Mohan Somasundaran

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Mohan Somasundaran is a scholar working on Virology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mohan Somasundaran has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Virology, 30 papers in Infectious Diseases and 20 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Mohan Somasundaran's work include HIV Research and Treatment (35 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (16 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (13 papers). Mohan Somasundaran is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (35 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (16 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (13 papers). Mohan Somasundaran collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and South Africa. Mohan Somasundaran's co-authors include John L. Sullivan, Katherine Luzuriaga, Thomas C. Greenough, Hyeryun Choe, Michael Farzan, Wenhui Li, Michael J. Moore, Natalya Vasilieva, Swee Kee Wong and Jianhua Sui and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mohan Somasundaran

60 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 is a functional receptor ... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 is a functional receptor for the SARS coronavirus
    2003 4.3k citations Mohan Somasundaran, John L. Sullivan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mohan Somasundaran United States 27 4.5k 1.3k 1.2k 999 971 61 6.6k
Thomas C. Greenough United States 29 5.5k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 2.4k 2.1× 1.2k 1.2× 1.5k 1.6× 45 7.9k
Andrew T. McGuire United States 25 6.3k 1.4× 2.7k 2.0× 1.1k 1.0× 904 0.9× 1.7k 1.7× 51 9.2k
Étienne Decroly France 47 5.3k 1.2× 2.9k 2.1× 1.0k 0.9× 998 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 126 8.7k
Natalya Vasilieva United States 18 4.6k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 307 0.3× 574 0.6× 840 0.9× 23 7.0k
Hans Wilhelm Doerr Germany 53 3.7k 0.8× 1.9k 1.5× 1.0k 0.9× 3.2k 3.2× 1.4k 1.4× 263 9.6k
Alexandra Schäfer United States 27 3.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 584 0.5× 837 0.8× 808 0.8× 54 4.8k
Joy Y. Feng United States 30 5.2k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 732 0.6× 822 0.8× 286 0.3× 67 6.6k
Katherine Luzuriaga United States 44 6.4k 1.4× 1.1k 0.8× 2.9k 2.5× 2.1k 2.1× 2.2k 2.2× 116 10.1k
Graham Simmons United States 49 5.7k 1.3× 1.4k 1.1× 2.3k 2.0× 1.7k 1.7× 3.0k 3.1× 132 10.0k
Hin Chu Hong Kong 41 6.3k 1.4× 1.8k 1.3× 280 0.2× 1.4k 1.4× 1.3k 1.4× 126 9.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mohan Somasundaran

