Akash Shankar

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Akash Shankar is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Akash Shankar has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 3 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 3 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Akash Shankar's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (4 papers), Tribology and Wear Analysis (3 papers) and Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies (2 papers). Akash Shankar is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (4 papers), Tribology and Wear Analysis (3 papers) and Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies (2 papers). Akash Shankar collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. Akash Shankar's co-authors include Jong Eun Ryu, Zhanhu Guo, Zhongyang Wang, Runhua Fan, Peitao Xie, Qian Shao, Jiang Guo, Xiaobing Yang, Xihua Zhang and Min Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Carbon, Polymer and Composites Science and Technology.

In The Last Decade

Akash Shankar

8 papers receiving 985 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Flexible polydimethylsiloxane/multi-walled carbon nanotubes membranous metacomposites with negative permittivity

2017 402 citations Kai Sun, Peitao Xie et al. Polymer profile →
Layer-by-layer grafting CNTs onto carbon fibers surface for enhancing the interfacial properties of epoxy resin composites

2017 341 citations Min Zhao, Linghui Meng et al. Composites Science and Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akash Shankar United States	6	387	365	343	286	241	8	1.0k
Tingwei Wang China	17	598 1.5×	276 0.8×	285 0.8×	365 1.3×	149 0.6×	52	1.1k
Yunzhe Du China	14	310 0.8×	213 0.6×	174 0.5×	231 0.8×	228 0.9×	24	750
Wenxin Cao China	16	366 0.9×	314 0.9×	270 0.8×	244 0.9×	201 0.8×	39	967
Dong Feng China	19	323 0.8×	331 0.9×	479 1.4×	422 1.5×	380 1.6×	108	1.5k
Shengdu Yang China	16	340 0.9×	301 0.8×	328 1.0×	207 0.7×	143 0.6×	39	961
Xueliang Pei China	17	426 1.1×	254 0.7×	413 1.2×	423 1.5×	325 1.3×	42	1.1k
Zejun Pu China	18	378 1.0×	518 1.4×	215 0.6×	570 2.0×	143 0.6×	90	1.0k
Minh Canh Vu South Korea	21	818 2.1×	481 1.3×	505 1.5×	215 0.8×	198 0.8×	54	1.3k
Zhiqiang Wu China	21	490 1.3×	292 0.8×	239 0.7×	453 1.6×	185 0.8×	39	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Akash Shankar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Akash Shankar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akash Shankar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Akash Shankar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Akash Shankar based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Akash Shankar. Akash Shankar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Zhao, Min, Linghui Meng, Lichun Ma, et al.. (2017). Layer-by-layer grafting CNTs onto carbon fibers surface for enhancing the interfacial properties of epoxy resin composites. Composites Science and Technology. 154. 28–36. 341 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Kai, Peitao Xie, Zhongyang Wang, et al.. (2017). Flexible polydimethylsiloxane/multi-walled carbon nanotubes membranous metacomposites with negative permittivity. Polymer. 125. 50–57. 402 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shankar, Akash, et al.. (2017). Pulsed light sintering of silver nanoparticles for large deformation of printed stretchable electronics. Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials. 1(1). 193–198. 33 indexed citations

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Cheng, Chuanbing, Runhua Fan, Zhongyang Wang, et al.. (2017). Tunable and weakly negative permittivity in carbon/silicon nitride composites with different carbonizing temperatures. Carbon. 125. 103–112. 210 indexed citations

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Shankar, Akash, et al.. (2016). Reinforcement of Cu nanoink sintered film with extended carbon nanofibers for large deformation of printed electronics. Journal of Composite Materials. 51(7). 997–1003. 5 indexed citations

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Choï, Daniel, et al.. (2016). Micro-capacitor with vertically grown silver nanowires and bismuth ferric oxide composite structures on silicon substrates. Journal of Composite Materials. 51(7). 965–969. 6 indexed citations

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Manickavasagam, V.M., et al.. (2015). Evaluation of the Double Shear and Hardness of Abaca and Flax Reinforced Polymer Composite for Automotive Applications. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 766-767. 85–89. 5 indexed citations

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Ramnath, B. Vijaya, et al.. (2014). Investigation on Flexural and Impact Properties of Abaca and Manila Hybrid Composite. Advanced materials research. 1051. 102–106. 1 indexed citations

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