Amit Kumar

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Amit Kumar is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Amit Kumar has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 31 papers in Plant Science and 28 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Amit Kumar's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (23 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (13 papers) and Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (11 papers). Amit Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (23 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (13 papers) and Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (11 papers). Amit Kumar collaborates with scholars based in India, Ethiopia and United States. Amit Kumar's co-authors include Dharm Dutt, Xin Yuan, Sarina J. Ergas, Herman Van Langenhove, Jo Dewulf, Archana Gautam, F. Xavier Malcata, Ashish Kumar Sahu, Qiong Zhang and Ajay Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Amit Kumar

75 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Enhanced CO2 fixation and biofuel production via microalgae: recent developments and future directions

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amit Kumar India	20	605	562	395	380	186	82	1.8k
William R. Gibbons United States	26	809 1.3×	307 0.5×	797 2.0×	200 0.5×	194 1.0×	115	2.0k
G.S. Anisha India	17	713 1.2×	544 1.0×	565 1.4×	228 0.6×	357 1.9×	28	1.7k
Jean‐François Sassi France	21	335 0.6×	798 1.4×	370 0.9×	334 0.9×	117 0.6×	37	2.3k
Kathy Elst Belgium	26	725 1.2×	572 1.0×	526 1.3×	630 1.7×	461 2.5×	57	2.7k
Yu‐Shen Cheng Taiwan	22	780 1.3×	331 0.6×	447 1.1×	144 0.4×	89 0.5×	68	1.7k
Huimin Zhai China	25	571 0.9×	265 0.5×	147 0.4×	194 0.5×	104 0.6×	108	2.4k
Chun-Yung Huang Taiwan	23	259 0.4×	233 0.4×	558 1.4×	220 0.6×	132 0.7×	74	1.8k
Apurba Dey India	28	643 1.1×	200 0.4×	459 1.2×	320 0.8×	258 1.4×	73	2.1k
Duraiarasan Surendhiran India	22	459 0.8×	366 0.7×	309 0.8×	176 0.5×	74 0.4×	36	1.6k
Елена Ефременко Russia	23	522 0.9×	173 0.3×	812 2.1×	367 1.0×	109 0.6×	156	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Amit Kumar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Amit Kumar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amit Kumar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Amit Kumar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Amit Kumar 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 Amit Kumar. Amit Kumar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Yadav, Mukesh, et al.. (2025). Oil palm biomass: a potential feedstock for lignocellulolytic enzymes and biofuels production. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 32(19). 11791–11814. 2 indexed citations

Mandal, Debabrata, et al.. (2025). From garden to grid: harnessing yard waste into carbon electrode with an insight into life cycle assessment. The Science of The Total Environment. 978. 179442–179442. 2 indexed citations

Dubey, Brajesh, et al.. (2025). Engineering biomass-derived hard carbon for secondary batteries and supercapacitors. Are we there yet? A comprehensive review. Biomass and Bioenergy. 201. 107844–107844. 3 indexed citations

Panwar, A. S., et al.. (2025). Regenerative Fruit Waste Upcycling: Transformational Approaches Upcycling Waste to Wealth for Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability. Circular Economy and Sustainability. 5(7). 6137–6169.

Zafar, Sadia, Muhammad Fraz Ali, Athar Mahmood, et al.. (2024). Nano-biofertilizer an eco-friendly and sustainable approach for the improvement of crops under abiotic stresses. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 24. 100470–100470. 14 indexed citations

Sehrawat, Nirmala, et al.. (2024). Recent Updates on Microbial Naringinase for Debittering of Citrus Juices by Transformation of Flavonoid Naringin. Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia. 21(4). 1265–1276. 1 indexed citations

Ram, Chhotu, et al.. (2023). Recent developments in biohydrogen production from wastewater: A review. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation. 42(1). 1–18. 10 indexed citations

Panwar, A. S., Amit Kumar, Atul Dhiman, et al.. (2023). Nanoemulsion based edible coatings for quality retention of fruits and vegetables-decoding the basics and advancements in last decade. Environmental Research. 240(Pt 1). 117450–117450. 25 indexed citations

Kapoor, Shammi, et al.. (2023). Comparative assessment on lignocellulose degrading enzymes and bioethanol production from spent mushroom substrate of Calocybe indica and Volvariella volvacea. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(27). 38878–38892. 5 indexed citations

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Yadav, Mukesh, et al.. (2022). Synbiotics as potent functional food: recent updates on therapeutic potential and mechanistic insight. Journal of Food Science and Technology. 61(1). 1–15. 20 indexed citations

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Kumar, Amit, et al.. (2022). Organosolv pre-treatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of Parthenium hysterophorus for bioethanol production. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 14(21). 26737–26752. 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, Amit & Chhotu Ram. (2021). Agave biomass: a potential resource for production of value-added products. Environmental Sustainability. 4(2). 245–259. 14 indexed citations

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Kumar, Amit. (2020). Aspergillus nidulans: A Potential Resource of the Production of the Native and Heterologous Enzymes for Industrial Applications. International Journal of Microbiology. 2020. 1–11. 39 indexed citations

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Sharma, Gaurav, et al.. (2019). Chemical modification of raw Quercus leucotricophora wood strips and studies of its physicochemical properties and antifungal behavior. Desalination and Water Treatment. 150. 252–262. 1 indexed citations

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Rather, Gulzar Ahmed, Arti Sharma, Prashant Misra, et al.. (2019). Molecular characterization and overexpression analyses of secologanin synthase to understand the regulation of camptothecin biosynthesis in Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Graham.) Mabb.. PROTOPLASMA. 257(2). 391–405. 13 indexed citations

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Gautam, Archana, et al.. (2018). Rice straw fermentation by Schizophyllum commune ARC-11 to produce high level of xylanase for its application in pre-bleaching. Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. 16(2). 693–701. 39 indexed citations

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Choudhary, Neeraj, et al.. (2018). A Review of Phytochemistry and Biological Activities of Anisomeles malabarica. 1(1). 1–9.

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Kumar, Ajay, et al.. (2012). Isolation, screening and characterization of bacteria from Rhizospheric soils for different plant growth promotion (PGP) activities: an in vitro study. Recent Research in Science and Technology. 4(1). 1–5. 124 indexed citations

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Kumar, Amit, et al.. (2009). Insect pests on Ashwagandha, Withania somnifera Dunal in Himachal Pradesh.. 22(2). 210–211. 1 indexed citations

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Kumar, Amit, et al.. (2009). In vitro micropropagation of economically important edible bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper) through somatic embryos from root, leaves and nodal segments explants.. Research on Crops. 10(2). 430–436. 4 indexed citations

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