Sovan Sarkar

29.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
91 papers, 13.2k citations indexed

About

Sovan Sarkar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sovan Sarkar has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 13.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Epidemiology and 18 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sovan Sarkar's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (43 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (16 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (15 papers). Sovan Sarkar is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (43 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (16 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (15 papers). Sovan Sarkar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Sovan Sarkar's co-authors include David C. Rubinsztein, J. Eric Davies, Sara Imarisio, Brinda Ravikumar, Viktor I. Korolchuk, Cahir J. O’Kane, Alan Tunnacliffe, Shinji Saiki, Zebo Huang and Farah H. Siddiqi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Sovan Sarkar

87 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

Regulation of Mammalian Autophagy in Physiol... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2010 2006 2005 2011 2008 400 800 1.2k
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. Regulation of Mammalian Autophagy in Physiology and Pathophysiology
    2010 1.4k citations Sovan Sarkar, J. Eric Davies et al. profile →
  2. Trehalose, a Novel mTOR-independent Autophagy Enhancer, Accelerates the Clearance of Mutant Huntingtin and α-Synuclein
    2006 919 citations Sovan Sarkar, J. Eric Davies et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  3. Lithium induces autophagy by inhibiting inositol monophosphatase
    2005 780 citations Sovan Sarkar, Sara Imarisio et al. profile →
  4. Lysosomal positioning coordinates cellular nutrient responses
    2011 671 citations Viktor I. Korolchuk, Shinji Saiki et al. profile →
  5. Novel targets for Huntington's disease in an mTOR-independent autophagy pathway
    2008 638 citations Sovan Sarkar, Shinji Saiki et al. profile →
  6. The Aspergillus PacC zinc finger transcription factor mediates regulation of both acid- and alkaline-expressed genes by ambient pH.
    1995 518 citations Sovan Sarkar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sovan Sarkar United Kingdom 49 6.2k 6.0k 2.6k 2.2k 1.6k 91 13.2k
Satoshi Waguri Japan 47 8.8k 1.4× 8.5k 1.4× 4.0k 1.5× 2.3k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 134 16.7k
Isei Tanida Japan 42 7.0k 1.1× 11.6k 1.9× 4.3k 1.7× 2.1k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 94 16.2k
Tomoki Chiba Japan 51 13.7k 2.2× 5.7k 1.0× 3.2k 1.2× 2.0k 0.9× 2.0k 1.3× 141 20.7k
Trond Lamark Norway 49 10.4k 1.7× 13.9k 2.3× 4.8k 1.8× 2.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 67 20.2k
Jin Yao China 39 10.8k 1.7× 7.6k 1.3× 2.2k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 764 0.5× 90 18.5k
Fiona M. Menzies United Kingdom 36 4.3k 0.7× 5.6k 0.9× 2.6k 1.0× 1.8k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 42 9.6k
Susmita Kaushik United States 43 5.8k 0.9× 8.7k 1.4× 4.0k 1.5× 3.4k 1.5× 1.7k 1.1× 62 14.8k
Patricia Boya Spain 50 6.0k 1.0× 6.1k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 844 0.5× 114 12.4k
Guo-Fan Cao China 11 7.9k 1.3× 7.5k 1.2× 2.1k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 736 0.5× 17 14.4k
Diego L. Medina Italy 34 5.5k 0.9× 6.5k 1.1× 3.1k 1.2× 3.2k 1.4× 854 0.5× 78 13.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Sovan Sarkar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sovan Sarkar

