2026 Kanishka Biswas: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	76	3234	3122	27	25	284	24809

Kanishka Biswas 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 Kanishka Biswas sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 284 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kanishka Biswas 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 Kanishka Biswas sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kanishka Biswas is affiliated with the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in India. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with specific focus on Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The scope of their work also intersects with Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's research areas include a concentration on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, and Thermal Properties of Materials. They have also contributed to studies related to 2D Materials and Applications, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity, as well as Topological Materials and Phenomena.

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on thermal conductivity and thermoelectric performance in complex materials. Notable papers include:

Enhanced atomic ordering leads to high thermoelectric performance in AgSbTe ₂, 2021, Science
Insights into Low Thermal Conductivity in Inorganic Materials for Thermoelectrics, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
Intrinsically Ultralow Thermal Conductivity in Ruddlesden-Popper 2D Perovskite Cs₂PbI₂Cl₂: Localized Anharmonic Vibrations and Dynamic Octahedral Distortions, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
Ferroelectric Instability Induced Ultralow Thermal Conductivity and High Thermoelectric Performance in Rhombohedral p-Type GeSe Crystal, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
Layered materials with 2D connectivity for thermoelectric energy conversion, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Kanishka Biswas's collaborative work is frequently published with several co-authors. Frequent collaborators include Debattam Sarkar, Umesh V. Waghmare, Tanmoy Ghosh, Moinak Dutta, and Ajay Soni.

Their research is regularly disseminated through prominent scientific venues. High publication counts are noted in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemistry of Materials, and Physical Review B.

Best Publications

High-performance bulk thermoelectrics with all-scale hierarchical architectures

Kanishka Biswas;Jiaqing He;Ivan D. Blum;Ivan D. Blum;Chun I. Wu

4993
Citations
Strained endotaxial nanostructures with high thermoelectric figure of merit

Kanishka Biswas;Jiaqing He;Qichun Zhang;Guoyu Wang

1119
Citations
Graphene, the new nanocarbon

C. N. R. Rao;C. N. R. Rao;Kanishka Biswas;Kanishka Biswas;K. S. Subrahmanyam;A. Govindaraj;A. Govindaraj

932
Citations
All-scale hierarchical thermoelectrics: MgTe in PbTe facilitates valence band convergence and suppresses bipolar thermal transport for high performance

L. D. Zhao;H. J. Wu;S. Q. Hao;C. I. Wu

791
Citations
Enhanced atomic ordering leads to high thermoelectric performance in AgSbTe2.

Subhajit Roychowdhury;Tanmoy Ghosh;Raagya Arora;Manisha Samanta

559
Citations
High Performance Thermoelectrics from Earth-Abundant Materials: Enhanced Figure of Merit in PbS by Second Phase Nanostructures

Li Dong Zhao;Shih Han Lo;Jiaqing He;Hao Li

526
Citations
Mg Alloying in SnTe Facilitates Valence Band Convergence and Optimizes Thermoelectric Properties

Ananya Banik;U. Sandhya Shenoy;Shashwat Anand;Umesh V. Waghmare

464
Citations
High thermoelectric performance via hierarchical compositionally alloyed nanostructures

Li Dong Zhao;Shiqiang Hao;Shih Han Lo;Chun I. Wu

446
Citations
High Thermoelectric Performance and Enhanced Mechanical Stability of p-type Ge1–xSbxTe

Suresh Perumal;Subhajit Roychowdhury;Devendra S. Negi;Ranjan Datta

366
Citations
MnO and NiO nanoparticles: synthesis and magnetic properties

Moumita Ghosh;Moumita Ghosh;Kanishka Biswas;Kanishka Biswas;A. Sundaresan;C. N. R. Rao;C. N. R. Rao

360
Citations
The origin of low thermal conductivity in Sn1−xSbxTe: phonon scattering via layered intergrowth nanostructures

Ananya Banik;Badri Vishal;Suresh Perumal;Ranjan Datta

344
Citations
Synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials

C. N. R. Rao;C. N. R. Rao;S. R. C. Vivekchand;Kanishka Biswas;Kanishka Biswas;A. Govindaraj;A. Govindaraj

320
Citations
High thermoelectric performance in tellurium free p-type AgSbSe2

Satya N. Guin;Arindom Chatterjee;Devendra Singh Negi;Ranjan Datta

274
Citations
Luminescence properties of boron and nitrogen doped graphene quantum dots prepared from arc-discharge-generated doped graphene samples

Sunita Dey;A. Govindaraj;Kanishka Biswas;C.N.R. Rao

255
Citations
Realization of High Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in GeTe by Complementary Co-doping of Bi and In

Suresh Perumal;Manisha Samanta;Tanmoy Ghosh;U. Sandhya Shenoy

253
Citations
High Power Factor and Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of SnTe-AgInTe2: Synergistic Effect of Resonance Level and Valence Band Convergence

Ananya Banik;U. Sandhya Shenoy;Sujoy Saha;Umesh V. Waghmare

253
Citations
Intrinsic Rattler-Induced Low Thermal Conductivity in Zintl Type TlInTe2

Manoj K. Jana;Koushik Pal;Avinash Warankar;Pankaj Mandal

253
Citations
Tellurium‐Free Thermoelectric: The Anisotropic n‐Type Semiconductor Bi2S3

Kanishka Biswas;Li Dong Zhao;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

251
Citations
High performance thermoelectric materials and devices based on GeTe

Suresh Perumal;Subhajit Roychowdhury;Kanishka Biswas

247
Citations
Engineering ferroelectric instability to achieve ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric performance in Sn1−xGexTe

Ananya Banik;Tanmoy Ghosh;Raagya Arora;Moinak Dutta

247
Citations
Lead-free thermoelectrics: promising thermoelectric performance in p-type SnTe1−xSex system

Ananya Banik;Kanishka Biswas

222
Citations