Utpal Pal

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Utpal Pal is a scholar working on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Utpal Pal has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Parasitology, 78 papers in Infectious Diseases and 43 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Utpal Pal's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (97 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (74 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (30 papers). Utpal Pal is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (97 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (74 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (30 papers). Utpal Pal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and Spain. Utpal Pal's co-authors include Erol Fikrig, John F. Anderson, Michael V. Norgard, Xiaofeng Yang, Xiuli Yang, Juan Anguíta, Alexis A. Smith, Sukanya Narasimhan, Toru Kariu and Manchuan Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Utpal Pal

114 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

mRNA vaccination induces tick resistance and prevents transmission of the Lyme disease agent

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Utpal Pal United States	40	4.3k	3.1k	1.8k	1.3k	948	116	5.4k
Sukanya Narasimhan United States	39	3.7k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	577 0.6×	71	4.6k
Peter Kraiczy Germany	44	3.9k 0.9×	3.2k 1.1×	825 0.4×	790 0.6×	1.4k 1.5×	128	5.5k
Ben J. Mans South Africa	41	3.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	915 1.0×	127	4.7k
Kelly A. Brayton United States	38	2.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	628 0.7×	158	4.4k
D. Scott Samuels United States	35	2.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	870 0.7×	501 0.5×	69	3.6k
Patricia A. Rosa United States	53	7.9k 1.9×	5.2k 1.7×	3.3k 1.8×	2.6k 2.0×	1.5k 1.6×	140	9.3k
Itabajara da Silva Vaz Brazil	41	2.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	1.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	755 0.8×	200	4.5k
Fred S. Kantor United States	35	3.2k 0.8×	2.6k 0.8×	989 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	91	4.9k
Abdu F. Azad United States	43	3.6k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	537 0.4×	728 0.8×	134	5.5k
Petr Kopáček Czechia	37	2.2k 0.5×	904 0.3×	1.4k 0.8×	776 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	87	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Utpal Pal

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Ronai, Isobel, Julia C. Frederick, Alec T. Thompson, et al.. (2025). Duplex PCR assay to determine sex and mating status of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), vector of the Lyme disease pathogen. Journal of Medical Entomology. 62(4). 800–807. 1 indexed citations

Londoño, Andrés F., Ajay Sharma, Cene Gostinčar, et al.. (2025). EPR spectroscopy reveals antioxidant manganese defenses in the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi. mBio. 16(12). e0282425–e0282425.

Kitsou, Chrysoula, et al.. (2024). The Development of a Rabies Virus-Vectored Vaccine against Borrelia burgdorferi, Targeting BBI39. Vaccines. 12(1). 78–78. 4 indexed citations

Tsujimoto, Hitoshi, et al.. (2023). Function and evolution of the aquaporin IsAQP1 in the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis. Insect Molecular Biology. 32(4). 329–339. 5 indexed citations

Rana, Vipin Singh, Chrysoula Kitsou, J. Stephen Dumler, & Utpal Pal. (2022). Immune evasion strategies of major tick-transmitted bacterial pathogens. Trends in Microbiology. 31(1). 62–75. 15 indexed citations

Kitsou, Chrysoula, Erol Fikrig, & Utpal Pal. (2021). Tick host immunity: vector immunomodulation and acquired tick resistance. Trends in Immunology. 42(7). 554–574. 31 indexed citations

Narasimhan, Sukanya, Cheyne Kurokawa, Jaqueline Matias, et al.. (2020). Acquired tick resistance: The trail is hot. Parasite Immunology. 43(5). e12808–e12808. 36 indexed citations

Yang, Xiuli, Juraj Koči, Alexis A. Smith, et al.. (2020). A novel tick protein supports integrity of gut peritrophic matrix impacting existence of gut microbiome and Lyme disease pathogens. Cellular Microbiology. 23(2). e13275–e13275. 16 indexed citations

Yang, Xiuli, Meghna Thakur, Juraj Koči, et al.. (2017). Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Proteome and Protein–Protein Interactions. Methods in molecular biology. 1690. 259–277. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kai, Jiang Bian, Yijie Deng, et al.. (2016). Lyme disease spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi does not require thiamin. Nature Microbiology. 2(1). 16213–16213. 26 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Xuran, Yi Zhong, Cuicai Zhang, et al.. (2015). Distribution of Plasmids in Distinct Leptospira Pathogenic Species. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(11). e0004220–e0004220. 14 indexed citations

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Kariu, Toru, Kavita Sharma, Preeti Singh, et al.. (2014). BB0323 and Novel Virulence Determinant BB0238:Borrelia burgdorferiProteins That Interact With and Stabilize Each Other and Are Critical for Infectivity. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 211(3). 462–471. 26 indexed citations

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Kariu, Toru, Alexis A. Smith, Xiuli Yang, & Utpal Pal. (2013). A Chitin Deacetylase-Like Protein Is a Predominant Constituent of Tick Peritrophic Membrane That Influences the Persistence of Lyme Disease Pathogens within the Vector. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e78376–e78376. 28 indexed citations

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Kenedy, Melisha R., et al.. (2012). BB0324 and BB0028 are constituents of the Borrelia burgdorferi β-barrel assembly machine (BAM) complex. BMC Microbiology. 12(1). 60–60. 24 indexed citations

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Promnares, Kamoltip, et al.. (2009). Borrelia burgdorferi small lipoprotein Lp6.6 is a member of multiple protein complexes in the outer membrane and facilitates pathogen transmission from ticks to mice. Molecular Microbiology. 74(1). 112–125. 44 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiuli, Hooman Izadi, Adam S. Coleman, et al.. (2008). Borrelia burgdorferi lipoprotein BmpA activates pro-inflammatory responses in human synovial cells through a protein moiety. Microbes and Infection. 10(12-13). 1300–1308. 29 indexed citations

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Neelakanta, Girish, Xin Li, Utpal Pal, et al.. (2007). Outer Surface Protein B Is Critical for Borrelia burgdorferi Adherence and Survival within Ixodes Ticks. PLoS Pathogens. 3(3). e33–e33. 75 indexed citations

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Li, Xin, Utpal Pal, Nandhini Ramamoorthi, et al.. (2006). The Lyme disease agent Borrelia burgdorferi requires BB0690, a Dps homologue, to persist within ticks. Molecular Microbiology. 63(3). 694–710. 105 indexed citations

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Pal, Utpal, Aravinda M. de Silva, Ruth R. Montgomery, et al.. (2000). Attachment of Borrelia burgdorferi within Ixodes scapularis mediated by outer surface protein A. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 106(4). 561–569. 203 indexed citations

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Pal, Utpal, Subhas C. Biswas, & Pranab Kumar Sarkar. (1997). Regulation of Actin and Its mRNA by Thyroid Hormones in Cultures of Fetal Human Brain During Second Trimester of Gestation. Journal of Neurochemistry. 69(3). 1170–1176. 8 indexed citations

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