Himanshu Kumar

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Himanshu Kumar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Himanshu Kumar has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 8 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Himanshu Kumar's work include Gut microbiota and health (15 papers), Infant Nutrition and Health (7 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (7 papers). Himanshu Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (15 papers), Infant Nutrition and Health (7 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (7 papers). Himanshu Kumar collaborates with scholars based in Finland, India and Spain. Himanshu Kumar's co-authors include Seppo Salminen, Erika Isolauri, Samuli Rautava, María Carmen Collado, Johan Bengtsson‐Palme, Antti Karkman, Marko Virta, Reetta Satokari, Katariina Pärnänen and Jenni Hultman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Himanshu Kumar

36 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Maternal gut and breast milk microbiota affect infant gut antibiotic resistome and mobile genetic elements

2018 454 citations Katariina Pärnänen, Antti Karkman et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Himanshu Kumar Finland	21	977	677	385	377	220	36	2.0k
Diana H. Taft United States	19	1.1k 1.1×	800 1.2×	327 0.8×	244 0.6×	116 0.5×	43	2.1k
Terence R. Whitehead United States	30	1.6k 1.6×	663 1.0×	625 1.6×	299 0.8×	222 1.0×	80	3.1k
Klaudyna Borewicz Netherlands	18	927 0.9×	455 0.7×	416 1.1×	173 0.5×	67 0.3×	27	1.6k
Fabrizio Pantanella Italy	21	793 0.8×	290 0.4×	317 0.8×	136 0.4×	142 0.6×	42	2.1k
Wolfram Manuel Brück Switzerland	21	748 0.8×	413 0.6×	416 1.1×	118 0.3×	54 0.2×	59	1.7k
Duane Charbonneau United States	23	1.1k 1.2×	263 0.4×	841 2.2×	268 0.7×	121 0.6×	30	2.8k
M. Nazmul Huda United States	17	837 0.9×	364 0.5×	230 0.6×	196 0.5×	43 0.2×	49	1.6k
Yan Shao United Kingdom	9	970 1.0×	236 0.3×	203 0.5×	180 0.5×	62 0.3×	19	1.4k
Stefania Arioli Italy	30	1.7k 1.8×	530 0.8×	1.1k 2.9×	133 0.4×	74 0.3×	88	2.9k
María X. Maldonado-Gómez United States	15	1.3k 1.3×	401 0.6×	499 1.3×	95 0.3×	78 0.4×	21	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Himanshu Kumar

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

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Ahmed, Sabbir, Youri Adolfs, R. Jeroen Pasterkamp, et al.. (2024). Prebiotic diet normalizes aberrant immune and behavioral phenotypes in a mouse model of autism spectrum disorder. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 45(8). 1591–1603. 12 indexed citations

Wardill, Hannah R., Himanshu Kumar, Emma Bateman, et al.. (2023). Whey-based diet containing medium chain triglycerides modulates the gut microbiota and protects the intestinal mucosa from chemotherapy while maintaining therapy efficacy. Cell Death and Disease. 14(5). 338–338. 8 indexed citations

Kumar, Himanshu, Vennila Ponnusamy, Ping K. Yip, et al.. (2022). Alterations in the Stool Microbiome in Newborns Undergoing Mild Therapeutic Hypothermia after Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. Developmental Neuroscience. 44(4-5). 373–383. 3 indexed citations

Turta, Olli, Marta Selma‐Royo, Himanshu Kumar, et al.. (2021). Maternal Intrapartum Antibiotic Treatment and Gut Microbiota Development in Healthy Term Infants. Neonatology. 119(1). 93–102. 5 indexed citations

Kumar, Himanshu, et al.. (2019). Removal of Cr(VI) by magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles synthesized from extracellular polymeric substances of chromium resistant acid-tolerant bacterium Lysinibacillus sphaericus RTA-01. Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering. 17(2). 1001–1016. 26 indexed citations

Kumar, Himanshu, et al.. (2019). Breast Milk Microbiota Is Shaped by Mode of Delivery and Intrapartum Antibiotic Exposure. Frontiers in Nutrition. 6. 4–4. 143 indexed citations

Pärnänen, Katariina, Antti Karkman, Jenni Hultman, et al.. (2018). Maternal gut and breast milk microbiota affect infant gut antibiotic resistome and mobile genetic elements. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3891–3891. 454 indexed citations breakdown →

Polari, Lauri, Himanshu Kumar, Samuli Rautava, Seppo Salminen, & Erika Isolauri. (2018). Increase in serum Interleukin-10 does not alleviate pro-inflammatory MCP-1 production in obese pregnancies. Cytokine. 108. 67–70. 11 indexed citations

Mantziari, Anastasia, Juhani Aakko, Himanshu Kumar, et al.. (2017). The Impact of Storage Conditions on the Stability of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Bb12 in Human Milk. Breastfeeding Medicine. 12(9). 566–569. 3 indexed citations

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Gómez-Gallego, Carlos, Himanshu Kumar, Izaskun García‐Mantrana, et al.. (2017). Breast Milk Polyamines and Microbiota Interactions: Impact of Mode of Delivery and Geographical Location. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 70(3). 184–190. 37 indexed citations

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Kumbhare, Shreyas V., Himanshu Kumar, Somak Chowdhury, et al.. (2017). A cross-sectional comparative study of gut bacterial community of Indian and Finnish children. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 10555–10555. 27 indexed citations

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Kumar, Himanshu, Pirjo Wacklin, Massalin Nakphaichit, et al.. (2015). Secretor Status Is Strongly Associated with Microbial Alterations Observed during Pregnancy. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0134623–e0134623. 15 indexed citations

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Endo, Akihito, Yasuhiro Tanizawa, Naoto Tanaka, et al.. (2015). Comparative genomics of Fructobacillus spp. and Leuconostoc spp. reveals niche-specific evolution of Fructobacillus spp.. BMC Genomics. 16(1). 1117–1117. 55 indexed citations

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Kumar, Himanshu, Seppo Salminen, Hans Verhagen, et al.. (2014). Novel probiotics and prebiotics: road to the market. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 32. 99–103. 112 indexed citations

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Marathe, Nachiket P., et al.. (2013). In vitro antibacterial activity of Tabernaemontana alternifolia (Roxb) stem bark aqueous extracts against clinical isolates of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials. 12(1). 26–26. 21 indexed citations

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Verma, Pankaj, et al.. (2012). Comparative analysis of fecal microflora of healthy full-term Indian infants born with different methods of delivery (vaginal vs cesarean): Acinetobacter sp. prevalence in vaginally born infants. Journal of Biosciences. 37(S1). 989–998. 52 indexed citations

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Duary, Raj Kumar, et al.. (2012). Antioxidative potential of lactobacilli isolated from the gut of Indian people. Molecular Biology Reports. 39(8). 7887–7897. 50 indexed citations

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Kumar, Himanshu, et al.. (2012). Microbial Community Structure at Different Fermentation Stages of Kutajarista, a Herbal Formulation. Indian Journal of Microbiology. 53(1). 11–17. 7 indexed citations

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Kumar, Himanshu, et al.. (2011). Lactobacillus plantarum (VR1) isolated from an Ayurvedic medicine (Kutajarista) ameliorates in vitro cellular damage caused by Aeromonas veronii. BMC Microbiology. 11(1). 152–152. 22 indexed citations

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Wani, Aijaz A., Ashraf Yusuf Rangrez, Himanshu Kumar, et al.. (2008). Analysis of reactive oxygen species and antioxidant defenses in complex I deficient patients revealed a specific increase in superoxide dismutase activity. Free Radical Research. 42(5). 415–427. 7 indexed citations

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