Sumit K. Matta

772 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 508 citations indexed

About

Sumit K. Matta is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Parasitology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sumit K. Matta has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 508 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Epidemiology, 5 papers in Parasitology and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sumit K. Matta's work include Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (5 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (4 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (3 papers). Sumit K. Matta is often cited by papers focused on Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (5 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (4 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (3 papers). Sumit K. Matta collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Germany. Sumit K. Matta's co-authors include L. David Sibley, Nicholas Rinkenberger, Ildikò Rita Dunay, Rakesh Bhatnagar, Dhiraj Kumar, Shivangi Agarwal, Pallavi Chandra, Swati Yadav, Amit Singh and Mansi Mehta and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Reviews Microbiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Sumit K. Matta

10 papers receiving 507 citations

Hit Papers

Toxoplasma gondii infection and its implications within t... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 40 80 120
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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.

  1. Toxoplasma gondii infection and its implications within the central nervous system
    2021 141 citations Sumit K. Matta, Nicholas Rinkenberger et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sumit K. Matta India 10 264 225 144 108 106 10 508
Naganori Kamiyama Japan 9 309 1.2× 302 1.3× 281 2.0× 292 2.7× 126 1.2× 23 756
Caleb J. Studstill United States 11 118 0.4× 205 0.9× 185 1.3× 120 1.1× 147 1.4× 14 489
Steve Reed United States 10 424 1.6× 116 0.5× 214 1.5× 87 0.8× 50 0.5× 24 685
J C Schwab United States 6 239 0.9× 358 1.6× 133 0.9× 43 0.4× 35 0.3× 7 492
Niclas Hitziger Sweden 9 304 1.2× 445 2.0× 180 1.3× 182 1.7× 41 0.4× 10 648
Siro Bianchi Switzerland 7 525 2.0× 67 0.3× 149 1.0× 100 0.9× 251 2.4× 9 761
Boli Hu China 16 321 1.2× 47 0.2× 245 1.7× 160 1.5× 173 1.6× 33 663
María C. Merino Argentina 14 162 0.6× 168 0.7× 93 0.6× 176 1.6× 88 0.8× 21 514
Shaun Steele United States 13 122 0.5× 39 0.2× 246 1.7× 122 1.1× 71 0.7× 18 483
Ji-Long Shen China 15 297 1.1× 478 2.1× 112 0.8× 77 0.7× 57 0.5× 37 631

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sumit K. Matta

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All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Matta, Sumit K., Pallavi Chandra, Adam Brown, et al.. (2023). Genome-wide and targeted CRISPR screens identify RNF213 as a mediator of interferon gamma–dependent pathogen restriction in human cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(1). e2315865120–e2315865120. 18 indexed citations
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Rinkenberger, Nicholas, Michael E. Abrams, Sumit K. Matta, et al.. (2021). Overexpression screen of interferon-stimulated genes identifies RARRES3 as a restrictor of Toxoplasma gondii infection. eLife. 10. 15 indexed citations
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Matta, Sumit K., Nicholas Rinkenberger, Ildikò Rita Dunay, & L. David Sibley. (2021). Toxoplasma gondii infection and its implications within the central nervous system. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 19(7). 467–480. 141 indexed citations breakdown →
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Matta, Sumit K., Philipp Olias, Zhou Huang, et al.. (2019). Toxoplasma gondiieffector TgIST blocks type I interferon signaling to promote infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(35). 17480–17491. 51 indexed citations
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Matta, Sumit K., et al.. (2016). Enolase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a surface exposed plasminogen binding protein. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1861(1). 3355–3364. 30 indexed citations
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Matta, Sumit K., et al.. (2016). Hypoxia and classical activation limits Mycobacterium tuberculosis survival by Akt-dependent glycolytic shift in macrophages. Cell Death Discovery. 2(1). 16022–16022. 30 indexed citations
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Matta, Sumit K. & Dhiraj Kumar. (2015). AKT mediated glycolytic shift regulates autophagy in classically activated macrophages. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 66. 121–133. 24 indexed citations
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Chandra, Pallavi, Sumit K. Matta, Swati Yadav, et al.. (2015). Mycobacterium tuberculosis Inhibits RAB7 Recruitment to Selectively Modulate Autophagy Flux in Macrophages. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 16320–16320. 94 indexed citations
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Matta, Sumit K., Shivangi Agarwal, & Rakesh Bhatnagar. (2010). Surface localized and extracellular Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase of Bacillus anthracis is a plasminogen binding protein. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1804(11). 2111–2120. 65 indexed citations

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