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Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar

Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
11041
World Ranking
13896
National Ranking
5873

Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 153 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar was affiliated with Argonne National Laboratory in the United States. Their research contributions primarily focused on the field of Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's recent published work includes the paper titled "Crystal Structure of the Receptor-Binding Domain from Newly Emerged Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus", which was released in 2020 and published by UNC Libraries.

Their research topics covered in various works included:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Frequent collaborators during their research career included:

  • Yao-Qing Chen
  • Yang Yang
  • Sudhakar Agnihothram
  • Chang Liu
  • Yilun Lin

The scientist's publications appeared in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Structure of nucleotide-binding domain 1 of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator

    Hal A Lewis;Sean G Buchanan;Stephen K Burley;Kris Conners

  • Crystal structure of an Eph receptor-ephrin complex.

    Juha-Pekka Himanen;Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar;Martin Lackmann;Chad A. Cowan

  • Architecture of Eph receptor clusters.

    Juha P. Himanen;Laila Yermekbayeva;Peter W. Janes;John R. Walker

  • Molecular mechanisms for protein-encoded inheritance

    Jed J W Wiltzius;Meytal Landau;Rebecca Nelson;Michael R Sawaya

  • X-ray structure of a mammalian stearoyl-CoA desaturase.

    Yonghong Bai;Jason G. McCoy;Elena J. Levin;Pablo Sobrado

  • PAM-Dependent Target DNA Recognition and Cleavage by C2c1 CRISPR-Cas Endonuclease.

    Hui Yang;Pu Gao;Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar;Dinshaw J. Patel

  • Crystal structure of mouse coronavirus receptor-binding domain complexed with its murine receptor

    Guiqing Peng;Dawei Sun;Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar;Zhaohui Qian

  • Molecular mechanism of membrane constriction and tubulation mediated by the F-BAR protein Pacsin/Syndapin

    Qi Wang;Marcos V. A. S. Navarro;Gary Peng;Evan Molinelli

  • Host cell recognition by the henipaviruses: crystal structures of the Nipah G attachment glycoprotein and its complex with ephrin-B3.

    Kai Xu;Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar;Yee-Peng Chan;Juha P. Himanen

  • A novel mode of Gleevec binding is revealed by the structure of spleen tyrosine kinase.

    Shane Atwell;Jason M. Adams;John Badger;Michelle D. Buchanan

  • A novel variant of the immunoglobulin fold in surface adhesins of Staphylococcus aureus: crystal structure of the fibrinogen-binding MSCRAMM, clumping factor A.

    Champion C.S. Deivanayagam;Elisabeth R. Wann;Wei Chen;Mike Carson

  • Type V CRISPR-Cas Cpf1 endonuclease employs a unique mechanism for crRNA-mediated target DNA recognition.

    Pu Gao;Hui Yang;Kanagalaghatta R Rajashankar;Zhiwei Huang

  • Structural basis for promiscuous PAM recognition in type I-E Cascade from E. coli.

    Robert P. Hayes;Yibei Xiao;Fran Ding;Paul B. G. van Erp

  • Structures of netrin-1 bound to two receptors provide insight into its axon guidance mechanism

    Kai Xu;Zhuhao Wu;Nicolas Renier;Alexander Antipenko

  • Structure, mechanism and engineering of a nucleotidylyltransferase as a first step toward glycorandomization.

    William A. Barton;Jacob Lesniak;Jacob Lesniak;John B. Biggins;John B. Biggins;Philip D. Jeffrey;Philip D. Jeffrey

  • Crystal structure of a potassium ion transporter, TrkH

    Yu Cao;Xiangshu Jin;Hua Huang;Mehabaw Getahun Derebe

  • Crystal structure of the receptor-binding domain from newly emerged Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

    Yaoqing Chen;Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar;Yang Yang;Sudhakar S. Agnihothram

  • Data publication with the structural biology data grid supports live analysis.

    Peter A. Meyer;Stephanie Socias;Jason Key;Elizabeth Ransey

  • Recognition of the rotavirus mRNA 3' consensus by an asymmetric NSP3 homodimer.

    Rahul C. Deo;Caroline M. Groft;K.R. Rajashankar;Stephen K. Burley;Stephen K. Burley

  • Design of a helical motif using .alpha.,.beta.-dehydrophenylalanine residues: crystal structure of Boc-Val-.DELTA.Phe-Phe-Ala-Phe-.DELTA.Phe-Val-.DELTA.PHe-Gly-OCH3, a 310-helical nonapeptide

    K. R. Rajashankar;S. Ramakumar;V. S. Chauhan

Frequent Co-Authors

Burkhard Rost
Burkhard Rost Technical University of Munich
Wayne A. Hendrickson
Wayne A. Hendrickson Columbia University
Lawrence Shapiro
Lawrence Shapiro Columbia University
Steven E. Ealick
Steven E. Ealick Cornell University
Dinshaw J. Patel
Dinshaw J. Patel Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Tadhg P. Begley
Tadhg P. Begley Texas A&M University
Anna Marie Pyle
Anna Marie Pyle Yale University
Aneel K. Aggarwal
Aneel K. Aggarwal Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Christopher D. Lima
Christopher D. Lima Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Louise Prakash
Louise Prakash The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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