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Virender K. Sharma

Virender K. Sharma

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
110
Citations
48483
World Ranking
799
National Ranking
316

Virender K. Sharma publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Virender K. Sharma sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 514 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Virender K. Sharma D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Virender K. Sharma sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 110 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Virender K. Sharma is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Environmental Science, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist has published extensively on topics including:

  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Virender K. Sharma include Xingmao Ma, Mingbao Feng, Ching-Hua Huang, Manpreet Kaur, and Éric Lichtfouse.

Their work appears regularly in several publication venues, notably:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Chemistry Letters
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Chemosphere
  • Water Research

Recent published papers include:

  • "Nanoplastics are potentially more dangerous than microplastics," 2022, Environmental Chemistry Letters
  • "Occurrence and toxicity of antibiotics in the aquatic environment: A review," 2020, Chemosphere
  • "AGA Clinical Practice Update on the Personalized Approach to the Evaluation and Management of GERD: Expert Review," 2022, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • "Strategic combination of N-doped graphene and g-C3N4: Efficient catalytic peroxymonosulfate-based oxidation of organic pollutants by non-radical-dominated processes," 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Peracetic Acid-Ruthenium(III) Oxidation Process for the Degradation of Micropollutants in Water," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Silver nanoparticles: green synthesis and their antimicrobial activities.

    Virender K. Sharma;Ria A. Yngard;Yekaterina Lin

  • Silver Colloid Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Their Antibacterial Activity

    Ales Panacek;Libor Kvítek;Robert Prucek;Milan Kolar

  • Occurrence and toxicity of antibiotics in the aquatic environment: A review.

    Pavla Kovalakova;Leslie Cizmas;Thomas J. McDonald;Blahoslav Marsalek

  • Aquatic arsenic: Toxicity, speciation, transformations, and remediation

    Virender K. Sharma;Mary Sohn

  • Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of ferrites under visible light: A review

    Erik Casbeer;Virender K. Sharma;Xiang-Zhong Li

  • Silver polymeric nanocomposites as advanced antimicrobial agents: Classification, synthetic paths, applications, and perspectives

    Panagiotis Dallas;Virender K. Sharma;Radek Zboril

  • Potassium ferrate(VI): an environmentally friendly oxidant

    Virender K. Sharma

  • A review of the influence of treatment strategies on antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes

    Virender K. Sharma;Natalie Johnson;Leslie Cizmas;Thomas J. McDonald

  • Adsorption of arsenate and arsenite on titanium dioxide suspensions

    Paritam K. Dutta;Ajay K. Ray;Virender K. Sharma;Frank J. Millero

  • Natural inorganic nanoparticles--formation, fate, and toxicity in the environment.

    Virender K. Sharma;Jan Filip;Radek Zboril;Rajender S. Varma

  • Water-stable metal-organic frameworks for aqueous removal of heavy metals and radionuclides: A review.

    Mingbao Feng;Peng Zhang;Hong-Cai Zhou;Virender K. Sharma

  • Organic-coated silver nanoparticles in biological and environmental conditions: Fate, stability and toxicity

    Virender K. Sharma;Karolina M. Siskova;Radek Zboril;Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey

  • Occurrence, transportation, monitoring and treatment of emerging micro-pollutants in waste water — A review from global views

    JiaQian Jiang;Zhengwei Zhou;VK Sharma

  • Ferrates: greener oxidants with multimodal action in water treatment technologies.

    Virender K Sharma;Radek Zboril;Rajender S Varma

  • Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in waters: occurrence, toxicity, and risk.

    Leslie Cizmas;Virender K. Sharma;Cole M. Gray;Thomas J. McDonald

  • Treatment of organic pollutants by homogeneous and heterogeneous Fenton reaction processes

    Bhawana Jain;Ajaya Kumar Singh;Hyunook Kim;Eric Lichtfouse

  • Water depollution using metal-organic frameworks-catalyzed advanced oxidation processes: A review.

    Virender K. Sharma;Mingbao Feng

  • Nitrogen-doped graphene and graphene quantum dots: A review onsynthesis and applications in energy, sensors and environment.

    Manpreet Kaur;Manmeet Kaur;Virender K. Sharma

  • Photocatalytic oxidation of arsenic(III): evidence of hydroxyl radicals.

    Paritam K. Dutta;S. O. Pehkonen;Virender K. Sharma;Ajay K. Ray

  • Electrocatalytic destruction of the antibiotic tetracycline in aqueous medium by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes: Effect of electrode materials

    Nihal Oturan;Jie Wu;Hui Zhang;Virender K. Sharma

  • Nitrogen-sulfur co-doped industrial graphene as an efficient peroxymonosulfate activator: Singlet oxygen-dominated catalytic degradation of organic contaminants

    Ping Sun;Hui Liu;Mingbao Feng;Li Guo

  • Aggregation and toxicity of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in aquatic environment—A Review

    Virender K Sharma

  • Ferrate(VI) and ferrate(V) oxidation of organic compounds: Kinetics and mechanism

    Virender K. Sharma

Frequent Co-Authors

Radek Zboril
Radek Zboril Palacký University, Olomouc
Mingbao Feng
Mingbao Feng Xiamen University
Frank J. Millero
Frank J. Millero University of Miami
Thomas J. McDonald
Thomas J. McDonald Texas A&M University
Dionysios D. Dionysiou
Dionysios D. Dionysiou University of Cincinnati
Ajay K. Ray
Ajay K. Ray University of Western Ontario
Chuanyi Wang
Chuanyi Wang Shaanxi University of Science and Technology
Karel Bouzek
Karel Bouzek University of Chemistry and Technology
Zunyao Wang
Zunyao Wang Nanjing University
Rajender S. Varma
Rajender S. Varma Environmental Protection Agency

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