Ashok Aspatwar

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ashok Aspatwar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ashok Aspatwar has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Organic Chemistry and 8 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Ashok Aspatwar's work include Enzyme function and inhibition (30 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (11 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (8 papers). Ashok Aspatwar is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme function and inhibition (30 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (11 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (8 papers). Ashok Aspatwar collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Italy and India. Ashok Aspatwar's co-authors include Seppo Parkkila, Martti Tolvanen, Claudiu T. Supuran, Csaba Ortutay, Mataleena Parikka, Kamal A. Qureshi, Wenping Gong, Harlan Barker, Xueqiong Wu and Adil Parvez and has published in prestigious journals such as Physiological Reviews, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ashok Aspatwar

54 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

PD-1 and PD-L1: architects of immune symphony and immunotherapy breakthroughs in cancer treatment

2023 94 citations Adil Parvez, Kamal A. Qureshi et al. profile →
Brucellosis: epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment–a comprehensive review

2023 91 citations Kamal A. Qureshi, Adil Parvez et al. Annals of Medicine profile →

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Mariela Bollati‐Fogolín Uruguay

Shigeo Morimoto Japan

Nidhi Singh India

Henry M. Staines United Kingdom

Guy Vandenbussche Belgium

Bożena Obmińska‐Mrukowicz Poland

Mili Kapoor India

A. Schiefner Germany

W. Haq India

Bernhard Ellinger Germany

Mariela Bollati‐Fogolín Uruguay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ashok Aspatwar

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Sharma, R.K., et al.. (2025). Advanced nutraceutical approaches to Parkinson's disease: bridging nutrition and neuroprotection. Nutritional Neuroscience. 28(9). 1134–1150. 10 indexed citations

Kumar, Maneesh, et al.. (2025). RNAi therapeutics targeting Japanese encephalitis virus: Gene targets, delivery platforms, and translational barriers. Virology. 613. 110713–110713.

Ni, Ruizi, Zhuang Li, Ling Yang, et al.. (2025). Tuberculosis vaccines and therapeutic drug: challenges and future directions. Molecular Biomedicine. 6(1). 4–4. 11 indexed citations

Giovannuzzi, Simone, Rajarshi Ray, Ajay Manaithiya, et al.. (2024). Physiological modeling of the metaverse of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis β-CA inhibition mechanism. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 181. 109029–109029. 1 indexed citations

Parkkinen, J, Martti Tolvanen, Fabrizio Carta, et al.. (2024). Mycobacterial β-carbonic anhydrases: Molecular biology, role in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis and inhibition studies. The Enzymes. 55. 343–381. 4 indexed citations

Gong, Wenping, et al.. (2024). Revisiting Bacille Calmette‐Guérin revaccination strategies: timing of immunization, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non‐tuberculous mycobacteria infections, strain potency and standardization of randomized controlled trials. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 3 indexed citations

Qureshi, Kamal A., Adil Parvez, Mohd Masih Uzzaman Khan, et al.. (2024). Exploring nature's hidden treasure: Unraveling the untapped phytochemical and pharmacological potentials of Clinopodium vulgare L. – A hidden gem in the Lamiaceae family. Heliyon. 10(2). e24781–e24781. 3 indexed citations

Ye, Zhaoyang, Linsheng Li, Ling Yang, et al.. (2024). Impact of diabetes mellitus on tuberculosis prevention, diagnosis, and treatment from an immunologic perspective. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(5). 20230138–20230138. 17 indexed citations

Qureshi, Kamal A., Sugapriya Dhanasekaran, Ashok Aspatwar, et al.. (2023). Medicinal Plants as Therapeutic Alternatives to Combat Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A Comprehensive Review. Antibiotics. 12(3). 541–541. 23 indexed citations

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Qureshi, Kamal A., Adil Parvez, Shweta Kumar, et al.. (2023). Brucellosis: epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment–a comprehensive review. Annals of Medicine. 55(2). 2295398–2295398. 91 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abdoli, Morteza, Alessandro Bonardi, Ashok Aspatwar, et al.. (2023). Inhibition Studies on Human and Mycobacterial Carbonic Anhydrases with N-((4-Sulfamoylphenyl)carbamothioyl) Amides. Molecules. 28(10). 4020–4020. 12 indexed citations

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Mahnam, Karim, et al.. (2023). Evolutionary trajectories of beta-lactamase NDM and DLST cluster in Pseudomonas aeruginosa : finding the putative ancestor. Pathogens and Global Health. 118(2). 170–181. 2 indexed citations

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Aspatwar, Ashok, Alessandro Bonardi, Craig R. Primmer, et al.. (2023). Sulphonamide inhibition studies of the β-carbonic anhydrase GsaCAβ present in the salmon platyhelminth parasite Gyrodactylus salaris. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. 38(1). 2167988–2167988. 4 indexed citations

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Kant, Ravi, et al.. (2023). Navigating bioactivity space in anti-tubercular drug discovery through the deployment of advanced machine learning models and cheminformatics tools: a molecular modeling based retrospective study. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 14. 1265573–1265573. 9 indexed citations

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Gong, Wenping, Seppo Parkkila, Xueqiong Wu, & Ashok Aspatwar. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 variants and COVID-19 vaccines: Current challenges and future strategies. International Reviews of Immunology. 42(6). 393–414. 49 indexed citations

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Gong, Wenping, Ashok Aspatwar, Shuyong Wang, Seppo Parkkila, & Xueqiong Wu. (2021). COVID-19 pandemic: SARS-CoV-2 specific vaccines and challenges, protection via BCG trained immunity, and clinical trials. Expert Review of Vaccines. 20(7). 857–880. 30 indexed citations

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Aspatwar, Ashok, Wenping Gong, Shuyong Wang, Xueqiong Wu, & Seppo Parkkila. (2021). Tuberculosis vaccine BCG: the magical effect of the old vaccine in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. International Reviews of Immunology. 41(2). 283–296. 34 indexed citations

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Aspatwar, Ashok, Dennis Suylen, Silvia Bua, et al.. (2020). Hypoxia-Activated Prodrug Derivatives of Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors in Benzenesulfonamide Series: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation. Molecules. 25(10). 2347–2347. 9 indexed citations

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Tolvanen, Martti, Ashok Aspatwar, Harlan Barker, et al.. (2017). Identification and characterization of a novel zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) pentraxin–carbonic anhydrase. PeerJ. 5. e4128–e4128. 9 indexed citations

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Muni, Rajasekhara Reddy Duvvuru, Ashok Aspatwar, Bhushan B. Dholakia, & Vidya S. Gupta. (2008). Evolutionary analysis of WD40 super family proteins involved in spindle checkpoint and RNA export: Molecular evolution of spindle checkpoint. Bioinformation. 2(10). 461–468. 7 indexed citations

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