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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 41 12725 12308 2920 2715 90 6213

Dhriti Nepal publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Dhriti Nepal between 2002 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Dhriti Nepal published across 25 years, from 2002 to 2026, averaging 4.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2024. 10 of the 121 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2024. 2002: 3 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 0 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 2 publications 2015: 1 publication 2016: 4 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 15 publications 2025: 9 publications 2026: 1 publication
2002 2026

121 publications in total across all disciplines

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Dhriti Nepal: publications per year, 2002 to 2026
Year Publications
2002 3
2003 1
2004 0
2005 6
2006 3
2007 4
2008 2
2009 2
2010 3
2011 3
2012 6
2013 9
2014 2
2015 1
2016 4
2017 2
2018 4
2019 6
2020 7
2021 12
2022 12
2023 4
2024 15
2025 9
2026 1
Total 121
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Dhriti Nepal 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 Dhriti Nepal sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 90–109 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 90 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356 90
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Dhriti Nepal 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 Dhriti Nepal sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 40–41 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211 41
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Overview

Dhriti Nepal is affiliated with the United States Air Force Research Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, focusing extensively on several subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including polymer composites and self-healing, MXene and MAX Phase materials, graphene research and applications, liquid crystal research advancements, polymer nanocomposites and properties, and 2D materials and applications.

Frequent publication venues for Dhriti Nepal include ACS Nano, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Advanced Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Advanced Functional Materials, reflecting a concentration on journals relevant to materials and polymer research.

Coauthors who have collaborated frequently with Nepal include Vladimir V. Tsukruk, Vikas Varshney, Timothy J. Bunning, Yixin Ren, and Ajit K. Roy, indicating a network of researchers active in materials and polymer sciences.

Recent published papers showcase a range of contributions such as:

  • Hierarchically structured bioinspired nanocomposites (2022, Nature Materials)
  • Halogen Etch of Ti3AlC2 MAX Phase for MXene Fabrication (2021, ACS Nano)
  • Chiral Cellulose Nanocrystals with Intercalated Amorphous Polysaccharides for Controlled Iridescence and Enhanced Mechanics (2020, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • Vitrimer Transition Temperature Identification: Coupling Various Thermomechanical Methodologies (2021, ACS Applied Polymer Materials)
  • Bio-Organic Chiral Nematic Materials with Adaptive Light Emission and On-Demand Handedness (2021, Advanced Materials)

Best Publications

  • Mechanism for Liquid Phase Exfoliation of MoS2

    Ali Jawaid;Dhriti Nepal;Kyoungweon Park;Michael Jespersen

  • Transport of surface-modified iron nanoparticle in porous media and application to arsenic(III) remediation

    Sushil Raj Kanel;Dhriti Nepal;Bruce Manning;Heechul Choi

  • Halogen Etch of Ti3AlC2 MAX Phase for MXene Fabrication.

    Ali Jawaid;Asra Hassan;Asra Hassan;Gregory Neher;Gregory Neher;Dhriti Nepal

  • Growth Mechanism of Gold Nanorods

    Kyoungweon Park;Lawrence F. Drummy;Robert C. Wadams;Hilmar Koerner

  • Strong antimicrobial coatings: single-walled carbon nanotubes armored with biopolymers.

    Dhriti Nepal;Shankar Balasubramanian;Aleksandr L. Simonian;Virginia A. Davis

  • pH-sensitive dispersion and debundling of single-walled carbon nanotubes: lysozyme as a tool.

    Dhriti Nepal;Kurt E. Geckeler

  • Proteins and Carbon Nanotubes: Close Encounter in Water

    Dhriti Nepal;Kurt E. Geckeler

  • Self-Assembly of Emissive Nanocellulose/Quantum Dot Nanostructures for Chiral Fluorescent Materials.

    Rui Xiong;Shengtao Yu;Marcus J. Smith;Jing Zhou

  • Enhanced stability of enzyme organophosphate hydrolase interfaced on the carbon nanotubes.

    Valber A. Pedrosa;Sheetal Paliwal;Shankar Balasubramanian;Dhriti Nepal

  • Control over position, orientation, and spacing of arrays of gold nanorods using chemically nanopatterned surfaces and tailored particle-particle-surface interactions.

    Dhriti Nepal;Mustafa Onses;Kyoungweon Park;Michael Jespersen

  • Chiral Cellulose Nanocrystals with Intercalated Amorphous Polysaccharides for Controlled Iridescence and Enhanced Mechanics

    Katarina Adstedt;Elizabeth A. Popenov;Kellina J. Pierce;Rui Xiong

  • Large scale solution assembly of quantum dot-gold nanorod architectures with plasmon enhanced fluorescence.

    Dhriti Nepal;Lawrence F. Drummy;Sushmita Biswas;Kyoungweon Park

  • Individualization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Is the Solvent Important?

    Dong Sik Kim;Dhriti Nepal;Kurt E. Geckeler

  • The first fullerene-terminated soluble poly(azomethine) rotaxane

    Dhriti Nepal;Shashadhar Samal;Kurt E. Geckeler

  • Plasmon-Induced Transparency in the Visible Region via Self-Assembled Gold Nanorod Heterodimers

    Sushmita Biswas;Jinsong Duan;Dhriti Nepal;Kyoungweon Park

  • Engineering the Optical Properties of Gold Nanorods: Independent Tuning of Surface Plasmon Energy, Extinction Coefficient, and Scattering Cross Section

    Kyoungweon Park;Sushmita Biswas;Sushil Kanel;Dhriti Nepal

  • Vitrimer Transition Temperature Identification: Coupling Various Thermomechanical Methodologies

    Amber M. Hubbard;Yixin Ren;Dominik Konkolewicz;Alireza Sarvestani

  • Vitrimer Composites: Understanding the Role of Filler in Vitrimer Applicability

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  • Cellulose nanocrystals with different morphologies and chiral properties

    Volodymyr F. Korolovych;Vladyslav Cherpak;Dhriti Nepal;Amy Ng

  • Supramolecular conjugates of carbon nanotubes and DNA by a solid-state reaction.

    Dhriti Nepal;Jung-Inn Sohn;Wilhelm K. Aicher;Seonghoon Lee

  • High-yield assembly of soluble and stable gold nanorod pairs for high-temperature plasmonics.

    Dhriti Nepal;Kyoungweon Park;Richard A. Vaia

Frequent Co-Authors

Kurt E. Geckeler
Kurt E. Geckeler Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Richard A. Vaia
Richard A. Vaia United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Vladimir V. Tsukruk
Vladimir V. Tsukruk Georgia Institute of Technology
Timothy J. Bunning
Timothy J. Bunning United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Ruth Pachter
Ruth Pachter Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Rui Xiong
Rui Xiong Beijing Institute of Technology
Satish Kumar
Satish Kumar Georgia Institute of Technology
Ajit K. Roy
Ajit K. Roy United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Paul F. Nealey
Paul F. Nealey University of Chicago
Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Oleg D. Lavrentovich Kent State University

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