Bharat Behl

1.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
9 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Bharat Behl is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Bharat Behl has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Immunology and 2 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Bharat Behl's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (6 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (3 papers) and interferon and immune responses (2 papers). Bharat Behl is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (6 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (3 papers) and interferon and immune responses (2 papers). Bharat Behl collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Germany. Bharat Behl's co-authors include Vijay Rathinam, Ishita Banerjee, Ashley J. Russo, Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja, Sachin D. Deshmukh, Maya Yankova, Swathy O. Vasudevan, Saumendra N. Sarkar, Arundhati Ghosh and Katherine A. Fitzgerald and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Immunity and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Bharat Behl

8 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Mediate Cytosolic Localization of LPS and Caspase-11 Activation

2016 553 citations Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja, Ashley J. Russo et al. Cell profile →
Pyroptosis-induced inflammation and tissue damage

2023 178 citations Swathy O. Vasudevan, Bharat Behl et al. Seminars in Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bharat Behl United States	6	733	467	191	150	102	9	1.1k
Ashley J. Russo United States	11	834 1.1×	524 1.1×	209 1.1×	156 1.0×	114 1.1×	14	1.2k
Christof Wagner Germany	25	655 0.9×	646 1.4×	177 0.9×	121 0.8×	88 0.9×	41	1.6k
Andrés Mori United States	7	613 0.8×	625 1.3×	90 0.5×	234 1.6×	129 1.3×	7	1.3k
Yuumi Nakamura Japan	19	891 1.2×	772 1.7×	109 0.6×	155 1.0×	78 0.8×	46	2.1k
Ilse Jongerius Netherlands	22	422 0.6×	564 1.2×	339 1.8×	273 1.8×	151 1.5×	51	1.4k
Philippe Dje N’Guessan Germany	23	696 0.9×	707 1.5×	191 1.0×	306 2.0×	93 0.9×	35	1.6k
Mark Rutz Germany	9	418 0.6×	1.2k 2.7×	209 1.1×	242 1.6×	44 0.4×	11	1.6k
Ajitha Thanabalasuriar Canada	17	628 0.9×	1.0k 2.2×	61 0.3×	200 1.3×	63 0.6×	24	1.9k
Jiwon Hong New Zealand	18	391 0.5×	155 0.3×	223 1.2×	151 1.0×	31 0.3×	42	923
Kedarnath N. Sastry United States	14	280 0.4×	587 1.3×	79 0.4×	189 1.3×	72 0.7×	21	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Bharat Behl

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bharat Behl

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bharat Behl

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bharat Behl. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bharat Behl based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bharat Behl. Bharat Behl is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Wang, Chengliang, Bharat Behl, Melissa J. Caimano, et al.. (2025). Endolysosomal damage surveillance enables rapid inflammasome sensing of pathogens. Cell Reports. 44(8). 116002–116002.

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Vasudevan, Swathy O., Bharat Behl, & Vijay Rathinam. (2023). Pyroptosis-induced inflammation and tissue damage. Seminars in Immunology. 69. 101781–101781. 178 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ghosh, Arundhati, Lulu Shao, Padmavathi Sampath, et al.. (2019). Oligoadenylate-Synthetase-Family Protein OASL Inhibits Activity of the DNA Sensor cGAS during DNA Virus Infection to Limit Interferon Production. Immunity. 50(1). 51–63.e5. 84 indexed citations

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Banerjee, Ishita, Bharat Behl, Gaurav Shrivastava, et al.. (2018). Gasdermin D Restrains Type I Interferon Response to Cytosolic DNA by Disrupting Ionic Homeostasis. Immunity. 49(3). 413–426.e5. 211 indexed citations

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Russo, Ashley J., Bharat Behl, Ishita Banerjee, & Vijay Rathinam. (2017). Emerging Insights into Noncanonical Inflammasome Recognition of Microbes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 430(2). 207–216. 43 indexed citations

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Behl, Bharat, Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja, & Vijay Rathinam. (2017). Molecular determinants of noncanonical inflammasome activation by LPS. The Journal of Immunology. 198(Supplement_1). 64.9–64.9. 1 indexed citations

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Vanaja, Sivapriya Kailasan, Ashley J. Russo, Bharat Behl, et al.. (2016). Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Mediate Cytosolic Localization of LPS and Caspase-11 Activation. Cell. 165(5). 1106–1119. 553 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ménoret, Antoine, et al.. (2015). Trace Levels of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin Bioactivity Are Concealed in a Mucosal Niche during Pulmonary Inflammation. PLoS ONE. 10(10). e0141548–e0141548. 2 indexed citations

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Behl, Bharat, Iraklis Papageorgiou, Christopher Brown, et al.. (2013). Biological effects of cobalt-chromium nanoparticles and ions on dural fibroblasts and dural epithelial cells. Biomaterials. 34(14). 3547–3558. 48 indexed citations

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