2026 Deepak Srivastava: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	118	279	256	19	18	434	57991

Research.com Recognitions

2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Deepak Srivastava is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions across related subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Neurology, Immunology, and Biological Psychiatry.

Their scholarly work addresses a range of topics including:

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Tryptophan and brain disorders
Stress Responses and Cortisol
Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Reproductive System and Pregnancy

Some of the recent papers authored by Srivastava are:

Interferon-γ signaling in human iPSC-derived neurons recapitulates neurodevelopmental disorder phenotypes, 2020, Science Advances
Virus-Induced Maternal Immune Activation as an Environmental Factor in the Etiology of Autism and Schizophrenia, 2022, Frontiers in Neuroscience
Atypical Neurogenesis in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells From Autistic Individuals, 2020, Biological Psychiatry
Maternal immune activation primes deficiencies in adult hippocampal neurogenesis, 2021, Brain Behavior and Immunity
Neurogenesis is disrupted in human hippocampal progenitor cells upon exposure to serum samples from hospitalized COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry

Srivastava frequently publishes in various venues, the most common being:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
European Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuroscience Applied
Brain Behavior and Immunity
Frontiers in Neuroscience

Their network of frequent co-authors includes:

Anthony C. Vernon
Rodrigo R. R. Duarte
Laura Sichlinger
Timothy R. Powell
Lucia Dutan Polit

Deepak Srivastava has been recognized by professional scientific societies and was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010 and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

Direct Reprogramming of Fibroblasts into Functional Cardiomyocytes by Defined Factors

Masaki Ieda;Ji Dong Fu;Paul Delgado-Olguin;Vasanth Vedantham

2866
Citations
Serum response factor regulates a muscle-specific microRNA that targets Hand2 during cardiogenesis

Yong Zhao;Eva Samal;Eva Samal;Deepak Srivastava;Deepak Srivastava

2023
Citations
miR-126 regulates angiogenic signaling and vascular integrity

Jason E. Fish;Massimo M. Santoro;Sarah U. Morton;Sangho Yu

2002
Citations
miR-145 and miR-143 regulate smooth muscle cell fate and plasticity

Kimberly R. Cordes;Neil T. Sheehy;Mark P. White;Emily C. Berry

1882
Citations
Dysregulation of Cardiogenesis, Cardiac Conduction, and Cell Cycle in Mice Lacking miRNA-1-2

Yong Zhao;Joshua F. Ransom;Ankang Li;Ankang Li;Vasanth Vedantham

1807
Citations
Mutations in NOTCH1 cause aortic valve disease

Vidu Garg;Vidu Garg;Alecia N. Muth;Alecia N. Muth;Joshua F. Ransom;Joshua F. Ransom;Marie K. Schluterman

1718
Citations
In vivo reprogramming of murine cardiac fibroblasts into induced cardiomyocytes

Li Qian;Yu Huang;C Ian Spencer;Amy Foley

1485
Citations
GATA4 mutations cause human congenital heart defects and reveal an interaction with TBX5

Vidu Garg;Irfan S. Kathiriya;Robert Barnes;Marie K. Schluterman

1439
Citations
Genetic Basis for Congenital Heart Defects: Current Knowledge A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Congenital Cardiac Defects Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young

Mary Ella M Pierpont;Craig T. Basson;D. Woodrow Benson;Bruce D. Gelb

1143
Citations
Regulation of cardiac mesodermal and neural crest development by the bHLH transcription factor, dHAND.

Deepak Srivastava;Tiffani Thomas;Qing Lin;Margaret L. Kirby

857
Citations
A genetic blueprint for cardiac development

Deepak Srivastava;Deepak Srivastava;Eric N. Olson

828
Citations
Making or Breaking the Heart: From Lineage Determination to Morphogenesis

Deepak Srivastava

788
Citations
Thymosin β4 activates integrin-linked kinase and promotes cardiac cell migration, survival and cardiac repair

Ildiko Bock-Marquette;Ankur Saxena;Michael D. White;J. Michael DiMaio

786
Citations
Contribution of rare inherited and de novo variants in 2,871 congenital heart disease probands

Sheng Chih Jin;Jason Homsy;Samir Zaidi;Qiongshi Lu

756
Citations
MicroRNA regulation of cell lineages in mouse and human embryonic stem cells.

Kathryn N. Ivey;Alecia Muth;Joshua Arnold;Frank W. King

746
Citations
A developmental view of microRNA function.

Yong Zhao;Deepak Srivastava

742
Citations
Dynamic and Coordinated Epigenetic Regulation of Developmental Transitions in the Cardiac Lineage

Joseph A. Wamstad;Jeffrey M. Alexander;Rebecca M. Truty;Avanti Shrikumar

689
Citations
A Subclass of bHLH Proteins Required for Cardiac Morphogenesis

Deepak Srivastava;Peter Cserjesi;Eric N. Olson

658
Citations
Cardiac Fibroblasts Regulate Myocardial Proliferation through β1 Integrin Signaling

Masaki Ieda;Takatoshi Tsuchihashi;Kathryn N. Ivey;Robert S. Ross;Robert S. Ross

640
Citations
Abstract 10466: In Vivo Reprogramming of Murine Cardiac Fibroblasts into Induced Cardiomyocytes

Li Qian;Yu Huang;Amy Foley;Vasanth Vedantham

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Penzes Northwestern University

Eric N. Olson The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Jack Price King's College London

Christine E. Seidman Harvard University

Benoit G. Bruneau Gladstone Institutes

Bruce R. Conklin University of California, San Francisco

Katherine S. Pollard University of California, San Francisco

Nicholas J. Brandon Neumora Therapeutics Inc

Bruce D. Gelb Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Jonathan G. Seidman Harvard University

External Links

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