Vinod Kumar

18.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
150 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Vinod Kumar is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Immunology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vinod Kumar has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 40 papers in Immunology and 31 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Vinod Kumar's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (48 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (20 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (13 papers). Vinod Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (48 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (20 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (13 papers). Vinod Kumar collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, India and Germany. Vinod Kumar's co-authors include Cisca Wijmenga, Sangeeta Rani, Mihai G. Netea, Vasiliki Matzaraki, Alexandra Zhernakova, Leo A. B. Joosten, Ramnik J. Xavier, Yang Li, Marije Oosting and Sebo Withoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Vinod Kumar

144 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

BCG Vaccination Protects against Experimental Viral Infection in Humans through the Induction of Cytokines Associated with Trained Immunity

2018 800 citations Yang Li, Marije Oosting et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vinod Kumar Netherlands	39	2.0k	1.2k	1.0k	852	807	150	5.6k
Mika Rämet Finland	40	3.7k 1.9×	1.7k 1.5×	789 0.8×	309 0.4×	466 0.6×	121	6.7k
Gene B. Hubbard United States	42	741 0.4×	1.8k 1.6×	1.4k 1.3×	431 0.5×	454 0.6×	239	6.7k
Wolfgang Baumgärtner Germany	51	1.6k 0.8×	1.9k 1.6×	2.8k 2.7×	105 0.1×	2.0k 2.5×	508	11.1k
Takafumi Ishida Japan	44	1.2k 0.6×	2.5k 2.1×	1.1k 1.0×	126 0.1×	257 0.3×	317	7.7k
Ross L. Tellam Australia	41	729 0.4×	2.5k 2.2×	324 0.3×	256 0.3×	252 0.3×	107	5.5k
Kenichi Takahashi Japan	35	430 0.2×	1.4k 1.2×	925 0.9×	343 0.4×	347 0.4×	156	4.5k
John L. VandeBerg United States	44	734 0.4×	2.8k 2.4×	1.0k 1.0×	304 0.4×	126 0.2×	330	7.8k
Jun Ohashi Japan	40	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	437 0.5×	284 0.4×	168	4.8k
Xiaodong Wu China	34	545 0.3×	1.2k 1.0×	620 0.6×	108 0.1×	544 0.7×	171	4.0k
Luc Vanhamme Belgium	38	928 0.5×	1.8k 1.6×	2.4k 2.3×	138 0.2×	391 0.5×	111	5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Vinod Kumar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vinod Kumar

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Le, Kieu T. T., Heleen Middelkamp, Albert van den Berg, et al.. (2025). Cytokine-induced memory-like responses in endothelial cells link chronic inflammation to vascular disease risk. Molecular Omics. 21(6). 706–722.

Kumar, Nathella Pavan, Arul Nancy, Murali Janakiram, et al.. (2025). Acute-phase proteins as biomarkers of inflammation in HIV patients with latent tuberculosis: a prospective study. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1551775–1551775.

Samra, Tanvir, Vinod Kumar, Raja Ramachandran, et al.. (2024). Utility of Urinary Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in COVID-19. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry. 40(4). 636–643. 1 indexed citations

Datta, Abhishek, Abtar Mishra, M. G. Netea, et al.. (2024). Single-cell transcriptomics unveils skin cell specific antifungal immune responses and IL-1Ra- IL-1R immune evasion strategies of emerging fungal pathogen Candida auris. PLoS Pathogens. 20(11). e1012699–e1012699. 8 indexed citations

Saridaki, Maria, et al.. (2023). Analysis of inflammatory protein profiles in the circulation of COVID-19 patients identifies patients with severe disease phenotypes. Respiratory Medicine. 217. 107331–107331. 3 indexed citations

Matzaraki, Vasiliki, Martin Jaeger, Mark S. Gresnigt, et al.. (2022). Genetic determinants of fungi-induced ROS production are associated with the risk of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Redox Biology. 55. 102391–102391. 5 indexed citations

Gonçalves, Samuel M., Vasiliki Matzaraki, Relber Aguiar Gonçales, et al.. (2022). Glutamine Metabolism Supports the Functional Activity of Immune Cells against Aspergillus fumigatus. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(1). e0225622–e0225622. 8 indexed citations

Bakker, Olivier B., Z Borek, Niek de Klein, et al.. (2021). Potential impact of celiac disease genetic risk factors on T cell receptor signaling in gluten-specific CD4+ T cells. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 9252–9252. 6 indexed citations

Temba, Godfrey S., Vesla Kullaya, Tal Pecht, et al.. (2021). Urban living in healthy Tanzanians is associated with an inflammatory status driven by dietary and metabolic changes. Nature Immunology. 22(3). 287–300. 44 indexed citations

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Wan, Jun, Joke Konings, Martin Jaeger, et al.. (2021). Kallikrein augments the anticoagulant function of the protein C system in thrombin generation. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 20(1). 48–57. 4 indexed citations

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Crevel, Reinout van, Julián Ávila-Pacheco, Nguyễn Thụy Thương Thương, et al.. (2021). Improving host-directed therapy for tuberculous meningitis by linking clinical and multi-omics data. Tuberculosis. 128. 102085–102085. 6 indexed citations

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Akoumianaki, Tonia, Katerina Vaporidi, Frédéric Pène, et al.. (2021). Uncoupling of IL-6 signaling and LC3-associated phagocytosis drives immunoparalysis during sepsis. Cell Host & Microbe. 29(8). 1277–1293.e6. 35 indexed citations

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Matzaraki, Vasiliki, Kieu T. T. Le, Martin Jaeger, et al.. (2021). Inflammatory Protein Profiles in Plasma of Candidaemia Patients and the Contribution of Host Genetics to Their Variability. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 662171–662171. 5 indexed citations

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Kannambath, Shichina, Joseph N Jarvis, Rachel Wake, et al.. (2020). Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Novel Colony Stimulating Factor 1 Locus Conferring Susceptibility to Cryptococcosis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected South Africans. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 7(11). ofaa489–ofaa489. 13 indexed citations

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Vries, Dylan H. de, Vasiliki Matzaraki, Olivier B. Bakker, et al.. (2020). Integrating GWAS with bulk and single-cell RNA-sequencing reveals a role for LY86 in the anti-Candida host response. PLoS Pathogens. 16(4). e1008408–e1008408. 14 indexed citations

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Bakker, Olivier B., Raúl Aguirre‐Gamboa, Serena Sanna, et al.. (2018). Integration of multi-omics data and deep phenotyping enables prediction of cytokine responses. Nature Immunology. 19(7). 776–786. 86 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vinod, Cisca Wijmenga, & Ramnik J. Xavier. (2014). Genetics of immune-mediated disorders: from genome-wide association to molecular mechanism. Current Opinion in Immunology. 31. 51–57. 31 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vinod, Keitaro Matsuo, Atsushi Takahashi, et al.. (2011). Common variants on 14q32 and 13q12 are associated with DLBCL susceptibility. Journal of Human Genetics. 56(6). 436–439. 16 indexed citations

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Trivedi, Amit Kumar, Sangeeta Rani, & Vinod Kumar. (2006). Natural daylight restricted to twilights delays the timing of testicular regression but does not affect the timing of the daily activity rhythm of the house sparrow (Passer domesticus). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(0). 5–5. 6 indexed citations

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Trivedi, Amit Kumar, Sangeeta Rani, & Vinod Kumar. (2005). Differential responses of the photoperiodic clock in two passerine birds possessing a strongly self‐sustained circadian system. Chronobiology International. 22(5). 801–806. 13 indexed citations

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