Kunal K. Sindhu

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Kunal K. Sindhu is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kunal K. Sindhu has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 26 papers in Surgery and 22 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Kunal K. Sindhu's work include Head and Neck Cancer Studies (14 papers), Brain Metastases and Treatment (13 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (11 papers). Kunal K. Sindhu is often cited by papers focused on Head and Neck Cancer Studies (14 papers), Brain Metastases and Treatment (13 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (11 papers). Kunal K. Sindhu collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Australia. Kunal K. Sindhu's co-authors include Christian K. Roberts, Richard L. Bakst, Joseph A. Gil, Eric J. Lehrer, Steven F. DeFroda, Stanislav Lazarev, Eli Y. Adashi, Richard G. Stock, Michael Buckstein and Vishal Gupta and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kunal K. Sindhu

83 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

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2009 692 citations Christian K. Roberts, Kunal K. Sindhu profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kunal K. Sindhu United States	14	234	221	192	181	156	89	1.2k
Benedetta Bendinelli Italy	24	288 1.2×	276 1.2×	143 0.7×	131 0.7×	79 0.5×	70	1.6k
Victoria A. Kirsh Canada	24	285 1.2×	173 0.8×	60 0.3×	88 0.5×	99 0.6×	35	1.7k
Steven Mog United States	22	299 1.3×	101 0.5×	66 0.3×	233 1.3×	38 0.2×	38	1.3k
Raffick A.R. Bowen United States	21	289 1.2×	446 2.0×	107 0.6×	240 1.3×	105 0.7×	44	1.4k
Shaomei Han China	21	304 1.3×	460 2.1×	146 0.8×	270 1.5×	82 0.5×	59	1.5k
Uğur Atik Türkiye	23	576 2.5×	281 1.3×	110 0.6×	120 0.7×	56 0.4×	66	1.5k
Kiyonori Kuriki Japan	25	667 2.9×	283 1.3×	121 0.6×	171 0.9×	120 0.8×	67	1.8k
Soundararajan Krishnaswamy United States	24	632 2.7×	93 0.4×	108 0.6×	95 0.5×	85 0.5×	34	1.7k
Alena Tichá Czechia	15	152 0.6×	142 0.6×	97 0.5×	119 0.7×	61 0.4×	81	769
Han Seok Choi South Korea	27	631 2.7×	320 1.4×	200 1.0×	308 1.7×	205 1.3×	109	2.3k

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Westra, William H., Shannon Roof, Richard L. Bakst, et al.. (2025). Incidence and outcomes of radiation-associated second primary malignancies in HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer: long-term follow-up of the quarterback de-escalation trials. Oral Oncology. 169. 107654–107654.

Weiss, O, et al.. (2025). PTSD in Patients Who Undergo Head and Neck Cancer Treatment: A Systematic Review. Current Oncology. 32(3). 134–134. 3 indexed citations

Sindhu, Kunal K., et al.. (2025). Transforming Brain Tumor Care: The Global Impact of Radiosurgery in Multidisciplinary Treatment Over Two Decades. Cancer Medicine. 14(6). e70673–e70673. 1 indexed citations

Cherry, Daniel, et al.. (2025). The Effects of Radiation Therapy on the Ocular Apparatus: Implications for Management. Cancers. 17(16). 2605–2605.

Sindhu, Kunal K., Eric J. Lehrer, William F. Hartsell, et al.. (2024). Reirradiation With Proton Therapy for Recurrent Malignancies of the Esophagus and Gastroesophageal Junction: Results of the Proton Collaborative Group Multi-Institutional Prospective Registry Trial. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 9(5). 101459–101459. 1 indexed citations

Jones, Brianna M., et al.. (2024). Gender Representation Among Academic US Radiation Oncology Department Chairs: Who are They?. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 9(5). 101451–101451. 1 indexed citations

Posner, Marshall R., William H. Westra, Scott A. Roof, et al.. (2024). Second primary squamous cell cancers in the HPV de-escalation Quarterback Trials.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42(16_suppl). e18049–e18049. 1 indexed citations

Dickstein, Daniel R., Erin Moshier, Jerry Liu, et al.. (2024). Head and Neck Cancer Patient Population, Management, and Oncologic Outcomes from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Current Oncology. 31(1). 436–446. 2 indexed citations

Dickstein, Daniel R., et al.. (2024). Risk-Tailoring Radiotherapy for Endometrial Cancer: A Narrative Review. Cancers. 16(7). 1346–1346.

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Dickstein, Daniel R., Eric J. Lehrer, Vishal Gupta, et al.. (2023). Adjuvant Reirradiation With Proton Therapy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 9(4). 101418–101418. 2 indexed citations

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Cherry, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Immune Escape in Glioblastoma: Mechanisms of Action and Implications for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and CAR T-Cell Therapy. Biology. 12(12). 1528–1528. 10 indexed citations

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Salgado, Lucas Resende, et al.. (2023). The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Patients with Cancer in the United States: A Review. Current Oncology. 30(7). 6362–6373. 13 indexed citations

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Sindhu, Kunal K., Fahad Khan, Stephen C. Ward, et al.. (2022). Characterization and Prediction of Signal Intensity Changes in Normal Liver Parenchyma on Gadoxetic Acid–enhanced MRI Scans after Liver-directed Radiation Therapy. Radiology Imaging Cancer. 4(4). e210100–e210100. 1 indexed citations

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Jones, Brianna M., et al.. (2022). Gender Differences in the Research Productivity of Radiation Oncology Resident Graduates in the United States: 2015 to 2019. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 8(2). 101135–101135. 7 indexed citations

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Sindhu, Kunal K., Erin Moshier, Joshua Richter, et al.. (2021). The Safety and Efficacy of Radiation Therapy with Concurrent Dexamethasone, Cyclophosphamide, Etoposide, and Cisplatin-Based Systemic Therapy for Multiple Myeloma. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia. 22(3). 192–197. 6 indexed citations

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Kemmanu, Vasudha, et al.. (2021). Clinical profile and error of inclusion and exclusion in schools for the blind in Bangalore and a review of literature. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 69(8). 2027–2032. 1 indexed citations

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Sindhu, Kunal K., William H. Smith, Andrew W. Smith, et al.. (2021). The Holman Research Pathway in Radiation Oncology: 2010 to 2019. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 111(3). 627–637. 8 indexed citations

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Gallitto, Matthew, Kunal K. Sindhu, Isaac Wasserman, et al.. (2019). Trimodality therapy for oropharyngeal cancer in the TORS era: Is there a cohort that may benefit?. Head & Neck. 41(9). 3009–3022. 9 indexed citations

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Sindhu, Kunal K., et al.. (2017). Medical students help bridge the gap in sexual health education among middle school youth.. PubMed. 100(1). 51–56. 2 indexed citations

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Sindhu, Ram K., Ja-Ryong Koo, Kunal K. Sindhu, et al.. (2006). Differential regulation of hepatic cytochrome P450 monooxygenases in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Free Radical Research. 40(9). 921–928. 36 indexed citations

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