Shamik Sen

19.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 15.2k citations indexed

About

Shamik Sen is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Shamik Sen has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 15.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Cell Biology, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Shamik Sen's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (51 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (20 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (12 papers). Shamik Sen is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (51 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (20 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (12 papers). Shamik Sen collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Australia. Shamik Sen's co-authors include Dennis E. Discher, Adam J. Engler, H. Lee Sweeney, Carsten G. Bönnemann, Maureen A. Griffin, Sanjay Kumar, Shyamsundar Subramanian, Sandeep Kumar, Samir K. Maji and Alakesh Das and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Shamik Sen

84 papers receiving 15.0k citations

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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.

Matrix Elasticity Directs Stem Cell Lineage Specification

2006 10.8k citations Adam J. Engler, Shamik Sen et al. profile →
Myotubes differentiate optimally on substrates with tissue-like stiffness

2004 1.4k citations Adam J. Engler, Shamik Sen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shamik Sen India	28	7.5k	6.3k	3.9k	3.5k	2.3k	88	15.2k
Andrés J. Garcı́a United States	86	10.5k 1.4×	4.5k 0.7×	4.5k 1.2×	5.4k 1.5×	4.5k 1.9×	302	21.5k
Alan J. Grodzinsky United States	86	6.9k 0.9×	3.9k 0.6×	3.7k 0.9×	5.2k 1.5×	9.2k 3.9×	336	26.9k
Adam J. Engler United States	53	14.3k 1.9×	11.5k 1.8×	6.6k 1.7×	6.0k 1.7×	4.9k 2.1×	143	27.2k
Matthew J. Dalby United Kingdom	67	11.9k 1.6×	4.7k 0.7×	2.8k 0.7×	4.0k 1.1×	3.0k 1.3×	258	16.7k
Ovijit Chaudhuri United States	40	9.2k 1.2×	5.9k 0.9×	2.0k 0.5×	4.0k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	74	16.8k
Linda G. Griffith United States	71	11.2k 1.5×	2.4k 0.4×	5.4k 1.4×	5.4k 1.5×	3.6k 1.5×	221	21.0k
Richard O. C. Oreffo United Kingdom	77	12.8k 1.7×	2.9k 0.5×	5.4k 1.4×	4.9k 1.4×	4.5k 1.9×	393	22.9k
Viola Vogel Switzerland	75	5.2k 0.7×	7.6k 1.2×	6.3k 1.6×	2.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	264	19.0k
Deok‐Ho Kim United States	60	8.4k 1.1×	2.4k 0.4×	2.7k 0.7×	2.7k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	218	13.1k
Justin J. Cooper‐White Australia	58	5.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.3×	2.3k 0.6×	3.0k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	255	12.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shamik Sen

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Pydi, Sai P., Sankhadeep Dutta, Hamim Zafar, et al.. (2025). Faster Amylin Aggregation on Fibrillar Collagen I Hastens Diabetic Progression through β-Cell Death and Loss of Function. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(19). 15985–16006.

Sthanam, Lakshmi Kavitha, et al.. (2025). CD44/Integrin β1 Association Drives Fast Motility on Hyaluronic Acid Substrates. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 240(1). e70001–e70001. 1 indexed citations

Barai, Amlan, et al.. (2024). Bulky glycocalyx drives cancer invasiveness by modulating substrate-specific adhesion. PNAS Nexus. 3(8). pgae335–pgae335. 3 indexed citations

Sen, Shamik, et al.. (2023). Bulky glycocalyx shields cancer cells from invasion-associated stresses. Translational Oncology. 39. 101822–101822. 4 indexed citations

Shetty, Omshree, et al.. (2023). Stiffness-dependent MSC homing and differentiation into CAFs – implications for breast cancer invasion. Journal of Cell Science. 137(1). 9 indexed citations

Barai, Amlan, et al.. (2022). Amoebal Tubulin Cleavage Late during Infection Is a Characteristic Feature ofMimivirusbut Not ofMarseillevirus. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(6). e0275322–e0275322. 3 indexed citations

Barai, Amlan, et al.. (2021). α-Actinin-4 drives invasiveness by regulating myosin IIB expression and myosin IIA localization. Journal of Cell Science. 134(23). 14 indexed citations

Sthanam, Lakshmi Kavitha, et al.. (2021). MMP modulated differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells on engineered cell derived matrices. Biomaterials. 280. 121268–121268. 6 indexed citations

Dutta, Suryendu, Sumit Kumar, Hukam Singh, et al.. (2020). Chemical evidence of preserved collagen in 54‐million‐year‐old fish vertebrae. Palaeontology. 63(2). 195–202. 11 indexed citations

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Barai, Amlan, et al.. (2018). Engineering interfacial migration by collective tuning of adhesion anisotropy and stiffness. Acta Biomaterialia. 72. 82–93. 11 indexed citations

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Chattoraj, Shyamtanu, Shekhar Saha, Alakesh Das, et al.. (2017). Differential role of nonmuscle myosin II isoforms during blebbing of MCF-7 cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 28(8). 1034–1042. 9 indexed citations

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Desai, Sejal, Amlan Barai, Amirali B. Bukhari, Abhijit De, & Shamik Sen. (2017). α-Actinin-4 confers radioresistance coupled invasiveness in breast cancer cells through AKT pathway. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1865(1). 196–208. 23 indexed citations

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Surve, Manalee Vishnu, Lakshmi Kavitha Sthanam, Arpan Pradhan, et al.. (2016). Membrane Vesicles of Group B Streptococcus Disrupt Feto-Maternal Barrier Leading to Preterm Birth. PLoS Pathogens. 12(9). e1005816–e1005816. 101 indexed citations

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Kumar, Sandeep, Aastha Kapoor, Sejal Desai, Mandar M. Inamdar, & Shamik Sen. (2016). Proteolytic and non-proteolytic regulation of collective cell invasion: tuning by ECM density and organization. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 19905–19905. 51 indexed citations

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Kumar, Sandeep, Alakesh Das, & Shamik Sen. (2014). Extracellular matrix density promotes EMT by weakening cell–cell adhesions. Molecular BioSystems. 10(4). 838–850. 79 indexed citations

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Sen, Shamik, et al.. (2013). Cellular mechanoadaptation to substrate mechanical properties: contributions of substrate stiffness and thickness to cell stiffness measurements using AFM. Soft Matter. 10(8). 1174–1174. 44 indexed citations

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Sen, Shamik & Sanjay Kumar. (2010). Isoform-Specific Contributions of Alpha-Actinin to Glioma Cell Mechanobiology. Biophysical Journal. 98(3). 368a–368a. 20 indexed citations

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De‐Juan‐Pardo, Elena M., et al.. (2009). High-throughput indentational elasticity measurements of hydrogel extracellular matrix substrates. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 7 indexed citations

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Engler, Adam J., Florian Rehfeldt, Shamik Sen, & Dennis E. Discher. (2007). Microtissue Elasticity: Measurements by Atomic Force Microscopy and Its Influence on Cell Differentiation. Methods in cell biology. 83. 521–545. 144 indexed citations

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Griffin, Maureen A., Shamik Sen, H. Lee Sweeney, & Dennis E. Discher. (2004). Adhesion-contractile balance in myocyte differentiation. Journal of Cell Science. 117(24). 5855–5863. 82 indexed citations

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