Kumar Kaluarachchi

775 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 617 citations indexed

About

Kumar Kaluarachchi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kumar Kaluarachchi has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 617 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 1 paper in Organic Chemistry and 1 paper in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Kumar Kaluarachchi's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (1 paper), RNA modifications and cancer (1 paper) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (1 paper). Kumar Kaluarachchi is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (1 paper), RNA modifications and cancer (1 paper) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (1 paper). Kumar Kaluarachchi collaborates with scholars based in United States. Kumar Kaluarachchi's co-authors include Heinrich Taegtmeyer, William G. Bornmann, Romain Harmancey, Seshagiri Duvvuri, Michael Fiegl, Borys Korchin, Hagop M. Kantarjian, Marina Konopleva, Michael Andreeff and Ismael Samudio and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kumar Kaluarachchi

5 papers receiving 610 citations

Hit Papers

Pharmacologic inhibition of fatty acid oxidation sensitiz... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Pharmacologic inhibition of fatty acid oxidation sensitizes human leukemia cells to apoptosis induction
    2009 552 citations Ismael Samudio, Romain Harmancey et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

Peers

Kumar Kaluarachchi
Seshagiri Duvvuri United States
Daniel Helbling United States
Gaëlle Bridon Canada
Rajesh Bazaz United States
Kinga A. Kocemba‐Pilarczyk Poland
Ruosi Yao China
Johnny Yu United States
Wen‐Lian Chen China
Patricia A. Toniolo United States
Lorenza A. D’Alessandro Germany
Seshagiri Duvvuri United States
Kumar Kaluarachchi
Citations per year, relative to Kumar Kaluarachchi Kumar Kaluarachchi (= 1×) peers Seshagiri Duvvuri

Countries citing papers authored by Kumar Kaluarachchi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kumar Kaluarachchi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kumar Kaluarachchi

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

All Works

5 of 5 papers shown
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Mandal, Pijus K., Zhiyong Ren, Xiaohong Chen, et al.. (2012). Structure–Activity Studies of Phosphopeptidomimetic Prodrugs Targeting the Src Homology 2 (SH2) Domain of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (Stat3). International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics. 19(1). 3–12. 11 indexed citations
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Dennison, Jennifer B., Mary Ayres, Kumar Kaluarachchi, William Plunkett, & Varsha Gandhi. (2010). Intracellular Succinylation of 8-Chloroadenosine and Its Effect on Fumarate Levels. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(11). 8022–8030. 12 indexed citations
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Samudio, Ismael, Romain Harmancey, Michael Fiegl, et al.. (2009). Pharmacologic inhibition of fatty acid oxidation sensitizes human leukemia cells to apoptosis induction. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 120(1). 142–156. 552 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mandal, Pijus K., et al.. (2005). An Efficient Synthesis of the Constrained Peptidomimetic 2-Oxo-3-(N-9-fluorenyloxy-carbonylamino)-1-azabicyclo[4.3.0]nonane-9-carboxylic Acid from Pyroglutamic Acid. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 70(24). 10128–10131. 10 indexed citations
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Qiu, Huawei, Kumar Kaluarachchi, Zhihua Du, David W. Hoffman, & David Giedroc. (1996). Thermodynamics of Folding of the RNA Pseudoknot of the T4 Gene 32 Autoregulatory Messenger RNA. Biochemistry. 35(13). 4176–4186. 32 indexed citations

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