Rakesh Kumar

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
107 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Rakesh Kumar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rakesh Kumar has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Molecular Biology, 33 papers in Oncology and 31 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Rakesh Kumar's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (22 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (11 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (8 papers). Rakesh Kumar is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (22 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (11 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (8 papers). Rakesh Kumar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Qatar. Rakesh Kumar's co-authors include John M. Trant, Tej K. Pandita, Shigeho Ijiri, Raj K. Pandita, Mahitosh Mandal, Mayank Singh, Laxminarayana Korutla, Arun Gupta, Abass Alavi and Kum Kum Khanna and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Rakesh Kumar

102 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Harnessing the potential of CAR-T cell therapy: progress, challenges, and future directions in hematological and solid tumor treatments

2023 108 citations Gunjan Dagar, Tariq Masoodi et al. profile →
Cancer cell plasticity: from cellular, molecular, and genetic mechanisms to tumor heterogeneity and drug resistance

2024 102 citations Gh. Rasool Bhat, Hana Q. Sadida et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rakesh Kumar India	34	1.9k	741	680	404	395	107	3.2k
Xiaotian Chang China	34	1.9k 1.0×	649 0.9×	963 1.4×	525 1.3×	717 1.8×	99	4.4k
Rolf Jaggi Switzerland	31	1.7k 0.9×	621 0.8×	514 0.8×	493 1.2×	157 0.4×	72	2.8k
Bruce R. Westley United Kingdom	35	1.6k 0.9×	759 1.0×	709 1.0×	432 1.1×	125 0.3×	69	3.1k
Heidi Kiil Blomhoff Norway	37	2.6k 1.4×	720 1.0×	362 0.5×	375 0.9×	130 0.3×	106	4.2k
Andrea J. Ross United States	14	3.7k 2.0×	751 1.0×	446 0.7×	446 1.1×	45 0.1×	15	4.9k
Bo Ek Sweden	37	3.0k 1.6×	476 0.6×	322 0.5×	310 0.8×	64 0.2×	84	4.7k
Françoise Vignon France	37	2.3k 1.2×	1.4k 1.9×	1.9k 2.9×	939 2.3×	70 0.2×	76	4.5k
Ignacio Priéto Spain	25	2.1k 1.1×	630 0.9×	354 0.5×	240 0.6×	28 0.1×	78	3.2k
Leonard Buckbinder United States	24	1.7k 0.9×	704 1.0×	340 0.5×	513 1.3×	56 0.1×	35	2.9k
Chia‐Ning Shen Taiwan	33	1.7k 0.9×	574 0.8×	456 0.7×	360 0.9×	17 0.0×	98	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Rakesh Kumar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rakesh Kumar

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

All Works

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Bhat, Audesh, Raj K. Pandita, Kenneth S. Ramos, et al.. (2025). A predictive chromatin architecture nexus regulates transcription and DNA damage repair. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(3). 108300–108300. 2 indexed citations

Bhat, Gh. Rasool, Sonali Verma, Hana Q. Sadida, et al.. (2023). Associations between telomere attrition, genetic variants in telomere maintenance genes, and non-small cell lung cancer risk in the Jammu and Kashmir population of North India. BMC Cancer. 23(1). 874–874. 4 indexed citations

Amin, Asif, et al.. (2023). Ala307Thr variation modulates FSHR structure and impairs its binding affinity for FSH: Implications in polycystic ovarian syndrome. Cell Biochemistry and Function. 41(6). 633–641.

Dagar, Gunjan, Rakesh Kumar, Kamlesh Yadav, Mayank Singh, & Tej K. Pandita. (2023). Ubiquitination and deubiquitination: Implications on cancer therapy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1866(4). 194979–194979. 48 indexed citations

Alavi, Abass, et al.. (2022). 18F-FDG Versus Non-FDG PET Tracers in Multiple Myeloma. PET Clinics. 17(3). 415–430. 7 indexed citations

Mishra, Neelam, et al.. (2021). Characterization and Cytotoxicity of Pseudomonas Mediated Rhamnolipids Against Breast Cancer MDA-MB-231 Cell Line. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 9. 761266–761266. 12 indexed citations

Bhat, Gh. Rasool, Sonali Verma, Varun Sharma, et al.. (2019). Association of ARID5B and IKZF1 Variants with Leukemia from Northern India. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers. 23(3). 176–179. 9 indexed citations

Verma, Sonali, et al.. (2018). A familial case report of a 13;22 chromosomal translocation with recurrent intracytoplasmic sperm injection failure. Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics. 21(2). 73–77. 1 indexed citations

Kumar, Rakesh, et al.. (2014). Malignant melanoma with cavitary pulmonary metastasis: Diagnostic dilemma resolved by FDG PET/CT guided biopsy. Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 29(3). 196–196. 2 indexed citations

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Mukherjee, Anirban, et al.. (2014). Synchronous ovarian carcinoma detected on staging 18F-FDG PET/CT in a patient of esophageal carcinoma: A rare association. Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular. 33(5). 308–309. 1 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rakesh, Niraj Naswa, Chandrasekhar Bal, & Arun Malhotra. (2012). Vascular thrombosis as a cause of abdominal pain in a patient with neuroendocrine carcinoma of pancreas: Findings on ⁶⁸ Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT. Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 27(1). 35–35. 6 indexed citations

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Mirza, Sameer, Rakesh Kumar, Jun Wang, et al.. (2012). Alteration/deficiency in activation-3 (Ada3) plays a critical role in maintaining genomic stability. Cell Cycle. 11(22). 4266–4274. 17 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rakesh & Rafael G. Amado. (2010). Predictive Genomic Biomarkers. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 355. 173–188. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Han, Shugaku Takeda, Rakesh Kumar, et al.. (2010). Phosphorylation of MLL by ATR is required for execution of mammalian S-phase checkpoint. Nature. 467(7313). 343–346. 113 indexed citations

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Dada, Rima, Rakesh Kumar, M.B. Shamsi, et al.. (2007). Higher frequency of Yq microdeletions in sperm DNA as compared to DNA isolated from blood. Asian Journal of Andrology. 9(5). 720–722. 17 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rakesh, Peeyush Bhargava, Hongming Zhuang, et al.. (2004). Spontaneous Regression of Follicular, Mantle Cell, and Diffuse Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkinʼs Lymphomas Detected by FDG–PET Imaging. Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 29(11). 685–688. 17 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rakesh & John M. Trant. (2004). Hypophyseal gene expression profiles of FSH-β, LH-β, and glycoprotein hormone-α subunits in Ictalurus punctatus throughout a reproductive cycle. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 136(1). 82–89. 27 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rakesh, Shigeho Ijiri, & John M. Trant. (2001). Molecular Biology of Channel Catfish Gonadotropin Receptors: 1. Cloning of a Functional Luteinizing Hormone Receptor and Preovulatory Induction of Gene Expression1. Biology of Reproduction. 64(3). 1010–1018. 80 indexed citations

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Vishwakarma, Sandeep Kumar, et al.. (1998). Abnormal migration of ascaris into the middle ear. The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 65(1). 147–148. 2 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rakesh, et al.. (1994). Interferon-α Inhibits Cyclin E- and Cyclin D1-Dependent CDK-2 Kinase Activity Associated with RB Protein and E2F in Daudi Cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 200(1). 522–528. 43 indexed citations

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