Mohit Prasad

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 957 citations indexed

About

Mohit Prasad is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Mohit Prasad has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 957 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Mohit Prasad's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (5 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (5 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (4 papers). Mohit Prasad is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (5 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (5 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (4 papers). Mohit Prasad collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and France. Mohit Prasad's co-authors include Denise J. Montell, Danfeng Cai, Xiaobo Wang, Li He, Jessica K. Sawyer, Valérie Choesmel-Cadamuro, Shann-Ching Chen, Gaudenz Danuser, Anna C.-C. Jang and Mariana Melani and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Mohit Prasad

19 papers receiving 936 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.

  1. Mechanical Feedback through E-Cadherin Promotes Direction Sensing during Collective Cell Migration
    2014 376 citations Danfeng Cai, Shann-Ching Chen et al. Cell profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Mohit Prasad 642 457 186 151 89 21 957
Jessica K. Sawyer 703 1.1× 500 1.1× 131 0.7× 126 0.8× 71 0.8× 16 965
Brian Burkel 488 0.8× 403 0.9× 72 0.4× 150 1.0× 115 1.3× 26 956
Heath E. Johnson 424 0.7× 428 0.9× 190 1.0× 132 0.9× 42 0.5× 18 844
Simon de Beco 802 1.2× 538 1.2× 99 0.5× 267 1.8× 92 1.0× 18 1.2k
Adam Cliffe 387 0.6× 761 1.7× 109 0.6× 106 0.7× 119 1.3× 18 1.1k
Juliette Mathieu 611 1.0× 788 1.7× 140 0.8× 72 0.5× 72 0.8× 24 1.2k
Søren Prag 434 0.7× 594 1.3× 118 0.6× 79 0.5× 139 1.6× 17 1.1k
Verena Kölsch 370 0.6× 413 0.9× 125 0.7× 65 0.4× 53 0.6× 5 690
Sol Sotillos 417 0.6× 640 1.4× 201 1.1× 39 0.3× 79 0.9× 26 961
Anne-Kathrin Classen 624 1.0× 758 1.7× 139 0.7× 78 0.5× 63 0.7× 27 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Mohit Prasad

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mohit Prasad

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mohit Prasad

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mohit Prasad. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mohit Prasad 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 Mohit Prasad. Mohit Prasad 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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Das, Debajyoti, et al.. (2025). Ecdysone regulates phagocytic cell fate of epithelial cells in developing Drosophila eggs. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(8).
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Prasad, Mohit, et al.. (2023). Germline protein, Cup, non-cell autonomously limits migratory cell fate in Drosophila oogenesis. PLoS Genetics. 19(2). e1010631–e1010631.
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Prasad, Mohit, et al.. (2022). Adipose deficiency and aberrant autophagy in a Drosophila model of MPS VII is corrected by pharmacological stimulators of mTOR. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1868(7). 166399–166399. 4 indexed citations
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Prasad, Mohit, et al.. (2022). Mapping Asymmetry in Collective Cell Migration: Lessons from Border Cells in Drosophila Oogenesis. Methods in molecular biology. 2438. 483–494. 1 indexed citations
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Deshpande, Girish, et al.. (2021). Germline soma communication mediated by gap junction proteins regulates epithelial morphogenesis. PLoS Genetics. 17(8). e1009685–e1009685. 3 indexed citations
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Karmakar, Sanmoy, et al.. (2021). Praja1 ubiquitin ligase facilitates degradation of polyglutamine proteins and suppresses polyglutamine-mediated toxicity. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 32(17). 1579–1593. 14 indexed citations
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Kishore, Pankaj, et al.. (2019). Isolation and Characterization of Exopolysaccharide producing Bacillus cereus from Brown Seaweed- Sargassum wightii. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 8(9). 1302–1311. 4 indexed citations
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Deshpande, Girish, et al.. (2018). Insulin signaling modulates border cell movement in Drosophila oogenesis. Development. 145(14). 4 indexed citations
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Deshpande, Girish, et al.. (2017). A Gap Junction Protein, Inx2, Modulates Calcium Flux to Specify Border Cell Fate during Drosophila oogenesis. PLoS Genetics. 13(1). e1006542–e1006542. 19 indexed citations
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Cai, Danfeng, Wei Dai, Mohit Prasad, et al.. (2016). Modeling and analysis of collective cell migration in an in vivo three-dimensional environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(15). E2134–41. 56 indexed citations
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Prasad, Mohit, et al.. (2015). dPak3 regulates apical-basal polarity in migrating border cells during Drosophila oogenesis. Development. 142(21). 3692–703. 23 indexed citations
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Prasad, Mohit, et al.. (2015). Border Cell Migration: A Model System for Live Imaging and Genetic Analysis of Collective Cell Movement. Methods in molecular biology. 1328. 89–97. 28 indexed citations
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Cai, Danfeng, Shann-Ching Chen, Mohit Prasad, et al.. (2014). Mechanical Feedback through E-Cadherin Promotes Direction Sensing during Collective Cell Migration. Cell. 157(5). 1146–1159. 376 indexed citations breakdown →
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Prasad, Mohit & Denise J. Montell. (2007). Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Border Cell Migration Analyzed Using Time-Lapse Live-Cell Imaging. Developmental Cell. 12(6). 997–1005. 191 indexed citations
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Prasad, Mohit, Anna C.-C. Jang, Michelle Starz‐Gaiano, Mariana Melani, & Denise J. Montell. (2007). A protocol for culturing Drosophila melanogaster stage 9 egg chambers for live imaging. Nature Protocols. 2(10). 2467–2473. 143 indexed citations
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Prasad, Mohit, Anna C.-C. Jang, & Denise J. Montell. (2007). A protocol for culturing Drosophila melanogaster egg chambers for live imaging. Protocol Exchange. 4 indexed citations
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Berger, Christian, S. K. Pallavi, Mohit Prasad, L. S. Shashidhara, & Gerhard M. Technau. (2005). Cyclin E Acts under the Control of Hox-Genes as a Cell Fate Determinant in the Developing Central Nervous System. Cell Cycle. 4(3). 422–425. 17 indexed citations
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Prasad, Mohit, et al.. (1993). Efficacy of leaf extracts of some medicinal plants against disease development in banana. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 17(6). 269–271. 41 indexed citations
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Prasad, Mohit, et al.. (1990). Effect of incorporation of potassium sorbate and nisin for improvement in shelf life of paneer. 150275. 3 indexed citations

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