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Huang, Qiu Yu J., Hyunjae R. Kim, Kangkang Song, et al.. (2025). Virion-associated influenza hemagglutinin clusters upon sialic acid binding visualized by cryoelectron tomography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(16). e2426427122–e2426427122.
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Guo, Zhiru, Ping Liu, Lindsay G. A. McKay, et al.. (2022). Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Activity of Adamantanes In Vitro and in Animal Models of Infection. COVID. 2(11). 1551–1563. 5 indexed citations
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Jiang, Li, Neha S. Samant, Ping Liu, et al.. (2022). Identification of a Permissive Secondary Mutation That Restores the Enzymatic Activity of Oseltamivir Resistance Mutation H275Y. Journal of Virology. 96(6). e0198221–e0198221. 4 indexed citations
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Chang, Ching‐Wen, Krishna Mohan Parsi, Mohan Somasundaran, et al.. (2022). A Newly Engineered A549 Cell Line Expressing ACE2 and TMPRSS2 Is Highly Permissive to SARS-CoV-2, Including the Delta and Omicron Variants. Viruses. 14(7). 1369–1369. 27 indexed citations
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Huang, Qiu Yu J., Kangkang Song, Xu Chen, et al.. (2022). Quantitative structural analysis of influenza virus by cryo-electron tomography and convolutional neural networks. Structure. 30(5). 777–786.e3. 13 indexed citations
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Lockbaum, G.J., M. Henes, Nathaniel Talledge, et al.. (2021). Inhibiting HTLV-1 Protease: A Viable Antiviral Target. ACS Chemical Biology. 16(3). 529–538. 15 indexed citations
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Silvas, Tania V., Shurong Hou, Wazo Myint, et al.. (2018). Substrate sequence selectivity of APOBEC3A implicates intra-DNA interactions. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 7511–7511. 43 indexed citations
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Bohn, Markus‐Frederik, Shivender M.D. Shandilya, Tania V. Silvas, et al.. (2015). The ssDNA Mutator APOBEC3A Is Regulated by Cooperative Dimerization. Structure. 23(5). 903–911. 70 indexed citations
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Sanborn, Keri B., Mohan Somasundaran, Katherine Luzuriaga, & Thomas Leitner. (2015). Recombination elevates the effective evolutionary rate and facilitates the establishment of HIV-1 infection in infants after mother-to-child transmission. Retrovirology. 12(1). 96–96. 6 indexed citations
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Shandilya, Shivender M.D., M.N.L. Nalam, E.A. Nalivaika, et al.. (2010). Crystal Structure of the APOBEC3G Catalytic Domain Reveals Potential Oligomerization Interfaces. Structure. 18(1). 28–38. 102 indexed citations
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Sánchez-Merino, Víctor, Melissa A. Farrow, Frank Brewster, Mohan Somasundaran, & Katherine Luzuriaga. (2008). Identification and Characterization of HIV‐1 CD8+T Cell Escape Variants with Impaired Fitness. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 197(2). 300–308. 14 indexed citations
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Auclair, Jared R., Karin M. Green, Shivender M.D. Shandilya, et al.. (2007). Mass spectrometry analysis of HIV‐1 Vif reveals an increase in ordered structure upon oligomerization in regions necessary for viral infectivity. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 69(2). 270–284. 39 indexed citations
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Farrow, Melissa A., Mohan Somasundaran, Chengsheng Zhang, et al.. (2005). Nuclear Localization of HIV Type 1 Vif Isolated from a Long-Term Asymptomatic Individual and Potential Role in Virus Attenuation. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 21(6). 565–574. 20 indexed citations
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Precopio, Melissa, et al.. (2003). Differential Kinetics and Specificity of EBV-Specific CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells During Primary Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 170(5). 2590–2598. 67 indexed citations
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Somasundaran, Mohan, et al.. (2000). Attenuation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Cytopathic Effects by Replacing a 424-bp Region of Envelope from a Noncytopathic Biological Clone. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 16(2). 125–137. 2 indexed citations
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Greenough, Thomas C., Doreen B. Brettler, Frank Kirchhoff, et al.. (1999). Long‐Term Nonprogressive Infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in a Hemophilia Cohort. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 180(6). 1790–1802. 44 indexed citations
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Greenough, Thomas C., Doreen B. Brettler, Mohan Somasundaran, Dennis Panicali, & John L. Sullivan. (1997). Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1‐Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes (CTL), Virus Load, and CD4 T Cell Loss: Evidence Supporting a Protective Role for CTL In Vivo. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 176(1). 118–125. 93 indexed citations
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Byron, Kevin, et al.. (1994). Non-Syncytium-Inducing HIV Type 1 Isolated from Infected Individuals Replicates in MT-2 Cells. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(12). 1613–1618. 8 indexed citations
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Greenough, Thomas C., Mohan Somasundaran, Doreen B. Brettler, et al.. (1994). Normal Immune Function and Inability to Isolate Virus in Culture in an Individual with Long-Term Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection*. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(4). 395–403. 61 indexed citations
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Koup, Richard A., R M Hesselton, Jeffrey T. Safrit, Mohan Somasundaran, & John L. Sullivan. (1994). Quantitative Assessment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Replication in Human Xenografts of Acutely Infected Hu-PBL-SCID Mice. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(3). 279–284. 16 indexed citations

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