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Venkataraman Thangadurai

Venkataraman Thangadurai

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 70 4343 4203 173 163 359 25929
Chemistry 69 6077 5516 351 320 334 25518

Venkataraman Thangadurai publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Venkataraman Thangadurai between 1994 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Venkataraman Thangadurai published across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025, averaging 12.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2022. 36 of the 392 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2022. 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 3 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 20 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 27 publications 2014: 22 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 20 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 19 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 16 publications 2022: 28 publications 2023: 26 publications 2024: 19 publications 2025: 17 publications
1994 2025

392 publications in total across all disciplines

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Venkataraman Thangadurai: publications per year, 1994 to 2025
Year Publications
1994 1
1995 0
1996 1
1997 1
1998 3
1999 8
2000 5
2001 6
2002 6
2003 8
2004 7
2005 8
2006 6
2007 8
2008 6
2009 11
2010 11
2011 20
2012 16
2013 27
2014 22
2015 16
2016 20
2017 12
2018 13
2019 19
2020 25
2021 16
2022 28
2023 26
2024 19
2025 17
Total 392
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Venkataraman Thangadurai 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 Venkataraman Thangadurai 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, 350–369 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: 359 publications — 71st percentile

71% 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
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440 359
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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Venkataraman Thangadurai 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 Venkataraman Thangadurai 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, 70–71 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: 70 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% 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
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378 70
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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Overview

Venkataraman Thangadurai is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada, focusing research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their body of work encompasses subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Automotive Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, as well as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's research concentrates strongly on advanced energy technologies, with a particular emphasis on battery materials and technologies. Key research topics include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity, Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, and the Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides.

Thangadurai has contributed frequently to various scientific journals and conference proceedings. Notable publication venues where they have multiple papers include ECS Meeting Abstracts, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, and ACS Applied Energy Materials.

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts are:

  • Sanoop Palakkathodi Kammampata (13 joint publications)
  • Chengtian Zhou (11 joint publications)
  • Subhajit Sarkar (9 joint publications)
  • Shoaib Muhammad (9 joint publications)
  • Akhil Mammoottil Abraham (9 joint publications)

Recent published papers demonstrate a range of topics within materials and energy research. These include:

  • "Garnet-Type Solid-State Electrolytes: Materials, Interfaces, and Batteries," 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • "Seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production: a solution looking for a problem?", 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "Recent advances, practical challenges, and perspectives of intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell cathodes," 2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Critical Current Densities for High-Performance All-Solid-State Li-Metal Batteries: Fundamentals, Mechanisms, Interfaces, Materials, and Applications," 2022, ACS Energy Letters
  • "Ligand-Engineered Metal-Organic Frameworks for Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Carbon Monoxide," 2021, ACS Catalysis

Best Publications

  • Fast Lithium Ion Conduction in Garnet‐Type Li7La3Zr2O12

    Ramaswamy Murugan;Venkataraman Thangadurai;Werner Weppner

  • Negating interfacial impedance in garnet-based solid-state Li metal batteries

    Xiaogang Han;Yunhui Gong;Kun Kelvin Fu;Xingfeng He

  • Garnet-type solid-state fast Li ion conductors for Li batteries: critical review

    Venkataraman Thangadurai;Sumaletha Narayanan;Dana Pinzaru

  • Electrolyte selection for supercapacitive devices: a critical review

    Bhupender Pal;Shengyuan Yang;Subramaniam Ramesh;Venkataraman Thangadurai

  • Garnet-Type Solid-State Electrolytes: Materials, Interfaces, and Batteries.

    Chengwei Wang;Kun Fu;Kun Fu;Sanoop Palakkathodi Kammampata;Dennis W McOwen

  • Lithium Lanthanum Titanates: A Review

    S. Stramare;V. Thangadurai;W. Weppner

  • Novel Fast Lithium Ion Conduction in Garnet-Type Li5La3M2O12 (M = Nb, Ta)

    Venkataraman Thangadurai;Heiko Kaack;Werner J. F. Weppner

  • Anhydrous proton conduction at 150 °C in a crystalline metal–organic framework

    Jeff A. Hurd;Ramanathan Vaidhyanathan;Venkataraman Thangadurai;Christopher I. Ratcliffe

  • Li6ALa2Ta2O12 (A = Sr, Ba): Novel Garnet‐Like Oxides for Fast Lithium Ion Conduction

    Venkataraman Thangadurai;Werner Weppner

  • A bird's-eye view of Li-stuffed garnet-type Li7La3Zr2O12 ceramic electrolytes for advanced all-solid-state Li batteries

    Alfred Junio Samson;Kyle Hofstetter;Sourav Bag;Venkataraman Thangadurai

  • Seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production: a solution looking for a problem?

    M. A. Khan;Tareq Al-Attas;Soumyabrata Roy;Muhammad M. Rahman

  • Recent progress in solid oxide and lithium ion conducting electrolytes research

    V. Thangadurai;W. Weppner

  • Li6ALa2Nb2O12 (A=Ca, Sr, Ba): A New Class of Fast Lithium Ion Conductors with Garnet-Like Structure

    Venkataraman Thangadurai;Werner Weppner

  • Fast Solid-State Li Ion Conducting Garnet-Type Structure Metal Oxides for Energy Storage.

    Venkataraman Thangadurai;Dana Pinzaru;Sumaletha Narayanan;Ashok Kumar Baral

  • Li2CO3: A Critical Issue for Developing Solid Garnet Batteries

    Hanyu Huo;Hanyu Huo;Hanyu Huo;Jing Luo;Venkataraman Thangadurai;Xiangxin Guo

  • Interface in Solid-State Lithium Battery: Challenges, Progress, and Outlook.

    Syed Atif Pervez;Musa Ali Cambaz;Venkataraman Thangadurai;Maximilian Fichtner

  • Critical Current Densities for High-Performance All-Solid-State Li-Metal Batteries: Fundamentals, Mechanisms, Interfaces, Materials, and Applications

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  • Li self-diffusion in garnet-type Li 7 La 3 Zr 2 O 12 as probed directly by diffusion-induced Li 7 spin-lattice relaxation NMR spectroscopy

    A. Kuhn;S. Narayanan;L. Spencer;G. Goward

  • Recent Advances, Practical Challenges, and Perspectives of Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes

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  • Crystal Structure Revision and Identification of Li+-Ion Migration Pathways in the Garnet-like Li5La3M2O12 (M = Nb, Ta) Oxides

    Venkataraman Thangadurai;Stefan Adams;Werner Weppner

  • Investigations on electrical conductivity and chemical compatibility between fast lithium ion conducting garnet-like Li6BaLa2Ta2O12 and lithium battery cathodes

    V. Thangadurai;W. Weppner

  • Effect of sintering on the ionic conductivity of garnet-related structure Li5La3Nb2O12 and In- and K-doped Li5La3Nb2O12

    Venkataraman Thangadurai;Werner Weppner

Frequent Co-Authors

Werner Weppner
Werner Weppner Kiel University
Jagannatha Gopalakrishnan
Jagannatha Gopalakrishnan Indian Institute of Science
Eric D. Wachsman
Eric D. Wachsman University of Maryland, College Park
Viola Birss
Viola Birss University of Calgary
Kunal Karan
Kunal Karan University of Calgary
Liangbing Hu
Liangbing Hu Yale University
Martin Wilkening
Martin Wilkening Graz University of Technology
Jiaqi Dai
Jiaqi Dai University of Maryland, College Park
Gillian R. Goward
Gillian R. Goward McMaster University
Stefan Adams
Stefan Adams National University of Singapore

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