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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 80 533 468 3 3 434 22755

Prosun Bhattacharya publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Prosun Bhattacharya between 1994 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Prosun Bhattacharya published across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025, averaging 22.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 62 publications in 2010. 81 of the 713 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 62. Peak 62 publications in 2010. 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 5 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 20 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 26 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 62 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 60 publications 2013: 22 publications 2014: 58 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 49 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 30 publications 2019: 29 publications 2020: 34 publications 2021: 44 publications 2022: 36 publications 2023: 62 publications 2024: 53 publications 2025: 28 publications
1994 2025

713 publications in total across all disciplines

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Prosun Bhattacharya: publications per year, 1994 to 2025
Year Publications
1994 1
1995 1
1996 0
1997 1
1998 0
1999 1
2000 0
2001 1
2002 5
2003 3
2004 7
2005 8
2006 20
2007 13
2008 26
2009 17
2010 62
2011 11
2012 60
2013 22
2014 58
2015 13
2016 49
2017 18
2018 30
2019 29
2020 34
2021 44
2022 36
2023 62
2024 53
2025 28
Total 713
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Prosun Bhattacharya publications per year - data summary

  • Prosun Bhattacharya, a Earth Science scholar from Royal Institute of Technology, has 713 publications recorded across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1994 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive years are 2010 and 2023, with 62 publications each.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 3 of the 32 years in the span carry no publications at all (1996, 1998 and 2000).
  • The rate of publication averages 22.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 24.6 per year counting only the 29 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 223 publications, 31% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1994-2004: 20 publications (1.8 per year); 2005-2015: 310 publications (28.2 per year); 2016-2025: 383 publications (38.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Prosun Bhattacharya publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Prosun Bhattacharya sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 428–437 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 434 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27 434
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Prosun Bhattacharya publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Prosun Bhattacharya, a Earth Science scholar from Royal Institute of Technology, records 434 publications - the 96th percentile of the discipline.
  • 96% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Prosun Bhattacharya, and about 4% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Prosun Bhattacharya ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Prosun Bhattacharya D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Prosun Bhattacharya sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 80 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33 80
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Prosun Bhattacharya D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Prosun Bhattacharya, a Earth Science scholar from Royal Institute of Technology, records 80 D-Index - the 94th percentile of the discipline.
  • 94% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Prosun Bhattacharya, and about 6% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Prosun Bhattacharya ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Sweden Leader Award
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Prosun Bhattacharya is affiliated with the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with significant contributions across infectious diseases, environmental chemistry, geochemistry and petrology, water science and technology, and health, toxicology and mutagenesis.

Bhattacharya's work covers numerous topics including arsenic contamination and mitigation, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, fluoride effects and removal, and heavy metal exposure and toxicity.

The scientist has published extensively in various venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Groundwater for Sustainable Development
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health
  • International Journal of Surgery Global Health

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Bhattacharya include:

  • Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Micro(nano)plastics pollution and human health: How plastics can induce carcinogenesis to humans?, 2022, Chemosphere
  • Arsenic biogeochemical cycling in paddy soil-rice system: Interaction with various factors, amendments and mineral nutrients, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Arsenic and other geogenic contaminants in global groundwater, 2024, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Spatial analysis and GIS mapping of regional hotspots and potential health risk of fluoride concentrations in groundwater of northern Tanzania, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Bhattacharya frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Md. Aminul Islam
  • Ahmad Arslan
  • Julian Ijumulana
  • Jyoti Prakash Maity
  • Felix Mtalo

Their research emphasis on arsenic contamination and mitigation is reflected in both topic coverage and recent publications. Other notable fields include groundwater studies and the chemistry involved in environmental processes.

Among honors received, Bhattacharya is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Human Health Effects From Chronic Arsenic Poisoning–A Review

    Simon Kapaj;Hans Peterson;Karsten Liber;Prosun Bhattacharya

  • Occurrence of Arsenic-contaminatedGroundwater in Alluvial Aquifers from Delta Plains, Eastern India: Options for Safe Drinking Water Supply

    Prosun Bhattacharya;Debashis Chatterjee;Gunnar Jacks

  • Arsenic enrichment in groundwater of the alluvial aquifers in Bangladesh: an overview

    K.Matin Ahmed;Prosun Bhattacharya;M.Aziz Hasan;S.Humayun Akhter

  • Arsenic in the environment: Biology and Chemistry

    Prosun Bhattacharya;Alan H. Welch;Kenneth G. Stollenwerk;Mike J. McLaughlin

  • Controls on the genesis of some high-fluoride groundwaters in India

    Gunnar Jacks;Prosun Bhattacharya;Vikas Chaudhary;K.P. Singh

  • Arsenic in groundwater of the Bengal delta plain aquifers in Bangladesh.

