Sanjay Rajagopalan

72.8k total citations · 16 hit papers
498 papers, 36.9k citations indexed

About

Sanjay Rajagopalan is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sanjay Rajagopalan has authored 498 papers receiving a total of 36.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 174 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 130 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 76 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sanjay Rajagopalan's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (163 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (137 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (57 papers). Sanjay Rajagopalan is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (163 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (137 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (57 papers). Sanjay Rajagopalan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Sanjay Rajagopalan's co-authors include Robert D. Brook, David G. Harrison, Jeffrey R. Brook, Sadeer Al‐Kindi, Qinghua Sun, Thomas Münzel, Bruce Α. Freeman, Margaret M. Tarpey, Jixin Zhong and Andrew J. Einstein and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Sanjay Rajagopalan

471 papers receiving 36.2k citations

Hit Papers

Particulate Matter Air Po... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2010 1996 2007 1996 2018 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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. Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease
    2010 5.0k citations Robert D. Brook, Sanjay Rajagopalan et al. Circulation profile →
  2. Angiotensin II-mediated hypertension in the rat increases vascular superoxide production via membrane NADH/NADPH oxidase activation. Contribution to alterations of vasomotor tone.
    1996 2.0k citations Sanjay Rajagopalan, Thomas Münzel et al. profile →
  3. Estimating Risk of Cancer Associated With Radiation Exposure From 64-Slice Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography
    2007 1.0k citations Sanjay Rajagopalan et al. profile →
  4. Reactive oxygen species produced by macrophage-derived foam cells regulate the activity of vascular matrix metalloproteinases in vitro. Implications for atherosclerotic plaque stability.
    1996 926 citations Sanjay Rajagopalan et al. profile →
  5. Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease
    2018 863 citations Sanjay Rajagopalan, Sadeer Al‐Kindi et al. profile →
  6. Role of Superoxide in Angiotensin II–Induced but Not Catecholamine-Induced Hypertension
    1997 700 citations Sanjay Rajagopalan et al. Circulation profile →
  7. Inhalation of Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Ozone Causes Acute Arterial Vasoconstriction in Healthy Adults
    2002 651 citations Robert D. Brook, Jeffrey R. Brook et al. Circulation profile →
  8. Ambient Air Pollution Exaggerates Adipose Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in a Mouse Model of Diet-Induced Obesity
    2009 619 citations Qinghua Sun, Peibin Yue et al. Circulation profile →
  9. Expert position paper on air pollution and cardiovascular disease
    2014 607 citations Robert D. Brook, Annette Peters et al. European Heart Journal profile →
  10. Global Burden of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in People Living With HIV
    2018 557 citations Sanjay Rajagopalan et al. Circulation profile →
  11. T2 quantification for improved detection of myocardial edema
    2009 512 citations Shivraman Giri, Sanjay Rajagopalan et al. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance profile →
  12. Environmental determinants of cardiovascular disease: lessons learned from air pollution
    2020 489 citations Sadeer Al‐Kindi, Robert D. Brook et al. profile →
  13. Beyond Medications and Diet: Alternative Approaches to Lowering Blood Pressure
    2013 388 citations Robert D. Brook, Lawrence J. Appel et al. Hypertension profile →
  14. Climate change and cardiovascular disease: implications for global health
    2022 180 citations Sadeer Al‐Kindi, Sanjay Rajagopalan et al. profile →
  15. Air pollution exposure and cardiometabolic risk
    2024 62 citations Sanjay Rajagopalan, Robert D. Brook et al. profile →
  16. Exposome in ischaemic heart disease: beyond traditional risk factors
    2024 43 citations Sanjay Rajagopalan et al. European Heart Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sanjay Rajagopalan United States 89 16.5k 7.0k 4.6k 4.0k 3.8k 498 36.9k
Murray A. Mittleman United States 100 15.0k 0.9× 8.3k 1.2× 3.4k 0.7× 1.8k 0.5× 4.1k 1.1× 511 40.8k
Annette Peters Germany 89 22.5k 1.4× 3.0k 0.4× 4.7k 1.0× 5.0k 1.2× 6.5k 1.7× 876 41.0k
David S. Siscovick United States 107 7.3k 0.4× 15.0k 2.1× 6.4k 1.4× 4.3k 1.1× 1.9k 0.5× 598 49.9k
David E. Newby United Kingdom 100 8.1k 0.5× 14.4k 2.1× 3.0k 0.6× 2.8k 0.7× 2.2k 0.6× 797 38.0k
Yuling Hong United States 55 6.6k 0.4× 9.7k 1.4× 3.7k 0.8× 2.0k 0.5× 1.8k 0.5× 136 29.8k
Frank E. Speizer United States 113 13.5k 0.8× 4.6k 0.6× 11.7k 2.5× 4.7k 1.2× 3.3k 0.9× 340 64.2k
Russell V. Luepker United States 71 6.3k 0.4× 8.1k 1.1× 4.9k 1.1× 1.5k 0.4× 1.8k 0.5× 285 33.3k
Michael J. Thun United States 114 9.8k 0.6× 3.5k 0.5× 12.1k 2.6× 13.7k 3.4× 2.2k 0.6× 317 77.1k
Robert D. Brook United States 73 18.0k 1.1× 3.4k 0.5× 2.0k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 4.8k 1.3× 301 27.1k
