Ramkumar Sambasivan

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Ramkumar Sambasivan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ramkumar Sambasivan has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ramkumar Sambasivan's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (17 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (9 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (6 papers). Ramkumar Sambasivan is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (17 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (9 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (6 papers). Ramkumar Sambasivan collaborates with scholars based in India, France and United States. Ramkumar Sambasivan's co-authors include Shahragim Tajbakhsh, Barbara Gayraud-Morel, Philippos Mourikis, Laetitia van Wittenberghe, Anne Galy, Roseline Yao, Hind Guénou, Andràs Páldi, Adrien Kissenpfennig and Bernard Malissen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Development.

In The Last Decade

Ramkumar Sambasivan

27 papers receiving 2.7k 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. Pax7-expressing satellite cells are indispensable for adult skeletal muscle regeneration
    2011 693 citations Ramkumar Sambasivan, Barbara Gayraud-Morel et al. Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ramkumar Sambasivan India 20 2.4k 734 618 441 341 29 2.7k
Christoph Lepper United States 16 2.0k 0.8× 584 0.8× 468 0.8× 626 1.4× 289 0.8× 26 2.4k
Julia von Maltzahn Germany 25 2.9k 1.2× 746 1.0× 515 0.8× 772 1.8× 363 1.1× 48 3.4k
DDW Cornelison United States 22 2.6k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 703 1.1× 487 1.1× 308 0.9× 38 3.0k
Graziella Messina Italy 24 2.1k 0.9× 778 1.1× 662 1.1× 280 0.6× 315 0.9× 45 2.6k
Kazuki Kuroda Japan 17 2.6k 1.1× 574 0.8× 469 0.8× 295 0.7× 334 1.0× 31 3.5k
David J. Goldhamer United States 32 2.6k 1.1× 570 0.8× 549 0.9× 335 0.8× 630 1.8× 57 3.6k
Madoka Ikemoto‐Uezumi Japan 19 1.5k 0.7× 419 0.6× 417 0.7× 573 1.3× 200 0.6× 36 1.9k
Douglas P. Millay United States 30 2.9k 1.2× 365 0.5× 375 0.6× 657 1.5× 347 1.0× 53 3.4k
Philippos Mourikis France 20 2.1k 0.9× 444 0.6× 305 0.5× 329 0.7× 345 1.0× 27 2.5k
Giovanna Marazzi France 23 2.0k 0.8× 490 0.7× 442 0.7× 351 0.8× 372 1.1× 42 2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ramkumar Sambasivan

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All Works

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Wurmser, Maud, Nathalie Chaverot, Stéphanie Backer, et al.. (2023). Overlapping functions of SIX homeoproteins during embryonic myogenesis. PLoS Genetics. 19(6). e1010781–e1010781. 4 indexed citations
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Sambasivan, Ramkumar & Benjamin Steventon. (2021). Neuromesodermal Progenitors: A Basis for Robust Axial Patterning in Development and Evolution. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 8. 607516–607516. 38 indexed citations
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Thangaraj, Kumarasamy, et al.. (2019). Characterization of new variant human ES line V H9 hESC (INSTEMe001-a): a tool for human stem cell and cancer research. Stem Cell Research. 37. 101444–101444.
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Sambasivan, Ramkumar, et al.. (2019). Vertebrate cranial mesoderm: developmental trajectory and evolutionary origin. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 77(10). 1933–1945. 17 indexed citations
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Javali, Alok, et al.. (2018). Divergent early mesoderm specification underlies distinct head and trunk muscle programmes in vertebrates. Development. 145(18). 19 indexed citations
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Javali, Alok, et al.. (2018). Infectivity of adeno-associated virus serotypes in mouse testis. BMC Biotechnology. 18(1). 70–70. 14 indexed citations
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Pietrosemoli, Natalia, Sébastien Mella, Siham Yennek, et al.. (2017). Comparison of multiple transcriptomes exposes unified and divergent features of quiescent and activated skeletal muscle stem cells. Skeletal Muscle. 7(1). 19–19. 29 indexed citations
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Gopalakrishnan, S., Glenda Comai, Ramkumar Sambasivan, et al.. (2015). A Cranial Mesoderm Origin for Esophagus Striated Muscles. Developmental Cell. 34(6). 694–704. 48 indexed citations
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Sambasivan, Ramkumar & Shahragim Tajbakhsh. (2014). Adult Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells. Results and problems in cell differentiation. 56. 191–213. 52 indexed citations
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Comai, Glenda, Ramkumar Sambasivan, S. Gopalakrishnan, & Shahragim Tajbakhsh. (2014). Variations in the Efficiency of Lineage Marking and Ablation Confound Distinctions between Myogenic Cell Populations. Developmental Cell. 31(5). 654–667. 37 indexed citations
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Sambasivan, Ramkumar, et al.. (2013). Embryonic founders of adult muscle stem cells are primed by the determination gene Mrf4. Developmental Biology. 381(1). 241–255. 38 indexed citations
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Gayraud-Morel, Barbara, Fabrice Chrétien, Aurélie Jory, et al.. (2012). Myf5 haploinsufficiency reveals distinct cell fate potentials for adult skeletal muscle stem cells. Journal of Cell Science. 125(Pt 7). 1738–49. 71 indexed citations
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Dellavalle, Arianna, Giovanni Maroli, Diego Covarello, et al.. (2011). Pericytes resident in postnatal skeletal muscle differentiate into muscle fibres and generate satellite cells. Nature Communications. 2(1). 499–499. 349 indexed citations
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Mourikis, Philippos, Ramkumar Sambasivan, David Castel, et al.. (2011). A Critical Requirement for Notch Signaling in Maintenance of the Quiescent Skeletal Muscle Stem Cell State. Stem Cells. 30(2). 243–252. 363 indexed citations
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Sambasivan, Ramkumar, Shigeru Kuratani, & Shahragim Tajbakhsh. (2011). An eye on the head: the development and evolution of craniofacial muscles. Development. 138(12). 2401–2415. 147 indexed citations
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Sambasivan, Ramkumar, et al.. (2009). Distinct Regulatory Cascades Govern Extraocular and Pharyngeal Arch Muscle Progenitor Cell Fates. Developmental Cell. 16(6). 810–821. 278 indexed citations
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Sambasivan, Ramkumar, Barbara Gayraud-Morel, Gérard Dumas, et al.. (2009). Distinct Regulatory Cascades Govern Extraocular and Pharyngeal Arch Muscle Progenitor Cell Fates. Developmental Cell. 17(1). 150–150. 8 indexed citations
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Sambasivan, Ramkumar, et al.. (2009). The small chromatin-binding protein p8 coordinates the association of anti-proliferative and pro-myogenic proteins at the myogenin promoter. Journal of Cell Science. 122(19). 3481–3491. 41 indexed citations
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Sambasivan, Ramkumar & Shahragim Tajbakhsh. (2007). Skeletal muscle stem cell birth and properties. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 18(6). 870–882. 101 indexed citations

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