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D-Index
60
Citations
12028
World Ranking
7107
National Ranking
103

Vijay Kumar 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 Vijay Kumar sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 369 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Vijay Kumar 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 Vijay Kumar sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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

  • Metal-Encapsulated Fullerenelike and Cubic Caged Clusters of Silicon

    Vijay Kumar;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

  • 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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  • 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

  • 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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  • Endohedrally Doped Cage Clusters

    Jijun Zhao;Qiuying Du;Si Zhou;Vijay Kumar

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

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

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  • Magnetism in transition-metal-doped silicon nanotubes.

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

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

    Vijay Kumar;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

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

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

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

    Unknown

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

    Prashant P. Shinde;Vijay Kumar

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

    Vijay Kumar;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

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

    Vijay Kumar;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

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

    Vijay Kumar;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

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

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

    Vijay Kumar;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

  • CALCULATION OF CHEMISORPTION AND ABSORPTION INDUCED SURFACE SEGREGATION

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

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

    Unknown

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

    Vijay Kumar;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

  • Nanosilicon

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  • Structure, growth, and bonding nature of Mg clusters.

    Vijay Kumar;Vijay Kumar;Roberto Car;Roberto Car

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

    Unknown

  • Nonicosahedral growth and magnetic behavior of rhodium clusters

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

  • Cluster assembled metal encapsulated thin nanotubes of silicon

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

  • Surface segregation in alloys

    Vijay Kumar;Deepak Kumar;S. K. Joshi

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshiyuki Kawazoe
Yoshiyuki Kawazoe Tohoku University
Abhishek K. Singh
Abhishek K. Singh Indian Institute of Science
Pradeep Das
Pradeep Das Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Marcel H. F. Sluiter
Marcel H. F. Sluiter Delft University of Technology
Qiang Sun
Qiang Sun Peking University
George J. Pappas
George J. Pappas University of Pennsylvania
Roberto Car
Roberto Car Princeton University
Warren E. Pickett
Warren E. Pickett University of California, Davis
Hiroshi Mizuseki
Hiroshi Mizuseki Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Jijun Zhao
Jijun Zhao Dalian University of Technology

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