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D-Index
80
Citations
39752
World Ranking
16891
National Ranking
8471

Santosh Kesari publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 583 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Santosh Kesari D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Santosh Kesari is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States, with a research focus primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans a range of subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, and Cancer Research.

Their research topics include:

  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Brain Metastases and Treatment
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Cancer Research and Treatments
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Santosh Kesari has contributed to numerous publications, with notable papers including:

  • A Review of Persistent Post-COVID Syndrome (PPCS), 2021, Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology
  • Association of Autologous Tumor Lysate-Loaded Dendritic Cell Vaccination With Extension of Survival Among Patients With Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent Glioblastoma, 2022, JAMA Oncology
  • ANG1005, a Brain-Penetrating Peptide-Drug Conjugate, Shows Activity in Patients with Breast Cancer with Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis and Recurrent Brain Metastases, 2020, Clinical Cancer Research
  • Physiological and Pathological Roles of Cdk5: Potential Directions for Therapeutic Targeting in Neurodegenerative Disease, 2020, ACS Chemical Neuroscience
  • WNT Signaling as a Therapeutic Target for Glioblastoma, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent co-authors working alongside Santosh Kesari include:

  • Jose Carrillo
  • Naveed Wagle
  • Jaya M. Gill
  • David Piccioni
  • Tiffany Juarez

The majority of their research is published in key venues such as:

  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Neuro-Oncology Advances
  • Journal of Translational Medicine
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Malignant Gliomas in Adults

    Patrick Y Wen;Santosh Kesari

  • Maintenance therapy with tumor-Treating fields plus temozolomide vs temozolomide alone for glioblastoma a randomized clinical trial

    Roger Stupp;Roger Stupp;Sophie Taillibert;Andrew A. Kanner;Santosh Kesari

  • MicroRNA 21 Promotes Glioma Invasion by Targeting Matrix Metalloproteinase Regulators

    Galina Gabriely;Thomas Wurdinger;Santosh Kesari;Christine C. Esau

  • Bevacizumab for recurrent malignant gliomas: efficacy, toxicity, and patterns of recurrence.

    A. D. Norden;G. S. Young;K. Setayesh;A. Muzikansky

  • Transdifferentiation of glioblastoma cells into vascular endothelial cells

    Yasushi Soda;Tomotoshi Marumoto;Tomotoshi Marumoto;Dinorah Friedmann-Morvinski;Mie Soda

  • Olig2-regulated lineage-restricted pathway controls replication competence in neural stem cells and malignant glioma.

    Keith L. Ligon;Emmanuelle Huillard;Emmanuelle Huillard;Shwetal Mehta;Santosh Kesari

  • Mechanisms of radiotherapy-associated cognitive disability in patients with brain tumours

    Milan T. Makale;Carrie R. McDonald;Jona A. Hattangadi-Gluth;Santosh Kesari

  • First results on survival from a large Phase 3 clinical trial of an autologous dendritic cell vaccine in newly diagnosed glioblastoma.

    Linda M. Liau;Keyoumars Ashkan;David D. Tran;Jian L. Campian

  • Human Glioblastoma–Derived Cancer Stem Cells: Establishment of Invasive Glioma Models and Treatment with Oncolytic Herpes Simplex Virus Vectors

    Hiroaki Wakimoto;Santosh Kesari;Christopher J. Farrell;William T. Curry

  • Lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles as a next-generation drug delivery platform: state of the art, emerging technologies, and perspectives.

    Anubhab Mukherjee;Ariana K Waters;Pranav Kalyan;Achal Singh Achrol

  • Corticosteroids in brain cancer patients: benefits and pitfalls

    Jörg Dietrich;Krithika Rao;Sandra Pastorino;Santosh Kesari

  • Single-Agent Bortezomib in Previously Untreated Multiple Myeloma: Efficacy, Characterization of Peripheral Neuropathy, and Molecular Correlations With Response and Neuropathy

    Paul G. Richardson;Wanling Xie;Constantine Mitsiades;Asher A. Chanan-Khan

  • A Review of Persistent Post-COVID Syndrome (PPCS).

    Bryan Oronsky;Christopher Larson;Terese C. Hammond;Arnold Oronsky

  • Autoantigen discovery with a synthetic human peptidome

    H Benjamin Larman;Zhenming Zhao;Zhenming Zhao;Uri Laserson;Uri Laserson;Mamie Z Li

  • Phase I Pharmacologic and Pharmacodynamic Study of the Gamma Secretase (Notch) Inhibitor MK-0752 in Adult Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

    Ian Krop;Tim Demuth;Tina Guthrie;Patrick Y. Wen

  • MiR-21 in the extracellular vesicles (EVs) of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF): a platform for glioblastoma biomarker development.

    Johnny C. Akers;Valya Ramakrishnan;Ryan Kim;Johan Skog

  • Human Glioma Growth is Controlled by MicroRNA-10b

    Galina Gabriely;Ming Yi;Ravi S. Narayan;Johanna M. Niers

  • MicroRNAs in cerebrospinal fluid identify glioblastoma and metastatic brain cancers and reflect disease activity.

    Nadiya M. Teplyuk;Brit Mollenhauer;Galina Gabriely;Alf Giese

  • Response and Resistance in a Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patient With an Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutation and Leptomeningeal Metastases Treated With High-Dose Gefitinib

    David M. Jackman;Alison J. Holmes;Neal Lindeman;Patrick Y. Wen

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Y. Wen
Patrick Y. Wen Harvard University
Michael A. Vogelbaum
Michael A. Vogelbaum Cleveland Clinic
Timothy F. Cloughesy
Timothy F. Cloughesy University of California, Los Angeles
Bob S. Carter
Bob S. Carter Harvard University
Charles D. Stiles
Charles D. Stiles Harvard University
Linda M. Liau
Linda M. Liau University of California, Los Angeles
Razelle Kurzrock
Razelle Kurzrock Medical College of Wisconsin
Alona Muzikansky
Alona Muzikansky Harvard University
Thomas E. Ichim
Thomas E. Ichim University of Western Ontario
David A. Reardon
David A. Reardon Harvard University

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