Shaunak Adkar

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 705 citations indexed

About

Shaunak Adkar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Shaunak Adkar has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 705 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 7 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Shaunak Adkar's work include Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (7 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (4 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (3 papers). Shaunak Adkar is often cited by papers focused on Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (7 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (4 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (3 papers). Shaunak Adkar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Shaunak Adkar's co-authors include Charles A. Gersbach, Jennifer B. Kwon, D. Dewran Koçak, Vidit Bhandarkar, Eric A. Josephs, Nicholas J. Leeper, Farshid Guilak, Chia‐Lung Wu, Vincent P. Willard and Amanda Dicks and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nature Biotechnology and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Shaunak Adkar

24 papers receiving 700 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.

Efferocytosis in atherosclerosis

2024 67 citations Shaunak Adkar, Nicholas J. Leeper Nature Reviews Cardiology profile →

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Fei Pei China

Ingo H. Pilz Germany

Jeffrey L. Feldman United States

Anna P. Lam United States

Kowser Hasneen United States

Merry Z. C. Ruan United States

Blair Hopwood Australia

Ian K. Hornstra United States

Guido J. Jenniskens Netherlands

Jeske J. Smink Germany

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Countries citing papers authored by Shaunak Adkar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shaunak Adkar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shaunak Adkar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shaunak Adkar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shaunak Adkar 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 Shaunak Adkar. Shaunak Adkar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ye, Zhongde, et al.. (2025). The antipsychotic drug thiothixene stimulates macrophages to clear pathogenic cells by inducing arginase 1 and continual efferocytosis. Science Signaling. 18(881). eads6584–eads6584. 1 indexed citations

Tran, Kenneth, et al.. (2025). A prospective randomized trial of remote renal ischemic preconditioning for reducing nephropathy risk following fenestrated endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 81(6). 1288–1295.e1.

Thomas, Dilip, Chikage Noishiki, Sadhana Gaddam, et al.. (2024). CCL2-mediated endothelial injury drives cardiac dysfunction in long COVID. Nature Cardiovascular Research. 3(10). 1249–1265. 10 indexed citations

Luo, Lingfeng, Allen Haas, Caitlin Bell, et al.. (2024). Cancer Incidence After Diagnosis of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm—Brief Report. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 44(7). 1694–1701. 1 indexed citations

Jun, Goo, Laura E. Mitchell, Han Chen, et al.. (2024). X‐linked genetic associations in sporadic thoracic aortic dissection. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 194(9). e63644–e63644.

Adkar, Shaunak & Nicholas J. Leeper. (2024). Efferocytosis in atherosclerosis. Nature Reviews Cardiology. 21(11). 762–779. 67 indexed citations breakdown →

Adkar, Shaunak, Amanda Dicks, Nancy Steward, et al.. (2024). A Damaging COL6A3 Variant Alters the MIR31HG ‐Regulated Response of Chondrocytes in Neocartilage Organoids to Hyperphysiologic Mechanical Loading. Advanced Science. 11(36). e2400720–e2400720. 6 indexed citations

Wang, James, Aris J. Kare, Shaunak Adkar, et al.. (2023). Combined near infrared photoacoustic imaging and ultrasound detects vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque. Biomaterials. 302. 122314–122314. 11 indexed citations

Manhas, Amit, Chikage Noishiki, David Wu, et al.. (2023). Generation of induced pluripotent stem cell line from a patient suffering from arterial calcification due to deficiency of CD73 (ACDC). Stem Cell Research. 75. 103285–103285. 2 indexed citations

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Paisley, Michael J., Shaunak Adkar, Brian Sheehan, & Jordan R. Stern. (2022). Aortoiliac occlusive disease. Seminars in Vascular Surgery. 35(2). 162–171. 10 indexed citations

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Dicks, Amanda, Chia‐Lung Wu, Nancy Steward, et al.. (2020). Prospective isolation of chondroprogenitors from human iPSCs based on cell surface markers identified using a CRISPR-Cas9-generated reporter. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 11(1). 66–66. 44 indexed citations

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Black, Joshua B., Alejandro Barrera, Tyler S. Klann, et al.. (2020). Master Regulators and Cofactors of Human Neuronal Cell Fate Specification Identified by CRISPR Gene Activation Screens. Cell Reports. 33(9). 108460–108460. 49 indexed citations

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Koçak, D. Dewran, Eric A. Josephs, Vidit Bhandarkar, et al.. (2019). Increasing the specificity of CRISPR systems with engineered RNA secondary structures. Nature Biotechnology. 37(6). 657–666. 260 indexed citations

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Adkar, Shaunak, Chia‐Lung Wu, Vincent P. Willard, et al.. (2018). Step-Wise Chondrogenesis of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Purification Via a Reporter Allele Generated by CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing. Stem Cells. 37(1). 65–76. 65 indexed citations

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Adkar, Shaunak, Megan C. Turner, Harold J. Leraas, et al.. (2017). Low mortality rates after endovascular aortic repair expand use to high-risk patients. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 67(2). 424–432.e1. 11 indexed citations

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Adkar, Shaunak, Jonathan M. Brunger, Vincent P. Willard, et al.. (2017). Genome Engineering for Personalized Arthritis Therapeutics. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 23(10). 917–931. 47 indexed citations

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Adkar, Shaunak, et al.. (2016). Perioperative Optimization of Geriatric Lower Extremity Bypass in the Era of Increased Performance Accountability. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 38. 248–254. 2 indexed citations

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Adkar, Shaunak, Ryan S. Turley, Ehsan Benrashid, et al.. (2016). Laparotomy during endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms increases mortality. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 65(2). 356–361. 5 indexed citations

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McGinigle, Katharine L., Shaunak Adkar, Cynthia K. Shortell, & Leila Mureebe. (2015). Eversion Versus Conventional Carotid Endarterectomy: Both Winners. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 61(6). 102S–103S. 1 indexed citations

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Gallagher, Thomas L., Joshua A. Arribere, Cameron R. T. Exner, et al.. (2011). Rbfox-regulated alternative splicing is critical for zebrafish cardiac and skeletal muscle functions. Developmental Biology. 359(2). 251–261. 76 indexed citations

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