Nicholas L. Mills United Kingdom 75 7.4k 0.4× 6.1k 0.9× 870 0.2× 2.1k 0.5× 2.1k 0.6× 378 20.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sanjay Rajagopalan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rajagopalan, Sanjay, John Pastor Ansah, H. Osborne, et al.. (2025). The community health worker model for cardiovascular kidney metabolic syndrome: A new paradigm for high value care. American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 21. 100944–100944.
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Hamilton, Jesse, et al.. (2025). Native and post-contrast mapping, cine imaging, and LGE imaging using cine MR fingerprinting: initial experience for cardiomyopathy phenotyping. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 27. 101636–101636.
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Khadke, Sumanth, Ashish Kumar, Khurram Nasir, et al.. (2025). Marine Microplastic Levels and the Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Diseases in US Coastline Counties. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(13). e039891–e039891. 5 indexed citations
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Hahad, Omar, Khurram Nasir, Marin Kuntić, et al.. (2025). Exposomic Determinants of Atherosclerosis: Recent Evidence. Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 27(1). 28–28. 3 indexed citations
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Faridi, Sasan, Omar Hahad, Ata Rafiee, et al.. (2025). A systematic review of maternal residential proximity to unconventional oil and Natural gas sites and congenital heart defects in newborns: Recommendations for future research. The Science of The Total Environment. 967. 178762–178762.
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Rajagopalan, Sanjay, Rakesh C. Arora, & Sadeer Al‐Kindi. (2025). Minimizing emissions through minimally invasive valve replacement. European Heart Journal. 46(44). 4820–4822.
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Mathew, Anna V., Yanhong Guo, Jaeman Byun, et al.. (2025). High density lipoprotein particle size and function associate with new cardiovascular events in patients with chronic kidney disease. PLoS ONE. 20(4). e0320803–e0320803.
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Rajagopalan, Sanjay, Robert D. Brook, & Thomas Muenzel. (2025). Environmental Hypertensionology and the Mosaic Theory of Hypertension. Hypertension. 82(4). 561–572. 3 indexed citations
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Dong, Weichuan, et al.. (2024). County‐level socio‐environmental factors and obesity prevalence in the United States. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 26(5). 1766–1774. 3 indexed citations
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Motairek, Issam, Luís Augusto Palma Dallan, Sanjay Rajagopalan, et al.. (2023). The cardiovascular disease burden attributable to particulate matter pollution in South America: analysis of the 1990–2019 global burden of disease. Public Health. 224. 169–177. 4 indexed citations
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Hahad, Omar, Sanjay Rajagopalan, Jos Lelieveld, et al.. (2023). Noise and Air Pollution as Risk Factors for Hypertension: Part II—Pathophysiologic Insight. Hypertension. 80(7). 1384–1392. 35 indexed citations
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Hong, Junyoung, Irene Krukovets, Casey E. Romanoski, et al.. (2023). Unraveling the Role of Sex in Endothelial Cell Dysfunction: Evidence From Lineage Tracing Mice and Cultured Cells. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 44(1). 238–253. 18 indexed citations
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Coleman, Christopher M., Jeanne M. Sisk, Gábor Halász, et al.. (2016). CD8 + T Cells and Macrophages Regulate Pathogenesis in a Mouse Model of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. Journal of Virology. 91(1). 46 indexed citations
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Brook, Robert D., Lawrence J. Appel, Melvyn Rubenfire, et al.. (2013). Beyond Medications and Diet: Alternative Approaches to Lowering Blood Pressure. Hypertension. 61(6). 1360–1383. 388 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thavendiranathan, Paaladinesh, Michael Walls, Shivraman Giri, et al.. (2011). Improved Detection of Myocardial Involvement in Acute Inflammatory Cardiomyopathies Using T2 Mapping. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 5(1). 102–110. 249 indexed citations
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Brook, Robert D., Sanjay Rajagopalan, C. Arden Pope, et al.. (2010). Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease. Circulation. 121(21). 2331–2378. 4969 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Qinghua, Peibin Yue, Jeffrey A. Deiuliis, et al.. (2009). Ambient Air Pollution Exaggerates Adipose Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in a Mouse Model of Diet-Induced Obesity. Circulation. 119(4). 538–546. 619 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bettencourt, Nuno, João Rocha, Mónica Carvalho, et al.. (2009). Multislice Computed Tomography in the Exclusion of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Presurgical Valve Disease. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 2(4). 306–313. 50 indexed citations
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Kumar, Vinod, Sanjay Rajagopalan, Mark R. Cutkosky, & Debasish Dutta. (1998). Representation and Processing of Heterogeneous Objects for Solid Freeform Fabrication. World Neurosurgery. 79(1). 162–72. 14 indexed citations

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