Rahul Kakkar

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Rahul Kakkar is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rahul Kakkar has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Surgery, 7 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 7 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Rahul Kakkar's work include IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (6 papers), Eosinophilic Esophagitis (4 papers) and Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (4 papers). Rahul Kakkar is often cited by papers focused on IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (6 papers), Eosinophilic Esophagitis (4 papers) and Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (4 papers). Rahul Kakkar collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and United Kingdom. Rahul Kakkar's co-authors include Richard Lee, Elizabeth M. McNally, Karen A. Lapidos, Cian P. McCarthy, Sean Murphy, James L. Januzzi, Richard B. Berry, Hillary Hei, Stephan Dobner and Joseph Gannon and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Rahul Kakkar

41 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.

The IL-33/ST2 pathway: therapeutic target and novel biomarker

2008 633 citations Rahul Kakkar, Richard Lee profile →
Inflammation in Heart Failure

2020 440 citations Sean Murphy, Rahul Kakkar et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rahul Kakkar United States	17	1.0k	955	955	713	505	42	3.1k
Yuan Sun United States	18	961 1.0×	997 1.0×	800 0.8×	330 0.5×	315 0.6×	32	2.7k
Paula M. Oliver United States	22	918 0.9×	1.5k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	328 0.5×	390 0.8×	28	3.7k
Ulrich Hofmann Germany	29	774 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	1.6k 1.7×	623 0.9×	260 0.5×	70	3.2k
David C. Crossman United Kingdom	38	1.2k 1.2×	1.6k 1.7×	792 0.8×	764 1.1×	320 0.6×	88	4.1k
Hemant S. Thatte United States	29	339 0.3×	825 0.9×	355 0.4×	586 0.8×	457 0.9×	67	2.5k
Marion Gröger Austria	33	1.0k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	281 0.3×	468 0.7×	286 0.6×	68	3.1k
Paul Lavender United Kingdom	29	775 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	591 0.6×	222 0.3×	478 0.9×	66	3.3k
Ingrid H. Sarelius United States	36	468 0.5×	806 0.8×	798 0.8×	267 0.4×	1.0k 2.0×	85	3.3k
Xuming Dai United States	26	1.8k 1.8×	979 1.0×	458 0.5×	304 0.4×	225 0.4×	71	3.6k
Naoya Matsumoto Japan	29	340 0.3×	992 1.0×	823 0.9×	889 1.2×	234 0.5×	218	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Rahul Kakkar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rahul Kakkar

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jaiswal, Pooja, et al.. (2023). Abenet: An emotion recognition for Bengali language. 87–91. 1 indexed citations

Barrows, Ian R., Matt Devalaraja, Rahul Kakkar, et al.. (2022). Race, Interleukin‐6, TMPRSS6 Genotype, and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(18). e025627–e025627. 6 indexed citations

Maki, Kevin C., Meredith L. Wilcox, Mary R. Dicklin, Rahul Kakkar, & Michael H. Davidson. (2022). Left ventricular mass regression, all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis. BMC Nephrology. 23(1). 34–34. 6 indexed citations

Kakkar, Rahul, et al.. (2021). IMPLEMENTATION AND MODELING OF LOW POWER SLEEPY STACK SRAM. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

Pérgola, Pablo E., Matt Devalaraja, Steven Fishbane, et al.. (2020). Ziltivekimab for Treatment of Anemia of Inflammation in Patients on Hemodialysis: Results from a Phase 1/2 Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 32(1). 211–222. 54 indexed citations

Murphy, Sean, Rahul Kakkar, Cian P. McCarthy, & James L. Januzzi. (2020). Inflammation in Heart Failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75(11). 1324–1340. 440 indexed citations breakdown →

Varshney, Anubodh S., Christopher Madias, Rahul Kakkar, & David T. Martin. (2020). Watching for Disease: the Changing Paradigm of Disease Screening in the Age of Consumer Health Devices. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 35(7). 2173–2175. 5 indexed citations

Nowak, Kristen L., Rahul Kakkar, Matt Devalaraja, et al.. (2020). A Phase 1 Randomized Dose-Escalation Study of a Human Monoclonal Antibody to IL-6 in CKD. Kidney360. 2(2). 224–235. 8 indexed citations

Kakkar, Rahul, Larry Lo, Douglas Kling, Matt Devalaraja, & Michael H. Davidson. (2019). Abstract 13727: Effects of Ziltivekimab (ZILTI), a Novel Anti-Interleukin-6 Monoclonal Antibody, on Markers of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Risk in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease on Hemodialysis. Circulation. 3 indexed citations

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Hershner, Shelley, Rahul Kakkar, Frances Chung, et al.. (2018). Narcolepsy, Anesthesia, and Sedation: A Survey of the Perioperative Experience of Patients With Narcolepsy. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 129(5). 1374–1380. 5 indexed citations

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Joseph, Jubin, Eliana Reyes, Jim O’Doherty, et al.. (2017). CXCR2 Inhibition – a novel approach to treating CoronAry heart DiseAse (CICADA): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 18(1). 473–473. 16 indexed citations

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Kakkar, Rahul, Hillary Hei, Stephan Dobner, & Richard Lee. (2012). Interleukin 33 as a Mechanically Responsive Cytokine Secreted by Living Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(9). 6941–6948. 242 indexed citations

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Kakkar, Rahul & Richard Lee. (2009). ST2 and Adrenomedullin in Heart Failure. Heart Failure Clinics. 5(4). 515–527. 6 indexed citations

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Kakkar, Rahul, Piotr Sobieszczyk, Christoph A. Binkert, et al.. (2008). Prevention of Intravenous Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Hospital Inpatients. Critical Pathways in Cardiology A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. 7(1). 1–4. 5 indexed citations

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Kakkar, Rahul, et al.. (2007). Interpretation of the Adult Polysomnogram. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. 40(4). 713–743. 4 indexed citations

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Stoller, Douglas, Rahul Kakkar, Matthew Smelley, et al.. (2007). Mice lacking sulfonylurea receptor 2 (SUR2) ATP-sensitive potassium channels are resistant to acute cardiovascular stress. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 43(4). 445–454. 37 indexed citations

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Kakkar, Rahul, Bin Ye, Douglas Stoller, et al.. (2006). Spontaneous Coronary Vasospasm in K _ATP Mutant Mice Arises From a Smooth Muscle–Extrinsic Process. Circulation Research. 98(5). 682–689. 79 indexed citations

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Patten, Richard D., David DeNofrio, Rahul Kakkar, et al.. (2005). Ventricular Assist Device Therapy Normalizes Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression and Reduces Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis in the Failing Human Heart. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 45(9). 1419–1424. 29 indexed citations

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Bridgman, Paul, Mark Aronovitz, Rahul Kakkar, et al.. (2005). Gender-specific patterns of left ventricular and myocyte remodeling following myocardial infarction in mice deficient in the angiotensin II type 1a receptor. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 289(2). H586–H592. 32 indexed citations

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Firoved, Aaron M., Georgina Miller, Mahtab Moayeri, et al.. (2005). Bacillus anthracis Edema Toxin Causes Extensive Tissue Lesions and Rapid Lethality in Mice. American Journal Of Pathology. 167(5). 1309–1320. 146 indexed citations

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