2026 Vijay K. Gupta: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	49	5160	4942	1897	1753	117	11682

Overview

Vijay K. Gupta is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their academic focus primarily resides within the broad fields of Engineering and Medicine, with significant contributions across various subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Surgery, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

Their research efforts concentrate on several specialized topics including:

High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies
Mechanical Behavior of Composites
Wireless Power Transfer Systems
Orthopaedic Implants and Arthroplasty
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Gupta has collaboratively worked with multiple frequent co-authors, such as Roopendra Kumar Pathak, Shivdayal Patel, Tejkaran Narolia, Ivan A. Parinov, and Tanuja Sheorey, each contributing to six joint publications.

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Gupta includes:

The influence of nano/micro sample size on the strain-rate sensitivity of plastic flow in tungsten, 2020, International Journal of Plasticity
Finite element analysis of fixed bone plates over fractured femur model, 2021, Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering
Design and analysis of a shear mode piezoelectric energy harvester for rotational motion system, 2020, Journal of Advanced Dielectrics
Design and experimental study of rotary-type energy harvester, 2020, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
A novel design of hybrid ceramic composite plate under ballistic impact, 2022, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

Gupta's work has been published in a variety of venues, with frequent appearances in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering
Applied Sciences
Materials Today Proceedings
International Journal of Plasticity

Their research output also includes book publications with Springer Nature, featuring titles such as Reliability and Risk Assessment in Engineering (2020) and Recent Advances in Machines and Mechanisms (2022).

Best Publications

IAHS Decade on Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB), 2003–2012: Shaping an exciting future for the hydrological sciences

M. Sivapalan;K. Takeuchi;S. W. Franks;V. K. Gupta

1594
Citations
Multiscaling properties of spatial rainfall and river flow distributions

Vijay K. Gupta;Ed Waymire

724
Citations
A representation of an instantaneous unit hydrograph from geomorphology

Vijay K. Gupta;Ed Waymire;C. T. Wang

697
Citations
A statistical analysis of mesoscale rainfall as a random cascade

Vijay K. Gupta;Edward C. Waymire

652
Citations
The fractal nature of nature: power laws, ecological complexity and biodiversity

James H. Brown;Vijay K. Gupta;Bai-Lian Li;Bruce T. Milne

537
Citations
A Spectral Theory of Rainfall Intensity at the Meso-β Scale

Ed Waymire;Vijay K. Gupta;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

377
Citations
The mathematical structure of rainfall representations: 1. A review of the stochastic rainfall models

Ed Waymire;Vijay K. Gupta

366
Citations
A space‐time theory of mesoscale rainfall using random cascades

Thomas M. Over;Vijay K. Gupta

352
Citations
THE HURST EFFECT UNDER TRENDS

R. N. Bhattacharya;Vijay K. Gupta;Ed Waymire

313
Citations
Fundamental Problems in the Stochastic Convection‐Dispersion Model of Solute Transport in Aquifers and Field Soils

Garrison Sposito;William A. Jury;Vijay K. Gupta

311
Citations
Statistical Analysis of Mesoscale Rainfall: Dependence of a Random Cascade Generator on Large-Scale Forcing

Thomas M. Over;Vijay K. Gupta

308
Citations
Scale considerations in the modeling of temporal rainfall

Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe;Vijay K. Gupta;Ed Waymire

294
Citations
Multiscaling theory of flood peaks: Regional quantile analysis

Vijay K. Gupta;Oscar J. Mesa;David R. Dawdy

279
Citations
Scale Problems in Hydrology

V. K. Gupta;I. Rodríguez-Iturbe;E. F. Wood

259
Citations
Physical interpretations of regional variations in the scaling exponents of flood quantiles

Vijay K. Gupta;David R. Dawdy

237
Citations
On the formulation of an analytical approach to hydrologic response and similarity at the basin scale

Vijay K. Gupta;Ed. Waymire

212
Citations
A physically based filter for separating base flow from streamflow time series

Peter R. Furey;Vijay K. Gupta

205
Citations
On scaling exponents of spatial peak flows from rainfall and river network geometry

Vijay K. Gupta;Vijay K. Gupta;Sandra L. Castro;Sandra L. Castro;Thomas M. Over;Thomas M. Over

165
Citations
Statistical self-similarity in river networks parameterized by elevation

Vijay K. Gupta;Ed Waymire

143
Citations
Scale Dependence and Scale Invariance in Hydrology: Spatial Variability and Scale Invariance in Hydrologic Regionalization

Vijay K. Gupta;Edward C. Waymire

143
Citations
A GIS numerical framework to study the process basis of scaling statistics in river networks

R. Mantilla;V.K. Gupta

136
Citations
The mathematical structure of rainfall representations: 3. Some applications of the point process theory to rainfall processes

Ed Waymire;Vijay K. Gupta

129
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward C. Waymire Oregon State University

Witold F. Krajewski University of Iowa

Bruce T. Milne University of New Mexico

Rabi Bhattacharya University of Arizona

Garrison Sposito University of California, Berkeley

Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe Texas A&M University

Eric F. Wood Princeton University

Germán Poveda National University of Colombia

Shaun Lovejoy McGill University

William A. Jury University of California, Riverside

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