 7.9k 0.3× 12.7k 1.4× 6.4k 1.1× 970 0.2× 599 46.6k
Ilpo Huhtaniemi Finland 88 14.1k 0.4× 8.0k 0.3× 9.3k 1.1× 1.8k 0.3× 732 0.1× 627 30.1k
Robert J. Norman Australia 94 25.2k 0.7× 18.0k 0.7× 3.5k 0.4× 6.1k 1.1× 481 0.1× 542 37.4k
Anders Juul Denmark 90 8.8k 0.2× 5.0k 0.2× 8.3k 0.9× 5.0k 0.9× 1.1k 0.2× 655 29.8k
Jorma Toppari Finland 82 7.9k 0.2× 5.0k 0.2× 7.3k 0.8× 2.8k 0.5× 782 0.2× 522 27.1k
Linda C. Giudice United States 94 19.2k 0.5× 7.2k 0.3× 4.9k 0.6× 3.7k 0.7× 306 0.1× 360 35.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ashok Agarwal

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All Works

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Falcone, Marco, Mirko Preto, ‬Ahmed M. Harraz, et al.. (2024). Anti-sperm Antibody Positivity in Men with Varicocele: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The World Journal of Men s Health. 43(1). 60–60. 3 indexed citations
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Dutta, Sulagna, et al.. (2024). Role of Leukocytospermia in the Management of Male Infertility: Decoding a Mystery for the Busy Clinicians. The World Journal of Men s Health. 43(3). 465–465. 3 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Ashok, Kristian Leisegang, Ahmad Majzoub, et al.. (2021). Utility of Antioxidants in the Treatment of Male Infertility: Clinical Guidelines Based on a Systematic Review and Analysis of Evidence. The World Journal of Men s Health. 39(2). 233–233. 73 indexed citations
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Dutta, Sulagna, et al.. (2021). Somatic-Immune Cells Crosstalk In-The-Making of Testicular Immune Privilege. Reproductive Sciences. 29(10). 2707–2718. 14 indexed citations
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Leisegang, Kristian, Damayanthi Durairajanayagam, Renata Finelli, et al.. (2021). A systematic review of herbal medicine in the clinical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Phytomedicine Plus. 2(1). 100153–100153. 15 indexed citations
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Rambhatla, Amarnath, Samantha B. Schon, Ashok Agarwal, et al.. (2020). Male Infertility is a Women’s Health Issue—Research and Clinical Evaluation of Male Infertility Is Needed. Cells. 9(4). 990–990. 78 indexed citations
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Martins, Ana D. & Ashok Agarwal. (2019). Oxidation reduction potential: a new biomarker of male infertility. Panminerva Medica. 61(2). 108–117. 13 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Ashok, et al.. (2019). Unraveling the Footsteps of Proteomics in Male Reproductive Research: A Scientometric Approach. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 32(8). 536–549. 17 indexed citations
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Swain, Nirlipta, Luna Samanta, Ashok Agarwal, et al.. (2019). Aberrant Upregulation of Compensatory Redox Molecular Machines May Contribute to Sperm Dysfunction in Infertile Men with Unilateral Varicocele: A Proteomic Insight. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 32(8). 504–521. 29 indexed citations
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Cho, Chak‐Lam, Ashok Agarwal, Ahmad Majzoub, & Sandro C. Esteves. (2017). A single cut-off value of SDF testing does not fit all. Translational Andrology and Urology. 6(4). 1 indexed citations
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Majzoub, Ahmad, Nicholas N. Tadros, A. Scott Polackwich, et al.. (2017). Vasectomy reversal semen analysis: new reference ranges predict pregnancy. Fertility and Sterility. 107(4). 911–915. 15 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Ashok & Ahmad Majzoub. (2017). Laboratory tests for oxidative stress. Indian Journal of Urology. 33(3). 199–199. 47 indexed citations
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Majzoub, Ahmad, et al.. (2015). Outcome of testicular sperm extraction in nonmosaic Klinefelter syndrome patients: what is the best approach?. Andrologia. 48(2). 171–176. 27 indexed citations
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Plessis, Stefan S. du, et al.. (2015). Marijuana, phytocannabinoids, the endocannabinoid system, and male fertility. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 32(11). 1575–1588. 102 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Ashok, Sujeet Gautam, Devendra Gupta, et al.. (2008). Evaluation of a single preoperative dose of pregabalin for attenuation of postoperative pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 101(5). 700–704. 181 indexed citations
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Tripathi, Shweta, Ujjala Ghoshal, Uday C. Ghoshal, et al.. (2008). Gastric carcinogenesis: Possible role of polymorphisms of GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 genes. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 43(4). 431–439. 44 indexed citations
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Grunewald, Sonja, Uwe Paasch, Tamer M. Said, et al.. (2006). Magnetic-activated Cell Sorting before Cryopreservation Preserves Mitochondrial Integrity in Human Spermatozoa. Cell and Tissue Banking. 7(2). 99–104. 38 indexed citations
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Zippe, Craig D., et al.. (2001). Management of erectile dysfunction following radical prostatectomy. Current Urology Reports. 2(6). 495–503. 50 indexed citations
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Sidhu, Rajinder S., Rakesh Sharma, & Ashok Agarwal. (1998). Relationship between creatine kinase activity and semen characteristics in subfertile men.. PubMed. 43(4). 192–7. 18 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Ashok & Anita P. Hoffer. (1989). Ultrastructural Studies on the Development of the Blood‐Epididymis Barrier in Immature Rats. Journal of Andrology. 10(6). 425–431. 39 indexed citations

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