Raman Kumar

32.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
349 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Raman Kumar is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Raman Kumar has authored 349 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Epidemiology, 95 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 78 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Raman Kumar's work include Congenital Heart Disease Studies (129 papers), Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (22 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (22 papers). Raman Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Congenital Heart Disease Studies (129 papers), Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (22 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (22 papers). Raman Kumar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Australia. Raman Kumar's co-authors include Ivan M. Robbins, Michael J. Landzberg, Roberto F. Machado, Rogério Souza, Michael Α. Gatzoulis, Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani, Chris Denton, David S. Celermajer, Horst Olschewski and Miguel Ángel Gómez Sánchez 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

Raman Kumar

322 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

Updated Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Updated Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension
    2013 2.5k citations Raman Kumar 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
Raman Kumar India 39 3.4k 2.4k 2.2k 1.2k 923 349 7.7k
Richard Hubbard United Kingdom 65 6.2k 1.8× 2.7k 1.1× 977 0.4× 2.0k 1.6× 1.1k 1.2× 235 13.7k
Karen Byth Australia 61 2.8k 0.8× 3.0k 1.3× 1.1k 0.5× 2.0k 1.6× 531 0.6× 304 11.9k
Jayne F. Tierney United Kingdom 45 4.8k 1.4× 1.8k 0.8× 1.0k 0.5× 3.6k 2.9× 849 0.9× 129 15.0k
Kunihiro Nishimura Japan 44 1.5k 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 2.8k 1.3× 1.7k 1.4× 682 0.7× 444 9.4k
Ingeborg van der Tweel Netherlands 45 1.6k 0.5× 2.3k 1.0× 867 0.4× 2.7k 2.2× 640 0.7× 152 10.5k
Robert McCarter United States 60 1.7k 0.5× 3.0k 1.3× 1.4k 0.6× 1.7k 1.4× 1.3k 1.4× 223 10.7k
Xinjun Li Sweden 51 1.1k 0.3× 1.9k 0.8× 923 0.4× 1.3k 1.1× 753 0.8× 366 9.6k
Linda Sharples United Kingdom 57 3.2k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 3.9k 1.8× 5.2k 4.2× 720 0.8× 272 13.7k
Michael Sweeting United Kingdom 39 2.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 2.0k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 317 0.3× 126 7.7k
Michael Murphy United Kingdom 62 1.8k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 800 0.4× 2.3k 1.8× 883 1.0× 436 14.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Raman Kumar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Raman Kumar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raman Kumar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Raman Kumar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Raman 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 Raman Kumar. Raman Kumar 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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Kumar, Raman, et al.. (2025). Nutritional assessment of adolescents: A cross-sectional study from public schools of North India. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0316435–e0316435.
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Raj, Manu, Shreepal Jain, Meenakshi Sharma, et al.. (2025). Neurodevelopmental outcomes after infant heart surgery for congenital heart disease: a hospital-based multicentre prospective cohort study from India. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 9(1). e002943–e002943.
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Michel‐Behnke, Ina, Raman Kumar, Robert Justo, et al.. (2024). Closing the gap between acceptable and ideal in catheterisation for paediatric and congenital heart disease—A global view. Cardiology in the Young. 34(5). 937–944.
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Biswas, Lalitha, et al.. (2024). BMPR2 mutation and clinical response to imatinib in a case of heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulmonary Circulation. 14(1). e12335–e12335. 1 indexed citations
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Varma, Praveen Kerala, et al.. (2023). Early and long-term outcomes of mitral valve replacement with mechanical valve in rheumatic heart disease. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 40(2). 133–141. 1 indexed citations
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Sudhakar, Abish, et al.. (2022). Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair: Single-Center Outcomes in a Lower-Middle Income Region. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. 13(4). 458–465. 4 indexed citations
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Balachandran, Rakhi, et al.. (2021). Transaxillary Approach for Surgical Repair of Simple Congenital Cardiac Lesions: Pitfalls, and Complications. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. 12(3). 337–343. 4 indexed citations
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Wong, Benjamin, Shaza A. Fadel, Shally Awasthi, et al.. (2019). The impact of measles immunization campaigns in India using a nationally representative sample of 27,000 child deaths. eLife. 8. 8 indexed citations
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Kumar, Raman, et al.. (2018). Primarycare teams and recent experiments towards population coverage in India. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(5). 845–845. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, R. W., et al.. (2015). Potential for the use of mHealth in the management of cardiovascular disease in Kerala: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 5(11). e009367–e009367. 46 indexed citations
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Kumar, Raman, et al.. (2013). Diphtheria: Is it really OUT?. Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences. 5. 1 indexed citations
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Jain, Shailavi, et al.. (2010). Advances in pediatric cardiac emergencies.. 12(4). 412–428. 1 indexed citations
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Raj, Manu, K. R. Sundaram, Mary Paul, Abish Sudhakar, & Raman Kumar. (2010). Body mass index trend and its association with blood pressure distribution in children. Journal of Human Hypertension. 24(10). 652–658. 28 indexed citations
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Krishnamurthy, Arvind, et al.. (2010). Metastasis of follicular thyroid carcinoma to the maxillary sinus. Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 25(4). 168–168. 4 indexed citations
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Kumar, Raman, Kelly M. Cheney, Paul M. Neilsen, et al.. (2008). CBFA2T3-ZNF652 Corepressor Complex Regulates Transcription of the E-box Gene HEB. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(27). 19026–19038. 31 indexed citations
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Pagan, Julia K., Jeremy M. Arnold, Raman Kumar, et al.. (2007). A Novel Corepressor, BCoR-L1, Represses Transcription through an Interaction with CtBP. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(20). 15248–15257. 58 indexed citations
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Cheney, Kelly M., Raman Kumar, Linda M. Mundy, et al.. (2006). HIV Type 1 Persistence in CD4¯/CD8¯ Double Negative T Cells from Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 22(1). 66–75. 17 indexed citations
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Grover, Anil, Raman Kumar, & Jindal SK. (2006). Socio-demographic Determinants of Treatment-Seeking Behavior among Chest Symptomatics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14 indexed citations
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Kumar, Raman, et al.. (2005). Novel Repair for Obstructed Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection to Coronary Sinus. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 79(2). 711–713. 4 indexed citations
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Rao, Suresh Gururaja, et al.. (2004). Successful Management of Isolated Ventricular Inversion in an Adult. Pediatric Cardiology. 25(5). 554–557. 3 indexed citations

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