Vinodkumar Saranathan

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Vinodkumar Saranathan is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vinodkumar Saranathan has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 16 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Vinodkumar Saranathan's work include Photonic Crystals and Applications (16 papers), Plant and animal studies (12 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (6 papers). Vinodkumar Saranathan is often cited by papers focused on Photonic Crystals and Applications (16 papers), Plant and animal studies (12 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (6 papers). Vinodkumar Saranathan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Switzerland. Vinodkumar Saranathan's co-authors include Richard O. Prum, Eric R. Dufresne, S. G. J. Mochrie, Heeso Noh, Hui Cao, Suresh Narayanan, Alec Sandy, Seng Fatt Liew, Chinedum O. Osuji and Jason D. Forster and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Vinodkumar Saranathan

35 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Structure, function, and self-assembly of single network gyroid ( I 4 ₁ 32) photonic crystals in butterfly wing scales

2010 409 citations Vinodkumar Saranathan, S. G. J. Mochrie et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vinodkumar Saranathan United States	17	921	562	435	355	278	35	2.1k
Peter Vukusic United Kingdom	20	615 0.7×	447 0.8×	185 0.4×	392 1.1×	181 0.7×	33	1.5k
Z. Vértesy Hungary	22	636 0.7×	423 0.8×	509 1.2×	249 0.7×	140 0.5×	81	1.6k
Krisztián Kertész Hungary	23	501 0.5×	494 0.9×	405 0.9×	298 0.8×	164 0.6×	79	1.4k
Suzanne V. Saenko Netherlands	14	388 0.4×	473 0.8×	240 0.6×	323 0.9×	229 0.8×	19	1.7k
Jean Pol Vigneron Belgium	23	920 1.0×	485 0.9×	218 0.5×	250 0.7×	111 0.4×	44	1.4k
S. Kinoshita Japan	20	944 1.0×	250 0.4×	296 0.7×	273 0.8×	200 0.7×	64	2.1k
Tsutomu Sawada Japan	27	944 1.0×	317 0.6×	710 1.6×	413 1.2×	199 0.7×	200	2.8k
Nicholas W. Roberts United Kingdom	27	679 0.7×	599 1.1×	192 0.4×	829 2.3×	597 2.1×	92	2.9k
Shuichi Kinoshita Japan	27	1.6k 1.7×	691 1.2×	672 1.5×	508 1.4×	336 1.2×	92	3.3k
Virginie Lousse Belgium	23	1.0k 1.1×	498 0.9×	184 0.4×	387 1.1×	121 0.4×	44	1.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Saranathan, Vinodkumar, Elena Longo, Silja Flenner, et al.. (2024). Not only a matter of disorder in I-WP minimal surface-based photonic networks: Diffusive structural color in Sternotomis amabilis longhorn beetles. Materials Today Advances. 23. 100524–100524. 2 indexed citations

Finet, Cédric, Qifeng Ruan, John You En Chan, et al.. (2023). Multi-scale dissection of wing transparency in the clearwing butterfly Phanus vitreus. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 20(202). 20230135–20230135. 8 indexed citations

Saranathan, Vinodkumar, et al.. (2023). Hexagonal‐Close‐Packed Colloidal Crystals in Glenea celestis Beetles. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(10). 2200114–2200114. 2 indexed citations

Sicher, Alba, Richard Whitfield, Ján Ilavský, et al.. (2023). ATRP Enhances Structural Correlations In Polymerization‐Induced Phase Separation**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(16). e202217683–e202217683. 7 indexed citations

Saranathan, Vinodkumar, et al.. (2023). Hierarchical morphogenesis of swallowtail butterfly wing scale nanostructures. eLife. 12. 2 indexed citations

Sicher, Alba, Richard Whitfield, Ján Ilavský, et al.. (2023). ATRP Enhances Structural Correlations In Polymerization‐Induced Phase Separation**. Angewandte Chemie. 135(16). 2 indexed citations

Saranathan, Vinodkumar, et al.. (2023). Hierarchical morphogenesis of swallowtail butterfly wing scale nanostructures. eLife. 12. 8 indexed citations

Finet, Cédric, et al.. (2022). Antennapedia and optix regulate metallic silver wing scale development and cell shape in Bicyclus anynana butterflies. Cell Reports. 40(1). 111052–111052. 17 indexed citations

Saranathan, Vinodkumar, Suresh Narayanan, Alec Sandy, Eric R. Dufresne, & Richard O. Prum. (2021). Evolution of single gyroid photonic crystals in bird feathers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(23). 38 indexed citations

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Saranathan, Vinodkumar & Cédric Finet. (2021). Cellular and developmental basis of avian structural coloration. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 69. 56–64. 16 indexed citations

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Narayanan, Suresh, et al.. (2020). Brilliant angle-independent structural colours preserved in weevil scales from the Swiss Pleistocene. Biology Letters. 16(4). 20200063–20200063. 4 indexed citations

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Seago, Ainsley E., Rolf G. Oberprieler, & Vinodkumar Saranathan. (2019). Evolution of Insect Iridescence: Origins of Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals in Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Integrative and Comparative Biology. 59(6). 1664–1672. 16 indexed citations

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McNamara, Maria E., Vinodkumar Saranathan, Heeso Noh, et al.. (2014). Cryptic iridescence in a fossil weevil generated by single diamond photonic crystals. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 11(100). 20140736–20140736. 16 indexed citations

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Saranathan, Vinodkumar, Jason D. Forster, Heeso Noh, et al.. (2012). Structure and optical function of amorphous photonic nanostructures from avian feather barbs: a comparative small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis of 230 bird species. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 9(75). 2563–2580. 126 indexed citations

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Liew, S. F., John Forster, Heeso Noh, et al.. (2011). Short-range order and near-field effects on optical scattering and structural coloration. Optics Express. 19(9). 8208–8208. 55 indexed citations

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D’Alba, Liliana, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Julia A. Clarke, et al.. (2011). Colour-producing β-keratin nanofibres in blue penguin (Eudyptula minor) feathers. Biology Letters. 7(4). 543–546. 42 indexed citations

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Noh, Heeso, Seng Fatt Liew, Vinodkumar Saranathan, et al.. (2010). How Noniridescent Colors Are Generated by Quasi‐ordered Structures of Bird Feathers. Advanced Materials. 22(26-27). 2871–2880. 228 indexed citations

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Saranathan, Vinodkumar & Edward H. Burtt. (2007). SUNLIGHT ON FEATHERS INHIBITS FEATHER-DEGRADING BACTERIA. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 119(2). 239–245. 22 indexed citations

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Saranathan, Vinodkumar, et al.. (2007). Genetic evidence supports song learning in the three‐wattled bellbirdProcnias tricarunculata(Cotingidae). Molecular Ecology. 16(17). 3689–3702. 64 indexed citations

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Saranathan, Vinodkumar, et al.. (2005). Synchronization in disordered Josephson junction arrays: Small-world connections and the Kuramoto model. Physical Review E. 71(1). 16215–16215. 56 indexed citations

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