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Narayanan Kannan

Narayanan Kannan

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Environmental Sciences
Malaysia
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
48
Citations
10558
World Ranking
5463
National Ranking
9

Narayanan Kannan publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Narayanan Kannan sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 163 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Narayanan Kannan D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Narayanan Kannan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Malaysia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Malaysia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Malaysia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Malaysia Leader Award

Overview

Narayanan Kannan is a researcher affiliated with Taylor's University in Malaysia. Their scholarly work includes studies related to biochemical and toxicological effects, as evidenced by their published research.

Kannan has contributed to the scientific literature with the following paper:

  • Differential Effects of Two Lots of Aroclor 1254 on Enzyme Induction, Thyroid Hormones, and Oxidative Stress (2020, UNC Libraries)

This publication explores the biochemical impacts of polychlorinated biphenyl mixtures on enzymatic and hormonal activity, focusing on oxidative stress mechanisms.

Throughout their publications, Kannan has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Prasada Rao S. Kodavanti
  • Nobuyoshi Yamashita
  • Ethel Derr-Yellin
  • Thomas R. Ward
  • Deborah E. Burgin

Their research work has appeared primarily in the venue UNC Libraries, which hosted their known publication.

Best Publications

  • SWAT: Model Use, Calibration, and Validation

    J. G. Arnold;Daniel N. Moriasi;P. W. Gassman;K. C. Abbaspour

  • Highly toxic coplanar PCBs: occurrence, source, persistency and toxic implications to wildlife and humans.

    S. Tanabe;N. Kannan;An. Subramanian;S. Watanabe

  • Critical evaluation of polychlorinated biphenyl toxicity in terrestrial and marine mammals: increasing impact of non-ortho and mono-ortho coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls from land to ocean.

    Narayanan Kannan;Shinsuke Tanabe;Mitsuhiro Ono;Ryo Tatsukawa

  • Sensitivity analysis and identification of the best evapotranspiration and runoff options for hydrological modelling in SWAT-2000

    N. Kannan;S.M. White;F. Worrall;M.J. Whelan

  • Chlorobiphenyls: Model Compounds for Metabolism in Food Chain Organisms and Their Potential Use as Ecotoxicological Stress Indicators by Application of the Metabolic Slope Concept

    Narayanan Kannan;Thorsten B.H. Reusch;Detlef E. Schulz-Bull;Gert Petrick

  • Simulation of Agricultural Management Alternatives for Watershed Protection

    Pushpa Tuppad;Narayanan Kannan;Raghavan Srinivasan;Colleen G. Rossi

  • Development and Integration of Sub-hourly Rainfall-Runoff Modeling Capability Within a Watershed Model

    Jaehak Jeong;Narayanan Kannan;Jeff Arnold;Roger Glick

  • Method for the determination of three toxic non-orthochlorine substituted coplanar PCBs in environmental samples at part-per-trillion levels

    Shinsuke Tanabe;Narayanan Kannan;Tadaaki Wakimoto;Ryo Tatsukawa

  • Coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls in aroclor and kanechlor mixtures.

    Kannan N;Tanabe S;Wakimoto T;Tatsukawa R

  • Nutrient delivery from the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico and effects of cropland conservation

    M.J. White;C. Santhi;N. Kannan;J.G. Arnold

  • Toxic potential of non-ortho and mono-ortho coplanar PCBs in commercial PCB preparations: 2,3,7,8-T4 CDD toxicity equivalence factors approach

    N. Kannan;S. Tanabe;R. Tatsukawa

  • Isomer-specific determination of polychlorinated dibenzofurans in Japanese and American polychlorinated biphenyls

    T. Wakimoto;N. Kannan;M. Ono;R. Tatsukawa

  • Differential effects of two lots of aroclor 1254: congener-specific analysis and neurochemical end points.

    Prasada Rao S. Kodavanti;Narayanan Kannan;Nobuyoshi Yamashita;Ethel C. Derr-Yellin

  • Development of a continuous soil moisture accounting procedure for curve number methodology and its behaviour with different evapotranspiration methods

    N. Kannan;C. Santhi;J. R. Williams;J. G. Arnold

  • Potentially hazardous residues of non-ortho chlorine substituted coplanar PCBs in human adipose tissue.

    Narayanan Kannan;Shinsuke Tanabe;Ryo Tatsukawa

  • Distribution of individual chlorobiphenyls (PCB) in solution and suspension in the Baltic Sea

    Detlef E. Schulz-Bull;Gert Petrick;Narayanan Kannan;Jan C. Duinker

  • Isomer‐specific determination and toxic evaluation of potentially hazardous coplanar PCBs, dibenzofurans and dioxins in the tissues of “Yusho” PCB poisoning victim and in the causal oil

    Shinsuke Tanabe;Narayanan Kannan;Tadaaki Wakimoto;Ryo Tatsukawa

  • Toxic significance of planar aromatic compounds in Baltic ecosystem — New studies on extremely toxic coplanar PCBs

    J. Tarhanen;J. Koistinen;J. Paasivirta;P.J. Vuorinen

  • Distribution characteristics of nonylphenolic chemicals in Masan Bay environments, Korea.

    Donghao Li;Meihua Dong;Won Joon Shim;Un Hyuk Yim

  • Impact of suspended sediment and nutrient loading from land uses against water quality in the Hii River basin, Japan

    H. Somura;I. Takeda;J.G. Arnold;Y. Mori

  • Spatial Calibration and Temporal Validation of Flow for Regional Scale Hydrologic Modeling1

    C. Santhi;N. Kannan;J. G. Arnold;M. Di Luzio

Frequent Co-Authors

Won Joon Shim
Won Joon Shim Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
Ryo Tatsukawa
Ryo Tatsukawa Ehime University
Un Hyuk Yim
Un Hyuk Yim Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
Sang Hee Hong
Sang Hee Hong Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
Shinsuke Tanabe
Shinsuke Tanabe Ehime University
Jeffrey G. Arnold
Jeffrey G. Arnold Agricultural Research Service
Raghavan Srinivasan
Raghavan Srinivasan Texas A&M University
Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria
Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria University of Malaya
Mohd Talib Latif
Mohd Talib Latif National University of Malaysia
Fred Worrall
Fred Worrall Durham University

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