Sumit Sarkar

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Sumit Sarkar is a scholar working on Physiology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sumit Sarkar has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Physiology, 24 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 23 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sumit Sarkar's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (21 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (18 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (12 papers). Sumit Sarkar is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (21 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (18 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (12 papers). Sumit Sarkar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hungary and India. Sumit Sarkar's co-authors include Ronald M. Lechan, James Raymick, Csaba Fekete, Jason Chung, Allen Lu, Duyu Nie, Lale Özcan, Umut Özcan, Martin G. Myers and Larry Schmued and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Cell Metabolism and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Sumit Sarkar

88 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Plays a Central Role in Development of Leptin Resistance
    2009 713 citations Lale Özcan, Allen Lu et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sumit Sarkar United States 30 1.3k 1.1k 663 594 531 91 3.4k
Jia Yu China 27 956 0.8× 852 0.8× 1.7k 2.6× 630 1.1× 662 1.2× 93 4.2k
Ewan C. McNay United States 33 1.3k 1.0× 1.6k 1.4× 1.1k 1.7× 663 1.1× 1.0k 1.9× 55 4.5k
Qingchun Tong United States 38 2.1k 1.7× 1.5k 1.4× 935 1.4× 796 1.3× 803 1.5× 101 4.5k
Daniela Giuliani Italy 35 650 0.5× 513 0.5× 726 1.1× 353 0.6× 730 1.4× 127 3.5k
Michael L. Niehoff United States 28 540 0.4× 937 0.9× 840 1.3× 379 0.6× 510 1.0× 76 2.8k
Minho Moon South Korea 38 596 0.5× 1.6k 1.4× 1.3k 2.0× 365 0.6× 855 1.6× 111 4.0k
Dinesh Gautam United States 25 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.3× 2.1k 3.1× 415 0.7× 1.3k 2.4× 29 4.7k
Nils Wierup Sweden 41 1.2k 1.0× 1.3k 1.2× 1.7k 2.6× 667 1.1× 1.3k 2.5× 118 5.3k
Jianguo Li United States 33 1.1k 0.9× 2.3k 2.1× 1.0k 1.5× 180 0.3× 624 1.2× 87 4.1k
Kelvin A. Yamada United States 34 928 0.7× 2.7k 2.5× 2.0k 3.0× 613 1.0× 1.7k 3.3× 49 5.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sumit Sarkar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sumit Sarkar

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All Works

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Gokulan, Kuppan, et al.. (2025). Potential link of high fat diet and mRNA expression of Alzheimer's disease-related genes in the enteric mucosa of a rat model of Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease Reports. 9. 4133475022–4133475022.
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Sur, Tapas Kumar, Gail Nunlee‐Bland, Christopher A. Loffredo, et al.. (2025). Developing non-invasive molecular markers for early risk assessment of Alzheimer's disease. PubMed. 12. 100120–100120. 1 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Sumit, Partha Pratim Ghosh, Sumi Ganguly, et al.. (2024). Insights into biomimetic system–ligand interaction of substituted isophthalic acid: A functionality induced photophysical study. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 101(1). 116–132. 2 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Sumit, et al.. (2023). The role of astrocytes in the glymphatic network: a narrative review. Metabolic Brain Disease. 39(3). 453–465. 7 indexed citations
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Liachenko, Serguei, et al.. (2021). Global Neurotoxicity: Quantitative Analysis of Rat Brain Toxicity Following Exposure to Trimethyltin. International Journal of Toxicology. 40(4). 367–379. 3 indexed citations
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Liachenko, Serguei, Sumit Sarkar, Merle G. Paule, et al.. (2020). Quantitative Neurotoxicology: An Assessment of the Neurotoxic Profile of Kainic Acid in Sprague Dawley Rats. International Journal of Toxicology. 39(4). 294–306. 9 indexed citations
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Bowyer, John F., Sumit Sarkar, Nysia I. George, et al.. (2017). Corticosterone and exogenous glucose alter blood glucose levels, neurotoxicity, and vascular toxicity produced by methamphetamine. Journal of Neurochemistry. 143(2). 198–213. 16 indexed citations
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Eitan, Erez, Emmette R. Hutchison, Nigel H. Greig, et al.. (2015). Combination therapy with lenalidomide and nanoceria ameliorates CNS autoimmunity. Experimental Neurology. 273. 151–160. 39 indexed citations
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Gu, Qiang, Susan M. Lantz, Héctor Rosas-Hernández, et al.. (2014). In vitro detection of cytotoxicity using FluoroJade-C. Toxicology in Vitro. 28(4). 469–472. 11 indexed citations
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Hanig, Joseph P., Merle G. Paule, Jaivijay Ramu, et al.. (2014). The use of MRI to assist the section selections for classical pathology assessment of neurotoxicity. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 70(3). 641–647. 22 indexed citations
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Schmued, Larry, et al.. (2013). Characterization of Myelin Pathology in the Hippocampal Complex of a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Current Alzheimer Research. 10(1). 30–37. 27 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yihong, James Raymick, Sumit Sarkar, et al.. (2013). Efficacy and Toxicity of Clioquinol Treatment and A-beta42 Inoculation in the APP/PSI Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Current Alzheimer Research. 10(5). 494–506. 30 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Sumit, James Raymick, & Larry Schmued. (2012). Temporal Progression of Kainic Acid Induced Changes in Vascular Laminin Expression in Rat Brain with Neuronal and Glial Correlates. Current Neurovascular Research. 9(2). 110–119. 7 indexed citations
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Zaretsky, Dmitry V., et al.. (2009). Dorsomedial hypothalamus mediates autonomic, neuroendocrine, and locomotor responses evoked from the medial preoptic area. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 298(1). R130–R140. 34 indexed citations
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Özcan, Lale, Allen Lu, Jason Chung, et al.. (2009). Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Plays a Central Role in Development of Leptin Resistance. Cell Metabolism. 9(1). 35–51. 713 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zaretskaia, Maria V., Dmitry V. Zaretsky, Sumit Sarkar, Anantha Shekhar, & Joseph A. DiMicco. (2008). Induction of Fos-immunoreactivity in the rat brain following disinhibition of the dorsomedial hypothalamus. Brain Research. 1200. 39–50. 36 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Sumit & Nishikant K. Subhedar. (2001). Glucagon-like Immunoreactivity in the Forebrain and Pituitary of the Teleost, Clarias batrachus (Linn.). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 121(1). 23–31. 6 indexed citations

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