Kumar Somyajit

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Kumar Somyajit is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Kumar Somyajit has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Oncology and 7 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Kumar Somyajit's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (23 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (6 papers). Kumar Somyajit is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (23 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (6 papers). Kumar Somyajit collaborates with scholars based in India, Denmark and United States. Kumar Somyajit's co-authors include Ganesh Nagaraju, Maj‐Britt Rask, Rajat Gupta, Chunaram Choudhary, Fena Ochs, Bhabatosh Banik, Akhil R. Chakravarty, Claudia Lukas, Sneha Saxena and Hana Polášek-Sedláčková and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Kumar Somyajit

29 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

DNA Repair Network Analysis Reveals Shieldin as a Key Regulator of NHEJ and PARP Inhibitor Sensitivity

2018 331 citations Rajat Gupta, Kumar Somyajit et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kumar Somyajit India	20	1.3k	616	171	169	145	32	1.6k
Ganesh Nagaraju India	22	1.1k 0.9×	459 0.7×	171 1.0×	206 1.2×	64 0.4×	36	1.5k
Chuanbing Bian China	17	1.2k 0.9×	201 0.3×	108 0.6×	201 1.2×	98 0.7×	24	1.5k
Yue Zou United States	19	1.0k 0.8×	401 0.7×	114 0.7×	250 1.5×	65 0.4×	35	1.3k
Ismail Hassan Ismail Canada	17	1.2k 0.9×	441 0.7×	106 0.6×	300 1.8×	71 0.5×	27	1.5k
Jonathan R. Hart United States	24	1.5k 1.1×	538 0.9×	79 0.5×	312 1.8×	124 0.9×	47	1.9k
Anna Lapuk United States	13	1.0k 0.8×	433 0.7×	200 1.2×	456 2.7×	225 1.6×	17	1.5k
Britta Stordal Ireland	15	665 0.5×	637 1.0×	84 0.5×	228 1.3×	77 0.5×	30	1.3k
Rekha Rao United States	25	1.8k 1.3×	401 0.7×	101 0.6×	155 0.9×	238 1.6×	49	2.2k
Giuseppe Trigiante United Kingdom	15	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.9×	95 0.6×	325 1.9×	169 1.2×	28	2.0k
Vladimir Khazak United States	20	985 0.7×	298 0.5×	68 0.4×	150 0.9×	140 1.0×	34	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kumar Somyajit

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Bhattacharya, Deepanjan, et al.. (2026). RAD51C-XRCC3 complex regulates FANCM-mediated R-loop resolution to safeguard genome integrity. Science Advances. 12(8). eaea5932–eaea5932.

Pandey, Deo Prakash & Kumar Somyajit. (2025). Oncohistone-sculpted epigenetic mechanisms in pediatric brain cancer. Current Opinion in Pharmacology. 81. 102505–102505.

Saxena, Sneha, et al.. (2024). RTEL1 helicase counteracts RAD51-mediated homologous recombination and fork reversal to safeguard replicating genomes. Cell Reports. 43(8). 114594–114594. 6 indexed citations

Ramesh, Vignesh, Paradesi Naidu Gollavilli, Aarif Siddiqui, et al.. (2023). Propionate reinforces epithelial identity and reduces aggressiveness of lung carcinoma. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 15(12). EMMM202317836–EMMM202317836. 8 indexed citations

Somyajit, Kumar, Julian Spies, Fabian Coscia, et al.. (2021). Homology-directed repair protects the replicating genome from metabolic assaults. Developmental Cell. 56(4). 461–477.e7. 44 indexed citations

Polášek-Sedláčková, Hana, et al.. (2020). Equilibrium between nascent and parental MCM proteins protects replicating genomes. Nature. 587(7833). 297–302. 71 indexed citations

Benada, Jan, G. Baldi, Kumar Somyajit, et al.. (2020). Physiological Tolerance to ssDNA Enables Strand Uncoupling during DNA Replication. Cell Reports. 30(7). 2416–2429.e7. 50 indexed citations

Spies, Julian, et al.. (2019). 53BP1 nuclear bodies enforce replication timing at under-replicated DNA to limit heritable DNA damage. Nature Cell Biology. 21(4). 487–497. 73 indexed citations

Saxena, Sneha, et al.. (2019). ATR Signaling Uncouples the Role of RAD51 Paralogs in Homologous Recombination and Replication Stress Response. Cell Reports. 29(3). 551–559.e4. 36 indexed citations

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Saxena, Sneha, Kumar Somyajit, & Ganesh Nagaraju. (2018). XRCC2 Regulates Replication Fork Progression during dNTP Alterations. Cell Reports. 25(12). 3273–3282.e6. 31 indexed citations

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Gupta, Rajat, Kumar Somyajit, Takeo Narita, et al.. (2018). DNA Repair Network Analysis Reveals Shieldin as a Key Regulator of NHEJ and PARP Inhibitor Sensitivity. Cell. 173(4). 972–988.e23. 331 indexed citations breakdown →

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Somyajit, Kumar, Rajat Gupta, Hana Polášek-Sedláčková, et al.. (2017). Redox-sensitive alteration of replisome architecture safeguards genome integrity. Science. 358(6364). 797–802. 133 indexed citations

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Ochs, Fena, et al.. (2016). 53BP1 fosters fidelity of homology-directed DNA repair. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 23(8). 714–721. 171 indexed citations

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Paul, Manoj, Mahadevappa Hemshekhar, Ram M. Thushara, et al.. (2015). Methotrexate Promotes Platelet Apoptosis via JNK-Mediated Mitochondrial Damage: Alleviation by N-Acetylcysteine and N-Acetylcysteine Amide. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0127558–e0127558. 61 indexed citations

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Somyajit, Kumar, Bhabatosh Banik, Sneha Saxena, et al.. (2015). Trans-dichlorooxovandium (IV) complex as a novel photoinducible DNA interstrand crosslinker for cancer therapy. Carcinogenesis. 37(2). 145–156. 7 indexed citations

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Banik, Bhabatosh, Kumar Somyajit, Ganesh Nagaraju, & Akhil R. Chakravarty. (2014). Oxovanadium(iv) complexes of curcumin for cellular imaging and mitochondria targeted photocytotoxicity. Dalton Transactions. 43(35). 13358–13358. 57 indexed citations

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Banik, Bhabatosh, Kumar Somyajit, Akhtar Hussain, Ganesh Nagaraju, & Akhil R. Chakravarty. (2013). Carbohydrate-appended photocytotoxic (imidazophenanthroline)-oxovanadium(iv) complexes for cellular targeting and imaging. Dalton Transactions. 43(3). 1321–1331. 16 indexed citations

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Hussain, Akhtar, Kumar Somyajit, Bhabatosh Banik, et al.. (2012). Enhancing the photocytotoxic potential of curcumin on terpyridyl lanthanide(iii) complex formation. Dalton Transactions. 42(1). 182–195. 73 indexed citations

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Somyajit, Kumar, et al.. (2011). Distinct Roles of FANCO/RAD51C Protein in DNA Damage Signaling and Repair. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(5). 3366–3380. 64 indexed citations

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Somyajit, Kumar, et al.. (2010). RAD51C: a novel cancer susceptibility gene is linked to Fanconi anemia and breast cancer. Carcinogenesis. 31(12). 2031–2038. 80 indexed citations

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