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D-Index
69
Citations
15221
World Ranking
2521
National Ranking
1209

Opendra Narayan publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Opendra Narayan sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 257 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Opendra Narayan D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Opendra Narayan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Opendra Narayan was affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States during their research career. Their work focused extensively on the fields of Medicine, particularly within the subfield of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their research primarily addressed topics related to cardiac health, including:

  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments

Opendra Narayan contributed to scholarly literature with publications appearing in venues such as Heart Lung and Circulation. One notable paper published in 2024 was titled "Perforation of the Left Anterior Descending Artery Following Insertion of a Dual Chamber Permanent Pacemaker", which was featured in Heart Lung and Circulation.

The scientist frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Adam Trytell
  • S. McKenzie
  • K. Thaw
  • Voltaire Nadurata
  • J. Mekel

These collaborations were reflected in the multiple co-authored works within their research scope.

Best Publications

  • Sequence Homology and Morphologic Similarity of HTLV-III and Visna Virus, a Pathogenic Lentivirus

    Matthew A. Gonda;Flossie Wong-Staal;Robert C. Gallo;Janice E. Clements

  • Slow, persistent replication of lentiviruses: role of tissue macrophages and macrophage precursors in bone marrow

    Howard E. Gendelman;Opendra Narayan;Susan Molineaux;Janice E. Clements

  • Biology and pathogenesis of lentiviruses.

    Opendra Narayan;Janice E. Clements

  • Tropism of sheep lentiviruses for monocytes: susceptibility to infection and virus gene expression increase during maturation of monocytes to macrophages.

    Howard E. Gendelman;Opendra Narayan;Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf;Peter G. E. Kennedy

  • Isolation of virus related to SV40 from patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.

    Leslie P. Weiner;Robert M. Herndon;Opendra Narayan;Richard T. Johnson

  • Chimeric simian/human immunodeficiency virus that causes progressive loss of CD4+ T cells and AIDS in pig-tailed macaques.

    S V Joag;Z Li;L Foresman;E B Stephens

  • Lentiviral Diseases of Sheep and Goats: Chronic Pneumonia Leukoencephalomyelitis and Arthritis

    Opendra Narayan;Linda C. Cork

  • Behavioral disease in rats caused by immunopathological responses to persistent borna virus in the brain.

    O Narayan;S Herzog;K Frese;H Scheefers

  • Detection of the human immunodeficiency virus regulatory protein tat in CNS tissues.

    Lance Hudson;Jiankai Liu;Avindra Nath;Melina Jones

  • Slow virus replication: the role of macrophages in the persistence and expression of visna viruses of sheep and goats.

    Opendra Narayan;Jerry S. Wolinsky;Janice E. Clements;John D. Strandberg

  • Pathogenesis of Borna Disease in Rats: Immune-Mediated Viral Ophthalmoencephalopathy Causing Blindness and Behavioral Abnormalities

    O. Narayan;S. Herzog;K. Frese;H. Scheefers

  • Pathogenesis of Borna disease in rats: evidence that intra-axonal spread is the major route for virus dissemination and the determinant for disease incubation.

    K M Carbone;C S Duchala;J W Griffin;A L Kincaid

  • Interaction of Virion Protein Vpr of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 with Cellular Transcription Factor Sp1 and trans-Activation of Viral Long Terminal Repeat

    Lilin Wang;Sampa Mukherjee;Fenglan Jia;Opendra Narayan

  • Derivation of neurotropic simian immunodeficiency virus from exclusively lymphocytetropic parental virus: pathogenesis of infection in macaques.

    D P Sharma;M C Zink;M Anderson;R Adams

  • Activation of caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus expression during maturation of monocytes to macrophages.

    Opendra Narayan;Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf;Darlene Sheffer;Diane E. Griffin

  • Oxidative stress in HIV demented patients and protection ex vivo with novel antioxidants.

    J. Turchan;C. B. Pocernich;C. Gairola;A. Chauhan

  • Antigenic shift of visna virus in persistently infected sheep.

    O Narayan;DE Griffin;J Chase

  • Biological characterization of the virus causing leukoencephalitis and arthritis in goats.

    Opendra Narayan;Janice E. Clements;John D. Strandberg;Linda C. Cork

  • The neurobiology of human immunodeficiency virus infections.

    Richard T. Johnson;Justin C. McArthur;Opendra Narayan

  • CXCL10-induced cell death in neurons: Role of calcium dysregulation

    Yongjun Sui;Lisa Stehno-Bittel;Shanping Li;Rajprasad Loganathan

  • Biochemical mechanism of HIV-I Vpr function. Specific interaction with a cellular protein.

    Ling-Jun Zhao;Sampa Mukherjee;Opendra Narayan

Frequent Co-Authors

Shilpa Buch
Shilpa Buch University of Nebraska Medical Center
Janice E. Clements
Janice E. Clements Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Paul D. Cheney
Paul D. Cheney University of Kansas
Richard T. Johnson
Richard T. Johnson Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Francois Villinger
Francois Villinger University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Harold M. McClure
Harold M. McClure Emory University
Nancy E.J. Berman
Nancy E.J. Berman University of Kansas
Jeffrey D. Lifson
Jeffrey D. Lifson Leidos (United States)
Leslie P. Weiner
Leslie P. Weiner University of Southern California
Avindra Nath
Avindra Nath National Institutes of Health

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