Kartik Sunagar

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Kartik Sunagar is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kartik Sunagar has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Genetics, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Kartik Sunagar's work include Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies (51 papers), Rabies epidemiology and control (22 papers) and Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology (16 papers). Kartik Sunagar is often cited by papers focused on Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies (51 papers), Rabies epidemiology and control (22 papers) and Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology (16 papers). Kartik Sunagar collaborates with scholars based in India, Australia and Portugal. Kartik Sunagar's co-authors include Bryan G. Fry, Timothy Jackson, Agostinho Antunes, Yehu Moran, Nicholas R. Casewell, Eivind A. B. Undheim, Andreas H. Laustsen, Glenn F. King, R. R. Senji Laxme and Vivek Suranse and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kartik Sunagar

56 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Causes and Consequences of Snake Venom Variation 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. Causes and Consequences of Snake Venom Variation
    2020 245 citations Timothy Jackson, Kartik Sunagar et al. profile →

Peers

Kartik Sunagar
Freek J. Vonk Netherlands
Timothy Jackson Australia
Janette A. Norman Australia
Nicholas R. Casewell United Kingdom
Stephen P. Mackessy United States
Mark J. Margres United States
Yehu Moran Israel
Nelson Jorge da Silva Brazil
Camila Renjifo Australia
Anita Malhotra United Kingdom
Freek J. Vonk Netherlands
Kartik Sunagar
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kartik Sunagar

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sunagar, Kartik, et al.. (2025). Explaining Echis: Proteotranscriptomic Profiling of Echis carinatus carinatus Venom. Toxins. 17(7). 353–353.
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Das, Sandeep, et al.. (2025). Clinical challenges, controversies, and regional strategies in snakebite care in India. The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia. 37. 100598–100598.
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Laxme, R. R. Senji, Suyog Khochare, Siddharth Bhatia, Gerard Martin, & Kartik Sunagar. (2024). From birth to bite: the evolutionary ecology of India's medically most important snake venoms. BMC Biology. 22(1). 161–161. 8 indexed citations
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Bhatia, Siddharth, et al.. (2024). Elusive elapids: biogeographic venom variation in Indian kraits and its repercussion on snakebite therapy. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 15. 1443073–1443073. 2 indexed citations
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Bhatia, Siddharth, et al.. (2023). The Royal Armoury: Venomics and antivenomics of king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) from the Indian Western Ghats. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 253(Pt 2). 126708–126708. 4 indexed citations
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Cardoso, Fernanda C., Sandy S. Pineda, Volker Herzig, et al.. (2022). The Deadly Toxin Arsenal of the Tree-Dwelling Australian Funnel-Web Spiders. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(21). 13077–13077. 5 indexed citations
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Calvete, Juan J., Bruno Lomonte, Anthony J. Saviola, et al.. (2021). Mutual enlightenment: A toolbox of concepts and methods for integrating evolutionary and clinical toxinology via snake venomics and the contextual stance. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9-10. 100070–100070. 34 indexed citations
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Khochare, Suyog, et al.. (2021). Remarkable intrapopulation venom variability in the monocellate cobra (Naja kaouthia) unveils neglected aspects of India's snakebite problem. Journal of Proteomics. 242. 104256–104256. 32 indexed citations
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Khochare, Suyog, et al.. (2021). Venomics of the Enigmatic Andaman Cobra (Naja sagittifera) and the Preclinical Failure of Indian Antivenoms in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12. 768210–768210. 9 indexed citations
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Herzig, Volker, Kartik Sunagar, David T. Wilson, et al.. (2020). Australian funnel-web spiders evolved human-lethal δ-hexatoxins for defense against vertebrate predators. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(40). 24920–24928. 32 indexed citations
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Laxme, R. R. Senji, Vivek Suranse, & Kartik Sunagar. (2018). Arthropod venoms: Biochemistry, ecology and evolution. Toxicon. 158. 84–103. 33 indexed citations
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Sunagar, Kartik, et al.. (2018). Cell type-specific expression profiling unravels the development and evolution of stinging cells in sea anemone. BMC Biology. 16(1). 108–108. 47 indexed citations
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Sunagar, Kartik & Yehu Moran. (2015). The Rise and Fall of an Evolutionary Innovation: Contrasting Strategies of Venom Evolution in Ancient and Young Animals. PLoS Genetics. 11(10). e1005596–e1005596. 106 indexed citations
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Undheim, Eivind A. B., Kartik Sunagar, Brett R. Hamilton, et al.. (2014). Multifunctional warheads: Diversification of the toxin arsenal of centipedes via novel multidomain transcripts. Journal of Proteomics. 102. 1–10. 35 indexed citations
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Ruder, Tim, Kartik Sunagar, Eivind A. B. Undheim, et al.. (2013). Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of the Proteins Encoded by Coleoid (Cuttlefish, Octopus, and Squid) Posterior Venom Glands. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 76(4). 192–204. 57 indexed citations
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Low, Dolyce H. W., Kartik Sunagar, Eivind A. B. Undheim, et al.. (2013). Dracula's children: Molecular evolution of vampire bat venom. Journal of Proteomics. 89. 95–111. 53 indexed citations
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Koludarov, Ivan, Kartik Sunagar, Eivind A. B. Undheim, et al.. (2012). Structural and Molecular Diversification of the Anguimorpha Lizard Mandibular Venom Gland System in the Arboreal Species Abronia graminea. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 75(5-6). 168–183. 16 indexed citations
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Sunagar, Kartik, Warren E. Johnson, Stephen J. O’Brien, Vı́tor Vasconcelos, & Agostinho Antunes. (2012). Evolution of CRISPs Associated with Toxicoferan-Reptilian Venom and Mammalian Reproduction. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29(7). 1807–1822. 77 indexed citations
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