2026 K. VijayRaghavan: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	42	4317	4068	12	11	116	5679

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
2010 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

K. VijayRaghavan is affiliated with the National Centre for Biological Sciences in India, where their research focuses primarily on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work integrates multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Immunology, Genetics, and Insect Science.

Their recent contributions to scientific literature include papers published in various peer-reviewed journals and venues. Notable publications include:

Differential activation of JAK-STAT signaling reveals functional compartmentalization in Drosophila blood progenitors, 2021, eLife
Antagonistic roles for Ataxin-2 structured and disordered domains in RNP condensation, 2021, eLife
Glomerulus-Selective Regulation of a Critical Period for Interneuron Plasticity in the Drosophila Antennal Lobe, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
Microtubules provide guidance cues for myofibril and sarcomere assembly and growth, 2020, Developmental Dynamics
Local translation provides the asymmetric distribution of CaMKII required for associative memory formation, 2022, Current Biology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Mani Ramaswami, Baskar Bakthavachalu, Maneesha S. Inamdar, Diana Rodrigues, and Lucas Waltzer.

The scientist often publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, BIO-PROTOCOL, Global Translational Medicine, and the Journal of Neuroscience.

The main research topics covered by K. VijayRaghavan encompass:

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
RNA Research and Splicing
Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
Muscle Physiology and Disorders

Their recognized contributions have been acknowledged through several honors including election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2014, Fellowship of the Royal Society, United Kingdom in 2012, and Fellowship of The World Academy of Sciences in 2010.

Best Publications

A Protein Complex Network of Drosophila melanogaster

K.G. Guruharsha;Jean-François Rual;Bo Zhai;Julian Mintseris

720
Citations
A genome-wide resource for the analysis of protein localisation in Drosophila.

Mihail Sarov;Christiane Barz;Helena Jambor;Marco Y Hein

357
Citations
Preprints for the life sciences

Jeremy M. Berg;Needhi Bhalla;Philip E. Bourne;Martin Chalfie

188
Citations
Nanoscale organization of hedgehog is essential for long-range signaling

Neha Vyas;Debanjan Goswami;A. Manonmani;Pranav Sharma

160
Citations
Twist and Notch negatively regulate adult muscle differentiation in Drosophila

Sumita Anant;Sudipto Roy;K. VijayRaghavan

154
Citations
A central role for epidermal segment border cells in the induction of muscle patterning in the Drosophila embryo.

T. Volk;K. VijayRaghavan

137
Citations
RNP-Granule Assembly via Ataxin-2 Disordered Domains Is Required for Long-Term Memory and Neurodegeneration

Baskar Bakthavachalu;Joern Huelsmeier;Indulekha P. Sudhakaran;Jens Hillebrand

107
Citations
Myoblast diversification and ectodermal signaling in Drosophila.

Vikram Sudarsan;Sumita Anant;Preeta Guptan;K. VijayRaghavan

98
Citations
Real-time imaging of morphogenetic movements in Drosophila using Gal4-UAS-driven expression of GFP fused to the actin-binding domain of moesin.

Devkanya Dutta;James W. Bloor;James W. Bloor;Mar Ruiz-Gomez;K. VijayRaghavan

96
Citations
Founder myoblasts and fibre number during adult myogenesis in Drosophila.

Devkanya Dutta;Sumita Anant;Sumita Anant;Mar Ruiz-Gomez;Michael Bate;Michael Bate

95
Citations
Development of the indirect flight muscle attachment sites in Drosophila: role of the PS integrins and the stripe gene.

Joyce J. Fernandes;Susan E. Celniker;K. VijayRaghavan;K. VijayRaghavan

91
Citations
Patterning Muscles Using Organizers: Larval Muscle Templates and Adult Myoblasts Actively Interact to Pattern the Dorsal Longitudinal Flight Muscles of Drosophila

Sudipto Roy;K. VijayRaghavan

89
Citations
Muscle pattern diversification in Drosophila: the story of imaginal myogenesis.

Sudipto Roy;K. VijayRaghavan

89
Citations
Identification of a Drosophila muscle development gene with structural homology to mammalian early growth response transcription factors.

Jeremy C. Lee;K. Vijayraghavan;Susan E. Celniker;Mark A. Tanouye

81
Citations
Use of a new strategy to isolate and characterize 436 Drosophila cDNA clones corresponding to RNAs detected in adult heads but not in early embryos.

Michael J. Palazzolo;David R. Hyde;K. VijayRaghavan;Kirk Mecklenburg

76
Citations
Plasticity of recurrent inhibition in the Drosophila antennal lobe.

Indulekha P Sudhakaran;Eimear E Holohan;Sahar Osman;Veronica Rodrigues

75
Citations
Neuronal activity and Wnt signaling act through Gsk3-β to regulate axonal integrity in mature Drosophila olfactory sensory neurons

Albert Chiang;Rashi Priya;Mani Ramaswami;Mani Ramaswami;Mani Ramaswami;K. VijayRaghavan

74
Citations
Drosophila adult muscle development and regeneration.

Rajesh D. Gunage;Nagaraju Dhanyasi;Heinrich Reichert;K. VijayRaghavan

65
Citations
Identification of a new stem cell population that generates Drosophila flight muscles

Rajesh D Gunage;Heinrich Reichert;K VijayRaghavan

64
Citations
Drosophila Heartless acts with Heartbroken/Dof in muscle founder differentiation.

Devkanya Dutta;Sanjeev Shaw;Tariq Maqbool;Hetal Pandya

64
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinrich Reichert University of Basel

Michael Bate University of Cambridge

Sudipto Roy Agency for Science, Technology and Research

Hiroshi Kiyonari RIKEN

Susan E. Celniker Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Elliot M. Meyerowitz California Institute of Technology

Volker Hartenstein University of California, Los Angeles

Ben-Zion Shilo Weizmann Institute of Science

Matthias Mann Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Raghavan Varadarajan Indian Institute of Science

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