B. Shiva Kumar

611 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 466 citations indexed

About

B. Shiva Kumar is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Shiva Kumar has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 466 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in B. Shiva Kumar's work include Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques (3 papers), Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (2 papers) and Advanced machining processes and optimization (2 papers). B. Shiva Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques (3 papers), Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (2 papers) and Advanced machining processes and optimization (2 papers). B. Shiva Kumar collaborates with scholars based in India. B. Shiva Kumar's co-authors include K. Sudhakar, Ch. Venkateswarlu, Praveen Kumar Singh and Ch. S. N. Murthy and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioresource Technology, Energy Reports and Water Environment Research.

In The Last Decade

B. Shiva Kumar

9 papers receiving 446 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.

Performance evaluation of 10 MW grid connected solar photovoltaic power plant in India

2015 427 citations B. Shiva Kumar, K. Sudhakar Energy Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
B. Shiva Kumar India	5	320	207	137	130	88	9	466
Rahul Rawat India	13	295 0.9×	155 0.7×	182 1.3×	77 0.6×	74 0.8×	20	451
Deepak Porwal India	3	272 0.8×	232 1.1×	149 1.1×	88 0.7×	50 0.6×	6	440
Şaban Yılmaz Türkiye	8	169 0.5×	121 0.6×	147 1.1×	102 0.8×	122 1.4×	22	366
Rüştü Eke Türkiye	9	404 1.3×	281 1.4×	204 1.5×	76 0.6×	76 0.9×	14	551
Prashant Malik India	14	215 0.7×	116 0.6×	234 1.7×	189 1.5×	206 2.3×	27	542
Kamel Abdeladim Algeria	11	165 0.5×	106 0.5×	98 0.7×	78 0.6×	71 0.8×	30	325
Mahmoud Drif Algeria	7	273 0.9×	178 0.9×	189 1.4×	44 0.3×	58 0.7×	21	366
Panagiotis L. Zervas Greece	9	261 0.8×	207 1.0×	209 1.5×	45 0.3×	83 0.9×	12	469
Indu R. Pillai India	7	198 0.6×	102 0.5×	81 0.6×	91 0.7×	52 0.6×	7	399
Indradip Mitra India	11	178 0.6×	154 0.7×	163 1.2×	66 0.5×	52 0.6×	23	351

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. Shiva Kumar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of B. Shiva Kumar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of B. Shiva 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 B. Shiva Kumar. B. Shiva 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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9 of 9 papers shown

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Kumar, B. Shiva, et al.. (2025). Performance Evaluation and Machine Learning Analysis of 3 kW Grid-Connected Bifacial Solar Photovoltaic Systems. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India) Series B. 106(6). 1929–1939. 1 indexed citations

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Kumar, B. Shiva, et al.. (2018). Experimental Design and Optimization of Ball Burnishing Process for Aluminum Alloy 5083. 1(5). 33–40. 1 indexed citations

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Kumar, B. Shiva, et al.. (2018). Optimization of Process Parameters during EDM of SS304 using Taguchi-Grey Relational Analysis. Materials Today Proceedings. 5(13). 27065–27071. 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, B. Shiva, et al.. (2016). Optimization of Process Parameters during EDM of Stainless Steel 304 using Taguchi Method. International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology. 31(2). 106–114. 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, B. Shiva & K. Sudhakar. (2015). Performance evaluation of 10 MW grid connected solar photovoltaic power plant in India. Energy Reports. 1. 184–192. 427 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kumar, B. Shiva, et al.. (2014). Study of Tensile Fracture Mechanisms of a Ni-base Superalloy Supercast 247A. Procedia Materials Science. 5. 1090–1096. 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, B. Shiva & Ch. Venkateswarlu. (2014). Inverse Modeling Approach for Evaluation of Kinetic Parameters of a Biofilm Reactor Using Tabu Search. Water Environment Research. 86(8). 675–686. 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, B. Shiva, et al.. (2013). Energy audit: A case study of energy centre and Hostel of MANIT, Bhopal. 644–648. 6 indexed citations

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Kumar, B. Shiva & Ch. Venkateswarlu. (2011). Estimating biofilm reaction kinetics using hybrid mechanistic-neural network rate function model. Bioresource Technology. 103(1). 300–308. 15 indexed citations

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