Keshava Rajagopal

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Keshava Rajagopal is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Keshava Rajagopal has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 20 papers in Surgery and 11 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Keshava Rajagopal's work include Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (16 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (11 papers) and Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (7 papers). Keshava Rajagopal is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (16 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (11 papers) and Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (7 papers). Keshava Rajagopal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and France. Keshava Rajagopal's co-authors include Robert J. Lefkowitz, Sudarshan Rajagopal, Erin J. Whalen, Bartley P. Griffith, Zachary N. Kon, Si M. Pham, Jonathan A. Stiber, Thomas M. Coffman, Paul B. Rosenberg and Daniel Herr and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Keshava Rajagopal

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.

Teaching old receptors new tricks: biasing seven-transmembrane receptors

2010 666 citations Sudarshan Rajagopal, Keshava Rajagopal et al. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keshava Rajagopal United States	17	1.0k	560	487	422	321	39	1.9k
Qin Fu China	17	1.2k 1.2×	140 0.3×	296 0.6×	262 0.6×	194 0.6×	51	2.2k
Jayson Rieger United States	27	531 0.5×	301 0.5×	218 0.4×	144 0.3×	122 0.4×	47	2.1k
R Schröder Germany	23	681 0.7×	365 0.7×	679 1.4×	219 0.5×	76 0.2×	98	2.0k
Shahab A. Akhter United States	24	988 1.0×	263 0.5×	528 1.1×	343 0.8×	792 2.5×	53	2.1k
Anthony J. Baker United States	27	945 0.9×	299 0.5×	248 0.5×	298 0.7×	1.0k 3.1×	77	2.2k
Satsuki Yamada United States	26	1.5k 1.5×	110 0.2×	945 1.9×	261 0.6×	673 2.1×	80	2.8k
Claudio Maldonado United States	28	466 0.5×	205 0.4×	942 1.9×	106 0.3×	345 1.1×	118	2.6k
Juan C. Ibla United States	21	590 0.6×	128 0.2×	300 0.6×	144 0.3×	154 0.5×	65	2.4k
Michael Reppel Germany	27	1.4k 1.4×	601 1.1×	762 1.6×	482 1.1×	914 2.8×	84	2.5k
Gonzalo Pizarro United States	30	1.9k 1.9×	1.2k 2.1×	151 0.3×	320 0.8×	1.9k 5.8×	100	3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keshava Rajagopal

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Weber, Matthew P., Eugene Storozynsky, Howard J. Eisen, et al.. (2025). Trends in Left Ventricular Assist Device Utilization and Survival Outcomes Following the Donor Allocation Policy Change. Artificial Organs.

Rajagopal, Keshava, et al.. (2024). Aortic tissue stiffness and tensile strength are correlated with density changes following proteolytic treatment. Journal of Biomechanics. 172. 112226–112226. 3 indexed citations

Rame, J. Eduardo, et al.. (2023). Left Main Coronary Artery Aneurysm Surgical Treatment by “No-Touch” Technique With Concomitant Left Ventricular Assist Device. Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports. 2(1). 44–47.

Chabiniok, Radomír, J. Hron, Josef Málek, et al.. (2021). A benchmark problem to evaluate implementational issues for three-dimensional flows of incompressible fluids subject to slip boundary conditions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 100038–100038. 3 indexed citations

Loyalka, Pranav, et al.. (2021). Early Usage of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Absence of Invasive Mechanical Ventilation to Treat COVID-19-related Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure. ASAIO Journal. 67(4). 392–394. 10 indexed citations

Akay, Mehmet H., Manish Kumar Patel, Keshava Rajagopal, et al.. (2021). Off-Pump Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. Texas Heart Institute Journal. 48(1). 6 indexed citations

Timofte, I., Roumen Vesselinov, June Kim, et al.. (2020). Survival benefit of lung transplantation compared with medical management and pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with end-stage COPD. ERJ Open Research. 6(2). 177–2019. 3 indexed citations

Kanwar, Manreet, Keshava Rajagopal, Akinobu Itoh, et al.. (2020). Impact of left ventricular assist device implantation on mitral regurgitation: An analysis from the MOMENTUM 3 trial. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 39(6). 529–537. 34 indexed citations

Tabatabai, Ali, Michael Mazzeffi, Marc T. Zubrow, et al.. (2019). Recreational ‘mud fever’: Leptospira interrogans induced diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome in a U.S. Navy seaman following ‘mud-run’ in Hawaii. IDCases. 15. e00529–e00529. 10 indexed citations

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Rajapreyar, Indranee, J. Eduardo Rame, Paul N. Fiorilli, et al.. (2019). Pathological insights into persistent mitral regurgitation following continuous flow left ventricular assist device implantation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 39(2). 184–186. 7 indexed citations

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Kumar, Sachin, Bindu Akkanti, Mehmet H. Akay, et al.. (2019). Left Ventricular Rupture After Impella® Placement During High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine. 21(11). 100–102. 3 indexed citations

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Loyalka, Pranav, et al.. (2018). Surgical pulmonary embolectomy and catheter-based therapies for acute pulmonary embolism: A contemporary systematic review. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 156(6). 2155–2167. 30 indexed citations

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Loyalka, Pranav, et al.. (2017). Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Novel Approach to Treat Paravalvular Leak. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 104(4). e325–e327. 10 indexed citations

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Hron, J., et al.. (2017). Determination of pressure data from velocity data with a view towards its application in cardiovascular mechanics. Part 2: A study of aortic valve stenosis. International Journal of Engineering Science. 113. 37–50. 1 indexed citations

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Rajagopal, Keshava & Bryan A. Whitson. (2016). Basic and translational research careers as early faculty cardiothoracic surgeons—perspectives from 2 young investigators. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 152(2). 362–366. 1 indexed citations

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Rajagopal, Keshava, et al.. (2014). Assessment of depression anxiety and stress among the anaemia in pregnant women attending selected health care facilities in Sebha, Libya. Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences. 1(4). 438–442. 3 indexed citations

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Rajagopal, Keshava, et al.. (2012). CASE REPORT: TALE OF A MISSING COPPER-T.. International Journal of Biomedical Research. 3(10). 409–409. 9 indexed citations

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Rajagopal, Sudarshan, Keshava Rajagopal, & Robert J. Lefkowitz. (2010). Teaching old receptors new tricks: biasing seven-transmembrane receptors. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 9(5). 373–386. 666 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lefkowitz, Robert J., Keshava Rajagopal, & Erin J. Whalen. (2006). New Roles for β-Arrestins in Cell Signaling: Not Just for Seven-Transmembrane Receptors. Molecular Cell. 24(5). 643–652. 248 indexed citations

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Vorp, David A., Keshava Rajagopal, Patrick Smolinski, & Harvey S. Borovetz. (1995). Identification of elastic properties of homogeneous, orthotropic vascular segments in distension. Journal of Biomechanics. 28(5). 501–512. 57 indexed citations

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