2026 Vijay Kumar: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	60	7109	6873	103	100	369	12028

Overview

Vijay Kumar is affiliated with Shiv Nadar University in India and has an extensive research record primarily focused on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans several interconnected fields and topics, highlighting a multidisciplinary approach to pressing environmental and biological challenges.

The main fields of study include:

Environmental Science
Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these, the subfields of study where Vijay Kumar has contributed significantly are:

Plant Science
Materials Chemistry
Pollution
Biomedical Engineering
Molecular Biology

Their research covers a variety of topics, prominently featuring:

Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
Heavy metals in environment
Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants
Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal

Vijay Kumar has collaborated extensively with several researchers, among the most frequent coauthors are:

Joginder Singh
Simranjeet Singh
Daljeet Singh Dhanjal
Rabinarayan Acharya
Yashika Gandhi

Their notable recent papers include:

"A sustainable paradigm of sewage sludge biochar: Valorization, opportunities, challenges and future prospects" (2020), published in Journal of Cleaner Production
"Nitrates in the environment: A critical review of their distribution, sensing techniques, ecological effects and remediation" (2021), published in Chemosphere
"Sustainable removal of Cr(VI) using graphene oxide-zinc oxide nanohybrid: Adsorption kinetics, isotherms and thermodynamics" (2021), published in Environmental Research
"Glyphosate uptake, translocation, resistance emergence in crops, analytical monitoring, toxicity and degradation: a review" (2020), published in Environmental Chemistry Letters
"Herbicide Glyphosate: Toxicity and Microbial Degradation" (2020), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Vijay Kumar frequently publishes in venues such as:

Chemosphere
The Cambridge Structural Database
Chemistry & Biodiversity
South African Journal of Botany
Environmental Research

This body of work reflects a focus on environmental contaminants, particularly pesticides, herbicides, heavy metals, and nanomaterial applications for pollution control and remediation. The integration of plant science with materials chemistry and environmental science appears prominent in their research trajectory.

Best Publications

Ultra-stable nanoparticles of CdSe revealed from mass spectrometry

Atsuo Kasuya;Rajaratnam Sivamohan;Yurii A. Barnakov;Igor M. Dmitruk

607
Citations
Metal-Encapsulated Fullerenelike and Cubic Caged Clusters of Silicon

Vijay Kumar;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

482
Citations
Lectures On Methods Of Electronic Structure Calculations-Proceedings Of The Miniworkshop On" Methods Of Electronic Structure Calculations" And Working Group On" Disordered Alloys"

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335
Citations
Stable geometries and magnetic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes doped with 3d transition metals: A first-principles study

Yosuke Yagi;Tina Marie Briere;Marcel H.F. Sluiter;Vijay Kumar

304
Citations
Enhanced stability of magic clusters: a case study of icosahedral Al 12 X, X= B, Al, Ga, C, Si, Ge, Ti, As

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271
Citations
Endohedrally Doped Cage Clusters

Jijun Zhao;Qiuying Du;Si Zhou;Vijay Kumar

269
Citations
160 h of chemical-looping combustion in a 10 kW reactor system with a NiO-based oxygen carrier

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262
Citations
Atomic-Scale Heterogeneity of a Multicomponent Bulk Metallic Glass<? format?> with Excellent Glass Forming Ability

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241
Citations
Magnetism in transition-metal-doped silicon nanotubes.

Abhishek Kumar Singh;Tina Marie Briere;Vijay Kumar;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

235
Citations
Evolution of atomic and electronic structure of Pt clusters: Planar, layered, pyramidal, cage, cubic, and octahedral growth

Vijay Kumar;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

229
Citations
Atomic-scale heterogeneity of a multicomponent bulk metallic glass with excellent glass forming ability.

T. Fujita;K. Konno;W. Zhang;V. Kumar

225
Citations
Voltammetric studies of the oxygen-titanium binary system in molten calcium chloride

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223
Citations
Direct band gap opening in graphene by BN doping: Ab initio calculations

Prashant P. Shinde;Vijay Kumar

219
Citations
Magic behavior of Si 15 M and Si 16 M (M=Cr, Mo, and W) clusters

Vijay Kumar;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

199
Citations
Icosahedral growth, magnetic behavior, and adsorbate-induced metal-nonmetal transition in palladium clusters

Vijay Kumar;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

185
Citations
Hydrogenated silicon fullerenes: effects of H on the stability of metal-encapsulated silicon clusters.

Vijay Kumar;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

184
Citations
Hydrogenated Silicon Fullerenes: Effects of H on the Stability<? format?> of Metal-Encapsulated Silicon Clusters

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183
Citations
Metal-doped magic clusters of Si, Ge, and Sn: The finding of a magnetic superatom

Vijay Kumar;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

165
Citations
CALCULATION OF CHEMISORPTION AND ABSORPTION INDUCED SURFACE SEGREGATION

D. Tománek;S. Mukherjee;V. Kumar;K.H. Bennemann

162
Citations
Structure and Ionic-Transport Properties of Lithium-Containing Garnets Li3Ln3Te2O12 (Ln= Y, Pr, Nd, Sm-Lu)

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160
Citations
Metal-encapsulated caged clusters of germanium with large gaps and different growth behavior than silicon

Vijay Kumar;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

159
Citations
Nanosilicon

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157
Citations
Structure, growth, and bonding nature of Mg clusters.

Vijay Kumar;Vijay Kumar;Roberto Car;Roberto Car

152
Citations
Metal-encapsulated icosahedral superatoms of germanium and tin with large gaps: Zn@ Ge 12 and Cd@ Sn 12

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142
Citations
Nonicosahedral growth and magnetic behavior of rhodium clusters

Young Cho Bae;Hiroki Osanai;Vijay Kumar;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

138
Citations
Cluster assembled metal encapsulated thin nanotubes of silicon

Abhishek Kumar Singh;Vijay Kumar;Tina Marie Briere;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

132
Citations
Surface segregation in alloys

Vijay Kumar;Deepak Kumar;S. K. Joshi

33
Citations