Uma Kumar

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Uma Kumar is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Surgery and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Uma Kumar has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Rheumatology, 13 papers in Surgery and 13 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Uma Kumar's work include Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (20 papers), Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (17 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (11 papers). Uma Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (20 papers), Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (17 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (11 papers). Uma Kumar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and United Kingdom. Uma Kumar's co-authors include Rima Dada, Surabhi Gautam, Renu Bhatia, Madhuri Tolahunase, B.K. Thelma, Ramesh C. Juyal, Ashok Kumar, Rohini Handa, Sabyasachi Senapati and Bernard Combe and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Uma Kumar

86 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

Filgotinib versus placebo or adalimumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and inadequate response to methotrexate: a phase III randomised clinical trial

2021 163 citations Bernard Combe, Alan Kivitz et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Uma Kumar India	18	457	162	143	142	127	95	1.1k
Laura B. Hughes United States	19	671 1.5×	102 0.6×	135 0.9×	93 0.7×	84 0.7×	31	1.1k
Manathip Osiri Thailand	17	446 1.0×	110 0.7×	122 0.9×	53 0.4×	72 0.6×	34	978
Şükran Erten Türkiye	16	272 0.6×	82 0.5×	172 1.2×	59 0.4×	77 0.6×	108	887
Elliot D. Rosenstein United States	19	464 1.0×	116 0.7×	213 1.5×	76 0.5×	50 0.4×	56	1.6k
Rosa Daniela Grembiale Italy	22	344 0.8×	229 1.4×	253 1.8×	83 0.6×	35 0.3×	70	1.2k
Howard A. Fuchs United States	18	811 1.8×	392 2.4×	126 0.9×	90 0.6×	75 0.6×	32	1.4k
Panagiotis Athanassiou Greece	15	238 0.5×	105 0.6×	307 2.1×	45 0.3×	56 0.4×	45	847
S Chandrashekara India	15	243 0.5×	109 0.7×	137 1.0×	31 0.2×	44 0.3×	72	862
Moshe Tishler Israel	24	566 1.2×	213 1.3×	260 1.8×	107 0.8×	252 2.0×	83	1.7k
Manoel Barros Bértolo Brazil	25	992 2.2×	405 2.5×	349 2.4×	103 0.7×	66 0.5×	109	1.8k

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Chandrashekara, S, Padmanabha Shenoy, Uma Kumar, et al.. (2025). Impact of systemic lupus erythematosus on the reproductive health of women before and after disease onset: an observational study. Rheumatology International. 45(3). 49–49. 2 indexed citations

Chandrashekara, S, Padmanabha Shenoy, Uma Kumar, et al.. (2025). Increase in comorbidities with age among patients with psoriatic arthritis: a multicenter observational study. Rheumatology International. 45(1). 23–23.

Kumar, Uma, et al.. (2024). Integrative metabolomic-proteomic analysis uncovers a new therapeutic approach in targeting rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 26(1). 227–227. 3 indexed citations

Senapati, Sabyasachi, Harinder Singh, B.K. Thelma, Narendra Verma, & Uma Kumar. (2023). HLA sequencing identifies novel associations and suggests clinical relevance of DPB1*04:01 in ANCA-associated Granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Gene. 896. 148024–148024.

Kumar, Uma, et al.. (2023). Anti-inflammatory potential of selective small compounds by targeting TNF-α & NF-kB signaling: a comprehensive molecular docking and simulation study. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 41(23). 13815–13828. 13 indexed citations

Sachdeva, Ruchi, et al.. (2021). Haemoglobin drives inflammation and initiates antigen spread and nephritis in lupus. Immunology. 165(1). 122–140. 5 indexed citations

Kumar, Uma, et al.. (2021). Epidemiology and genetics of granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Rheumatology International. 41(12). 2069–2089. 17 indexed citations

Combe, Bernard, Alan Kivitz, Yoshiya Tanaka, et al.. (2021). Filgotinib versus placebo or adalimumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and inadequate response to methotrexate: a phase III randomised clinical trial. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 80(7). 848–858. 163 indexed citations breakdown →

Kumar, Uma. (2020). Musculoskeletal Pain and its Risk Factors Among School-Going Adolescents in Delhi, India. Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences. 19(2).

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Singh, Achintya D., Tejas Menon Suri, Rakesh Kumar Jagdish, & Uma Kumar. (2018). Unravelling the NERDS syndrome. BMJ Case Reports. 2018. bcr–2017. 2 indexed citations

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Kumar, Uma. (2017). Acinic Cell Carcinoma Papillary-Cystic Variant: Diagnostic Pitfalls in Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH. 11(5). ED05–ED06. 3 indexed citations

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Jain, Suman, et al.. (2016). Reproductive Hormones in Pathophysiology of Fibromyalgia Syndrome. 6(3). 2 indexed citations

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Takkar, Brijesh, Shorya Vardhan Azad, Uma Kumar, & Pradeep Venkatesh. (2016). Extensive choroidal infarction in a case of mixed essential cryoglobulinaemia in a postpartum female. BMJ Case Reports. 2016. bcr2016216513–bcr2016216513. 5 indexed citations

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Sharma, Pankaj, et al.. (2016). Effectiveness of arthroscopic elbow synovectomy in rheumatoid arthritis patients: Long-term follow-up of clinical and functional outcomes. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma. 7(Suppl 2). 230–235. 9 indexed citations

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Sood, Rita, et al.. (2015). Diagnostic utility of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in pyrexia of unknown origin. Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 30(3). 204–204. 26 indexed citations

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Kumar, Uma, et al.. (2014). ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE GENE INTRON- 4 27BP REPEAT POLYMORPHISM IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AMONG ASIAN INDIANS. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences. 1 indexed citations

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Verma, S. K., et al.. (2009). Effect of combined electrical stimulation as a recovery modality on selected physiological transients in adolescent judo players. 5(2). 80. 1 indexed citations

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Kumar, Ashok, et al.. (2009). Correlation of time to institution of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs with radiological outcome in rheumatoid arthritis. Indian Journal of Rheumatology. 4(3). 89–93.

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Kumar, Uma, et al.. (2008). Prevalence and predictors of pulmonary artery hypertension in systemic sclerosis.. PubMed. 56. 413–7. 13 indexed citations

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Mahajan, Vineet, Rohini Handa, Uma Kumar, et al.. (2008). Assessment of atherosclerosis by carotid intimomedial thickness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.. PubMed. 56. 587–90. 30 indexed citations

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