Darshan Shankar

482 total citations
23 papers, 217 citations indexed

About

Darshan Shankar is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, General Health Professions and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Darshan Shankar has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 217 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 5 papers in General Health Professions and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Darshan Shankar's work include Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (8 papers), Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants (5 papers) and Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (4 papers). Darshan Shankar is often cited by papers focused on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (8 papers), Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants (5 papers) and Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (4 papers). Darshan Shankar collaborates with scholars based in India, United Kingdom and United States. Darshan Shankar's co-authors include Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana, John Porter, Abi Tamim Vanak, Mahesh Sankaran, Uma Ramakrishnan, Vinod B. Mathur, Prabhakar Rajagopal, R. Uma Shaanker, Suhel Quader and Shannon B. Olsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Darshan Shankar

21 papers receiving 190 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Darshan Shankar India 9 65 54 32 19 18 23 217
Baiba Prūse Italy 7 19 0.3× 76 1.4× 23 0.7× 21 1.1× 43 2.4× 17 227
Peter Chatanga Lesotho 12 22 0.3× 90 1.7× 33 1.0× 13 0.7× 61 3.4× 27 304
Sofia Zank Brazil 9 22 0.3× 159 2.9× 21 0.7× 22 1.2× 33 1.8× 28 256
Charles Anyinam Canada 6 46 0.7× 151 2.8× 11 0.3× 29 1.5× 38 2.1× 8 295
Melissa Ceuterick Belgium 8 59 0.9× 267 4.9× 37 1.2× 46 2.4× 112 6.2× 36 454
Kamrun Nahar Bangladesh 10 21 0.3× 115 2.1× 63 2.0× 5 0.3× 45 2.5× 40 388
L. S. Kandari India 10 35 0.5× 171 3.2× 49 1.5× 2 0.1× 32 1.8× 25 331
Alexandra Towns Netherlands 12 64 1.0× 287 5.3× 17 0.5× 14 0.7× 112 6.2× 17 483
Brigitte Vogl-Lukasser Austria 9 21 0.3× 293 5.4× 48 1.5× 9 0.5× 69 3.8× 14 381
Ripu M Kunwar Nepal 10 43 0.7× 267 4.9× 34 1.1× 5 0.3× 61 3.4× 12 396

Countries citing papers authored by Darshan Shankar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Darshan Shankar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Darshan Shankar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Darshan Shankar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Darshan Shankar 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 Darshan Shankar. Darshan Shankar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Steel, Amie, Daniel Gallego-Pérez, Nadine Ijaz, et al.. (2025). Integration of Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine in the Institutionalization of Evidence-Informed Decision-Making: The World Health Organization Meeting Report. Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine. 31(4). 388–394. 4 indexed citations
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Gupta, Atul, et al.. (2024). A trans-disciplinary agro-ecology strategy to grow medicinal plants. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 16(1). 100985–100985. 1 indexed citations
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Vishnuprasad, Chethala N., et al.. (2023). Nasal application of sesame oil-based Anu taila as ‘biological mask’ for respiratory health during COVID-19. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 14(5). 100773–100773. 1 indexed citations
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Shankar, Darshan. (2022). Reimagining India’s national health system (NHS). Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 14(1). 100663–100663. 2 indexed citations
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Chaturvedi, Sarika, et al.. (2022). India and its pluralistic health system – a new philosophy for Universal Health Coverage. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10. 100136–100136. 14 indexed citations
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Porter, John, et al.. (2021). Medicalisation and Ayurveda: the need for pluralism and balance in global health systems. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 14(1). 100474–100474. 6 indexed citations
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Chellam, Ravi, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Vinod B. Mathur, et al.. (2020). Envisioning a biodiversity science for sustaining human well-being. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(42). 25951–25955. 26 indexed citations
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Payyappallimana, Unnikrishnan, et al.. (2020). ‘Population self-reliance in health’ and COVID-19: The need for a 4th tier in the health system. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 13(1). 100354–100354. 13 indexed citations
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Shankar, Darshan, et al.. (2020). Controversial identities of medicinal plants in classical literature of Ayurveda. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 11(4). 565–572. 10 indexed citations
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Sengupta, Asmita, Vishwas Chavan, Ravi Chellam, et al.. (2020). Securing biodiversity, securing our future: A national mission on biodiversity and human well-being for India. Biological Conservation. 253. 108867–108867. 37 indexed citations
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Shankar, Darshan. (2015). Health sector reforms for 21stcentury healthcare. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 6(1). 4–4. 17 indexed citations
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Shankar, Darshan, et al.. (2010). Evaluation of antioxidant and hypolipidemic activity of Vedic guard, a polyherbal formulation.. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research. 1(10). 114–127. 3 indexed citations
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Shankar, Darshan. (2010). Conceptual framework for new models of integrative medicine. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 1(1). 3–3. 27 indexed citations
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Gangadharan, G G & Darshan Shankar. (2007). MEDICAL PLURALISM – THE CHALLENGES AHEAD -. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 13(1). 1–184. 1 indexed citations
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Shankar, Darshan & Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana. (2004). Challenging the Indian Medical Heritage. 6 indexed citations
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Shankar, Darshan, et al.. (2003). A Balanced Perspective for Management of Indian Medicinal Plants. Indian Forester. 129(2). 275–288. 26 indexed citations
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Shankar, Darshan. (1996). Conserving the Medicinal Plants of India: The Need for a Biocultural Perspective. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2(3). 349–358. 4 indexed citations
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Shankar, Darshan. (1988). Local health traditions.. PubMed. 32–5. 1 indexed citations

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