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Valakunja Nagaraja

Valakunja Nagaraja

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
42
Citations
7473
World Ranking
19473
National Ranking
97

Valakunja Nagaraja 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 Valakunja Nagaraja sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 230 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Valakunja Nagaraja 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 Valakunja Nagaraja sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Valakunja Nagaraja is a researcher affiliated with the Indian Institute of Science in India. Their academic efforts are primarily situated within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, alongside Medicine. The research focuses notably on Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Genetics.

The central themes of their work encompass Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, RNA modifications and cancer, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Key recent publications by Valakunja Nagaraja include:

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis SufR responds to nitric oxide via its 4Fe-4S cluster and regulates Fe-S cluster biogenesis for persistence in mice (2021, Redox Biology)
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis Calcium Pump CtpF Modulates the Autophagosome in an mTOR-Dependent Manner (2020, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology)
  • Rv0802c is an acyltransferase that succinylates and acetylates Mycobacterium tuberculosis nucleoid-associated protein HU (2021, Microbiology)
  • The Mycobacterium tuberculosis methyltransferase Rv2067c manipulates host epigenetic programming to promote its own survival (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Intrinsic and Rho-dependent termination cooperate for efficient transcription termination at 3' untranslated regions (2022, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Nagaraja reflect ongoing research partnerships, and include:

  • Prakruti R. Singh
  • Arun Sai Kumar Peketi
  • Eswarappa Pradeep Bulagonda
  • Rajeev Jha
  • Shubha Udupa

Publication venues where Nagaraja has frequently contributed include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Redox Biology
  • Microbiology

Nagaraja has been recognized as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences since 2012.

Best Publications

  • A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes

    Richard J. Roberts;Marlene Belfort;Timothy Bestor;Ashok S. Bhagwat

  • Diverse Functions of Restriction-Modification Systems in Addition to Cellular Defense

    Kommireddy Vasu;Valakunja Nagaraja;Valakunja Nagaraja

  • Synthesis and antimycobacterial evaluation of various 7-substituted ciprofloxacin derivatives

    Dharmarajan Sriram;Perumal Yogeeswari;Jafar Sadik Basha;Deshpande R. Radha

  • High levels of catalytic antibodies correlate with favorable outcome in sepsis.

    Sébastien Lacroix-Desmazes;Jagadeesh Bayry;Srini V. Kaveri;David Hayon-Sonsino

  • WebGeSTer DB—a transcription terminator database

    Anirban Mitra;Anil K. Kesarwani;Debnath Pal;Valakunja Nagaraja

  • Conserved economics of transcription termination in eubacteria

    Shyam Unniraman;Ranjana Prakash;Valakunja Nagaraja

  • Targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis nucleoid-associated protein HU with structure-based inhibitors

    Tuhin Bhowmick;Soumitra Ghosh;Karuna Dixit;Varsha Ganesan

  • Alternate paradigm for intrinsic transcription termination in eubacteria.

    Shyam Unniraman;Ranjana Prakash;Valakunja Nagaraja;Valakunja Nagaraja

  • DNA topoisomerase I and DNA gyrase as targets for TB therapy.

    Valakunja Nagaraja;Adwait A. Godbole;Sara R. Henderson;Anthony Maxwell

  • Functional characterisation of mycobacterial DNA gyrase: an efficient decatenase

    U. H. Manjunatha;M. Dalal;M. Chatterji;D. R. Radha

  • Lysine acetylation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis HU protein modulates its DNA binding and genome organization

    Soumitra Ghosh;Bhavna Padmanabhan;Chinmay Anand;Valakunja Nagaraja;Valakunja Nagaraja

  • Type II restriction endonuclease R.KpnI is a member of the HNH nuclease superfamily

    Matheshwaran Saravanan;Janusz M. Bujnicki;Iwona A. Cymerman;Desirazu Narasimha Rao

  • DNA Gyrase Genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a Single Operon Driven by Multiple Promoters

    Shyam Unniraman;Monalisa Chatterji;Valakunja Nagaraja;Valakunja Nagaraja

  • Curcumin reduces the antimicrobial activity of ciprofloxacin against Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Typhi

    Sandhya A. Marathe;Rupesh Kumar;Parthasarathi Ajitkumar;Valakunja Nagaraja

  • Synthesis and antimycobacterial activities of novel 6-nitroquinolone-3-carboxylic acids

    Palaniappan Senthilkumar;Murugesan Dinakaran;Perumal Yogeeswari;Dharmarajan Sriram

  • DNA translocation blockage, a general mechanism of cleavage site selection by type I restriction enzymes.

    Pavel Janscak;Maria P. MacWilliams;Ursula Sandmeier;Valakunja Nagaraja

  • A hybrid recognition sequence in a recombinant restriction enzyme and the evolution of DNA sequence specificity.

    Valakunja Nagaraja;John C. W. Shepherd;Thomas A. Bickle

  • Novel ofloxacin derivatives: synthesis, antimycobacterial and toxicological evaluation.

    Murugesan Dinakaran;Palaniappan Senthilkumar;Perumal Yogeeswari;Arnab China

  • HupB, a Nucleoid-Associated Protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Is Modified by Serine/Threonine Protein Kinases In Vivo

    Meetu Gupta;Andaleeb Sajid;Kirti Sharma;Soumitra Ghosh

  • A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyl transferases, homing endonucleases and their genes

    RJ Roberts;M Belford;T Bester;AS Bhagwat

Frequent Co-Authors

Perumal Yogeeswari
Perumal Yogeeswari Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Dharmarajan Sriram
Dharmarajan Sriram Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Thomas A. Bickle
Thomas A. Bickle University of Basel
Sébastien Lacroix-Desmazes
Sébastien Lacroix-Desmazes Sorbonne University
Sean Ekins
Sean Ekins University of Arizona
Anthony Maxwell
Anthony Maxwell John Innes Centre
Bhaskar D. Kulkarni
Bhaskar D. Kulkarni Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Michel D. Kazatchkine
Michel D. Kazatchkine Université Paris Cité
Stewart T. Cole
Stewart T. Cole Institut Pasteur

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