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Ajit Varki

Ajit Varki publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Immunology, on topics such as Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations.

World rank
#12,617
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#6,102
of 358,040
Works
110
Citations
1.4k
Citations per work
13.2

What does Ajit Varki research?

Molecular Biology: 31.9%Organic Chemistry: 9.8%Immunology: 8.6%Genetics: 8.6%other fields: 41.1%32%top field
Molecular Biology31.9%Organic Chemistry9.8%Immunology8.6%Genetics8.6%other fields41.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Molecular Biology32% of their works
  2. 2Organic Chemistry10% of their works
  3. 3Immunology9% of their works
  4. 4Genetics9% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science5% of their works
  6. 6Cell Biology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ajit Varki's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cancer, Glycans, Glycosylation, Angiogenesis, Inflammation, Glycosidase Inhibitors, Oligosaccharide Synthesis and Epigenetic Regulation.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Cancer473 topics
  2. Glycans371 topic
  3. Glycosylation371 topic
  4. Angiogenesis163 topics
  5. Inflammation163 topics
  6. Glycosidase Inhibitors151 topic
  7. Oligosaccharide Synthesis151 topic
  8. Epigenetic Regulation102 topics
  9. Galectins61 topic
  10. Genome Evolution61 topic
  11. Hyaluronan61 topic
  12. Immune Regulation61 topic
  13. Polyploidy61 topic
  14. Proteoglycans61 topic
  15. Cell Adhesion41 topic
  16. Genomic Imprinting41 topic
  17. Integrins41 topic
  18. Parental Influence41 topic
  19. Biotechnological Applications31 topic
  20. Microbial Enzymes31 topic

Where does Ajit Varki work?

Ajit Varki's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California San Diego, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ajit Varki have?

Science Explorer counts 110 works and 1,450 citations for Ajit Varki, ranking #12,617 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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