Shamala Devi Sekaran

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
120 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Shamala Devi Sekaran is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shamala Devi Sekaran has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 41 papers in Infectious Diseases and 29 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Shamala Devi Sekaran's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (56 papers), Malaria Research and Control (36 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (35 papers). Shamala Devi Sekaran is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (56 papers), Malaria Research and Control (36 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (35 papers). Shamala Devi Sekaran collaborates with scholars based in Malaysia, United States and Vietnam. Shamala Devi Sekaran's co-authors include Seok Mui Wang, Cheng Foh Le, Rishya Manikam, Chee-Mun Fang, Indu Bala Jaganath, Faisal Rafiq Mahamd Adikan, Yin-Quan Tang, Sasheela Ponnampalavanar, Mohd Yasim Mohd Yusof and Sau Har Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Shamala Devi Sekaran

117 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Intracellular Targeting Mechanisms by Antimicrobial Peptides

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Author						Papers	Cites
Shamala Devi Sekaran	1.9k	1.5k	1.3k	751	491	120	4.5k
Michael J. Federle	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	2.5k 1.9×	488 0.6×	169 0.3×	72	4.6k
Youjun Feng	998 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	327 0.4×	175 0.4×	157	6.1k
Emily M. Eichenberger	526 0.3×	2.7k 1.8×	2.3k 1.8×	725 1.0×	427 0.9×	36	5.6k
David Payne	933 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	2.5k 1.9×	616 0.8×	146 0.3×	112	6.4k
Alan R. Hauser	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	4.5k 3.5×	631 0.8×	142 0.3×	126	8.1k
George Y. Liu	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	2.4k 1.8×	718 1.0×	174 0.4×	78	6.0k
Kimberly A. Kline	555 0.3×	865 0.6×	3.8k 2.9×	777 1.0×	340 0.7×	186	7.7k
Michio Ohta	679 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	1.8k 1.4×	263 0.4×	156 0.3×	217	4.5k
André Luis Souza dos Santos	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	226 0.3×	99 0.2×	273	4.5k
Luís Carlos de Souza Ferreira	643 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	172 0.2×	160 0.3×	199	4.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sekaran, Shamala Devi, et al.. (2022). Host immune response against DENV and ZIKV infections. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 12. 975222–975222. 15 indexed citations

Sekaran, Shamala Devi, et al.. (2022). The association between diabetes and obesity with Dengue infections. Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome. 14(1). 101–101. 6 indexed citations

Guad, Rhanye Mac, Rogie Royce Carandang, Andrew W. Taylor‐Robinson, et al.. (2021). Different domains of dengue research in the Philippines: A systematic review and meta-analysis of questionnaire-based studies. PLoS ONE. 16(12). e0261412–e0261412. 7 indexed citations

Khoo, Kong Soo, et al.. (2021). Mode-Dependent Antiviral Activity of Medicinal Plant Extracts against the Mosquito-Borne Chikungunya Virus. Plants. 10(8). 1658–1658. 12 indexed citations

Guad, Rhanye Mac, Yuan Seng Wu, Yin Nwe Aung, et al.. (2021). Different Domains of Dengue Research in Malaysia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Questionnaire-Based Studies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(9). 4474–4474. 15 indexed citations

Tang, Swee-Seong, Zakaria Hossain Prodhan, Sudhangshu Kumar Biswas, Cheng Foh Le, & Shamala Devi Sekaran. (2018). Antimicrobial peptides from different plant sources: Isolation, characterisation, and purification. Phytochemistry. 154. 94–105. 123 indexed citations

Sekaran, Shamala Devi, et al.. (2017). Dengue Virus NS1 Protein as a Diagnostic Marker: Commercially Available ELISA and Comparison to qRT-PCR and Serological Diagnostic Assays Currently Used by the State of Florida. Journal of Tropical Medicine. 2017. 1–6. 21 indexed citations

Mahboob, Tooba, Shamala Devi Sekaran, Init Ithoi, et al.. (2017). Acanthamoebicidal activity of periglaucine A and betulinic acid from Pericampylus glaucus (Lam.) Merr. in vitro. Experimental Parasitology. 183. 160–166. 16 indexed citations

Jindal, Hassan Mahmood, Keivan Zandi, Kien Chai Ong, et al.. (2017). Mechanisms of action and in vivo antibacterial efficacy assessment of five novel hybrid peptides derived from Indolicidin and Ranalexin against Streptococcus pneumoniae. PeerJ. 5. e3887–e3887. 14 indexed citations

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Yong, Yean K., Hong Yien Tan, Esaki M. Shankar, et al.. (2017). Aberrant monocyte responses predict and characterize dengue virus infection in individuals with severe disease. Journal of Translational Medicine. 15(1). 121–121. 28 indexed citations

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Chua, Tock H., et al.. (2017). A new paradigm for Aedes spp. surveillance using gravid ovipositing sticky trap and NS1 antigen test kit. Parasites & Vectors. 10(1). 151–151. 29 indexed citations

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Al‐Obaidi, Mazen M. Jamil, Azadeh Bahadoran, Seok Mui Wang, et al.. (2017). Japanese encephalitis virus disrupts blood-brain barrier and modulates apoptosis proteins in THBMEC cells. Virus Research. 233. 17–28. 26 indexed citations

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Sekaran, Shamala Devi, et al.. (2017). Immunofluorescence–based biosensor for the determination of dengue virus NS1 in clinical samples. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 149. 591–602. 37 indexed citations

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Ali, Zainal Abidin, Rosiyah Yahya, Shamala Devi Sekaran, & R. Puteh. (2016). Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Apple Extract and Its Antibacterial Properties. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering. 2016. 1–6. 126 indexed citations

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Wang, Seok Mui, et al.. (2016). Detection and Quantification of Chikungunya Virus by Real-Time RT-PCR Assay. Methods in molecular biology. 1426. 105–117. 11 indexed citations

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Rathakrishnan, Anusyah, Seok Mui Wang, Yongli Hu, et al.. (2012). Cytokine Expression Profile of Dengue Patients at Different Phases of Illness. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52215–e52215. 143 indexed citations

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Komarasamy, Thamil Vaani & Shamala Devi Sekaran. (2012). The Anti-proliferative Effects of a Palm Oil-derived Product and Its Mode of Actions in Human Malignant Melanoma MeWo Cells. Journal of Oleo Science. 61(4). 227–239. 3 indexed citations

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Tan, Peng Chiong, et al.. (2012). Dengue Infection and Miscarriage: A Prospective Case Control Study. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 6(5). e1637–e1637. 41 indexed citations

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Mansor, Marzida, et al.. (2010). Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for the detection of Enterobacteriaceae in clinical samples. African Journal of Microbiology Research. 4(11). 1186–1191. 16 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Firoz, Meer T. Alam, Ruhul Amin, et al.. (2010). Evaluation of ASSURE® Dengue IgA Rapid Test using dengue-positive and dengue-negative samples. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 68(4). 339–344. 15 indexed citations

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