Vikas Handa

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 759 citations indexed

About

Vikas Handa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vikas Handa has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 759 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Plant Science and 1 paper in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Vikas Handa's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (2 papers). Vikas Handa is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (2 papers). Vikas Handa collaborates with scholars based in Germany, India and China. Vikas Handa's co-authors include Albert Jeltsch, Frank Lyko, Dirk Stach, Nicole Maltry, Andrea Schäfer, Wei Wu, Suresh Kumar Swaminathan, Christof Niehrs, Guillermo Barreto and Joachim Marhold and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Molecular Biology and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Vikas Handa

5 papers receiving 752 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.

Gadd45a promotes epigenetic gene activation by repair-mediated DNA demethylation

2007 577 citations Guillermo Barreto, Andrea Schäfer et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vikas Handa Germany	4	666	191	60	58	37	8	759
Hua Chang United States	7	888 1.3×	277 1.5×	52 0.9×	72 1.2×	24 0.6×	7	1.1k
Jun‐ichiro Komura Japan	17	582 0.9×	193 1.0×	54 0.9×	96 1.7×	12 0.3×	43	831
Rozenn Gallais France	5	683 1.0×	239 1.3×	80 1.3×	43 0.7×	9 0.2×	5	782
Nancy Detich Canada	7	834 1.3×	224 1.2×	169 2.8×	61 1.1×	26 0.7×	7	994
Yotam Kaufman Israel	11	390 0.6×	335 1.8×	98 1.6×	33 0.6×	30 0.8×	14	599
Aimee I. Badeaux United States	7	773 1.2×	172 0.9×	36 0.6×	48 0.8×	24 0.6×	7	905
Shyam Ramchandani Canada	8	1.0k 1.6×	267 1.4×	96 1.6×	79 1.4×	21 0.6×	9	1.1k
Stephanie Parker United States	4	680 1.0×	262 1.4×	78 1.3×	80 1.4×	12 0.3×	7	787
Christine Le Péron France	5	779 1.2×	265 1.4×	88 1.5×	56 1.0×	8 0.2×	7	900
Marie K. Cross United States	5	523 0.8×	158 0.8×	35 0.6×	70 1.2×	12 0.3×	8	596

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vikas Handa

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

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Handa, Vikas, et al.. (2025). Deep Learning-Based DNA Methylation Detection in Cervical Cancer Using the One-Hot Character Representation Technique. Diagnostics. 15(17). 2263–2263.

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Handa, Vikas, et al.. (2025). UNet with Attention Networks: A Novel Deep Learning Approach for DNA Methylation Prediction in HeLa Cells. Genes. 16(6). 655–655.

3.

Handa, Vikas, et al.. (2016). Effect of pre harvest application of boron and zinc on post harvest quality and vaselife of carnation. Journal of Applied and Natural Science. 8(1). 232–235.

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Handa, Vikas, et al.. (2015). EVALUATION OF DAHLIA GENOTYPES BASED ON VEGETATIVE AND QUALITY CHARACTERS. 3 indexed citations

5.

Barreto, Guillermo, Andrea Schäfer, Joachim Marhold, et al.. (2007). Gadd45a promotes epigenetic gene activation by repair-mediated DNA demethylation. Nature. 445(7128). 671–675. 577 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gowher, Humaira, et al.. (2006). Mutational Analysis of the Catalytic Domain of the Murine Dnmt3a DNA-(cytosine C5)-methyltransferase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 357(3). 928–941. 74 indexed citations

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Handa, Vikas & Albert Jeltsch. (2005). Profound Flanking Sequence Preference of Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b Mammalian DNA Methyltransferases Shape the Human Epigenome. Journal of Molecular Biology. 348(5). 1103–1112. 103 indexed citations

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Handa, Vikas & Albert Jeltsch. (2004). Anomalous mobility of polymerase chain reaction products after bisulfite treatment of DNA. Analytical Biochemistry. 333(1). 196–198. 2 indexed citations

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