2026 Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	91	11781	11083	365	347	251	29563

Overview

Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan is affiliated with the International Agency for Research on Cancer in France. Their research primarily centers on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Epidemiology, Oncology, Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Their work extensively covers various topics, including:

Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
Hepatitis B Virus Studies
Genital Health and Disease
Head and Neck Cancer Studies
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

International Journal of Cancer
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
The Lancet Oncology
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey
Vaccine

Notable recent publications by Sankaranarayanan demonstrate involvement in diverse aspects of cancer and vaccine research. Selected papers include:

"Cancer of the cervix uteri: 2021 update" (2021) published in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
"Vaccine efficacy against persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) 16/18 infection at 10 years after one, two, and three doses of quadrivalent HPV vaccine in girls in India: a multicentre, prospective, cohort study" (2021) published in The Lancet Oncology
"IARC Perspective on Oral Cancer Prevention" (2022) published in New England Journal of Medicine
"Evaluation of immune response to single dose of quadrivalent HPV vaccine at 10-year post-vaccination" (2022) published in Vaccine
"Risk-Based Selection of Individuals for Oral Cancer Screening" (2021) published in Journal of Clinical Oncology

Collaboration is a prominent element in Sankaranarayanan's career, with frequent co-authors including:

Partha Basu (32 co-authored works)
Richard Muwonge (24 co-authored works)
Eric Lucas (19 co-authored works)
Neerja Bhatla (11 co-authored works)
Devasena Anantharaman (11 co-authored works)

Best Publications

HPV screening for cervical cancer in rural India.

Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan;Bhagwan M Nene;Surendra S Shastri;Kasturi Jayant

1561
Citations
Effective screening programmes for cervical cancer in low- and middle-income developing countries

Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan;Atul Madhukar Budukh;Rajamanickam Rajkumar

1083
Citations
Evidence regarding human papillomavirus testing in secondary prevention of cervical cancer.

Marc Arbyn;Guglielmo Ronco;Ahti Anttila;Chris J.L.M. Meijer

1041
Citations
Overview of Human Papillomavirus-Based and Other Novel Options for Cervical Cancer Screening in Developed and Developing Countries

Jack Cuzick;Marc Arbyn;Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan;Vivien Tsu

911
Citations
Worldwide burden of gynaecological cancer: the size of the problem

R. Sankaranarayanan;J Ferlay

902
Citations
Effect of screening on oral cancer mortality in Kerala, India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan;Kunnambath Ramadas;Gigi Thomas;Richard Muwonge

889
Citations
The global incidence of lip, oral cavity, and pharyngeal cancers by subsite in 2012.

Kevin D. Shield;Jacques Ferlay;Ahmedin Jemal;Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan

737
Citations
Comprehensive control of human papillomavirus infections and related diseases.

F. Xavier Bosch;Thomas R. Broker;David Forman;Anna Barbara Moscicki

718
Citations
Cancer survival in Africa, Asia, and Central America: a population-based study

Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan;Rajaraman Swaminathan;Hermann Brenner;Kexin Chen

715
Citations
Effect of visual screening on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Tamil Nadu, India: a cluster-randomised trial

Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan;Pulikkottil Okkuru Esmy;Rajamanickam Rajkumar;Richard Muwonge

701
Citations
Accuracy of visual screening for cervical neoplasia: Results from an IARC multicentre study in India and Africa.

Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan;Parthasarathy Basu;Ramani S Wesley;Cédric Mahe

449
Citations
Chapter 8: Screening for cervical cancer in developing countries.

Lynette Denny;Michael Quinn;R. Sankaranarayanan

411
Citations
A critical assessment of screening methods for cervical neoplasia

R. Sankaranarayanan;L. Gaffikin;M. Jacob;J. Sellors

406
Citations
Pooled analysis of the accuracy of five cervical cancer screening tests assessed in eleven studies in Africa and India.

Marc Arbyn;Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan;Richard Muwonge;Namory Keita

392
Citations
Global oral health inequalities in incidence and outcomes for oral cancer: causes and solutions.

Newell Walter Johnson;S. Warnakulasuriya;P.C. Gupta;E. Dimba

347
Citations
CANCER INCIDENCE IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN: FIRST RESULTS FROM KARACHI CANCER REGISTRY

Yasmin Bhurgri;Asif Bhurgri;S. H. Hassan;S. H. M. Zaidi

343
Citations
Cancer of the cervix uteri: 2021 update

Neerja Bhatla;Daisuke Aoki;Daya Nand Sharma;Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan

330
Citations
Role of tobacco smoking, chewing and alcohol drinking in the risk of oral cancer in Trivandrum, India: a nested case-control design using incident cancer cases.

Richard Muwonge;Kunnambath Ramadas;Risto Sankila;Somanathan Thara

296
Citations
Epidemiology of cancer from the oral cavity and oropharynx

René Lambert;Catherine Sauvaget;Marianna de Camargo Cancela;Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan

296
Citations
Visual inspection of the uterine cervix after the application of acetic acid in the detection of cervical carcinoma and its precursors

Sankaranarayanan R;Wesley R;Somanathan T;Dhakad N

295
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald Maxwell Parkin University of Oxford

Mia Hashibe University of Utah

Susan Horton University of Waterloo

You-Lin Qiao Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Marc Arbyn Ghent University

Jacques Ferlay International Agency For Research On Cancer

Massimo Tommasino International Agency For Research On Cancer

Zuo-Feng Zhang University of California, Los Angeles

Stephen W. Duffy Queen Mary University of London

Chris J.L.M. Meijer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

External Links

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