Lakshmi Rajagopal

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
70 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Lakshmi Rajagopal is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Lakshmi Rajagopal has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 34 papers in Epidemiology and 11 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Lakshmi Rajagopal's work include Neonatal and Maternal Infections (43 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (30 papers) and Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis (17 papers). Lakshmi Rajagopal is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal and Maternal Infections (43 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (30 papers) and Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis (17 papers). Lakshmi Rajagopal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Lakshmi Rajagopal's co-authors include Kristina M. Adams Waldorf, Craig E. Rubens, Kellie Burnside, Jay Vornhagen, Blair Armistead, Christopher Whidbey, Aurelio Silvestroni, Anne Clancy, Elizabeth Oler and Lisa Ngo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Lakshmi Rajagopal

67 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. Long-term Risk of Neuropsychiatric Disease After Exposure to Infection In Utero
    2019 179 citations Benjamin J.S. al-Haddad, Bo Jacobsson et al. profile →
  2. The fetal origins of mental illness
    2019 178 citations Benjamin J.S. al-Haddad, Elizabeth Oler et al. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lakshmi Rajagopal United States 31 1.6k 1.1k 699 445 413 70 3.1k
Indira U. Mysorekar United States 24 1.5k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 517 0.7× 1.2k 2.6× 451 1.1× 33 2.8k
Roberta L. DeBiasi United States 28 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 510 0.7× 1.8k 4.0× 202 0.5× 87 3.5k
Olindo Assis Martins‐Filho Brazil 39 2.1k 1.4× 2.4k 2.1× 764 1.1× 666 1.5× 1.6k 3.8× 305 5.8k
Andréa Teixeira‐Carvalho Brazil 37 2.4k 1.5× 2.1k 1.9× 717 1.0× 548 1.2× 1.5k 3.7× 270 5.1k
Horst Schroten Germany 41 626 0.4× 1.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.5× 1.3k 2.8× 947 2.3× 219 5.6k
Kelly S. Doran United States 39 2.4k 1.5× 1.6k 1.4× 1.4k 2.0× 876 2.0× 645 1.6× 97 5.2k
Aoife M. Roche United States 20 293 0.2× 1.0k 0.9× 847 1.2× 303 0.7× 334 0.8× 27 2.3k
Joseph A. Politch United States 29 718 0.5× 387 0.3× 180 0.3× 486 1.1× 674 1.6× 81 2.6k
Caroline M. Mitchell United States 32 398 0.3× 1.2k 1.1× 851 1.2× 367 0.8× 578 1.4× 129 3.6k
Glen C. Ulett Australia 43 628 0.4× 2.4k 2.1× 1.4k 2.0× 508 1.1× 426 1.0× 134 5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Lakshmi Rajagopal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lakshmi Rajagopal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lakshmi Rajagopal

