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Ajit Varki

Active 1979–2025

227
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57,717
Citations
128
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Citations

Citations per year for Ajit Varki1959: 1 citations1978: 1 citations1980: 1 citations1981: 29 citations1982: 33 citations1983: 18 citations1984: 31 citations1985: 34 citations1986: 35 citations1987: 42 citations1988: 24 citations1989: 27 citations1990: 29 citations1991: 43 citations1992: 74 citations1993: 97 citations1994: 160 citations1995: 229 citations1996: 214 citations1997: 271 citations1998: 282 citations1999: 231 citations2000: 263 citations2001: 325 citations2002: 434 citations2003: 305 citations2004: 392 citations2005: 389 citations2006: 410 citations2007: 507 citations2008: 505 citations2009: 577 citations2010: 545 citations2011: 506 citations2012: 596 citations2013: 425 citations2014: 641 citations2015: 538 citations2016: 462 citations2017: 493 citations2018: 451 citations2019: 1,564 citations2020: 1,714 citations2021: 1,748 citations2022: 1,145 citations2023: 791 citations2024: 1,307 citations2025: 546 citations2026: 4 citations1960–1977: no citations, so these years are not shown1979: no citations, so this year is not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 4,800 citing papers, 30.9% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,128 citing papers, 7.3% of this breakdownChina: 1,107 citing papers, 7.1% of this breakdownGermany: 1,095 citing papers, 7.1% of this breakdownJapan: 697 citing papers, 4.5% of this breakdownFrance: 542 citing papers, 3.5% of this breakdownNetherlands: 542 citing papers, 3.5% of this breakdownCanada: 531 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownItaly: 422 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 367 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdownAustralia: 363 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownSweden: 339 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology48.2%
  • Medicine27%
  • Immunology and Microbiology9.1%
  • Chemistry5.3%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.1%
  • Neuroscience1.9%
  • Other6.4%

Topics

  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research13.8%
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis5.9%
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology3.7%
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research2.8%
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research2.3%
  • Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research2.3%
  • Other69.2%

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  1. Biological roles of glycans

    Authors: Ajit Varki - Glycobiology 2016 cited by 2,645

  2. Siglecs and their roles in the immune system

    Authors: Paul R. Crocker, James C. Paulson, Ajit Varki - Nature reviews. Immunology 2007 cited by 2,032

  3. Symbol Nomenclature for Graphical Representations of Glycans

    Authors: Ajit Varki, Richard D. Cummings, Markus Aebi, Nicolle H. Packer, Peter H. Seeberger, Jeffrey D. Esko, Pamela Stanley, Gerald W. Hart, Alan G. Darvill, Taroh Kinoshita, James Prestegard, Ronald L. Schnaar, Hudson H. Freeze, Jamey D. Marth, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Marilynn E. Etzler, Martin Frank, Johannes F.G. Vliegenthart, Thomas Lütteke, Serge Pérez, Evan Bolton, Pauline M. Rudd, James C. Paulson, Minoru Kanehisa, Filip V. Toukach, Kiyoko F. Aoki‐Kinoshita, Anne Dell, Hisashi Narimatsu, William S. York, Naoyuki Taniguchi, Stuart Kornfeld - Glycobiology 2015 cited by 1,083

  4. Updates to the Symbol Nomenclature for Glycans guidelines

    Authors: Sriram Neelamegham, Kiyoko F. Aoki‐Kinoshita, Evan Bolton, Martin Frank, Frédérique Lisacek, Thomas Lütteke, Noel M. O’Boyle, Nicolle H. Packer, Pamela Stanley, Filip V. Toukach, Ajit Varki, Robert J. Woods, The SNFG Discussion Group, Alan G. Darvill, Anne Dell, Bernard Henrissat, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Gerald Hart, Hisashi Narimatsu, Hudson H. Freeze, Issaku Yamada, James C. Paulson, James Prestegard, Jamey D. Marth, Johannes F.G. Vliegenthart, Marilynn E. Etzler, Markus Aebi, Minoru Kanehisa, Naoyuki Taniguchi, Nathan Edwards, Pauline M. Rudd, Peter H. Seeberger, Raja Mazumder, René Ranzinger, Richard Cummings, Ronald L. Schnaar, Serge Pérez, Stuart Kornfeld, Taroh Kinoshita, William S. York, Yuriy A. Knirel - Glycobiology 2019 cited by 481

  5. Sialic acids in human health and disease

    Authors: Ajit Varki - Trends in Molecular Medicine 2008 cited by 1,000

  6. Self-associated molecular patterns mediate cancer immune evasion by engaging Siglecs on T cells

    Authors: Michal A. Stanczak, Shoib Sarwar Siddiqui, Marcel P. Trefny, Daniela S. Thommen, Kayluz Frias Boligan, Stephan von Gunten, Alexandar Tzankov, L. Tietze, Didier Lardinois, Viola Heinzelmann‐Schwarz, Michael von Bergwelt‐Baildon, Wu Zhang, Heinz‐Josef Lenz, Younghun Han, Christopher I. Amos, Mohammedyaseen Syedbasha, Adrian Egli, Frank Stenner, Daniel E. Speiser, Ajit Varki, Alfred Zippelius, Heinz Läubli - Journal of Clinical Investigation 2018 cited by 306

  7. Multifarious roles of sialic acids in immunity

    Authors: Ajit Varki, Pascal Gagneux - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2012 cited by 634