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Barrett, Timothy, Daniel Martins‐de‐Souza, Edécio Cunha‐Neto, et al.. (2025). Autophagy–NAD+ axis: emerging insights into neuronal homeostasis and neurodegenerative diseases. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 12. 1695486–1695486.
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Aubry, Laëtitia, Timothy Barrett, & Sovan Sarkar. (2024). Tale of mitochondria and mitochondria-associated ER membrane in patient-derived neuronal models of Wolfram syndrome. Neural Regeneration Research. 20(9). 2587–2588.
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Kataura, Tetsushi, Lucia Sedlackova, Niall Wilson, et al.. (2024). Targeting the autophagy-NAD axis protects against cell death in Niemann-Pick type C1 disease models. Cell Death and Disease. 15(5). 382–382. 8 indexed citations
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Lambert, Jean‐Philippe, Markéta Tomková, Arianna Baggiolini, et al.. (2024). DNA damage remodels the MITF interactome to increase melanoma genomic instability. Genes & Development. 38(1-2). 70–94. 4 indexed citations
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Wilson, Niall, et al.. (2023). The autophagy–NAD axis in longevity and disease. Trends in Cell Biology. 33(9). 788–802. 59 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Sovan, et al.. (2021). Oxygen Consumption Evaluation: An Important Indicator of Metabolic State, Cellular Function, and Cell Fate Along Neural Deregulation. Methods in molecular biology. 2240. 207–230. 6 indexed citations
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Rosenstock, Tatiana R., et al.. (2021). Autophagy Dysfunction as a Phenotypic Readout in hiPSC-Derived Neuronal Cell Models of Neurodegenerative Diseases. Methods in molecular biology. 2549. 103–136. 1 indexed citations
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Seranova, Elena, Surbhi Verma, Timothy Barrett, et al.. (2020). Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Models of Neurodegenerative Disorders for Studying the Biomedical Implications of Autophagy. Journal of Molecular Biology. 432(8). 2754–2798. 10 indexed citations
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Carroll, Bernadette, Dorothea Maetzel, Oliver D.K. Maddocks, et al.. (2020). Correction: Control of TSC2-Rheb signaling axis by arginine regulates mTORC1 activity. eLife. 9. 2 indexed citations
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Y, Hu, Sovan Sarkar, Wei‐Xing Zong, et al.. (2019). Autophagy modulator scoring system: a user-friendly tool for quantitative analysis of methodological integrity of chemical autophagy modulator studies. Autophagy. 16(2). 195–202. 15 indexed citations
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Moore, Daniel R., Nathan Hodson, Carl Ward, et al.. (2017). Resistance exercise initiates mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) translocation and protein complex co-localisation in human skeletal muscle. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5028–5028. 94 indexed citations
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Carroll, Bernadette, Dorothea Maetzel, Oliver D.K. Maddocks, et al.. (2016). Control of TSC2-Rheb signaling axis by arginine regulates mTORC1 activity. eLife. 5. 144 indexed citations
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Ahrabi, Sara, Sovan Sarkar, Sophia X. Pfister, et al.. (2016). A role for human homologous recombination factors in suppressing microhomology-mediated end joining. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(12). 5743–5757. 81 indexed citations
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Pfister, Sophia X., Enni Markkanen, Yanyan Jiang, et al.. (2015). Inhibiting WEE1 Selectively Kills Histone H3K36me3-Deficient Cancers by dNTP Starvation. Cancer Cell. 28(5). 557–568. 224 indexed citations
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Ward, Thomas A., Sovan Sarkar, Mangesh Bhide, et al.. (2012). Components of a Fanconi-Like Pathway Control Pso2-Independent DNA Interstrand Crosslink Repair in Yeast. PLoS Genetics. 8(8). e1002884–e1002884. 35 indexed citations
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Underwood, Benjamin R., Sara Imarisio, Angeleen Fleming, et al.. (2010). Antioxidants can inhibit basal autophagy and enhance neurodegeneration in models of polyglutamine disease. Human Molecular Genetics. 19(17). 3413–3429. 134 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Sovan & David C. Rubinsztein. (2008). Small molecule enhancers of autophagy for neurodegenerative diseases. Molecular BioSystems. 4(9). 895–901. 127 indexed citations
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Davies, J. Eric, Sovan Sarkar, & David C. Rubinsztein. (2008). Wild-type PABPN1 is anti-apoptotic and reduces toxicity of the oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy mutation. Human Molecular Genetics. 17(8). 1097–1108. 35 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Sovan, et al.. (2007). A rational mechanism for combination treatment of Huntington's disease using lithium and rapamycin. Human Molecular Genetics. 17(2). 170–178. 290 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Sovan, J. Eric Davies, Zebo Huang, Alan Tunnacliffe, & David C. Rubinsztein. (2006). Trehalose, a Novel mTOR-independent Autophagy Enhancer, Accelerates the Clearance of Mutant Huntingtin and α-Synuclein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(8). 5641–5652. 919 indexed citations breakdown →

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