Shekar Mekala

431 total citations
14 papers, 364 citations indexed

About

Shekar Mekala is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biomaterials and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shekar Mekala has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 364 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Organic Chemistry, 4 papers in Biomaterials and 3 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Shekar Mekala's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (3 papers), Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (3 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (3 papers). Shekar Mekala is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (3 papers), Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (3 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (3 papers). Shekar Mekala collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Canada. Shekar Mekala's co-authors include Manabu Yasumoto, Daniel A. Singleton, Jennifer S. Hirschi, Hisanori Ueki, Vadim A. Soloshonok, Richard A. Gross, Yue‐Ming Li, Liang Yue, Ica Manas‐Zloczower and Ammar Patel and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Macromolecules and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Shekar Mekala

14 papers receiving 357 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shekar Mekala United States 9 108 94 88 61 59 14 364
Yoshio Kasashima Japan 16 352 3.3× 132 1.4× 88 1.0× 195 3.2× 37 0.6× 70 666
Naoki Miyagawa Japan 13 74 0.7× 11 0.1× 65 0.7× 22 0.4× 54 0.9× 27 333
Reinhard P. Kaiser Germany 15 319 3.0× 52 0.6× 191 2.2× 48 0.8× 13 0.2× 31 630
Limin Zhai China 10 210 1.9× 44 0.5× 126 1.4× 11 0.2× 43 0.7× 23 356
Raúl Mera‐Adasme Chile 12 113 1.0× 35 0.4× 87 1.0× 6 0.1× 13 0.2× 37 347
Theodora D. Tiemersma‐Wegman Netherlands 7 353 3.3× 39 0.4× 161 1.8× 7 0.1× 72 1.2× 11 515
Binay K. Ghorai India 14 298 2.8× 132 1.4× 67 0.8× 33 0.5× 54 0.9× 48 583
Günther Schulz Germany 8 100 0.9× 35 0.4× 27 0.3× 47 0.8× 21 0.4× 30 274
Annamaria Tedeschi Italy 10 105 1.0× 35 0.4× 127 1.4× 25 0.4× 57 1.0× 10 373
Frank E. Cappuccio United States 8 54 0.5× 177 1.9× 104 1.2× 27 0.4× 27 0.5× 8 387

Countries citing papers authored by Shekar Mekala

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shekar Mekala

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shekar Mekala

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Nie, Pengju, et al.. (2025). In Situ Labeling of Pathogenic Tau Using Photo-Affinity Chemical Probes. ACS Chemical Biology. 20(3). 581–591. 1 indexed citations
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Mekala, Shekar, You Wu, & Yue‐Ming Li. (2024). Strategies of positron emission tomography (PET) tracer development for imaging of tau and α-synuclein in neurodegenerative disorders. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 16(2). 605–639. 5 indexed citations
3.
Mekala, Shekar, et al.. (2020). Recent developments of small molecule γ-secretase modulators for Alzheimer's disease. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 11(9). 1003–1022. 35 indexed citations
4.
Mekala, Shekar, et al.. (2020). Chiral inversion and enhanced cooperative self-assembly of biosurfactant-functionalized porphyrin chromophores. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8(14). 4675–4679. 12 indexed citations
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Yue, Liang, Fei Liu, Shekar Mekala, et al.. (2019). High Performance Biobased Epoxy Nanocomposite Reinforced with a Bacterial Cellulose Nanofiber Network. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(6). 5986–5992. 45 indexed citations
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Mekala, Shekar, et al.. (2019). Cooperative Self-Assembly of Helical Exciton-Coupled Biosurfactant-Functionalized Porphyrin Chromophores. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 2(4). 1703–1713. 8 indexed citations
7.
Patel, Ammar, Shekar Mekala, Oleksandr G. Kravchenko, et al.. (2019). Design and Formulation of a Completely Biobased Epoxy Structural Adhesive. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(19). 16382–16391. 37 indexed citations
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Hu, Jing, et al.. (2019). A Zwitterionic Polymerizable Surfactant from ω-Hydroxyltetradecanoic Acid Provides Stimuli-Responsive Behavior. Macromolecules. 52(4). 1517–1525. 5 indexed citations
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Díaz‐Rodríguez, Patricia, Josh Erndt‐Marino, Filbert Totsingan, et al.. (2018). Effect of Poly(sophorolipid) Functionalization on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Osteogenesis and Immunomodulation. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 2(1). 118–126. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Fei, et al.. (2018). Grown Ultrathin Bacterial Cellulose Mats for Optical Applications. Biomacromolecules. 19(12). 4576–4584. 11 indexed citations
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Mekala, Shekar, et al.. (2018). Biosurfactant-functionalized porphyrin chromophore that forms J-aggregates. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 16(39). 7178–7190. 8 indexed citations
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Mekala, Shekar & Roger C. Hahn. (2014). A Scalable, Nonenzymatic Synthesis of Highly Stereopure Difunctional C4 Secondary Methyl Linchpin Synthons. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 80(3). 1610–1617. 4 indexed citations
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Halterman, Ronald L., Jessica P. Porterfield, & Shekar Mekala. (2009). Chromium-catalyzed pinacol coupling of benzaldehyde in water. Tetrahedron Letters. 50(51). 7172–7174. 11 indexed citations
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Soloshonok, Vadim A., Hisanori Ueki, Manabu Yasumoto, et al.. (2007). Phenomenon of Optical Self-Purification of Chiral Non-Racemic Compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129(40). 12112–12113. 171 indexed citations

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