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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 59 7471 7221 1848 1711 245 10726
Chemistry 60 9716 8790 2733 2246 294 12499

Somenath Mitra publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Somenath Mitra between 1971 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Somenath Mitra published across 55 years, from 1971 to 2025, averaging 5.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 35 publications in 2018. 12 of the 323 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1971 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 35. Peak 35 publications in 2018. 1971: 1 publication 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 3 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 7 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 21 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 17 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 35 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 16 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 7 publications
1971 2025

323 publications in total across all disciplines

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Somenath Mitra: publications per year, 1971 to 2025
Year Publications
1971 1
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 3
1989 1
1990 1
1991 1
1992 3
1993 2
1994 2
1995 3
1996 5
1997 1
1998 7
1999 4
2000 4
2001 4
2002 7
2003 9
2004 3
2005 10
2006 12
2007 11
2008 11
2009 11
2010 10
2011 21
2012 9
2013 17
2014 14
2015 10
2016 10
2017 6
2018 35
2019 12
2020 16
2021 16
2022 10
2023 9
2024 5
2025 7
Total 323
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Somenath Mitra 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 Somenath Mitra 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, 230–249 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: 245 publications — 45th percentile

45% 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
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766 245
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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Somenath Mitra 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 Somenath Mitra 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, 58–59 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: 59 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% 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
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 59
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

Overview

Somenath Mitra is affiliated with the New Jersey Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans several intersecting fields including engineering, materials science, and environmental science. Within these broad disciplines, Mitra's work focuses on subfields such as biomedical engineering, water science and technology, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's research topics extensively cover membrane technologies and nanomaterials. Key areas include membrane separation technologies, membrane-based ion separation techniques, membrane separation and gas transport, graphene and nanomaterials applications, nanopore and nanochannel transport studies, microplastics and plastic pollution, and nanoparticle-based drug delivery.

Mitra has contributed to numerous publications, particularly in venues like Separation and Purification Technology, Membranes, Molecules, Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces, and Nanomaterials. The distribution of Mitra's work includes seven publications in Separation and Purification Technology, five in Membranes, four in Molecules, and three each in Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces and Nanomaterials.

Frequent collaborators of Mitra include Sagar Roy, Mohammad Saiful Islam, Indrani Gupta, Mitun Chandra Bhoumick, and Sumona Paul. These coauthors have co-published multiple works, with connections ranging from nine to eighteen joint publications.

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Mitra include:

  • Antiviral properties of select carbon nanostructures and their functionalized analogs (2021, Materials Today Communications)
  • Nanocarbon immobilized membranes for generating bacteria and endotoxin free water via membrane distillation (2020, Separation and Purification Technology)
  • Synergistic effect of air sparging in direct contact membrane distillation to control membrane fouling and enhancing flux (2021, Separation and Purification Technology)
  • Low temperature recovery of acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation products via microwave induced membrane distillation on carbon nanotube immobilized membranes (2020, Sustainable Energy & Fuels)
  • Nanocarbon-Immobilized Membranes for Separation of Tetrahydrofuran from Water via Membrane Distillation (2020, ACS Applied Nano Materials)

Mitra was recognized as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Sample preparation techniques in analytical chemistry

    Somenath Mitra

  • Rapidly functionalized, water-dispersed carbon nanotubes at high concentration.

    Yubing Wang;Zafar Iqbal;Somenath Mitra

  • Water Desalination Using Carbon-Nanotube-Enhanced Membrane Distillation

    Ken Gethard;Ornthida Sae-Khow;Somenath Mitra

  • A fullerene–single wall carbon nanotube complex for polymer bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells

    Cheng Li;Yuhong Chen;Yubing Wang;Zafar Iqbal

  • Adsorption of arsenic on multiwall carbon nanotube-zirconia nanohybrid for potential drinking water purification

    Susana Addo Ntim;Somenath Mitra

  • Microwave-induced rapid chemical functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes

    Yubing Wang;Zafar Iqbal;Somenath Mitra

  • Interlaboratory evaluation of in vitro cytotoxicity and inflammatory responses to engineered nanomaterials: the NIEHS Nano GO Consortium.

    Tian Xia;Raymond F. Hamilton;James C. Bonner;Edward D. Crandall

  • Anti-HER2 IgY antibody-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes for detection and selective destruction of breast cancer cells

    Yan Xiao;Xiugong Gao;Oleh Taratula;Stephen Treado

  • Dispersal state of multiwalled carbon nanotubes elicits profibrogenic cellular responses that correlate with fibrogenesis biomarkers and fibrosis in the murine lung.

    Xiang Wang;Tian Xia;Susana Addo Ntim;Zhaoxia Ji

  • Effect of carbon nanotube (CNT) functionalization in Epoxy-CNT composites.

    Sagar Roy;Roumiana S. Petrova;Somenath Mitra

  • Facile fabrication of superior nanofiltration membranes from interfacially polymerized CNT-polymer composites

    Sagar Roy;Susana Addo Ntim;Somenath Mitra;Kamalesh K. Sirkar

  • Desalination across a graphene oxide membrane via direct contact membrane distillation

    Madhuleena Bhadra;Sagar Roy;Somenath Mitra

  • Quantitative techniques for assessing and controlling the dispersion and biological effects of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in mammalian tissue culture cells.

    Xiang Wang;Tian Xia;Susana Addo Ntim;Zhaoxia Ji

  • Effect of MWCNT size, carboxylation, and purification on in vitro and in vivo toxicity, inflammation and lung pathology

    Raymond F Hamilton;Zheqiong Wu;Somenath Mitra;Pamela K Shaw

  • Removal of Trace Arsenic to Meet Drinking Water Standards Using Iron Oxide Coated Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes.

    Susana Addo Ntim;Somenath Mitra

  • Effects of Polymer Wrapping and Covalent Functionalization on the Stability of MWCNT in Aqueous Dispersions

    Susana Addo Ntim;Ornthida Sae-Khow;Frank A. Witzmann;Somenath Mitra

  • Mechanism of carbon nanotube growth by CVD

    Roman Brukh;Somenath Mitra

  • Chromatography on Self-Assembled Carbon Nanotubes

    Chutarat Saridara;Somenath Mitra

  • Stepwise Reduction of Graphene Oxide (GO) and Its Effects on Chemical and Colloidal Properties

    Samar Azizighannad;Somenath Mitra

  • Comparison of nanotube-protein corona composition in cell culture media.

    Jonathan H. Shannahan;Jared M. Brown;Ran Chen;Pu Chun Ke

  • Enhanced desalination via functionalized carbon nanotube immobilized membrane in direct contact membrane distillation

    Sagar Roy;Madhuleena Bhadra;Somenath Mitra

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrij Holian
Andrij Holian University of Montana
Tian Xia
Tian Xia University of California, Los Angeles
Andre E. Nel
Andre E. Nel University of California, Los Angeles
James C. Bonner
James C. Bonner North Carolina State University
Terrance J. Kavanagh
Terrance J. Kavanagh University of Washington
Chris D. Vulpe
Chris D. Vulpe University of Florida
Edward D. Crandall
Edward D. Crandall University of Southern California
Nianqiang Wu
Nianqiang Wu University of Massachusetts Amherst
Zhaoxia Ji
Zhaoxia Ji University of California, Los Angeles
Vincent Castranova
Vincent Castranova West Virginia University

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