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tisoncik-Go, Jennifer, Caleb Stokes, Leanne S. Whitmore, et al.. (2024). Disruption of myelin structure and oligodendrocyte maturation in a macaque model of congenital Zika infection. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5173–5173. 5 indexed citations
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Coleman, Michelle M., Ravin Seepersaud, Phoenicia Quach, et al.. (2023). CD1 and iNKT cells mediate immune responses against the GBS hemolytic lipid toxin induced by a non-toxic analog. PLoS Pathogens. 19(6). e1011490–e1011490. 2 indexed citations
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Huebner, Emily M., Anders Elfvin, Brahm Coler, et al.. (2022). Virulence, phenotype and genotype characteristics of invasive group B Streptococcus isolates obtained from Swedish pregnant women and neonates. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials. 21(1). 43–43. 5 indexed citations
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Noble, Kristen N., Jacky Lu, Ryan S. Doster, et al.. (2021). Group B Streptococcus cpsE Is Required for Serotype V Capsule Production and Aids in Biofilm Formation and Ascending Infection of the Reproductive Tract during Pregnancy. ACS Infectious Diseases. 7(9). 2686–2696. 23 indexed citations
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Coler, Brahm, Ann Chahroudi, Sallie R. Permar, et al.. (2021). Non-human Primate Models to Investigate Mechanisms of Infection-Associated Fetal and Pediatric Injury, Teratogenesis and Stillbirth. Frontiers in Genetics. 12. 680342–680342. 17 indexed citations
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Coleman, Michelle M., Tsung-Yen Wu, Sean Merillat, et al.. (2020). A Broad Spectrum Chemokine Inhibitor Prevents Preterm Labor but Not Microbial Invasion of the Amniotic Cavity or Neonatal Morbidity in a Non-human Primate Model. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 770–770. 26 indexed citations
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Armistead, Blair, Michelle M. Coleman, Phoenicia Quach, et al.. (2020). Lipid analogs reveal features critical for hemolysis and diminish granadaene mediated Group B Streptococcus infection. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1502–1502. 19 indexed citations
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Armistead, Blair, Michelle M. Coleman, Brian Johnson, et al.. (2020). MicroRNA Signature of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Group B Streptococcal Infection of the Placental Chorioamniotic Membranes. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 222(10). 1713–1722. 8 indexed citations
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Armistead, Blair, Christopher Whidbey, Lakshminarayan M. Iyer, et al.. (2020). The cyl Genes Reveal the Biosynthetic and Evolutionary Origins of the Group B Streptococcus Hemolytic Lipid, Granadaene. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 3123–3123. 18 indexed citations
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al-Haddad, Benjamin J.S., Elizabeth Oler, Blair Armistead, et al.. (2019). The fetal origins of mental illness. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 221(6). 549–562. 178 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nelson, Branden R., Justin A. Roby, William B. Dobyns, et al.. (2019). Immune Evasion Strategies Used by Zika Virus to Infect the Fetal Eye and Brain. Viral Immunology. 33(1). 22–37. 25 indexed citations
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Vornhagen, Jay, Blair Armistead, Verónica Santana-Ufret, et al.. (2018). Group B streptococcus exploits vaginal epithelial exfoliation for ascending infection. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 128(5). 1985–1999. 52 indexed citations
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Gendrin, Claire, Nicholas J. Shubin, Erica Boldenow, et al.. (2017). Mast cell chymase decreases the severity of group B Streptococcus infections. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 142(1). 120–129.e6. 27 indexed citations
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Harrell, Maria I., Kellie Burnside, Christopher Whidbey, et al.. (2017). Exploring the Pregnant Guinea Pig as a Model for Group B Streptococcus Intrauterine Infection. PubMed. 2(2). 8 indexed citations
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Vanderhoeven, Jeroen, Craig J. Bierle, Raj P. Kapur, et al.. (2014). Group B Streptococcal Infection of the Choriodecidua Induces Dysfunction of the Cytokeratin Network in Amniotic Epithelium: A Pathway to Membrane Weakening. PLoS Pathogens. 10(3). e1003920–e1003920. 50 indexed citations
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Burnside, Kellie, Annalisa Lembo, Maria I. Harrell, et al.. (2012). Vaccination With a UV-Irradiated Genetically Attenuated Mutant of Staphylococcus aureus Provides Protection Against Subsequent Systemic Infection. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 206(11). 1734–1744. 19 indexed citations
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Burnside, Kellie, Annalisa Lembo, Maria I. Harrell, et al.. (2011). Serine/Threonine Phosphatase Stp1 Mediates Post-transcriptional Regulation of Hemolysin, Autolysis, and Virulence of Group B Streptococcus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(51). 44197–44210. 37 indexed citations
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Chou, Seemay, et al.. (2011). Structure and Substrate Recognition of the Staphylococcus aureus Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase PtpA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 413(1). 24–31. 21 indexed citations
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Rajagopal, Lakshmi, et al.. (2006). Regulation of cytotoxin expression by converging eukaryotic‐type and two‐component signalling mechanisms in Streptococcus agalactiae. Molecular Microbiology. 62(4). 941–957. 93 indexed citations
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Lehtiö, L., et al.. (2006). Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of twoStreptococcus agalactiaeproteins: the family II inorganic pyrophosphatase and the serine/threonine phosphatase. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 62(9). 891–894. 3 indexed citations

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