Komal Arora

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Komal Arora is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Komal Arora has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Infectious Diseases, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Komal Arora's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (6 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (5 papers). Komal Arora is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (6 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (5 papers). Komal Arora collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and United Kingdom. Komal Arora's co-authors include Alexander R. Pinto, Malina J. Ivey, Michelle L. D’Antoni, Lina Wang, Jill T. Kuwabara, Nadia Rosenthal, Alexei Ilinykh, Ryan J. Debuque, Anjana Chandran and Michelle D. Tallquist and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Circulation Research.

In The Last Decade

Komal Arora

41 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Revisiting Cardiac Cellular Composition 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Revisiting Cardiac Cellular Composition
    2016 997 citations Alexander R. Pinto, Alexei Ilinykh et al. Circulation Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Komal Arora United States 18 838 610 422 322 179 44 1.9k
Hans Duimel Netherlands 19 566 0.7× 381 0.6× 295 0.7× 89 0.3× 93 0.5× 30 2.0k
Liming Zhang China 22 889 1.1× 468 0.8× 80 0.2× 126 0.4× 232 1.3× 58 2.0k
Johnson Rajasingh United States 31 1.6k 1.9× 508 0.8× 385 0.9× 47 0.1× 225 1.3× 72 3.0k
Heming Wu China 27 1.1k 1.4× 74 0.1× 189 0.4× 133 0.4× 455 2.5× 133 2.4k
Yong Cao China 29 1.2k 1.4× 97 0.2× 540 1.3× 72 0.2× 87 0.5× 107 2.5k
Xuejun Jiang China 25 700 0.8× 282 0.5× 489 1.2× 38 0.1× 240 1.3× 79 2.0k
Na Wei China 23 462 0.6× 95 0.2× 81 0.2× 153 0.5× 181 1.0× 108 1.4k
Weizhong Gu China 23 525 0.6× 76 0.1× 353 0.8× 86 0.3× 81 0.5× 127 1.9k
Chan Woo Kim South Korea 31 1.5k 1.8× 244 0.4× 347 0.8× 35 0.1× 265 1.5× 77 3.1k
Xinhong Wang China 18 592 0.7× 120 0.2× 296 0.7× 51 0.2× 95 0.5× 46 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Komal Arora

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Komal Arora

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All Works

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Arora, Komal, et al.. (2023). The critical role of interleukin-6 in protection against neurotropic flavivirus infection. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13. 1275823–1275823. 6 indexed citations
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Natekar, Janhavi P., Heather Pathak, Shannon Stone, et al.. (2022). Differential Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern in Human ACE2-Expressing Mice. Viruses. 14(6). 1139–1139. 32 indexed citations
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Rothan, Hussin A., Pratima Kumari, Shannon Stone, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 Infects Primary Neurons from Human ACE2 Expressing Mice and Upregulates Genes Involved in the Inflammatory and Necroptotic Pathways. Pathogens. 11(2). 257–257. 28 indexed citations
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Cui, Dan, Emilio E. Espínola, Komal Arora, & Margo A. Brinton. (2021). Two Interferon-Stimulated Response Elements Cooperatively Regulate Interferon-Stimulated Gene Expression in West Nile Virus-Infected IFNAR −/− Mouse Embryo Fibroblasts. Journal of Virology. 95(22). e0104021–e0104021. 3 indexed citations
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Stone, Shannon, Hussin A. Rothan, Janhavi P. Natekar, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern Infect the Respiratory Tract and Induce Inflammatory Response in Wild-Type Laboratory Mice. Viruses. 14(1). 27–27. 24 indexed citations
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Arora, Komal, et al.. (2021). The Neuroprotective Beta Amyloid Hexapeptide Core Reverses Deficits in Synaptic Plasticity in the 5xFAD APP/PS1 Mouse Model. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 14. 576038–576038. 8 indexed citations
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Tomar, Pushpa C. & Komal Arora. (2021). RESPONSE OF CADAVERINE ON THE PROTEIN PROFILING OF CULTURED TISSUES OF BRASSICA JUNCEA (RH-30) UNDER MULTIPLE STRESS. Journal of Microbiology Biotechnology and Food Sciences. 10(6). e4002–e4002.
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Arora, Komal, et al.. (2021). Diabetic neuropathy: an insight on the transition from synthetic drugs to herbal therapies. Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders. 20(2). 1773–1784. 13 indexed citations
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Rothan, Hussin A., Shannon Stone, Janhavi P. Natekar, et al.. (2020). The FDA-approved gold drug auranofin inhibits novel coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) replication and attenuates inflammation in human cells. Virology. 547. 7–11. 118 indexed citations
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Rothan, Hussin A., et al.. (2019). Z-DNA-Binding Protein 1 Is Critical for Controlling Virus Replication and Survival in West Nile Virus Encephalitis. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 2089–2089. 33 indexed citations
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Arora, Komal & Nicole D. Riddle. (2018). Extraskeletal Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 142(11). 1421–1424. 20 indexed citations
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Arora, Komal, Mukul Divatia, Luan D. Truong, et al.. (2017). Sarcoid-like granulomas in renal cell carcinoma: The Houston Methodist Hospital experience. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 31. 62–65. 4 indexed citations
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Pinto, Alexander R., Alexei Ilinykh, Malina J. Ivey, et al.. (2016). Revisiting Cardiac Cellular Composition. Circulation Research. 118(3). 400–409. 997 indexed citations breakdown →
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Arora, Komal, Justin Y. Cheng, & Robert A. Nichols. (2015). Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Sensitize a MAPK-linked Toxicity Pathway on Prolonged Exposure to β-Amyloid. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(35). 21409–21420. 20 indexed citations
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Gruver, Aaron M., Mahul B. Amin, Daniel Luthringer, et al.. (2012). Selective Immunohistochemical Markers to Distinguish Between Metastatic High-Grade Urothelial Carcinoma and Primary Poorly Differentiated Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 136(11). 1339–1346. 54 indexed citations
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Gulmann, Christian, Gladell P. Paner, Donna E. Hansel, et al.. (2012). Immunohistochemical profile to distinguish urothelial from squamous differentiation in carcinomas of urothelial tract. Human Pathology. 44(2). 164–172. 58 indexed citations
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Tong, Mei Song, Komal Arora, Michael M. White, & Robert A. Nichols. (2011). Role of Key Aromatic Residues in the Ligand-binding Domain of α7 Nicotinic Receptors in the Agonist Action of β-Amyloid. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(39). 34373–34381. 38 indexed citations
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Khan, Ghous M., et al.. (2010). β‐Amyloid activates presynaptic α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors reconstituted into a model nerve cell system: involvement of lipid rafts. European Journal of Neuroscience. 31(5). 788–796. 50 indexed citations

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