Ajit Varki

66.5k citations
504 papers · 50.5k · 13 hit papers · h-index 115

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Ajit Varki

500 papers receiving 49.4k citations

Ajit Varki's Hit Papers

Biological roles of glycans 2016 · 1.9k citations
1.9k0+11+22Years since publication10002.0k3.0k4.0k

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Ajit Varki
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  • Immunology and Allergy 3.7k
  • Immunology 13.1k
  • Molecular Biology 33.7k
  • Cell Biology 6.6k
  • Organic Chemistry 11.1k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ajit Varki, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Biological roles of oligosaccharides: all of the theories are correct
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19934434
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Essentials of Glycobiology
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19992022
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Biological roles of glycans
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20161871
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Siglecs and their roles in the immune system
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20071626
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Chemical Diversity in the Sialic Acids and Related α-Keto Acids:  An Evolutionary Perspective
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20021033
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Selectin ligands.
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1994823
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Sialic acids in human health and disease
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2008807
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Glycan-based interactions involving vertebrate sialic-acid-recognizing proteins
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2007732
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Human embryonic stem cells express an immunogenic nonhuman sialic acid
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2005712
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Intra- and Interspecific Variation in Primate Gene Expression Patterns
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2002612
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Heparin and cancer revisited: Mechanistic connections involving platelets, P-selectin, carcinoma mucins, and tumor metastasis
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2001587
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Trousseau's syndrome: multiple definitions and multiple mechanisms
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2007582
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Diversity in the sialic acids
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1992513
14 2003499
15 2012487
16 1997474
17 2009462
18 1998452
19 1997452
20 1992447

About Ajit Varki

Ajit Varki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Immunology, Cell Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, having authored 504 papers that have together received 50.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (338 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (133 papers), Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (80 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (59 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (46 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (44 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (25 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology and Allergy (3.7k citations), Immunology (13.1k citations), Molecular Biology (33.7k citations), Cell Biology (6.6k citations) and Organic Chemistry (11.1k citations). Ajit Varki has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Nissi Varki, Takashi Angata, Sandra Diaz, Paul R. Crocker, Pascal Gagneux, James C. Paulson, Lubor Borsig, Hudson H. Freeze, Xi Chen and Jeffrey D. Esko. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Glycobiology, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Blood.

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