2026 Jayant Kumar: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	66	5252	5081	1375	1288	576	20246
Chemistry	66	7177	6508	2136	1768	553	20073

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Materials Science

5252

5081

1375

1288

576

20246

Chemistry

7177

6508

2136

1768

553

20073

Materials Science

D-Index

Citations

20246

World Ranking

5252

National Ranking

1375

Chemistry

D-Index

Citations

20073

World Ranking

7177

National Ranking

2136

Overview

Jayant Kumar is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on subfields such as Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Biomaterials.

Their work encompasses a variety of specialized topics, including:

Flame retardant materials and properties
Conducting polymers and applications
Fire dynamics and safety research
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications

Jayant Kumar has contributed to numerous publications with a concentration in several key scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
ACS Applied Energy Materials
Progress in Organic Coatings
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
SSRN Electronic Journal

Among their recent papers are:

"Nanotechnology: Current applications and future scope in food", 2020, Food Frontiers
"Bio-Based Flame-Retardant Coatings Based on the Synergistic Combination of Tannic Acid and Phytic Acid for Nylon-Cotton Blends", 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
"Antioxidant Activity of Synthetic Polymers of Phenolic Compounds", 2020, Polymers
"A Bio-derived Char Forming Flame Retardant Additive for Nylon 6 Based on Crosslinked Tannic Acid", 2020, Thermochimica Acta
"Designing Supertough and Ultrastretchable Liquid Metal-Embedded Natural Rubber Composites for Soft-Matter Engineering", 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Jayant Kumar frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

Ramaswamy Nagarajan
Ravi Mosurkal
Zhiyu Xia
Sourabh Kulkarni
Shiran Yu

Best Publications

Laser‐induced holographic surface relief gratings on nonlinear optical polymer films

D. Y. Kim;S. K. Tripathy;Lian Li;J. Kumar

1564
Citations
Electrospun Nanofibrous Membranes for Highly Sensitive Optical Sensors

Xianyan Wang;Christopher Drew;Soo-Hyoung Lee;Kris J. Senecal

1004
Citations
Surface relief structures on azo polymer films

Nirmal K. Viswanathan;Dong Yu Kim;Shaoping Bian;John Williams

908
Citations
Enzymatically Synthesized Conducting Polyaniline

Wei Liu;Jayant Kumar;Sukant Tripathy;Kris J. Senecal

649
Citations
Gradient force: The mechanism for surface relief grating formation in azobenzene functionalized polymers

Jayant Kumar;Lian Li;Xin Li Jiang;Dong-Yu Kim

608
Citations
Electrostatic Assembly of Conjugated Polymer Thin Layers on Electrospun Nanofibrous Membranes for Biosensors

Xianyan Wang;Young-Gi Kim;Christopher Drew;Bon-Cheol Ku

455
Citations
Polarized Laser Induced Holographic Surface Relief Gratings on Polymer Films.

D. Y. Kim;Lian Li;X. L. Jiang;V. Shivshankar

376
Citations
Photoinduced surface deformations on azobenzene polymer films

Shaoping Bian;John M. Williams;Dong Yu Kim;Lian Li

340
Citations
Handbook of polyelectrolytes and their applications

Sukant K. Tripathy;Jayant Kumar;Hari Singh Nalwa

338
Citations
The Role of Template in the Enzymatic Synthesis of Conducting Polyaniline

Wei Liu;Ashok L. Cholli;Ramaswamy Nagarajan;Jayant Kumar

296
Citations
Biologically Derived Conducting and Water Soluble Polyaniline

Lynne A. Samuelson;Althea Anagnostopoulos;K. Shridhara Alva;Jayant Kumar

251
Citations
Unraveling the mechanism of thermal and thermo-oxidative degradation of tannic acid

Zhiyu Xia;Ankita Singh;Weeradech Kiratitanavit;Ravi Mosurkal

248
Citations
Polarization dependent recordings of surface relief gratings on azobenzene containing polymer films

X. L. Jiang;L. Li;J. Kumar;D. Y. Kim

236
Citations
Single laser beam-induced surface deformation on azobenzene polymer films

S. Bian;L. Li;J. Kumar;D. Y. Kim

220
Citations
Photofabrication of Surface Relief Grating on Films of Azobenzene Polymer with Different Dye Functionalization

Takashi Fukuda;Hiro Matsuda;Takao Shiraga;Tatsumi Kimura

217
Citations
Oriented Bacteriorhodopsin/Polycation Multilayers by Electrostatic Layer-by-Layer Assembly

Jin-An He;Lynne Samuelson;Lian Li;Jayant Kumar

216
Citations
Techniques for characterization of charge carrier mobility in organic semiconductors

Akshay Kokil;Ke Yang;Jayant Kumar

215
Citations
Metal Oxide-Coated Polymer Nanofibers

Christopher Drew;Xin Liu;David Ziegler;Xianyan Wang

204
Citations
Epoxy-Based Nonlinear Optical Polymers from Post Azo Coupling Reaction

Xiaogong Wang;Jayant Kumar;Sukant K. Tripathy;Lian Li

202
Citations
Efficient Light Harvesting Polymers for Nanocrystalline TiO2Photovoltaic Cells

Young-Gi Kim;John Walker;Lynne A. Samuelson;Jayant Kumar

201
Citations
A Detailed Investigation of the Polarization-Dependent Surface-Relief-Grating Formation Process on Azo Polymer Films

Nirmal K. Viswanathan;Srinivasan Balasubramanian;Lian Li;Sukant K. Tripathy

197
Citations