  8. An Atlas of Human Glycosylation Pathways Enables Display of the Human Glycome by Gene Engineered Cells

    Authors: Yoshiki Narimatsu, Hiren J. Joshi, Rebecca Nason, Julie Van Coillie, Richard Karlsson, Lingbo Sun, Zilu Ye, Yen‐Hsi Chen, Katrine T. Schjoldager, Catharina Steentoft, Sanae Furukawa, Barbara A. Bensing, Paul M. Sullam, Andrew J. Thompson, James C. Paulson, Christian Büll, Gosse J. Adema, Ulla Mandel, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen, Eric Bennett, Ajit Varki, Sergey Y. Vakhrushev, Zhang Yang, Henrik Clausen - Molecular Cell 2019 cited by 278

  9. Chemical Diversity in the Sialic Acids and Related α-Keto Acids: An Evolutionary Perspective

    Authors: Takashi Angata, Ajit Varki - Chemical Reviews 2002 cited by 1,235

  10. Biological roles of oligosaccharides: all of the theories are correct

    Authors: Ajit Varki - Glycobiology 1993 cited by 5,185

  11. Sialic acid–binding immunoglobulin-like lectins (Siglecs) detect self-associated molecular patterns to regulate immune responses

    Authors: Heinz Läubli, Ajit Varki - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 2019 cited by 205

  12. Display of the human mucinome with defined O-glycans by gene engineered cells

    Authors: Rebecca Nason, Christian Büll, Andriana Konstantinidi, Lingbo Sun, Zilu Ye, Adnan Halim, Wenjuan Du, Daniel Madriz Sørensen, Fabien Durbesson, Sanae Furukawa, Ulla Mandel, Hiren J. Joshi, Leo Alexander Dworkin, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen, Leonor David, T.M. Iverson, Barbara A. Bensing, Paul M. Sullam, Ajit Varki, Erik de Vries, Cornelis A. M. de Haan, Renaud Vincentelli, Bernard Henrissat, Sergey Y. Vakhrushev, Henrik Clausen, Yoshiki Narimatsu - Nature Communications 2021 cited by 129

  13. Advances in the Biology and Chemistry of Sialic Acids

    Authors: Xi Chen, Ajit Varki - ACS Chemical Biology 2009 cited by 546

  14. A red meat-derived glycan promotes inflammation and cancer progression

    Authors: Annie N. Samraj, Oliver M.T. Pearce, Heinz Läubli, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Anne K. Bergfeld, Kalyan Banda, Christopher Gregg, Andrea E. Bingman, Patrick Secrest, Sandra Diaz, Nissi Varki, Ajit Varki - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2014 cited by 395

  15. Essentials of Glycobiology [Internet]

    Authors: Ajit Varki, Richard D. Cummings, Jeffrey D. Esko, Pamela Stanley, Gerald W. Hart, Markus Aebi, Alan G. Darvill, Taroh Kinoshita, Nicolle H. Packer, James H. Prestegard, Ronald L. Schnaar, Peter H. Seeberger - 2015 cited by 202

  16. Heparin and cancer revisited: Mechanistic connections involving platelets, P-selectin, carcinoma mucins, and tumor metastasis

    Authors: Lubor Borsig, Richard W. Wong, James R. Feramisco, David R. Nadeau, Nissi Varki, Ajit Varki - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2001 cited by 710

  17. Engagement of myelomonocytic Siglecs by tumor-associated ligands modulates the innate immune response to cancer

    Authors: Heinz Läubli, Oliver M.T. Pearce, Flavio Schwarz, Shoib Sarwar Siddiqui, Lingquan Deng, Michal A. Stanczak, Liwen Deng, Andrea Verhagen, Patrick Secrest, Chrissy Lusk, Ann G. Schwartz, Nissi Varki, Jack D. Bui, Ajit Varki - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2014 cited by 228

  18. Glycan-based interactions involving vertebrate sialic-acid-recognizing proteins

    Authors: Ajit Varki - Nature 2007 cited by 862

  19. Human uptake and incorporation of an immunogenic nonhuman dietary sialic acid

    Authors: Pam Tangvoranuntakul, Pascal Gagneux, Sandra Diaz, Muriel Bardor, Nissi Varki, Ajit Varki, Elaine A. Muchmore - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2003 cited by 621

  20. Discovery, classification, evolution and diversity of Siglecs

    Authors: Takashi Angata, Ajit Varki - Molecular Aspects of Medicine 2022 cited by 72

  21. Trousseau's syndrome: multiple definitions and multiple mechanisms

    Authors: Ajit Varki - Blood 2007 cited by 824

  22. Mechanism of Uptake and Incorporation of the Non-human Sialic Acid N-Glycolylneuraminic Acid into Human Cells*

    Authors: Muriel Bardor, Dzung Nguyen, Sandra Diaz, Ajit Varki - Journal of Biological Chemistry 2004 cited by 385

  23. Diversity in specificity, abundance, and composition of anti-Neu5Gc antibodies in normal humans: Potential implications for disease

    Authors: Vered Padler‐Karavani, Huangyue Yu, Hongzhi Cao, Harshal A. Chokhawala, Frieda Karp, Nissi Varki, Xi Chen, Ajit Varki - Glycobiology 2008 cited by 323

  24. Siglec-5 and Siglec-14 are polymorphic paired receptors that modulate neutrophil and amnion signaling responses to group B Streptococcus

    Authors: Syed R. Ali, Jerry J. Fong, Aaron F. Carlin, Tamara Busch, Rebecka Linden, Takashi Angata, Thomas Areschoug, Mana M. Parast, Nissi Varki, Jeffrey C. Murray, Victor Nizet, Ajit Varki - The Journal of Experimental Medicine 2014 cited by 195