Sunil Kumar Sahu

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Sunil Kumar Sahu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sunil Kumar Sahu has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Molecular Biology, 33 papers in Plant Science and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sunil Kumar Sahu's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (28 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (13 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (8 papers). Sunil Kumar Sahu is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (28 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (13 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (8 papers). Sunil Kumar Sahu collaborates with scholars based in China, Denmark and India. Sunil Kumar Sahu's co-authors include K. Kathiresan, Huan Liu, Ashish Anand, M. Thangaraj, Yayu Wang, Xin Liu, Nan Yao, Tao Jin, Pravat Kumar Mohapatra and Jin Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Sunil Kumar Sahu

101 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Soil conditions and the plant microbiome boost the accumulation of monoterpenes in the fruit of Citrus reticulata ‘Chachi’

2023 81 citations Yayu Wang, Sunil Kumar Sahu et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sunil Kumar Sahu China	24	1.0k	713	234	218	167	104	2.1k
András Székács Hungary	31	870 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	88 0.4×	332 1.5×	152 0.9×	168	3.1k
Zareena Begum India	20	656 0.6×	288 0.4×	547 2.3×	75 0.3×	54 0.3×	48	1.5k
Carmen Gutiérrez Spain	29	782 0.7×	923 1.3×	203 0.9×	129 0.6×	46 0.3×	61	1.9k
Lin Xu China	24	1.0k 1.0×	499 0.7×	559 2.4×	79 0.4×	52 0.3×	130	1.8k
Rita Sharma India	31	1.6k 1.6×	2.1k 2.9×	177 0.8×	67 0.3×	359 2.1×	108	3.4k
Aleksej Zelezniak Sweden	23	1.8k 1.8×	181 0.3×	308 1.3×	141 0.6×	205 1.2×	40	2.5k
Oscar Vorst Netherlands	22	1.4k 1.4×	1.3k 1.9×	126 0.5×	194 0.9×	157 0.9×	43	2.5k
Lina Wang China	28	1.5k 1.4×	1.6k 2.3×	126 0.5×	100 0.5×	261 1.6×	116	2.6k
Qing Wang China	31	1.5k 1.4×	2.1k 2.9×	192 0.8×	260 1.2×	286 1.7×	182	3.6k
Mengmeng Liu China	25	911 0.9×	485 0.7×	171 0.7×	82 0.4×	45 0.3×	106	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sunil Kumar Sahu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liang, Hongping, Yan Xu, Sunil Kumar Sahu, et al.. (2025). Chromosome-level genomes of two Bracteacoccaceae highlight adaptations to biocrusts. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1492–1492. 2 indexed citations

Xian, Lin, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Xiaolin Huang, et al.. (2025). Chromosome-scale genomes of ecologically and economically important rabbitfish Siganus guttatus and Siganus oramin. Genomics. 117(2). 111007–111007.

Lan, Tianming, Yinping Tian, Yu Lin, et al.. (2025). Enhancing inbreeding estimation and global conservation insights through chromosome-level assemblies of the Chinese and Malayan pangolin. GigaScience. 14. 2 indexed citations

Peng, Ye, et al.. (2024). From sequences to sustainability: Exploring dipterocarp genomes for oleoresin production, timber quality, and conservation. Plant Science. 346. 112139–112139. 2 indexed citations

Bai, Yixuan, Xuanmin Guang, Sijia Tang, et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal transcriptomic atlas of rhizome formation in Oryza longistaminata. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 22(6). 1652–1668. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Fu‐Sheng, Min Liu, Xing Guo, et al.. (2024). Signatures of Adaptation and Purifying Selection in Highland Populations of Dasiphora fruticosa. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(6). 7 indexed citations

Garg, Rohini, Sunil Kumar Sahu, & Mukesh Jain. (2024). Single same-cell multiome for dissecting key plant traits. Trends in Plant Science. 30(2). 128–130. 1 indexed citations

Sahu, Sunil Kumar, Min Liu, Ruirui Li, et al.. (2023). Chromosome-scale genomes of commercially important mahoganies, Swietenia macrophylla and Khaya senegalensis. Scientific Data. 10(1). 832–832. 4 indexed citations

Zong, Dan, Huan Liu, Shaojie Ma, et al.. (2023). Chromosomal‐scale genomes of two Rosa species provide insights into genome evolution and ascorbate accumulation. The Plant Journal. 117(4). 1264–1280. 12 indexed citations

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Naithani, Sushma, Cecilia Deng, Sunil Kumar Sahu, & Pankaj Jaiswal. (2023). Exploring Pan-Genomes: An Overview of Resources and Tools for Unraveling Structure, Function, and Evolution of Crop Genes and Genomes. Biomolecules. 13(9). 1403–1403. 11 indexed citations

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Lal, Milan Kumar, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Udit Nandan Mishra, et al.. (2022). Nutrient-Mediated Perception and Signalling in Human Metabolism: A Perspective of Nutrigenomics. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(19). 11305–11305. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Sibo, Hongping Liang, Yan Xu, et al.. (2021). Genome-wide analyses across Viridiplantae reveal the origin and diversification of small RNA pathway-related genes. Communications Biology. 4(1). 412–412. 21 indexed citations

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Liang, Hongping, Hongli Wang, Yan Xu, et al.. (2020). The Draft Genome of Coelastrum proboscideum (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyta). Protist. 171(5). 125758–125758. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Linzhou, Haoyuan Li, Sunil Kumar Sahu, et al.. (2019). The complete chloroplast genome of Tetraselmis desikacharyi (Chlorodendrophyceae) and phylogenetic analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 1692–1693. 3 indexed citations

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Lan, Tian, Hai Li, Sunil Kumar Sahu, et al.. (2019). Improving Species Identification of Ancient Mammals Based on Next-Generation Sequencing Data. Genes. 10(7). 509–509. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Pengfan, Tao Jin, Sunil Kumar Sahu, et al.. (2019). The Distribution of Tryptophan-Dependent Indole-3-Acetic Acid Synthesis Pathways in Bacteria Unraveled by Large-Scale Genomic Analysis. Molecules. 24(7). 1411–1411. 99 indexed citations

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Sahu, Sunil Kumar, Min Liu, Anna Yssel, et al.. (2019). Draft Genomes of Two Artocarpus Plants, Jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (A. altilis). Genes. 11(1). 27–27. 29 indexed citations

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Liang, Hongping, Tong Wei, Yan Xu, et al.. (2019). Phylogenomics Provides New Insights into Gains and Losses of Selenoproteins among Archaeplastida. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(12). 3020–3020. 11 indexed citations

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Zheng, Ping, Jianxin Wu, Sunil Kumar Sahu, et al.. (2018). Loss of alkaline ceramidase inhibits autophagy in Arabidopsis and plays an important role during environmental stress response. Plant Cell & Environment. 41(4). 837–849. 36 indexed citations

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Sree, A., et al.. (1999). New sponge resources of Orissa coast. Eprints@CMFRI Open Access Institutional Repository (Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute). 1 indexed citations

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