Madhukar Rai

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Madhukar Rai is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Madhukar Rai has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 30 papers in Epidemiology and 12 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Madhukar Rai's work include Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (38 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (21 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (10 papers). Madhukar Rai is often cited by papers focused on Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (38 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (21 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (10 papers). Madhukar Rai collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Australia. Madhukar Rai's co-authors include Shyam Sundar, Jaya Chakravarty, Barbara Abrams, Alison K. Cohen, David H. Rehkopf, Rajiv Kumar, Anup Singh, Marleen Boelaert, Shri Prakash Singh and Shalini Gautam and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Madhukar Rai

78 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

Educational attainment and obesity: a systematic review

2013 315 citations Alison K. Cohen, Madhukar Rai et al. Obesity Reviews profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Madhukar Rai India	27	2.3k	1.4k	525	306	250	80	3.1k
Eltahir Awad Gasim Khalil Sudan	34	3.1k 1.4×	2.1k 1.5×	676 1.3×	362 1.2×	153 0.6×	121	3.8k
Philip D. Marsden Brazil	35	3.1k 1.4×	1.6k 1.2×	573 1.1×	225 0.7×	112 0.4×	235	4.4k
Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero Brazil	30	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	487 0.9×	116 0.4×	99 0.4×	151	3.2k
Faustino Torrico Bolivia	35	2.0k 0.9×	3.0k 2.2×	638 1.2×	295 1.0×	263 1.1×	107	3.5k
Sônia Regina Lambert Passos Brazil	23	1.0k 0.4×	757 0.6×	179 0.3×	178 0.6×	102 0.4×	75	1.7k
Mark Wansbrough‐Jones United Kingdom	27	320 0.1×	1.7k 1.3×	278 0.5×	163 0.5×	164 0.7×	82	2.8k
Luis Eduardo Echeverría Colombia	19	482 0.2×	984 0.7×	139 0.3×	121 0.4×	125 0.5×	90	2.0k
Anis Rassi Brazil	33	3.7k 1.6×	6.0k 4.4×	988 1.9×	347 1.1×	1.0k 4.2×	108	6.8k
Harrison C. Spencer United States	27	1.1k 0.5×	502 0.4×	576 1.1×	66 0.2×	59 0.2×	73	2.7k
Chaturaka Rodrigo Sri Lanka	29	1.1k 0.5×	380 0.3×	536 1.0×	71 0.2×	32 0.1×	142	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Madhukar Rai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Madhukar Rai

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chauhan, Shashi Bhushan, Shashi Bhushan Kumar, Madhukar Rai, et al.. (2025). The circulating plasma microRNA signature in human visceral leishmaniasis. mSphere. 10(2). e0064624–e0064624.

Rai, Madhukar, et al.. (2024). Dexamethasone and IFN-γ primed mesenchymal stem cells conditioned media immunomodulates aberrant NETosis in SLE via PGE2 and IDO. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1461841–1461841. 4 indexed citations

Singh, Abhishek Kumar, Tanyth de Gooyer, Om Prakash Singh, et al.. (2023). Wuchereria bancrofti infection is associated with progression to clinical visceral leishmaniasis in VL- endemic areas in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 17(10). e0011729–e0011729. 2 indexed citations

Rai, Madhukar, et al.. (2021). An unusual cause of pancytopenia. National Journal of Physiology Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 11(9). 1–1.

Singh, Bhawana, Shashi Bhushan Chauhan, Rajiv Kumar, et al.. (2019). A molecular signature for CD8⁺ T cells from visceral leishmaniasis patients. Parasite Immunology. 41(11). e12669–e12669. 12 indexed citations

Chakravarty, Jaya, et al.. (2017). A study to assess the etiology and clinical profile of patients with hyponatremia at a tertiary care hospital. National Journal of Physiology Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

Mudavath, Shyam Lal, Mahe Talat, Madhukar Rai, O.N. Srivastava, & Shyam Sundar. (2016). An oral formulation of Amphotericin B for the treatment of visceral Leishmaniasis: f-Gr-AmB. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 45. 367–367. 2 indexed citations

Tilak, Vijai, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of clinical, biochemical and hematological parameters in macrocytic anemia. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 2670–2678. 8 indexed citations

Sundar, Shyam, Anup Singh, Jaya Chakravarty, & Madhukar Rai. (2015). Efficacy and Safety of Miltefosine in Treatment of Post‐Kala‐Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis. The Scientific World JOURNAL. 2015(1). 414378–414378. 31 indexed citations

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Chakravarty, Jaya, Shyam Sundar, Ankita Chourasia, et al.. (2015). Outcome of patients on second line antiretroviral therapy under programmatic condition in India. BMC Infectious Diseases. 15(1). 517–517. 35 indexed citations

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Kumar, Sandip, et al.. (2015). Interleukin-6 and interleukin-4 levels in multiple myeloma and correlation of interleukin-6 with β2 microglobulin and serum creatinine. Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal. 4(2). 211–211. 5 indexed citations

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Pathak, Abhishek, et al.. (2014). A pilot study to evaluate the effect of HAART on gonadal dysfunction in male HIV patients. National Journal of Physiology Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 5(1). 33–33. 7 indexed citations

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Cohen, Alison K., Madhukar Rai, David H. Rehkopf, & Barbara Abrams. (2013). Educational attainment and obesity: a systematic review. Obesity Reviews. 14(12). 989–1005. 315 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tiwary, Puja, Dinesh Kumar, Rudra Pratap Singh, Madhukar Rai, & Shyam Sundar. (2012). Prevalence of Sand Flies and Leishmania donovani Infection in a Natural Population of Female Phlebotomus argentipes in Bihar State, India. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 12(6). 467–472. 16 indexed citations

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Tiwari, Shalbha, et al.. (2012). Microbiological and clinical characteristics of diabetic foot infections in northern India. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 6(4). 329–332. 79 indexed citations

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Rai, Madhukar, et al.. (2012). Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) study on HIV / AIDS among HIV patients, care givers and general population in north-eastern part of India.. International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health. 2(1). 36–36. 17 indexed citations

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Sundar, Shyam, Prabhat Kumar Sinha, Madhukar Rai, et al.. (2011). Comparison of short-course multidrug treatment with standard therapy for visceral leishmaniasis in India: an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 377(9764). 477–486. 239 indexed citations

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Gupta, Anand, et al.. (2011). A multicentre observational study to ascertain the role of homoeopathic therapy in Urolithiasis. Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy. 5(2). 30–39. 12 indexed citations

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Sundar, Shyam, Neha Agrawal, Rakesh Arora, et al.. (2009). Short‐Course Paromomycin Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis in India: 14‐Day vs 21‐Day Treatment. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 49(6). 914–918. 35 indexed citations

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Agrawal, Sanjay, Madhukar Rai, & Shyam Sundar. (2005). Management of visceral leishmaniasis: Indian perspective.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 51 Suppl 1. S53–7. 21 indexed citations

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