Gowrisankar Rajam

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

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Gowrisankar Rajam is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Microbiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gowrisankar Rajam has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Epidemiology, 14 papers in Microbiology and 7 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Gowrisankar Rajam's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (25 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (14 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (10 papers). Gowrisankar Rajam is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (25 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (14 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (10 papers). Gowrisankar Rajam collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Malawi. Gowrisankar Rajam's co-authors include George M. Carlone, Sandra Romero‐Steiner, Edwin W. Ades, Nadine Rouphael, Jacquelyn S. Sampson, Scott E. Johnson, Daniel S. Schmidt, Mark J. Mulligan, Sudhir Pai Kasturi and Damien Chaussabel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Immunology, PLoS ONE and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Gowrisankar Rajam

30 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Molecular signatures of antibody responses derived from a systems biology study of five human vaccines

2013 462 citations Shuzhao Li, Nadine Rouphael et al. Nature Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gowrisankar Rajam United States	15	550	315	246	227	207	30	1.0k
Giulietta Saletti Germany	17	514 0.9×	502 1.6×	132 0.5×	237 1.0×	394 1.9×	30	1.4k
Kathleen R. Lottenbach United States	13	598 1.1×	325 1.0×	123 0.5×	145 0.6×	268 1.3×	17	905
Archana Thomas United States	13	234 0.4×	227 0.7×	78 0.3×	182 0.8×	165 0.8×	27	906
Peter C. Giardina United States	21	747 1.4×	195 0.6×	404 1.6×	203 0.9×	159 0.8×	55	1.2k
Uwe Nicolay Germany	17	780 1.4×	338 1.1×	57 0.2×	143 0.6×	305 1.5×	34	1.2k
Willemien C. van Dijk Netherlands	17	322 0.6×	208 0.7×	155 0.6×	130 0.6×	152 0.7×	28	810
Jutamas Shaughnessy United States	20	350 0.6×	321 1.0×	529 2.2×	113 0.5×	139 0.7×	34	814
Lionel Tan United Kingdom	15	420 0.8×	97 0.3×	303 1.2×	103 0.5×	131 0.6×	31	833
Hilde‐Kari Guttormsen United States	22	942 1.7×	405 1.3×	435 1.8×	153 0.7×	125 0.6×	29	1.5k
Brandon Essink United States	15	397 0.7×	158 0.5×	69 0.3×	225 1.0×	622 3.0×	37	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gowrisankar Rajam

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Antonello, Joseph M., Chitrananda Abeygunawardana, Juliana C. Malinverni, et al.. (2025). Establishing a new human pneumococcal standard reference serum, MPRSS-01. mSphere. 10(1). e0040424–e0040424. 1 indexed citations

Sato, Ana Paula Sayuri, Lucia C. Pawloski, Éder Gatti Fernandes, et al.. (2021). Effect of maternal Tdap on infant antibody response to a primary vaccination series with whole cell pertussis vaccine in São Paulo, Brazil. Vaccine X. 7. 100087–100087. 8 indexed citations

Kyu, Shuya, Richard P. Ramonell, Merin Kuruvilla, et al.. (2021). Diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection using circulating antibody secreting cells. PLoS ONE. 16(11). e0259644–e0259644. 3 indexed citations

Healy, Catherine, Marcia A. Rench, Laurie S. Swaim, et al.. (2020). Kinetics of maternal pertussis-specific antibodies in infants of mothers vaccinated with tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) during pregnancy. Vaccine. 38(37). 5955–5961. 23 indexed citations

Hale, Laura P., Gowrisankar Rajam, George M. Carlone, et al.. (2019). Late effects of total body irradiation on hematopoietic recovery and immune function in rhesus macaques. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0210663–e0210663. 21 indexed citations

Kazi, Abdul Momin, Arjumand Rizvi, Robert A. Bednarczyk, et al.. (2018). Impact of maternally derived pertussis antibody titers on infant whole-cell pertussis vaccine response in a low income setting. Vaccine. 36(46). 7048–7053. 9 indexed citations

Lessa, Fernanda C., Jennifer Milucky, Nadine Rouphael, et al.. (2018). Streptococcus mitis Expressing Pneumococcal Serotype 1 Capsule. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 17959–17959. 36 indexed citations

Rajam, Gowrisankar, George M. Carlone, Ellie Kim, et al.. (2018). Development and validation of a robust multiplex serological assay to quantify antibodies specific to pertussis antigens. Biologicals. 57. 9–20. 14 indexed citations

Morton, Ben, Elena Mitsi, Shaun H. Pennington, et al.. (2016). Augmented Passive Immunotherapy with P4 Peptide Improves Phagocyte Activity in Severe Sepsis. Shock. 46(6). 635–641. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Shuzhao, Nadine Rouphael, Sai Duraisingham, et al.. (2013). Molecular signatures of antibody responses derived from a systems biology study of five human vaccines. Nature Immunology. 15(2). 195–204. 462 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bangert, Mathieu, Laura Bricio-Moreno, Gowrisankar Rajam, et al.. (2012). P4-Mediated Antibody Therapy in an Acute Model of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 205(9). 1399–1407. 16 indexed citations

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Rajam, Gowrisankar, et al.. (2011). A Novel Innate Immune-Enhancement Strategy Combined with IVIG Rescues Mice from FatalStaphylococcus aureusSepticemia. International Journal of Microbiology. 2011. 1–5. 5 indexed citations

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Boyd, Kelli L., et al.. (2011). Immunotherapy with a Combination of Intravenous Immune Globulin and P4 Peptide Rescues Mice from Postinfluenza Pneumococcal Pneumonia. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 55(5). 2276–2281. 12 indexed citations

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Whaley, Melissa, Jacquelyn S. Sampson, Scott E. Johnson, et al.. (2010). Concomitant administration of recombinant PsaA and PCV7 reduces Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A colonization in a murine model. Vaccine. 28(18). 3071–3075. 22 indexed citations

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Manoff, Susan B., Charles Liss, Michael J. Caulfield, et al.. (2010). Revaccination with a 23‐Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Induces Elevated and Persistent Functional Antibody Responses in Adults Aged ⩾65 Years. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 201(4). 525–533. 58 indexed citations

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Rajam, Gowrisankar, Jacquelyn S. Sampson, George M. Carlone, & Edwin W. Ades. (2010). An Augmented Passive Immune Therapy to Treat Fulminant Bacterial Infections. Recent Patents on Anti-Infective Drug Discovery. 5(2). 157–167. 22 indexed citations

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Rajam, Gowrisankar, Sandra Romero‐Steiner, Andrew P. Kowalczyk, et al.. (2007). E-cadherin is a receptor for the common protein pneumococcal surface adhesin A (PsaA) of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Microbial Pathogenesis. 42(5-6). 225–236. 83 indexed citations

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Rajam, Gowrisankar, Donald J. Phillips, Elizabeth White, et al.. (2007). A functional epitope of the pneumococcal surface adhesin A activates nasopharyngeal cells and increases bacterial internalization. Microbial Pathogenesis. 44(3). 186–196. 23 indexed citations

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Rajam, Gowrisankar, Delois Jackson, Tamara Pilishvili, et al.. (2007). An in vitro model to assess pneumococcal adherence to nasopharyngeal cells under competition conditions. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 70(2). 219–226. 4 indexed citations

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Rajam, Gowrisankar, et al.. (2007). Adherence of nontypeable Streptococcus pneumoniae to human conjunctival epithelial cells. Microbial Pathogenesis. 44(3). 175–185. 23 indexed citations

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