A.K. Priya

3.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
64 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

A.K. Priya is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Pollution and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, A.K. Priya has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Water Science and Technology, 15 papers in Pollution and 14 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in A.K. Priya's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (10 papers), Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (10 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (10 papers). A.K. Priya is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (10 papers), Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (10 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (10 papers). A.K. Priya collaborates with scholars based in India, Chile and Saudi Arabia. A.K. Priya's co-authors include Saravanan Rajendran, Matias Soto-Moscoso, Lalitha Gnanasekaran, Kingshuk Dutta, Tuan K.A. Hoang, Yasser Vasseghian, P. Senthil Kumar, Gomathi Ramalingam, M. Muruganandam and B. Deepanraj and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

A.K. Priya

62 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A critical and recent developments on adsorption technique for removal of heavy metals from wastewater-A review

2022 294 citations Saravanan Rajendran, A.K. Priya et al. Chemosphere profile →
Biosorption of heavy metals by microorganisms: Evaluation of different underlying mechanisms

2022 244 citations A.K. Priya, Lalitha Gnanasekaran et al. Chemosphere profile →
Membrane Technology for Energy Saving: Principles, Techniques, Applications, Challenges, and Prospects

2024 140 citations Ahmed I. Osman, Zhonghao Chen et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
Clean-Up of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soil by Phytoremediation: A Multidisciplinary and Eco-Friendly Approach

2023 119 citations A.K. Priya, M. Muruganandam et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A.K. Priya India	31	824	599	552	542	494	64	2.7k
Seyed Mehdi Borghei Iran	30	967 1.2×	608 1.0×	393 0.7×	402 0.7×	470 1.0×	97	2.9k
Sandip Mandal India	27	892 1.1×	646 1.1×	885 1.6×	551 1.0×	461 0.9×	52	2.7k
Md. Nahid Pervez China	37	955 1.2×	378 0.6×	560 1.0×	477 0.9×	676 1.4×	126	3.3k
Cheng–Di Dong Taiwan	31	813 1.0×	813 1.4×	426 0.8×	532 1.0×	706 1.4×	117	3.0k
Jianyou Long China	30	839 1.0×	902 1.5×	954 1.7×	608 1.1×	525 1.1×	71	3.0k
Dongyun Du China	38	1.0k 1.2×	473 0.8×	756 1.4×	727 1.3×	836 1.7×	101	3.3k
Jiade Wang China	29	961 1.2×	328 0.5×	537 1.0×	626 1.2×	424 0.9×	99	2.3k
Hailan Yang China	22	831 1.0×	707 1.2×	614 1.1×	667 1.2×	457 0.9×	40	2.3k
Mohamed A. Hassaan Egypt	31	1.0k 1.3×	377 0.6×	736 1.3×	649 1.2×	369 0.7×	104	3.0k
Wei Zuo China	29	786 1.0×	468 0.8×	491 0.9×	307 0.6×	993 2.0×	76	2.6k

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Priya, A.K., et al.. (2025). Airborne Microplastics and its Impact to Environmental Health. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 237(4).

Priya, A.K., et al.. (2025). Machine learning-assisted prediction of heavy metal adsorption from tannery effluent wastewater using Delonix-regia with random forest, isotherms, and kinetics modelling. Desalination and Water Treatment. 324. 101417–101417.

Priya, A.K., M. Muruganandam, Anuj Kumar, et al.. (2024). Recent advances in microbial-assisted degradation and remediation of xenobiotic contaminants; challenges and future prospects. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 60. 105106–105106. 18 indexed citations

Osman, Ahmed I., Zhonghao Chen, Ahmed M. Elgarahy, et al.. (2024). Membrane Technology for Energy Saving: Principles, Techniques, Applications, Challenges, and Prospects. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(5). 140 indexed citations breakdown →

Elgarahy, Ahmed M., M.G. Eloffy, A.K. Priya, et al.. (2024). Biosolids management and utilizations: A review. Journal of Cleaner Production. 451. 141974–141974. 40 indexed citations

