2026 Saraswati Sukumar: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	92	11131	10458	5727	5295	337	40525

Saraswati Sukumar 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 Saraswati Sukumar sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 337 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Saraswati Sukumar 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 Saraswati Sukumar sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Saraswati Sukumar is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these areas, their work focuses significantly on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The major topics in their studies include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering.

Notable recent publications by Saraswati Sukumar include:

Targeted nanopore sequencing with Cas9-guided adapter ligation, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
Nanoparticle interactions with immune cells dominate tumor retention and induce T cell-mediated tumor suppression in models of breast cancer, 2020, Science Advances
HOX genes and the NF-κB pathway: A convergence of developmental biology, inflammation and cancer biology, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer
Multiple roles of HOX proteins in Metastasis: Let me count the ways, 2020, Cancer and Metastasis Reviews
DNA methylation markers predict recurrence-free interval in triple-negative breast cancer, 2020, npj Breast Cancer

Saraswati Sukumar has collaborated frequently with several researchers including Mary Jo Fackler, Leslie Cope, Christopher B. Umbricht, Kala Visvanathan, and Guannan Wang.

The scientist has contributed multiple articles to prominent publication venues such as Cancer Research, UNC Libraries, Clinical Epigenetics, npj Breast Cancer, and Oncogene.

Best Publications

Long non-coding RNA HOTAIR reprograms chromatin state to promote cancer metastasis

Rajnish A. Gupta;Nilay R. Shah;Kevin C. Wang;Jeewon Kim

5743
Citations
Genomic landscapes of human breast and colorectal cancers

Laura D. Wood;Williams D. Parsons;Sian Jones;Jimmy Lin

3746
Citations
Molecular Definition of Breast Tumor Heterogeneity

Michail Shipitsin;Lauren L. Campbell;Pedram Argani;Stanislawa Weremowicz

1727
Citations
Extensive and coordinated transcription of noncoding RNAs within cell-cycle promoters

Tiffany Hung;Yulei Wang;Michael F. Lin;Michael F. Lin;Ashley K. Koegel

1332
Citations
Direct mutagenesis of Ha- ras -1 oncogenes by N -nitroso- N -methylurea during initiation of mammary carcinogenesis in rats

Helmut Zarbl;Saraswati Sukumar;Anne V. Arthur;Dionisio Martin-Zanca

1006
Citations
Analysis of human transcriptomes

Victor E Velculescu;Stephen L Madden;Lin Zhang;Alex E Lash

985
Citations
The Hox genes and their roles in oncogenesis

Nilay Shah;Saraswati Sukumar

936
Citations
Induction of mammary carcinomas in rats by nitroso-methylurea involves malignant activation of H- ras -1 locus by single point mutations

Saraswati Sukumar;Vicente Notario;Dionisio Martin-Zanca;Mariano Barbacid

886
Citations
Compromised HOXA5 function can limit p53 expression in human breast tumours

Venu Raman;Shelby A. Martensen;David Reisman;Ella Evron

653
Citations
Loss of the tight junction protein claudin-7 correlates with histological grade in both ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast

Scott L. Kominsky;Pedram Argani;Dorian Korz;Ella Evron;Ella Evron

600
Citations
High frequency of hypermethylation at the 14-3-3 σ locus leads to gene silencing in breast cancer

Anne T. Ferguson;Ella Evron;Christopher B. Umbricht;Tej K. Pandita

588
Citations
Molecular links between obesity and breast cancer

A M Lorincz;S Sukumar

586
Citations
DNA methylation regulates MicroRNA expression.

Liangfeng Han;P. Dane Witmer Witmer;Emily Casey;David Valle

429
Citations
Detection of breast cancer cells in ductal lavage fluid by methylation-specific PCR

Ella Evron;William C. Dooley;Christopher B. Umbricht;Dorothy Rosenthal

427
Citations
HIF-1-dependent expression of angiopoietin-like 4 and L1CAM mediates vascular metastasis of hypoxic breast cancer cells to the lungs

H Zhang;H Zhang;C C L Wong;H Wei;D M Gilkes

421
Citations
Hypermethylation of 14-3-3 σ (stratifin) is an early event in breast cancer

Christopher B Umbricht;Ella Evron;Edward Gabrielson;Anne Ferguson

385
Citations
Activation of ras oncogenes preceding the onset of neoplasia

Ramesh Kumar;Saraswati Sukumar;Mariano Barbacid

353
Citations
Myeloid Progenitor Cells in the Premetastatic Lung Promote Metastases by Inducing Mesenchymal to Epithelial Transition

Dingcheng Gao;Natasha Joshi;Hyejin Choi;Seongho Ryu

339
Citations
Combining serial analysis of gene expression and array technologies to identify genes differentially expressed in breast cancer.

Mariana Nacht;Anne T. Ferguson;Wen Zhang;Joseph M. Petroziello

329
Citations
Modeling precision treatment of breast cancer

Anneleen Daemen;Anneleen Daemen;Anneleen Daemen;Obi L Griffith;Obi L Griffith;Obi L Griffith;Laura M Heiser;Laura M Heiser;Nicholas J Wang;Nicholas J Wang

324
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedram Argani Johns Hopkins University

Edward Gabrielson Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Kornelia Polyak Harvard University

Vered Stearns Johns Hopkins University

David L. Huso Johns Hopkins University

Leslie Cope Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Antonio C. Wolff Johns Hopkins University

Kala Visvanathan Johns Hopkins University

Tao Zhu University of Science and Technology of China

Nancy E. Davidson University of Washington

External Links

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