T. Somasundaram

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

T. Somasundaram is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, T. Somasundaram has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Infectious Diseases, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in T. Somasundaram's work include Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (4 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (2 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (2 papers). T. Somasundaram is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (4 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (2 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (2 papers). T. Somasundaram collaborates with scholars based in United States. T. Somasundaram's co-authors include Rafi Ahmed, Lisa L. Lau, Beth D. Jamieson, Mehrdad Matloubian, Suraj P. Bhat, R Selvakumar, Lorelie Villarete, Rayaz Ahmed, Chang S. Hahn and James H. Strauss and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

T. Somasundaram

9 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Cytotoxic T-cell memory without antigen 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 100 200 300 400 500
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. Cytotoxic T-cell memory without antigen
    1994 566 citations Lisa L. Lau, Beth D. Jamieson et al. Nature profile →

Peers

T. Somasundaram
John C. Rassa United States
Enal Razvi United States
Alp E. Oran United States
M E Andrew Australia
Ingo M. Klagge Germany
Minoru Kidokoro Japan
B. Precious United Kingdom
Kazu Okuma Japan
Nella J. Nieuwkoop Netherlands
Sonja Schmid United States
John C. Rassa United States
T. Somasundaram
Citations per year, relative to T. Somasundaram T. Somasundaram (= 1×) peers John C. Rassa

Countries citing papers authored by T. Somasundaram

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Fields of papers citing papers by T. Somasundaram

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by T. Somasundaram. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by T. Somasundaram. The network helps show where T. Somasundaram may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of T. Somasundaram

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Lau, Lisa L., Beth D. Jamieson, T. Somasundaram, & Rafi Ahmed. (2013). Pillars Article: Cytotoxic T-cell Memory without Antigen. Nature. 1994. 369: 648-652.. PubMed. 190(9). 4445–9. 19 indexed citations
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Somasundaram, T. & Suraj P. Bhat. (2004). Developmentally Dictated Expression of Heat Shock Factors: Exclusive Expression of HSF4 in the Postnatal Lens and Its Specific Interaction with αB-crystallin Heat Shock Promoter. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(43). 44497–44503. 66 indexed citations
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Somasundaram, T. & Suraj P. Bhat. (2000). Canonical Heat Shock Element in the αB-crystallinGene Shows Tissue-specific and Developmentally Controlled Interactions with Heat Shock Factor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(22). 17154–17159. 30 indexed citations
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Lau, Lisa L., Beth D. Jamieson, T. Somasundaram, & Rafi Ahmed. (1994). Cytotoxic T-cell memory without antigen. Nature. 369(6482). 648–652. 566 indexed citations breakdown →
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Villarete, Lorelie, T. Somasundaram, & Rafi Ahmed. (1994). Tissue-mediated selection of viral variants: correlation between glycoprotein mutation and growth in neuronal cells. Journal of Virology. 68(11). 7490–7496. 21 indexed citations
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Somasundaram, T., et al.. (1991). Abrogation of tolerance to a chronic viral infection. The Journal of Immunology. 147(10). 3521–3529. 41 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Rafi, Chang S. Hahn, T. Somasundaram, et al.. (1991). Molecular basis of organ-specific selection of viral variants during chronic infection. Journal of Virology. 65(8). 4242–4247. 70 indexed citations
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Matloubian, Mehrdad, et al.. (1990). Genetic basis of viral persistence: single amino acid change in the viral glycoprotein affects ability of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus to persist in adult mice.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 172(4). 1043–1048. 101 indexed citations
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Manoharan, T., T. Somasundaram, & G. Chinnadurai. (1989). Localization of a transcription start point within the human Hinf element. Gene. 83(1). 173–179.

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