Elgarahy, Ahmed M., A.K. Priya, E. G. Zaki, et al.. (2023). Toward a circular economy: Investigating the effectiveness of different plastic waste management strategies: A comprehensive review. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(5). 110993–110993. 42 indexed citations

Ramalingam, Gomathi, A.K. Priya, Lalitha Gnanasekaran, Saravanan Rajendran, & Tuan K.A. Hoang. (2023). Biomass and waste derived silica, activated carbon and ammonia-based materials for energy-related applications – A review. Fuel. 355. 129490–129490. 51 indexed citations

Priya, A.K., M. Muruganandam, Muhammad Imran, et al.. (2023). A study on managing plastic waste to tackle the worldwide plastic contamination and environmental remediation. Chemosphere. 341. 139979–139979. 18 indexed citations

Gnanasekaran, Lalitha, A.K. Priya, Yasser Vasseghian, Sabah Ansar, & Matias Soto-Moscoso. (2022). Existence of Ti3+ and dislocation on nanoporous CdO–TiO2 heterostructure applicable for degrading chlorophenol pollutant. Environmental Research. 214(Pt 2). 113889–113889. 6 indexed citations

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Priya, A.K., P. Senthil Kumar, R. Suresh, et al.. (2022). Advancements on sustainable microbial fuel cells and their future prospects: A review. Environmental Research. 210. 112930–112930. 39 indexed citations

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Priya, A.K., Aishah Abdul Jalil, Kingshuk Dutta, et al.. (2022). Microplastics in the environment: Recent developments in characteristic, occurrence, identification and ecological risk. Chemosphere. 298. 134161–134161. 77 indexed citations

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Rajendran, Saravanan, et al.. (2022). Bi-based photocatalysts for bacterial inactivation in water: Inactivation mechanisms, challenges, and strategies to improve the photocatalytic activity. Environmental Research. 209. 112834–112834. 57 indexed citations

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Priya, A.K., et al.. (2022). Steel fiber on the recycled aggregate hardened properties of concrete. Materials Today Proceedings. 68. 2159–2162. 4 indexed citations

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Rajendran, Saravanan, A.K. Priya, P. Senthil Kumar, et al.. (2022). A critical and recent developments on adsorption technique for removal of heavy metals from wastewater-A review. Chemosphere. 303(Pt 2). 135146–135146. 294 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sundaram, Thanigaivel, A.K. Priya, Kingshuk Dutta, Saravanan Rajendran, & Yasser Vasseghian. (2021). Engineering strategies and opportunities of next generation biofuel from microalgae: A perspective review on the potential bioenergy feedstock. Fuel. 312. 122827–122827. 88 indexed citations

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Priya, A.K., Lalitha Gnanasekaran, Saravanan Rajendran, Jiaqian Qin, & Yasser Vasseghian. (2021). Occurrences and removal of pharmaceutical and personal care products from aquatic systems using advanced treatment- A review. Environmental Research. 204(Pt C). 112298–112298. 147 indexed citations

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Venkatesan, Chandran, Aritra Ghosh, Chandrashekhar K. Patil, et al.. (2021). Comprehensive review on recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries. Materials Today Proceedings. 47. 167–180. 32 indexed citations

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Priya, A.K., R. Suresh, P. Senthil Kumar, et al.. (2021). A review on recent advancements in photocatalytic remediation for harmful inorganic and organic gases. Chemosphere. 284. 131344–131344. 43 indexed citations

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Priya, A.K.. (2017). Environmental Impact Assessment in Pulp and Paper Industry. Journal of Ecophysiology and Occupational Health. 17. 1–3. 1 indexed citations

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Priya, A.K. & S. Nagan. (2015). Bioremediation of dye effluent and metal contaminated soil: low-cost method for environmental clean up by microbes.. 57(2). 109–119. 4 indexed citations

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