Somasundar Ashok

1.5k total citations
26 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Somasundar Ashok is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Somasundar Ashok has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Somasundar Ashok's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (22 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (13 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (13 papers). Somasundar Ashok is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (22 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (13 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (13 papers). Somasundar Ashok collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, India and United States. Somasundar Ashok's co-authors include Sunghoon Park, Vinod Kumar, Sunghoon Park, Mugesh Sankaranarayanan, Yeounjoo Ko, Chelladurai Rathnasingh, Subramanian Mohan Raj, Shengfang Zhou, Satish Kumar Ainala and Eunhee Seol and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Bioresource Technology and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Somasundar Ashok

26 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Somasundar Ashok South Korea 18 1.1k 737 135 111 65 26 1.2k
Kaemwich Jantama Thailand 18 1.3k 1.2× 850 1.2× 149 1.1× 169 1.5× 98 1.5× 44 1.4k
Toru Jojima Japan 19 1.3k 1.3× 943 1.3× 169 1.3× 103 0.9× 90 1.4× 29 1.4k
Yoo‐Sung Ko South Korea 10 747 0.7× 348 0.5× 77 0.6× 57 0.5× 86 1.3× 13 1000
Shohei Okino Japan 12 1.7k 1.7× 1.3k 1.8× 169 1.3× 163 1.5× 72 1.1× 19 1.9k
Chelladurai Rathnasingh South Korea 17 947 0.9× 659 0.9× 118 0.9× 79 0.7× 60 0.9× 22 1.0k
Elliot N. Miller United States 12 984 0.9× 807 1.1× 43 0.3× 76 0.7× 37 0.6× 13 1.1k
Yunliu Yang China 17 1.0k 1.0× 791 1.1× 187 1.4× 80 0.7× 91 1.4× 32 1.2k
C K Eddy United States 10 786 0.7× 728 1.0× 48 0.4× 96 0.9× 29 0.4× 13 997
Yandi Dharmadi United States 6 742 0.7× 520 0.7× 54 0.4× 64 0.6× 21 0.3× 8 897
Teng Bao China 15 595 0.6× 474 0.6× 44 0.3× 38 0.3× 25 0.4× 30 811

Countries citing papers authored by Somasundar Ashok

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Fields of papers citing papers by Somasundar Ashok

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Somasundar Ashok

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

All Works

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Shanmugasundaram, S., Thangaraja Jeyaseelan, Sundararajan Rajkumar, et al.. (2025). A review on green hydrogen production pathways and optimization techniques. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 197. 107070–107070. 13 indexed citations
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Sankaranarayanan, Mugesh, Eunhee Seol, Somasundar Ashok, et al.. (2019). Development of 3-hydroxypropionic-acid-tolerant strain of Escherichia coli W and role of minor global regulator yieP. Metabolic Engineering. 53. 48–58. 34 indexed citations
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Sankaranarayanan, Mugesh, Somasundar Ashok, Eunhee Seol, et al.. (2017). Production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid by balancing the pathway enzymes using synthetic cassette architecture. Journal of Biotechnology. 259. 140–147. 26 indexed citations
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Kumar, Vinod, Mugesh Sankaranarayanan, Somasundar Ashok, et al.. (2016). Effects of mutation of 2,3-butanediol formation pathway on glycerol metabolism and 1,3-propanediol production by Klebsiella pneumoniae J2B. Bioresource Technology. 214. 432–440. 40 indexed citations
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Ko, Yeounjoo, Somasundar Ashok, Eunhee Seol, Satish Kumar Ainala, & Sunghoon Park. (2015). Deletion of putative oxidoreductases from Klebsiella pneumoniae J2B could reduce 1,3-propanediol during the production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid from glycerol. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering. 20(5). 834–843. 13 indexed citations
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Zhou, Shengfang, Somasundar Ashok, Yeounjoo Ko, Dong‐Myung Kim, & Sung Hoon Park. (2014). Development of a deletion mutant of Pseudomonas denitrificans that does not degrade 3-hydroxypropionic acid. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 98(10). 4389–4398. 29 indexed citations
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Ko, Yeounjoo, Somasundar Ashok, Satish Kumar Ainala, et al.. (2014). Coenzyme B12 can be produced by engineered Escherichia coli under both anaerobic and aerobic conditions. Biotechnology Journal. 9(12). 1526–1535. 29 indexed citations
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Sankaranarayanan, Mugesh, Somasundar Ashok, & Sunghoon Park. (2014). Production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid from glycerol by acid tolerantEscherichia coli. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 41(7). 1039–1050. 52 indexed citations
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Zhou, Shengfang, Subramanian Mohan Raj, Somasundar Ashok, et al.. (2013). Cloning, Expression and Characterization of 3-Hydroxyisobutyrate Dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas denitrificans ATCC 13867. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e62666–e62666. 12 indexed citations
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Kumar, Vinod, Somasundar Ashok, & Sunghoon Park. (2013). Recent advances in biological production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid. Biotechnology Advances. 31(6). 945–961. 225 indexed citations
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Ainala, Satish Kumar, Somasundar Ashok, Yeounjoo Ko, & Sunghoon Park. (2013). Glycerol assimilation and production of 1,3-propanediol by Citrobacter amalonaticus Y19. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 97(11). 5001–5011. 33 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, Somasundar Ashok, Eunhee Seol, Jie Bao, & Sunghoon Park. (2013). Comparison of three Pediococcus strains for lactic acid production from glucose in the presence of inhibitors generated by acid hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering. 18(6). 1192–1200. 7 indexed citations
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Zhou, Shengfang, et al.. (2013). Production of 3‐hydroxypropionic acid from glycerol by recombinant Pseudomonas denitrificans. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 110(12). 3177–3187. 46 indexed citations
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Ashok, Somasundar, Yeounjoo Ko, Subramanian Mohan Raj, Mugesh Sankaranarayanan, & Sunghoon Park. (2012). Effect of nitrate on glycerol metabolism and anaerobic production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid by recombinant Klebsiella pneumoniae overexpressing PuuC. 한국생물공학회 학술대회. 147–147. 2 indexed citations
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Ashok, Somasundar, Mugesh Sankaranarayanan, Yeounjoo Ko, et al.. (2012). Production of 3‐hydroxypropionic acid from glycerol by recombinant Klebsiella pneumoniae ΔdhaTΔyqhD which can produce vitamin B12 naturally. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 110(2). 511–524. 75 indexed citations
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Ashok, Somasundar, Subramanian Mohan Raj, Yeounjoo Ko, et al.. (2012). Effect of puuC overexpression and nitrate addition on glycerol metabolism and anaerobic 3-hydroxypropionic acid production in recombinant Klebsiella pneumoniae ΔglpKΔdhaT. Metabolic Engineering. 15. 10–24. 76 indexed citations
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Rathnasingh, Chelladurai, et al.. (2011). Production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid via malonyl-CoA pathway using recombinant Escherichia coli strains. Journal of Biotechnology. 157(4). 633–640. 138 indexed citations
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Ashok, Somasundar, Subramanian Mohan Raj, Chelladurai Rathnasingh, & Sunghoon Park. (2011). Development of recombinant Klebsiella pneumoniae ∆dhaT strain for the co-production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid and 1,3-propanediol from glycerol. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 90(4). 1253–1265. 93 indexed citations

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