Tarun Bhatnagar

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 941 citations indexed

About

Tarun Bhatnagar is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Tarun Bhatnagar has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 941 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Infectious Diseases, 14 papers in Epidemiology and 12 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Tarun Bhatnagar's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (12 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (12 papers) and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 (9 papers). Tarun Bhatnagar is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (12 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (12 papers) and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 (9 papers). Tarun Bhatnagar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Chile. Tarun Bhatnagar's co-authors include Pranab Chatterjee, Pankaj Malhotra, Aparna Mukherjee, Deepak Kumar, Anup Agarwal, Manoj Murhekar, Manickam Ponnaiah, Roger Detels, C. P. Girish Kumar and Muthusamy Santhosh Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Tarun Bhatnagar

55 papers receiving 921 citations

Hit Papers

Convalescent plasma in the management of moderate covid-1... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300 400
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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. Convalescent plasma in the management of moderate covid-19 in adults in India: open label phase II multicentre randomised controlled trial (PLACID Trial)
    2020 402 citations Anup Agarwal, Aparna Mukherjee et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tarun Bhatnagar India 15 670 187 155 102 85 60 941
Waasila Jassat South Africa 16 517 0.8× 179 1.0× 213 1.4× 62 0.6× 85 1.0× 54 956
Faryal Khamis Oman 16 531 0.8× 208 1.1× 174 1.1× 32 0.3× 131 1.5× 81 1.0k
Megan O’Driscoll United Kingdom 9 483 0.7× 94 0.5× 147 0.9× 36 0.4× 50 0.6× 18 880
Archana Koirala Australia 10 668 1.0× 83 0.4× 167 1.1× 124 1.2× 45 0.5× 24 1.0k
Dianne Egli-Gany Switzerland 14 469 0.7× 66 0.4× 240 1.5× 37 0.4× 85 1.0× 16 1.1k
Alberto Mateo‐Urdiales Italy 17 539 0.8× 68 0.4× 122 0.8× 77 0.8× 111 1.3× 63 976
Mary Sinnathamby United Kingdom 15 551 0.8× 72 0.4× 366 2.4× 49 0.5× 56 0.7× 28 959
Gang Zeng China 11 1.1k 1.7× 85 0.5× 234 1.5× 64 0.6× 59 0.7× 19 1.3k
Danielle Moulia United States 16 788 1.2× 68 0.4× 355 2.3× 131 1.3× 55 0.6× 31 1.4k
Sabine Vygen-Bonnet Germany 12 332 0.5× 58 0.3× 126 0.8× 58 0.6× 26 0.3× 25 651

Countries citing papers authored by Tarun Bhatnagar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tarun Bhatnagar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tarun Bhatnagar

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sane, Suvarna, Megha Mamulwar, Tarun Bhatnagar, et al.. (2025). Effect of antiretroviral therapy on retention of people living with HIV in India (2012–2017): a retrospective, cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia. 34. 100552–100552. 1 indexed citations
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Shewade, Hemant Deepak, et al.. (2024). Quality of comprehensive assessment among severely ill TB patients referred after triaging in southern India. Public Health Action. 14(1). 3–6. 2 indexed citations
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Bagepally, Bhavani Shankara, et al.. (2023). Health-related quality of life and associated factors among COVID-19 individuals managed with Indian traditional medicine: A cross-sectional study from South India. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 20. 101250–101250. 2 indexed citations
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Rajamanickam, Anuradha, Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj, C. P. Girish Kumar, et al.. (2023). Characterization of IL-10 Family of Cytokines in Acute and Convalescent COVID-19 Individuals. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 43(10). 469–477. 4 indexed citations
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Bhatnagar, Tarun, et al.. (2022). Health-related quality of life among COVID-19 individuals: A cross-sectional study in Tamil Nadu, India. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 13. 100943–100943. 12 indexed citations
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Rajamanickam, Anuradha, Nathella Pavan Kumar, Saravanan Munisankar, et al.. (2022). Restoration of dendritic cell homeostasis and Type I/Type III interferon levels in convalescent COVID-19 individuals. BMC Immunology. 23(1). 51–51. 9 indexed citations
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Ponnaiah, Manickam, Tarun Bhatnagar, Parasuraman Ganeshkumar, et al.. (2022). “Design and implementation challenges of massive open online course on research methods for Indian medical postgraduates and teachers –descriptive analysis of inaugural cycle”. BMC Medical Education. 22(1). 369–369. 5 indexed citations
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Kumar, Muthusamy Santhosh, et al.. (2021). Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in India, March 2020 to August 2021: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 116. 59–67. 16 indexed citations
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Sharma, Aditya, Prabasaj Paul, Joseph D. Lutgring, et al.. (2021). Multi-country cross-sectional study of colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms: protocol and methods for the Antibiotic Resistance in Communities and Hospitals (ARCH) studies. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 1412–1412. 14 indexed citations
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Bhatnagar, Tarun, Manickam Ponnaiah, Kiran Rade, et al.. (2020). National sero-surveillance to monitor the trend of SARS-CoV-2 infection transmission in India. The Indian Journal of Medical Research. 151(5). 419–423. 33 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Anup, Aparna Mukherjee, Deepak Kumar, et al.. (2020). Convalescent plasma in the management of moderate covid-19 in adults in India: open label phase II multicentre randomised controlled trial (PLACID Trial). BMJ. 371. m3939–m3939. 402 indexed citations breakdown →
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Menon, Vikas, et al.. (2020). Study of Sexual Dysfunction in People Living with Epilepsy at a Tertiary Care Center of South India. Neurology India. 68(4). 861–861. 5 indexed citations
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Velayutham, Banurekha, et al.. (2017). Sputum conversion and treatment success among tuberculosis patients with diabetes treated under the Tuberculosis Control Programme in an Urban setting in South India. Indian Journal of Community Medicine. 42(3). 180–180. 5 indexed citations
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Murhekar, Manoj, et al.. (2015). Predictors of immunological failure and determinants of suboptimal CD4 testing among adults with HIV on first-line antiretroviral therapy in Andhra Pradesh, India, 2008-2011. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 109(5). 325–333. 2 indexed citations
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Bhatnagar, Tarun, et al.. (2014). Sexual Behaviors and Partner-Specific Correlates of Heterosexual Anal Intercourse Among Truck Drivers and Their Wives in South India. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 44(2). 295–306. 10 indexed citations
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Kaur, Prabhdeep, et al.. (2013). High prevalence of household pesticides and their unsafe use in rural South India. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health. 26(2). 275–82. 12 indexed citations
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Bhatnagar, Tarun, et al.. (2006). Changing Mortality Trends in Chandigarh, India. 5(1).

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