Sanjay Kumar

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
93 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Sanjay Kumar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sanjay Kumar has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sanjay Kumar's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (28 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (22 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (17 papers). Sanjay Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (28 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (22 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (17 papers). Sanjay Kumar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and France. Sanjay Kumar's co-authors include Richard J. Roberts, Xiaodong Cheng, Saulius Klimašauskas, János Pósfai, Mai Suan Li, J. W. Pflugrath, Clotilde K. S. Carlow, Debaprasad Giri, Jeremy M. Foster and Geoffrey G. Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sanjay Kumar

88 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Hhal methyltransferase flips its target base out of the DNA helix

1994 805 citations Saulius Klimašauskas, Sanjay Kumar et al. Cell profile →
Crystal structure of the Hhal DNA methyltransferase complexed with S-adenosyl-l-methionine

1993 314 citations Xiaodong Cheng, Sanjay Kumar et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sanjay Kumar India	25	2.4k	402	366	338	276	93	3.3k
Andreas Holzenburg United States	35	2.7k 1.1×	603 1.5×	267 0.7×	436 1.3×	181 0.7×	123	4.3k
Shigeki Mitaku Japan	26	2.5k 1.1×	220 0.5×	274 0.7×	311 0.9×	167 0.6×	110	3.8k
Carol Beth Post United States	35	2.1k 0.9×	310 0.8×	233 0.6×	147 0.4×	168 0.6×	99	3.8k
Xinzheng Zhang China	35	2.9k 1.2×	685 1.7×	325 0.9×	349 1.0×	136 0.5×	79	5.0k
Mikhail Kudryashev Germany	30	1.4k 0.6×	331 0.8×	119 0.3×	473 1.4×	125 0.5×	61	3.0k
Jeremy R. H. Tame Japan	43	3.2k 1.3×	722 1.8×	157 0.4×	941 2.8×	115 0.4×	144	5.5k
Eugene Palovcak United States	10	4.1k 1.7×	522 1.3×	226 0.6×	675 2.0×	118 0.4×	13	5.9k
Shirley A. Müller Switzerland	43	3.9k 1.6×	402 1.0×	516 1.4×	1.0k 3.0×	242 0.9×	84	5.7k
Enrique Querol Spain	32	2.5k 1.0×	277 0.7×	79 0.2×	230 0.7×	298 1.1×	155	3.7k
Roman Tůma United Kingdom	37	2.3k 1.0×	1.2k 3.1×	366 1.0×	520 1.5×	266 1.0×	107	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Sanjay Kumar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sanjay Kumar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sanjay Kumar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sanjay Kumar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sanjay 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 Sanjay Kumar. Sanjay 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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Rawat, Jyoti, Abhilasha Mishra, Manisha Nanda, et al.. (2025). Exploring biochemical responses and cellular adaptations of Chlorella sorokiniana to polyethylene microplastic exposure. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 23551–23551.

Kumar, Sanjay, et al.. (2024). Yeast Crf1p is an activator with different roles in regulation of target genes. Yeast. 41(6). 379–400. 1 indexed citations

Foster, D P, et al.. (2023). Critical behavior of magnetic polymers on the three-dimensional Sierpiński Gasket. Physical review. E. 108(4). L042502–L042502.

Mishra, Garima, et al.. (2023). Appearance of de Gennes length in force-induced transitions. Physical review. E. 108(4). L042501–L042501. 1 indexed citations

Naik, Bindu, Vijay Kumar, Arun Kumar Gupta, et al.. (2023). Untapped potential of non-conventional rubus species: bioactivity, nutrition, and livelihood opportunities. Plant Methods. 19(1). 114–114. 11 indexed citations

Pal, Tanmoy, et al.. (2022). Role of Hoogsteen interaction in the stability of different phases of triplex DNA. Physical review. E. 105(4). 44407–44407. 3 indexed citations

Kumar, Sanjay, et al.. (2021). Dynamics of a polymer chain translocating through varying cone-shaped channels. Physical review. E. 103(4). 42501–42501. 4 indexed citations

Kumar, Sanjay, et al.. (2020). Polymer in wedge-shaped confinement: Effect on the θ temperature. Physical review. E. 101(3). 30502–30502. 5 indexed citations

McNulty, Samantha N., Jeremy M. Foster, Makedonka Mitreva, et al.. (2010). Endosymbiont DNA in Endobacteria-Free Filarial Nematodes Indicates Ancient Horizontal Genetic Transfer. PLoS ONE. 5(6). e11029–e11029. 92 indexed citations

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Foster, Jeremy M., Paul J. Davis, Marion H. Sibley, et al.. (2010). Evolution of Bacterial Phosphoglycerate Mutases: Non-Homologous Isofunctional Enzymes Undergoing Gene Losses, Gains and Lateral Transfers. PLoS ONE. 5(10). e13576–e13576. 28 indexed citations

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Giri, Debaprasad, et al.. (2009). Effects of molecular crowding on stretching of polymers in poor solvent. Physical Review E. 79(5). 51801–51801. 22 indexed citations

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Zhou, Haijun, Jie Zhou, Zhong-Can Ou-Yang, & Sanjay Kumar. (2006). Collapse Transition of Two-Dimensional Flexible and Semiflexible Polymers. Physical Review Letters. 97(15). 158302–158302. 34 indexed citations

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Foster, Jeremy M., Yinhua Zhang, Sanjay Kumar, & Clotilde K. S. Carlow. (2005). Parasitic nematodes have two distinct chitin synthases. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 142(1). 126–132. 15 indexed citations

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Kumar, Sanjay & Debaprasad Giri. (2005). Force-induced conformational transition in a system of interacting stiff polymers: Application to unfolding. Physical Review E. 72(5). 52901–52901. 23 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yinhua, et al.. (2004). Cofactor-independent Phosphoglycerate Mutase Has an Essential Role in Caenorhabditis elegans and Is Conserved in Parasitic Nematodes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(35). 37185–37190. 38 indexed citations

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Perler, Francine B., Sanjay Kumar, & Huimin Kong. (1996). Thermostable DNA Polymerases. Advances in protein chemistry. 48. 377–435. 125 indexed citations

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Kumar, Sanjay. (1995). Bubonic plague in Surat?. The Lancet. 345(8951). 714–714. 3 indexed citations

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Kumar, Sanjay, Xiaodong Cheng, Saulius Klimašauskas, et al.. (1994). The DNA (cytosine-5) methyltransferases. Nucleic Acids Research. 22(1). 1–10. 361 indexed citations

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Cheng, Xiaodong, Sanjay Kumar, János Pósfai, J. W. Pflugrath, & Richard J. Roberts. (1993). Crystal structure of the Hhal DNA methyltransferase complexed with S-adenosyl-l-methionine. Cell. 74(2). 299–307. 314 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mukherjee, Anita, Sanjay Kumar, Michael Seth, & A. P. BHADURI. (1989). Synthesis of 1-methyl-4-nitro-5-substituted-imidazole and substituted imidazolothiazole derivatives as possible antiparasitic agents.. Indian Journal of Chemistry Section B-organic Chemistry Including Medicinal Chemistry. 28(5). 391–396. 10 indexed citations

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