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Ashok Kumar publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ashok Kumar sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 355 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Ashok Kumar D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ashok Kumar sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2007 - ASM Fellow For outstanding contributions to the fields of chemical mechanical polishing and surface engineering.

Overview

Ashok Kumar is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in India. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on physics, aging, and health-related topics.

Their recent publications include the following:

  • Unravelling the role of telomere shortening with ageing and their potential association with diabetes, cancer, and related lifestyle factors (2022, Tissue and Cell)
  • An intervention to reduce stigma and improve management of depression, risk of suicide/self-harm and other significant emotional or medically unexplained complaints among adolescents living in urban slums: protocol for the ARTEMIS project (2022, Research Square (Research Square))
  • Investigating fusion-fission and quasifission in reaction populating 188Pt compound nucleus (2024, The European Physical Journal A)
  • A Study of Changes in Provisions of Environmental Clearances and their Political-Economic Perspective (2025, International Research Journal on Advanced Engineering and Management (IRJAEM))

The main fields of study associated with their work are:

  • Physics and Astronomy

Their subfields of study include:

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Physiology
  • Aging
  • Social Psychology
  • Health

Ashok Kumar's main research topics cover the following areas:

  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Nuclear physics research studies
  • Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Narayan Chandra Mandal
  • Amit Kumar Verma
  • Prithvi Singh
  • Fatimah A. Al-Saeed
  • Ahmed Ezzat Ahmed

Their contributions have been published in various venues such as:

  • Tissue and Cell
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • The European Physical Journal A
  • International Research Journal on Advanced Engineering and Management (IRJAEM)

Ashok Kumar has been recognized with several fellowships and awards, including:

  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), 2015
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2010
  • ASM Fellow, 2007, for outstanding contributions to the fields of chemical mechanical polishing and surface engineering

Best Publications

  • Smart polymers: Physical forms and bioengineering applications

    Ashok Kumar;Akshay Srivastava;Igor Yu Galaev;Bo Mattiasson

  • Exosome laden oxygen releasing antioxidant and antibacterial cryogel wound dressing OxOBand alleviate diabetic and infectious wound healing

    Parvaiz A. Shiekh;Anamika Singh;Ashok Kumar

  • Skin Tissue Engineering for Tissue Repair and Regeneration

    S. Geetha Priya;Hans Jungvid;Ashok Kumar

  • Synthesis and characterization of elastic and macroporous chitosan–gelatin cryogels for tissue engineering

    Neeraj Kathuria;Anuj Tripathi;Kamal K Kar;Ashok Kumar

  • Exploring the Magnetoelectric Coupling at the Composite Interfaces of FE/FM/FE Heterostructures.

    Dhiren K. Pradhan;Dhiren K. Pradhan;Shalini Kumari;Shalini Kumari;Rama K. Vasudevan;Evgheni Strelcov

  • Genetic landscape of the people of India: A canvas for disease gene exploration

    Samir K. Brahmachari;Partha P. Majumder;Mitali Mukerji;Saman Habib

  • Bioactive materials for biomedical applications using sol–gel technology

    Radha Gupta;Ashok Kumar

  • Supermacroprous chitosan -agarose - gelatin cryogels: in vitro characterization and in vivo assessment for cartilage tissue engineering

    Sumrita Bhat;Anuj Tripathi;Ashok Kumar

  • Biomaterials and bioengineering tomorrow’s healthcare

    Sumrita Bhat;Ashok Kumar

  • Advanced Biomaterials: Fundamentals, Processing, and Applications

    Bikramjit Basu;Dhirendra S. Katti;Ashok Kumar

  • Seed treatment with iron pyrite (FeS2) nanoparticles increases the production of spinach

    Gaurav Srivastava;Chinmaya Kumar Das;Anubhav Das;Satish Kumar Singh

  • Affinity fractionation of lymphocytes using a monolithic cryogel.

    Ashok Kumar;Fatima M Plieva;Igor Yu Galaev;Bo Mattiasson

  • Cell separation using cryogel-based affinity chromatography

    Ashok Kumar;Akshay Srivastava

  • The performance of laminin-containing cryogel scaffolds in neural tissue regeneration.

    Marcin Jurga;Maria B. Dainiak;Anna Sarnowska;Anna Jablonska

  • Upstream processes in antibody production: evaluation of critical parameters.

    Era Jain;Ashok Kumar

  • Fermentation of biowaste to H2 by Bacillus licheniformis.

    V. C. Kalia;S. R. Jain;A. Kumar;A. P. Joshi

  • Two-phonon coupling to the antiferromagnetic phase transition in multiferroic BiFeO3

    Mariola O. Ramirez;M. Krishnamurthi;S. Denev;A. Kumar

  • Cryogels: Freezing unveiled by thawing

    Ashok Kumar;Ruchi Mishra;Yvonne Reinwald;Sumrita Bhat

  • Multi-featured macroporous agarose-alginate cryogel: synthesis and characterization for bioengineering applications.

    Anuj Tripathi;Ashok Kumar

  • Mesenchymal stromal cell-derived exosome-rich fractionated secretome confers a hepatoprotective effect in liver injury.

    Apeksha Damania;Deepika Jaiman;Arun Kumar Teotia;Ashok Kumar

  • Elastic and macroporous agarose-gelatin cryogels with isotropic and anisotropic porosity for tissue engineering.

    Anuj Tripathi;Neeraj Kathuria;Ashok Kumar

Frequent Co-Authors

Ram S. Katiyar
Ram S. Katiyar University of Puerto Rico
James F. Scott
James F. Scott University of St Andrews
Bo Mattiasson
Bo Mattiasson Lund University
Igor Yu. Galaev
Igor Yu. Galaev DSM (Netherlands)
Shashank Priya
Shashank Priya Pennsylvania State University
Monika Tomar
Monika Tomar University of Delhi
Vinay Gupta
Vinay Gupta University of Delhi
Sam Zhang
Sam Zhang Nanyang Technological University
Rikard Holmdahl
Rikard Holmdahl Karolinska Institute
Sandip B. Bharate
Sandip B. Bharate Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

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