Sonam Nirwan

524 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 396 citations indexed

About

Sonam Nirwan is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonam Nirwan has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 396 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Organic Chemistry, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Sonam Nirwan's work include Synthesis and biological activity (3 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (3 papers) and Boron Compounds in Chemistry (2 papers). Sonam Nirwan is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and biological activity (3 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (3 papers) and Boron Compounds in Chemistry (2 papers). Sonam Nirwan collaborates with scholars based in India, Germany and Serbia. Sonam Nirwan's co-authors include Rita Kakkar, Mallika Pathak, Priya Ranjan Sahoo, Arvind Kumar, Satish Kumar, Chee‐Onn Leong, Sanja Mijatović, Chun‐Wai Mai, Goran N. Kaluđerović and May Lee Low and has published in prestigious journals such as Molecules, Biophysical Chemistry and ChemMedChem.

In The Last Decade

Sonam Nirwan

10 papers receiving 391 citations

Hit Papers

Isatin and its derivatives: a survey of recent syntheses,... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. Isatin and its derivatives: a survey of recent syntheses, reactions, and applications
    2019 267 citations Sonam Nirwan, Rita Kakkar et al. MedChemComm profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sonam Nirwan India 6 300 112 40 38 30 11 396
Garima Verma India 4 310 1.0× 125 1.1× 36 0.9× 22 0.6× 37 1.2× 7 399
Sharba Tasneem India 6 328 1.1× 161 1.4× 37 0.9× 30 0.8× 39 1.3× 11 439
Kayhan Bolelli Türkiye 10 261 0.9× 118 1.1× 22 0.6× 34 0.9× 45 1.5× 27 398
Nataša Perin Croatia 16 423 1.4× 138 1.2× 25 0.6× 32 0.8× 31 1.0× 28 528
Sumit S. Chourasiya India 14 382 1.3× 141 1.3× 26 0.7× 20 0.5× 29 1.0× 20 476
Ranjith P. Karuvalam India 11 281 0.9× 86 0.8× 19 0.5× 23 0.6× 27 0.9× 23 343
Łukasz Balewski Poland 11 300 1.0× 138 1.2× 27 0.7× 72 1.9× 19 0.6× 22 455
R. Nishanth Rao India 12 391 1.3× 114 1.0× 24 0.6× 39 1.0× 23 0.8× 15 469
Shrinivas D. Joshi India 13 407 1.4× 101 0.9× 56 1.4× 18 0.5× 49 1.6× 38 513
T. Arulmoli India 9 379 1.3× 100 0.9× 28 0.7× 46 1.2× 39 1.3× 13 466

Countries citing papers authored by Sonam Nirwan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sonam Nirwan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonam Nirwan

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Nirwan, Sonam, Marija Mojić, Markus Laube, et al.. (2025). Novel Ruthenacarborane–NSAID Conjugates. Molecules. 30(21). 4153–4153.
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Nirwan, Sonam, Markus Laube, Jens Pietzsch, et al.. (2024). Carborane Conjugates with Ibuprofen, Fenoprofen and Flurbiprofen: Synthesis, Characterization, COX Inhibition Potential and In Vitro Activity. ChemMedChem. 20(1). e202400018–e202400018. 3 indexed citations
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Nirwan, Sonam, et al.. (2021). A comparative study of different docking methodologies to assess the protein–ligand interaction for the E. coli MurB enzyme. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 40(21). 11229–11238. 2 indexed citations
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Nirwan, Sonam, et al.. (2020). Structure-based virtual screening, free energy of binding and molecular dynamics simulations to propose novel inhibitors of Mtb-MurB oxidoreductase enzyme. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 39(2). 656–671. 14 indexed citations
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Nirwan, Sonam, et al.. (2020). Identification of potent human carbonic anhydrase IX inhibitors: a combination of pharmacophore modeling, 3D-QSAR, virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulations. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 40(10). 4516–4531. 11 indexed citations
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Nirwan, Sonam, et al.. (2019). Thiazolidinones: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Their Biological Applications. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 56(4). 1239–1253. 78 indexed citations
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Nirwan, Sonam, et al.. (2019). Isatin and its derivatives: a survey of recent syntheses, reactions, and applications. MedChemComm. 10(3). 351–368. 267 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nirwan, Sonam, et al.. (2019). Combined approach of homology modeling, molecular dynamics, and docking: computer-aided drug discovery. Physical Sciences Reviews. 4(10). 3 indexed citations
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Sahoo, Priya Ranjan, et al.. (2019). Tweezer-shaped hydrazone derivatives for the selective detection of cyanide ion. Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry. 96(1-2). 181–195. 6 indexed citations

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