2026 Ashok Pandey: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	142	245	216	1	1	869	85468

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in India Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in India Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in India Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in India Leader Award
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Ashok Pandey is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research in India. Their research spans multiple scientific disciplines, with notable contributions in Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Engineering. Subfields of particular focus include Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Plant Science, Pollution, and Biomaterials.

Research topics frequently addressed by Pandey cover biofuel production and bioconversion, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, microplastics and plastic pollution, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, algal biology and biofuel production, and enzyme production and characterization.

Selected recent papers published by Pandey include:

A critical review on advances in the practices and perspectives for the treatment of dye industry wastewater, 2020, Bioengineered
Prevalence and hazardous impact of pharmaceutical and personal care products and antibiotics in environment: A review on emerging contaminants, 2021, Environmental Research
RETRACTED: Pretreatment strategies for enhanced biogas production from lignocellulosic biomass, 2020, Bioresource Technology
Algae as potential feedstock for the production of biofuels and value-added products: Opportunities and challenges, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
Recent advances in biodiesel production: Challenges and solutions, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors in Pandey's publications include Raveendran Sindhu, Parameswaran Binod, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, Ranjna Sirohi, and Aravind Madhavan.

Common publication venues for Pandey's work are:

Bioresource Technology
The Science of The Total Environment
Environmental Technology & Innovation
Fuel
Chemosphere

Pandey has contributed to several book publications, notably with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Elsevier BV. Titles under these publishers include:

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Technologies for Production of Nutraceuticals and Functional Food Products (2022)
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Emerging Organic Micro-pollutants (2020)
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Advances in Bioprocess Engineering (2022)
Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals - Climate Change Mitigation: Sequestration of Green House Gases (2021)
Biomass, Biofuels and Chemicals: Advances in Enzyme Catalysis and Technologies (2020)
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Advanced Membrane Separation Processes for Sustainable Water and Wastewater Management - Case Studies and Sustainability Analysis (2020)
Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals (2020)

Ashok Pandey is recognized as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

Solid-state fermentation

Ashok Pandey

1711
Citations
Advances in microbial amylases.

Ashok Pandey;Poonam Nigam;Carlos R. Soccol;Vanete T. Soccol

1675
Citations
Biotechnological potential of agro-industrial residues. I: sugarcane bagasse

Ashok Pandey;Carlos R Soccol;Poonam Nigam;Vanete T Soccol

1657
Citations
New developments in solid state fermentation: I-bioprocesses and products.

Ashok Pandey;Carlos R Soccol;David Mitchell

1536
Citations
Micro and macroalgal biomass: A renewable source for bioethanol

Rojan P. John;G.S. Anisha;K. Madhavan Nampoothiri;Ashok Pandey

1321
Citations
Solid state fermentation for the production of industrial enzymes

A Pandey;P Selvakumar;CR Soccol;Poonam Singh Nee Nigam

1252
Citations
Biological pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass--An overview.

Raveendran Sindhu;Parameswaran Binod;Ashok Pandey

1169
Citations
Bioethanol production from rice straw: An overview.

Parameswaran Binod;Raveendran Sindhu;Reeta Rani Singhania;Surender Vikram

1168
Citations
Recent advances in solid-state fermentation.

Reeta Rani Singhania;Anil Kumar Patel;Carlos R. Soccol;Ashok Pandey

1050
Citations
Alpha amylase from a fungal culture grown on oil cakes and its properties

Sumitra Ramachandran;Anil K. Patel;Kesavan Madhavan Nampoothiri;Sandhya Chandran

1023
Citations
The realm of microbial lipases in biotechnology

Ashok Pandey;Sailas Benjamin;Carlos R. Soccol;Poonam Nigam

994
Citations
Recent process developments in solid-state fermentation

Ashok Pandey

808
Citations
Current Developments in Solid-state Fermentation

Ashok Pandey;Carlos Ricardo Soccol;Christian Larroche

769
Citations
Fermentative production of lactic acid from biomass: an overview on process developments and future perspectives

Rojan P. John;K. Madhavan Nampoothiri;Ashok Pandey

763
Citations
TRENDS IN NON-DAIRY PROBIOTIC BEVERAGES

Flávera C. Prado;Jose L. Parada;Ashok Pandey;Carlos R. Soccol

763
Citations
Advancement and comparative profiles in the production technologies using solid-state and submerged fermentation for microbial cellulases

Reeta Rani Singhania;Rajeev K. Sukumaran;Anil Kumar Patel;Christian Larroche

758
Citations
Microbial cellulases ─ Production, applications and challenges

Rajeev K Sukumaran;Reeta Rani Singhania;Ashok Pandey

736
Citations
Cyanobacteria and microalgae: a positive prospect for biofuels.

Asha Parmar;Niraj Kumar Singh;Ashok Pandey;Edgard Gnansounou

686
Citations
Biotechnological potential of coffee pulp and coffee husk for bioprocesses

Ashok Pandey;Carlos R. Soccol;Poonam Nigam;Debora Brand

682
Citations
Role and significance of beta-glucosidases in the hydrolysis of cellulose for bioethanol production.

Reeta Rani Singhania;Anil Kumar Patel;Rajeev K. Sukumaran;Christian Larroche

651
Citations