Balakrishnan Rajan

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Balakrishnan Rajan is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Balakrishnan Rajan has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Oncology, 7 papers in Surgery and 7 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Balakrishnan Rajan's work include BRCA gene mutations in cancer (5 papers), Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (4 papers) and Effects of Radiation Exposure (4 papers). Balakrishnan Rajan is often cited by papers focused on BRCA gene mutations in cancer (5 papers), Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (4 papers) and Effects of Radiation Exposure (4 papers). Balakrishnan Rajan collaborates with scholars based in India, United Kingdom and France. Balakrishnan Rajan's co-authors include Babu Mathew, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Richard Muwonge, Gigi Thomas, Kunnambath Ramadas, Thara Somanathan, Beela Sarah Mathew, Manoj Pandey, Thomas Joseph and Priya Chacko and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics and International Journal of Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Balakrishnan Rajan

30 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Effect of screening on oral cancer mortality in Kerala, India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

2005 582 citations Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Kunnambath Ramadas et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers

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Yasmin Bhurgri Pakistan

Boukje A. C. van Dijk Netherlands

Imjai Chitapanarux Thailand

Sadhana Kannan India

Sungjin Kim United States

Dennis O. Dixon United States

Gustavo Nader Marta Brazil

P Gangadharan India

Patricia Delafosse France

Arif Jamshed Pakistan

Yasmin Bhurgri Pakistan

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211 ×0.5

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262 ×0.9

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127 ×0.4

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Countries citing papers authored by Balakrishnan Rajan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Balakrishnan Rajan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rajan, Balakrishnan, et al.. (2016). Effect of stress relieving technique on individuals with psychological stress during menstruation among AMU students. International Journal of Physical Education Sports and Health. 3(1). 330–335. 1 indexed citations

Ravichandran, R, et al.. (2013). Total body irradiation (TBI): Preliminary experience on clinical implementation. Journal of Medical Physics. 38(4). 210–210. 3 indexed citations

Ravichandran, R, et al.. (2010). Beam configuration and physical parameters of clinical high energy photon beam for total body irradiation (TBI). Physica Medica. 27(3). 163–168. 12 indexed citations

Mathew, Aleyamma, et al.. (2009). Physical activity levels among urban and rural women in south India and the risk of breast cancer: a case–control study. European Journal of Cancer Prevention. 18(5). 368–376. 32 indexed citations

Rajan, Balakrishnan, et al.. (2009). Possible Risk Modification by Polymorphisms of Estrogen Metabolizing Genes in Familial Breast Cancer Susceptibility in an Indian Population. Cancer Investigation. 28(3). 304–311. 27 indexed citations

Nair, Raghu Ram K., Balakrishnan Rajan, Suminori Akiba, et al.. (2008). BACKGROUND RADIATION AND CANCER INCIDENCE IN KERALA, INDIA—KARANAGAPPALLY COHORT STUDY. Health Physics. 96(1). 55–66. 160 indexed citations

Akiba, Suminori, et al.. (2008). Bidi smoking and lung cancer incidence among males in Karunagappally cohort in Kerala, India. International Journal of Cancer. 123(6). 1390–1397. 21 indexed citations

Venkitaraman, Ramachandran, et al.. (2008). Primary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Presenting as an Orbital Apex Tumor. Neuro-Ophthalmology. 32(1). 27–32. 12 indexed citations

Rajan, Balakrishnan, et al.. (2007). Influence of germline polymorphisms of GSTT1, GSTM1, and GSTP1 in familial versus sporadic breast cancer susceptibility and survival. Familial Cancer. 7(3). 213–220. 34 indexed citations

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Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy, Kunnambath Ramadas, Gigi Thomas, et al.. (2005). Effect of screening on oral cancer mortality in Kerala, India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 365(9475). 1927–1933. 582 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chacko, Priya, Thomas Joseph, Beela Sarah Mathew, Balakrishnan Rajan, & M. Radhakrishna Pillai. (2005). Role of xenobiotic metabolizing gene polymorphisms in breast cancer susceptibility and treatment outcome. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. 581(1-2). 153–163. 55 indexed citations

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Mathew, Aleyamma, Manoj Pandey, & Balakrishnan Rajan. (2004). Do younger women with non-metastatic and non-inflammatory breast carcinoma have poor prognosis?. World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2(1). 2–2. 32 indexed citations

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Chacko, Priya, et al.. (2004). CYP17 & SULT1A1 gene polymorphisms in Indian breast cancer. Breast Cancer. 11(4). 380–388. 27 indexed citations

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Pandey, Manoj, Aleyamma Mathew, Elizabeth Abraham, & Balakrishnan Rajan. (2004). Primary sarcoma of the breast. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 87(3). 121–125. 82 indexed citations

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Kumar, B. Santhosh, et al.. (2000). Poorly Differentiated Carcinoma of the Lung Presenting With Lambert—Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 23(1). 58–59. 4 indexed citations

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Brada, Michael, Balakrishnan Rajan, Juliet Britton, et al.. (1999). Modifying radical radiotherapy in high grade gliomas; shortening the treatment time through acceleration. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 43(2). 287–292. 42 indexed citations

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Jyothirmayi, R., Jayaprakash Madhavan, Madhavan Krishnan Nair, & Balakrishnan Rajan. (1997). Conservative surgery and radiotherapy in the treatment of spinal cord astrocytoma. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 33(3). 205–211. 40 indexed citations

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Huddart, Robert, Balakrishnan Rajan, Matthew Law, Lesley Meyer, & D.P. Dearnaley. (1997). Spinal cord compression in prostate cancer: treatment outcome and prognostic factors. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 44(3). 229–236. 44 indexed citations

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Jyothirmayi, R., Rojymon Jacob, Krishnan Nair, & Balakrishnan Rajan. (1995). Primary Fibrosarcoma Of The Right Ventricle-A Case Report. Acta Oncologica. 34(7). 972–974. 3 indexed citations

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Rajan, Balakrishnan, et al.. (1994). The management of histologically unverified presumed cerebral gliomas with radiotherapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 28(2). 405–413. 62 indexed citations

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