    P. Bhattacharya;G. Jacks;K. M. Ahmed;Joyanto Routh

  • Microalgae for third generation biofuel production, mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and wastewater treatment : Present and future perspectives - A mini review

    Jyoti Prakash Maity;Jochen Bundschuh;Jochen Bundschuh;Chien-Yen Chen;Prosun Bhattacharya

  • Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19.

    Aaron Bivins;Devin North;Arslan Ahmad;Warish Ahmed

  • Distribution and mobility of arsenic in the Río Dulce alluvial aquifers in Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina.

    Prosun Bhattacharya;Mattias Claesson;Jochen Bundschuh;Jochen Bundschuh;Ondra Sracek

  • Arsenic in soil and groundwater: an overview

    J.O. Nriagu;P. Bhattacharya;A.B. Mukherjee;J. Bundschuh

  • Fluoride in the environment: sources, distribution and defluoridation

    Meththika Vithanage;Prosun Bhattacharya

  • Arsenic in the Environment: A Global Perspective

    Prosun Bhattacharya;Gunnar Jacks;Seth Frisbie;Euan Smith

  • Groundwater arsenic in the Chaco-Pampean Plain, Argentina : Case study from Robles County, Santiago del Estero Province

    J. Bundschuh;J. Bundschuh;B. Farias;R. Martin;A. Storniolo

  • Arsenic in groundwater in the Bengal Delta Plain: slow poisoning in Bangladesh

    Arun B. Mukherjee;Prosun Bhattacharya

  • Behavior of arsenic and geochemical modeling of arsenic enrichment in aqueous environments

    Ondra Sracek;Prosun Bhattacharya;Gunnar Jacks;Jon-Petter Gustafsson

  • Arsenic contamination in groundwater in the Southeast Asia region.

    Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman;Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman;R. Naidu;R. Naidu;Prosun Bhattacharya

  • Natural arsenic in global groundwaters: distribution and geochemical triggers for mobilization

    Indika Herath;Indika Herath;Meththika Vithanage;Meththika Vithanage;Jochen Bundschuh;Jyoti Prakash Maity;Jyoti Prakash Maity

  • Fluoride occurrence in groundwater systems at global scale and status of defluoridation – State of the art

    Vivian Kimambo;Vivian Kimambo;Vivian Kimambo;Prosun Bhattacharya;Prosun Bhattacharya;Felix Mtalo;Joseph Mtamba

  • Hydrogeochemical comparison and effects of overlapping redox zones on groundwater arsenic near the Western (Bhagirathi sub-basin, India) and Eastern (Meghna sub-basin, Bangladesh) margins of the Bengal Basin.

    Abhijit Mukherjee;Mattias von Brömssen;Bridget R. Scanlon;Prosun Bhattacharya

  • Arsenic in the human food chain: the Latin American perspective

    Jochen Bundschuh;Bibhash Nath;Prosun Bhattacharya;Chen Wuing Liu

  • Groundwater for sustainable development : problems, perspectives and challenges

    Prosun Bhattacharya

Frequent Co-Authors

Jochen Bundschuh
Jochen Bundschuh University of Southern Queensland
Gunnar Jacks
Gunnar Jacks Royal Institute of Technology
Ravi Naidu
Ravi Naidu University of Newcastle Australia
Marta I. Litter
Marta I. Litter National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Abhijit Mukherjee
Abhijit Mukherjee Curtin University
Ondra Sracek
Ondra Sracek Palacký University, Olomouc
Debashis Chatterjee
Debashis Chatterjee University of Kalyani
Kazi Matin Ahmed
Kazi Matin Ahmed University of Dhaka
Bibhash Nath
Bibhash Nath City University of New York
Jiin-Shuh Jean
Jiin-Shuh Jean National Cheng Kung University

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