Rita Kumar

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Rita Kumar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rita Kumar has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cell Biology and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Rita Kumar's work include RNA regulation and disease (9 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (9 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers). Rita Kumar is often cited by papers focused on RNA regulation and disease (9 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (9 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers). Rita Kumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and India. Rita Kumar's co-authors include Thomas H. Sanderson, Karin Przyklenk, Gary S. Krause, Christian A. Reynolds, Maik Hüttemann, Donald J. DeGracia, Cheri R. Owen, Blaine C. White, Sarita Raghunayakula and Kazutoshi Mori and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Rita Kumar

28 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Molecular Mechanisms of Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury in Brain: Pivotal Role of the Mitochondrial Membrane Potential in Reactive Oxygen Species Generation

2012 532 citations Thomas H. Sanderson, Christian A. Reynolds et al. Molecular Neurobiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rita Kumar United States	18	941	506	395	244	215	29	1.7k
Isabel Sáez Germany	15	1.0k 1.1×	300 0.6×	319 0.8×	390 1.6×	119 0.6×	23	1.9k
Takeshi Funakoshi Japan	23	847 0.9×	448 0.9×	233 0.6×	180 0.7×	90 0.4×	66	1.8k
Marc Missotten Switzerland	17	1.4k 1.5×	297 0.6×	156 0.4×	156 0.6×	159 0.7×	19	2.0k
Qunxing Ding United States	25	1.4k 1.5×	459 0.9×	339 0.9×	724 3.0×	319 1.5×	32	2.3k
John Labbadia United Kingdom	9	850 0.9×	281 0.6×	383 1.0×	303 1.2×	85 0.4×	11	1.5k
Patrice E. Fort United States	23	1.2k 1.2×	223 0.4×	144 0.4×	244 1.0×	264 1.2×	57	2.4k
Shavali Shaik United States	30	2.2k 2.3×	420 0.8×	280 0.7×	277 1.1×	156 0.7×	43	3.2k
Elisa Motori Germany	22	1.3k 1.4×	145 0.3×	272 0.7×	341 1.4×	200 0.9×	31	2.0k
Marc F. Poitras Canada	12	1.6k 1.7×	121 0.2×	255 0.6×	157 0.6×	157 0.7×	20	2.6k
Yong Ryoul Yang South Korea	28	1.3k 1.4×	213 0.4×	287 0.7×	384 1.6×	65 0.3×	76	2.3k

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Kumar, Rita, Joseph M. Wider, Christian A. Reynolds, et al.. (2016). Mitochondrial dynamics following global cerebral ischemia. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 76. 68–75. 85 indexed citations

Ikonomov, Ognian C., Diego Sbrissa, Rita Kumar, et al.. (2015). The Protein Complex of Neurodegeneration-related Phosphoinositide Phosphatase Sac3 and ArPIKfyve Binds the Lewy Body-associated Synphilin-1, Preventing Its Aggregation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(47). 28515–28529. 6 indexed citations

Sanderson, Thomas H., Sarita Raghunayakula, & Rita Kumar. (2015). Release of mitochondrial Opa1 following oxidative stress in HT22 cells. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 64. 116–122. 31 indexed citations

Sanderson, Thomas H., Sarita Raghunayakula, & Rita Kumar. (2015). Neuronal hypoxia disrupts mitochondrial fusion. Neuroscience. 301. 71–78. 51 indexed citations

Raghunayakula, Sarita, et al.. (2015). Molecular Characterization and Functional Analysis of Annulate Lamellae Pore Complexes in Nuclear Transport in Mammalian Cells. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0144508–e0144508. 19 indexed citations

Sanderson, Thomas H., Gargi Mahapatra, Petr Pecina, et al.. (2013). Cytochrome c Is Tyrosine 97 Phosphorylated by Neuroprotective Insulin Treatment. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e78627–e78627. 50 indexed citations

Dong, Yi, et al.. (2013). Mitochondrial Dynamics: An Emerging Paradigm in Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 19(39). 6848–6857. 45 indexed citations

Kumar, Rita, et al.. (2013). Bringing ICT to Teach Science Education for Students With Learning Difficulties. i-manager s Journal on School Educational Technology. 8(4). 1–5. 3 indexed citations

Lagina, Anthony T., et al.. (2013). Combination Therapy With Insulin‐like Growth Factor‐1 and Hypothermia Synergistically Improves Outcome After Transient Global Brain Ischemia in the Rat. Academic Emergency Medicine. 20(4). 344–351. 11 indexed citations

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Sanderson, Thomas H., Christian A. Reynolds, Rita Kumar, Karin Przyklenk, & Maik Hüttemann. (2012). Molecular Mechanisms of Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury in Brain: Pivotal Role of the Mitochondrial Membrane Potential in Reactive Oxygen Species Generation. Molecular Neurobiology. 47(1). 9–23. 532 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sanderson, Thomas H., et al.. (2010). PKR-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK) activation following brain ischemia is independent of unfolded nascent proteins. Neuroscience. 169(3). 1307–1314. 30 indexed citations

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Sanderson, Thomas H., et al.. (2009). Insulin activates the PI3K-Akt survival pathway in vulnerable neurons following global brain ischemia. Neurological Research. 31(9). 947–958. 45 indexed citations

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Sanderson, Thomas H., Rita Kumar, Jonathon M. Sullivan, & Gary S. Krause. (2008). Insulin blocks cytochrome c release in the reperfused brain through PI3‐K signaling and by promoting Bax/Bcl‐X_L binding. Journal of Neurochemistry. 106(3). 1248–1258. 39 indexed citations

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Miller, Chadwick D., Rita Kumar, & Alan B. Storrow. (2008). Alignment of Emergency Medicine Research Efforts with Clinical and Translational Science Awards. Academic Emergency Medicine. 15(7). 672–677. 1 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rita & Robin Lightner. (2007). Games as an Interactive Classroom Technique: Perceptions of Corporate Trainers, College Instructors and Students. International journal on teaching and learning in higher education. 19(1). 53–63. 52 indexed citations

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Miller, Janet M., Rita Kumar, James P. McAllister, & Gary S. Krause. (2006). Gene expression analysis of the development of congenital hydrocephalus in the H-Tx rat. Brain Research. 1075(1). 36–47. 22 indexed citations

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Owen, Cheri R., Rita Kumar, Peichuan Zhang, et al.. (2005). PERK is responsible for the increased phosphorylation of eIF2α and the severe inhibition of protein synthesis after transient global brain ischemia. Journal of Neurochemistry. 94(5). 1235–1242. 60 indexed citations

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Owen, Cheri R., Rita Kumar, Janet M. Miller, et al.. (2003). Persistent eIF2α(P) is colocalized with cytoplasmic cytochrome c in vulnerable hippocampal neurons after 4 hours of reperfusion following 10-minute complete brain ischemia. Acta Neuropathologica. 106(1). 8–16. 15 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rita, Gary S. Krause, Hiderou Yoshida, Kazutoshi Mori, & Donald J. DeGracia. (2003). Dysfunction of the Unfolded Protein Response during Global Brain Ischemia and Reperfusion. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 23(4). 462–471. 112 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rita, Cheri R. Owen, Douglas R. Cavener, et al.. (2001). Brain ischemia and reperfusion activates the eukaryotic initiation factor 2α kinase, PERK. Journal of Neurochemistry. 77(5). 1418–1421. 196 indexed citations

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