Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar

18.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
239 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar has authored 239 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Plant Science, 62 papers in Molecular Biology and 43 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (53 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (45 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (40 papers). Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (53 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (45 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (40 papers). Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and China. Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar's co-authors include Yule Liu, Michael Schiff, Tessa M. Burch‐Smith, Kirk J. Czymmek, Rajendra Marathe, Jeffrey L. Caplan, Barbara Baker, Meenu S. Padmanabhan, Gregory B. Martin and Jeffrey C. Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar

216 papers receiving 12.0k citations

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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.

Virus‐induced gene silencing in tomato

2002 1.3k citations Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar et al. The Plant Journal profile →
Tobacco Rar1, EDS1 and NPR1/NIM1 like genes are required for N‐mediated resistance to tobacco mosaic virus

2002 849 citations Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar et al. The Plant Journal profile →
Autophagy Regulates Programmed Cell Death during the Plant Innate Immune Response

2005 698 citations Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar et al. profile →
Applications and advantages of virus‐induced gene silencing for gene function studies in plants

2004 585 citations Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar et al. The Plant Journal profile →
Multiplexed heritable gene editing using RNA viruses and mobile single guide RNAs

2020 228 citations Ugrappa Nagalakshmi, Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar United States	52	9.8k	5.3k	829	758	734	239	12.3k
Magali Lescot France	22	6.8k 0.7×	7.0k 1.3×	425 0.5×	411 0.5×	463 0.6×	29	12.2k
Qi Xie China	65	14.1k 1.4×	9.3k 1.7×	363 0.4×	454 0.6×	667 0.9×	189	16.6k
Hailing Jin United States	58	10.5k 1.1×	7.2k 1.3×	330 0.4×	247 0.3×	614 0.8×	107	13.6k
Aron Marchler‐Bauer United States	29	3.5k 0.4×	8.6k 1.6×	611 0.7×	599 0.8×	653 0.9×	50	12.9k
Guillaume Blanc France	30	4.3k 0.4×	5.4k 1.0×	281 0.3×	359 0.5×	671 0.9×	65	9.9k
Amaia Sangrador‐Vegas Ireland	13	3.3k 0.3×	6.2k 1.2×	471 0.6×	307 0.4×	659 0.9×	15	10.4k
Sergey Koren United States	42	5.2k 0.5×	10.8k 2.0×	450 0.5×	904 1.2×	740 1.0×	83	16.5k
Brian J. Staskawicz United States	73	19.1k 2.0×	5.3k 1.0×	866 1.0×	145 0.2×	734 1.0×	152	21.5k
Kevin J. Verstrepen Belgium	63	4.0k 0.4×	7.7k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	478 0.6×	578 0.8×	210	14.0k
Daniel R. Zerbino United Kingdom	19	2.7k 0.3×	6.5k 1.2×	338 0.4×	614 0.8×	567 0.8×	29	10.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar

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Dinesh‐Kumar, Savithramma P., et al.. (2025). Weaving a new web: gregarious parasitism in Idris Förster (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) attacking spider eggs. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0319209–e0319209. 1 indexed citations

Nagalakshmi, Ugrappa, et al.. (2025). Heritable virus‐induced germline editing in tomato. The Plant Journal. 122(1). e70115–e70115. 3 indexed citations

Kannan, M., et al.. (2025). Exploiting Freshwater Mollusk Shell-Based CaO Nanoparticles: Preparation, Characterization, Insecticidal Activity, Antioxidant Potential, and Germination Enhancement in Greengram. ACS Agricultural Science & Technology. 5(4). 613–629. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yuanyuan, Jeffrey J. Tung, Yingtian Deng, et al.. (2024). Conserved transcription factors NRZ1 and NRM1 regulate NLR receptor-mediated immunity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 195(1). 832–849. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Dingliang, et al.. (2024). Orchestrating ROS regulation: coordinated post‐translational modification switches in NADPH oxidases. New Phytologist. 245(2). 510–522. 13 indexed citations

Dinesh‐Kumar, Savithramma P., et al.. (2024). Predation of a Brahminy Blind Snake, <i>Indotyphlops braminus</i> (Daudin 1803) (Typhloidae), by a Bibron’s Coral Snake, <i>Calliophis bibroni</i> (Jan 1858) (Elapidae), from the Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Reptiles & Amphibians. 31(1). e21578–e21578.

Caplan, Jeffrey L., et al.. (2023). Calponin homology domain containing kinesin, KIS1, regulates chloroplast stromule formation and immunity. Science Advances. 9(43). eadi7407–eadi7407. 17 indexed citations

Raanan, Hagai, et al.. (2023). Activation of Tm‐2 ² resistance is mediated by a conserved cysteine essential for tobacco mosaic virus movement. Molecular Plant Pathology. 24(8). 838–848. 18 indexed citations

Chen, Jing, Hao Hong, Shen Huang, et al.. (2022). NLR surveillance of pathogen interference with hormone receptors induces immunity. Nature. 613(7942). 145–152. 45 indexed citations

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Dinesh‐Kumar, Savithramma P., et al.. (2021). Effect of Variable Fluid Properties and Magneto-Hydrodynamics for Convection with Couple Stress Fluid. Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry. 11(5). 13490–13501. 2 indexed citations

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Dinesh‐Kumar, Savithramma P., et al.. (2021). Fluid Flow in Composite Regions Past a Solid Sphere. Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry. 12(4). 4755–4769. 2 indexed citations

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Dinesh‐Kumar, Savithramma P., et al.. (2020). Numerical Study of Thermal-Diffusion and Diffusion-Thermo Effects on Mixed Convective Flow and Mass Transfer in the Presence of MHD over an Accelerating Surface. Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry. 11(4). 11487``–11498. 5 indexed citations

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Park, Eunsook, Jeffrey L. Caplan, & Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar. (2018). Dynamic coordination of plastid morphological change by cytoskeleton for chloroplast-nucleus communication during plant immune responses. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 13(8). 1–3. 14 indexed citations

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Suprit, K., et al.. (2016). What Controls Seasonal Evolution of Sea Surface Temperature in the Bay of Bengal?. NOT FOUND REPOSITORY (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore). 1 indexed citations

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Dinesh‐Kumar, Savithramma P., et al.. (2014). MHD Effect on Relative Motion of Two Immiscible LiquidSpheres. 10(3). 343–357. 1 indexed citations

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Dinesh‐Kumar, Savithramma P., et al.. (2014). Study of Fatigue Crack Growth in Heat TreatedAluminium 2024. International Journal of Innovative Research in Science Engineering and Technology. 3(1). 1 indexed citations

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Xavier, R. John & Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar. (2014). A study of the molecular, vibrational, electronic and quantum chemical investigation of 2-methyl-1-vinylimidazole. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 136. 1569–1581. 1 indexed citations

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Lee, Hyoung Yool, Christopher H. Bowen, George V. Popescu, et al.. (2011). Arabidopsis RTNLB1 and RTNLB2 Reticulon-Like Proteins Regulate Intracellular Trafficking and Activity of the FLS2 Immune Receptor . The Plant Cell. 23(9). 3374–3391. 60 indexed citations

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Dinesh‐Kumar, Savithramma P., et al.. (2010). Mahseers in India: A review with focus on conservation and management. The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 80(4). 29 indexed citations

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Popescu, Sorina C., George V. Popescu, Montrell Seay, et al.. (2007). Differential binding of calmodulin-related proteins to their targets revealed through high-density Arabidopsis protein microarrays. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(11). 4730–4735. 292 indexed citations

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