Sachin Kotak

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Sachin Kotak is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sachin Kotak has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Cell Biology and 8 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Sachin Kotak's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (14 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (5 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (4 papers). Sachin Kotak is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (14 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (5 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (4 papers). Sachin Kotak collaborates with scholars based in India, Switzerland and Germany. Sachin Kotak's co-authors include Pascal von Koskull‐Döring, Elizabeth Vierling, Klaus‐Dieter Scharf, Pierre Gönczy, Jane Larkindale, Ung Lee, Coralie Busso, Arnab Ganguli, Helmut Bäumlein and Frank Bicker and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Cell Biology, The EMBO Journal and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Sachin Kotak

23 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Complexity of the heat stress response in plants

2007 1.0k citations Sachin Kotak, Jane Larkindale et al. Current Opinion in Plant Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sachin Kotak India	15	1.8k	1.6k	573	126	123	23	2.7k
Hidetoshi Iida Japan	34	3.0k 1.7×	1.7k 1.1×	643 1.1×	80 0.6×	55 0.4×	87	4.2k
Elizabeth R. Waters United States	19	1.6k 0.9×	915 0.6×	109 0.2×	256 2.0×	65 0.5×	30	2.1k
Pascal von Koskull‐Döring Germany	13	2.6k 1.5×	2.8k 1.8×	100 0.2×	232 1.8×	63 0.5×	15	3.7k
Yee‐yung Charng Taiwan	29	2.6k 1.5×	3.1k 2.0×	92 0.2×	119 0.9×	46 0.4×	42	4.0k
F. Schöffl Germany	21	2.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	88 0.2×	197 1.6×	65 0.5×	32	2.6k
Attila Glatz Hungary	15	1.2k 0.6×	300 0.2×	249 0.4×	83 0.7×	49 0.4×	18	1.5k
Shravan Kumar Mishra India	11	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	58 0.1×	121 1.0×	48 0.4×	20	2.0k
Eman Basha United States	16	1.9k 1.1×	282 0.2×	317 0.6×	203 1.6×	77 0.6×	31	2.2k
Daye Sun China	28	1.8k 1.0×	2.4k 1.5×	98 0.2×	98 0.8×	16 0.1×	60	2.9k
Garrett J. Lee United States	7	1.2k 0.7×	466 0.3×	121 0.2×	239 1.9×	43 0.3×	8	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Sachin Kotak

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sachin Kotak

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sachin Kotak

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Maity, Tanmoy, et al.. (2024). Regulation of microtubule dynamics and function in living cells via cucurbit[7]uril host–guest assembly. Chemical Science. 15(30). 11981–11994. 1 indexed citations

Kotak, Sachin, et al.. (2023). PP2A-B55SUR-6 promotes nuclear envelope breakdown in C. elegans embryos. Cell Reports. 42(12). 113495–113495. 1 indexed citations

Kotak, Sachin, et al.. (2022). Membrane compartmentalization of Ect2/Cyk4/Mklp1 and NuMA/dynein regulates cleavage furrow formation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(12). 2 indexed citations

Kotak, Sachin, et al.. (2020). NuMA interaction with chromatin is vital for proper chromosome decondensation at the mitotic exit. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 31(22). 2437–2451. 5 indexed citations

Kotak, Sachin, et al.. (2020). Centrosome Aurora A gradient ensures single polarity axis in C. elegans embryos. Biochemical Society Transactions. 48(3). 1243–1253. 3 indexed citations

Kotak, Sachin, et al.. (2019). Centrosome Aurora A regulates RhoGEF ECT-2 localisation and ensures a single PAR-2 polarity axis in C. elegans embryos. Development. 146(22). 22 indexed citations

Sarkar, Neelam K., Sachin Kotak, Manu Agarwal, Yeon-Ki Kim, & Anil Grover. (2019). Silencing of class I small heat shock proteins affects seed-related attributes and thermotolerance in rice seedlings. Planta. 251(1). 26–26. 22 indexed citations

Kotak, Sachin. (2019). Mechanisms of Spindle Positioning: Lessons from Worms and Mammalian Cells. Biomolecules. 9(2). 80–80. 26 indexed citations

Kotak, Sachin, et al.. (2018). Plk1 regulates spindle orientation by phosphorylating NuMA in human cells. Life Science Alliance. 1(6). e201800223–e201800223. 26 indexed citations

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Kotak, Sachin, Coralie Busso, & Pierre Gönczy. (2014). NuMA interacts with phosphoinositides and links the mitotic spindle with the plasma membrane. The EMBO Journal. 33(16). 1815–1830. 57 indexed citations

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Kotak, Sachin, Coralie Busso, & Pierre Gönczy. (2013). NuMA phosphorylation by CDK1 couples mitotic progression with cortical dynein function. The EMBO Journal. 32(18). 2517–2529. 78 indexed citations

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Kotak, Sachin & Pierre Gönczy. (2013). Mechanisms of spindle positioning: cortical force generators in the limelight. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 25(6). 741–748. 115 indexed citations

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Settele, Florian, Sachin Kotak, Luis Sánchez‐Pulido, et al.. (2013). MISP is a novel Plk1 substrate required for proper spindle orientation and mitotic progression. The Journal of Cell Biology. 200(6). 773–787. 63 indexed citations

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Kotak, Sachin, Coralie Busso, & Pierre Gönczy. (2012). Cortical dynein is critical for proper spindle positioning in human cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 199(1). 97–110. 169 indexed citations

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Kotak, Sachin, Elizabeth Vierling, H. Bäumlein, & Pascal von Koskull‐Döring. (2007). A novel transcriptional cascade regulating heat stress proteins during seed development in Arabidopsis.. The Plant Cell. 12 indexed citations

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Kotak, Sachin, Elizabeth Vierling, Helmut Bäumlein, & Pascal von Koskull‐Döring. (2007). A Novel Transcriptional Cascade Regulating Expression of Heat Stress Proteins during Seed Development ofArabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 19(1). 182–195. 256 indexed citations

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Kotak, Sachin, Jane Larkindale, Ung Lee, et al.. (2007). Complexity of the heat stress response in plants. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 10(3). 310–316. 1004 indexed citations breakdown →

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Baniwal, Sanjeev K., Kapil Bharti, Kwan Y. Chan, et al.. (2004). Heat stress response in plants: a complex game with chaperones and more than twenty heat stress transcription factors. Journal of Biosciences. 29(4). 471–487. 447 indexed citations

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Kotak, Sachin, et al.. (2004). Characterization of C‐terminal domains of Arabidopsis heat stress transcription factors (Hsfs) and identification of a new signature combination of plant class A Hsfs with AHA and NES motifs essential for activator function and intracellular localization. The Plant Journal. 39(1). 98–112. 259 indexed citations

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Grover, Anil, Avnish Kapoor, Surekha Katiyar‐Agarwal, et al.. (2001). Experimentation in biology of plant abiotic stress responses. 4 indexed citations

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