Research Interests
Andrology and Male Infertility; Female Infertility; Lipid Peroxidation, Reactive Oxygen Species and Apoptosis; Sperm Cryopreservation, Erectile Dysfunction, Identifying Biological Markers of Oxidative Stress, DNA damage and Apoptosis using Proteomic Research Tools and Bioinformatics analysis as well as preserving fertility in patients with cancer.

Ashok has published over 582 scientific papers and review articles in peer reviewed scientific journals, authored over 200 book chapters, and presented over 800 papers at both national and international scientific meetings. His Hirsch index (h-index) as of June 2017 is 122 on Google Scholar, 82 on Scopus, while his citation count is 50,736 on Google Scholar. According to ResearchGate, he has an RG score of 52.54 on 1753 publications. Ashok is ranked in Scopus as the #1 author in the world in the fields of Male Infertility/Andrology and Human Assisted Reproduction, based on his number of peer reviewed publications, citation scores and h-index. Ashok is an editor of over 34 medical text books/manuals related to male infertility, ART, fertility preservation, DNA damage and antioxidants. He is the guest editor of 8 special journal issues. He is a member or office bearer of several professional societies, editorial board member of over 10 PubMed indexed journals and the Associate Editor of World Journal of Men’s Health. He is also an ad hoc reviewer of over 50 scientific journals.