Binoy Sarkar

23.1k total citations · 11 hit papers
219 papers, 15.3k citations indexed

About

Binoy Sarkar is a scholar working on Pollution, Water Science and Technology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Binoy Sarkar has authored 219 papers receiving a total of 15.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Pollution, 77 papers in Water Science and Technology and 71 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Binoy Sarkar's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (67 papers), Clay minerals and soil interactions (62 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (37 papers). Binoy Sarkar is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (67 papers), Clay minerals and soil interactions (62 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (37 papers). Binoy Sarkar collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and China. Binoy Sarkar's co-authors include Nanthi Bolan, Yong Sik Ok, Ravi Naidu, Meththika Vithanage, Raj Mukhopadhyay, Jörg Rinklebe, Hailong Wang, Daniel C.W. Tsang, M.B. Kirkham and Mallavarapu Megharaj and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Binoy Sarkar

215 papers receiving 15.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Biochar and its importance on nutrient dynamics in soil and plant

2020 538 citations Md Mezbaul Bahar, Binoy Sarkar et al. profile →
Weathering of microplastics and interaction with other coexisting constituents in terrestrial and aquatic environments

2021 454 citations Jiajun Duan, Nanthi Bolan et al. Water Research profile →
Soil salinity under climate change: Challenges for sustainable agriculture and food security

2020 445 citations Raj Mukhopadhyay, Binoy Sarkar et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →
Recovery, regeneration and sustainable management of spent adsorbents from wastewater treatment streams: A review

2022 384 citations Nanthi Bolan, Son A. Hoang et al. profile →
Prediction of Soil Heavy Metal Immobilization by Biochar Using Machine Learning

2022 328 citations Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya, Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake et al. profile →
Biochar composition-dependent impacts on soil nutrient release, carbon mineralization, and potential environmental risk: A review

2019 321 citations Ali El‐Naggar, Ahmed H. El-Naggar et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →
Biochar-based engineered composites for sorptive decontamination of water: A review

2019 310 citations Binoy Sarkar, Amit Bhatnagar et al. profile →
Farming with crops and rocks to address global climate, food and soil security

2018 299 citations David J. Beerling, Jonathan R. Leake et al. profile →
Effects of microplastics on the terrestrial environment: A critical review

2022 266 citations Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake, Binoy Sarkar et al. Environmental Research profile →
Antimony contamination and its risk management in complex environmental settings: A review

2021 224 citations Nanthi Bolan, Manish Kumar et al. Environment International profile →
Effects of microplastics on soil microorganisms and microbial functions in nutrients and carbon cycling – A review

2024 110 citations Raj Mukhopadhyay, Amit Bhatnagar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Binoy Sarkar Australia	73	5.1k	4.3k	2.9k	2.5k	2.4k	219	15.3k
Deyi Hou China	86	9.5k 1.9×	5.4k 1.3×	4.0k 1.4×	2.2k 0.9×	3.5k 1.4×	255	23.2k
Ming Zhang China	52	5.1k 1.0×	5.8k 1.4×	2.9k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	2.8k 1.2×	264	16.2k
Jingchun Tang China	68	5.5k 1.1×	5.7k 1.3×	2.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	4.4k 1.8×	259	15.7k
Andrew R. Zimmerman United States	68	5.1k 1.0×	8.1k 1.9×	4.1k 1.4×	3.3k 1.3×	4.4k 1.8×	152	22.1k
Sabry M. Shaheen Germany	78	10.3k 2.0×	4.6k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	259	19.0k
Meththika Vithanage Sri Lanka	78	9.0k 1.8×	8.7k 2.0×	4.6k 1.6×	2.3k 0.9×	4.0k 1.7×	315	22.9k
Li Y United States	64	2.9k 0.6×	4.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	4.1k 1.7×	580	16.8k
Sunita Varjani India	75	6.3k 1.2×	3.2k 0.8×	3.2k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	5.2k 2.1×	328	20.8k
Hui Li China	63	5.9k 1.2×	2.9k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	2.4k 1.0×	495	15.5k
Baoliang Chen China	73	5.0k 1.0×	8.0k 1.9×	2.6k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	5.7k 2.4×	317	22.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Binoy Sarkar

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Li, Jiayi, Yurong Gao, Caibin Li, et al.. (2024). Pristine and Fe-functionalized biochar for the simultaneous immobilization of arsenic and antimony in a contaminated mining soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 469. 133937–133937. 30 indexed citations

Bahar, Md Mezbaul, et al.. (2024). Fertilizer Value of Nutrient-Enriched Biochar and Response of Canola Crop. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. 24(2). 2123–2137. 6 indexed citations

González, A., et al.. (2023). Imogolite prepared from cement kiln dust removes arsenite from water. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 31. 103142–103142. 2 indexed citations

Karim, Adnan Asad, et al.. (2023). Potassium-phosphorus-sulfur augmented biochar production from potentially toxic elements abated gypsum pond wastewater of phosphate fertilizer industry. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(5). 110404–110404. 5 indexed citations

Báez, María E., et al.. (2023). Effect of surfactants on the sorption-desorption, degradation, and transport of chlorothalonil and hydroxy-chlorothalonil in agricultural soils. Environmental Pollution. 327. 121545–121545. 9 indexed citations

Palansooriya, Kumuduni Niroshika, Liang Shi, Binoy Sarkar, et al.. (2022). Effect of LDPE microplastics on chemical properties and microbial communities in soil. Soil Use and Management. 38(3). 1481–1492. 39 indexed citations

El‐Naggar, Ali, Ahmed Mosa, Nabeel Khan Niazi, et al.. (2022). Modified and pristine biochars for remediation of chromium contamination in soil and aquatic systems. Chemosphere. 303(Pt 1). 134942–134942. 48 indexed citations

Biswas, Jayanta Kumar, Monojit Mondal, Dhrubajyoti Majumdar, et al.. (2021). Harnessing biofertilizer from human urine via chemogenic and biogenic routes: Synthesis, characterization and agronomic application. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 25. 102152–102152. 2 indexed citations

Sarkar, Binoy, Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake, Nanthi Bolan, et al.. (2021). Challenges and opportunities in sustainable management of microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment. Environmental Research. 207. 112179–112179. 140 indexed citations

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Smith, Pete, Saskia Keesstra, Whendee L. Silver, et al.. (2021). Soil-derived Nature's Contributions to People and their contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1834). 20200185–20200185. 39 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Binoy, Raj Mukhopadhyay, Sammani Ramanayaka, Nanthi Bolan, & Yong Sik Ok. (2021). The role of soils in the disposition, sequestration and decontamination of environmental contaminants. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1834). 20200177–20200177. 52 indexed citations

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Duan, Jiajun, Nanthi Bolan, Yang Li, et al.. (2021). Weathering of microplastics and interaction with other coexisting constituents in terrestrial and aquatic environments. Water Research. 196. 117011–117011. 454 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Linan, Zhaoliang Song, Qiang Li, et al.. (2021). Accumulation and partitioning of toxic trace metal(loid)s in phytoliths of wheat grown in a multi-element contaminated soil. Environmental Pollution. 294. 118645–118645. 16 indexed citations

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Hoang, Son A., Binoy Sarkar, Balaji Seshadri, et al.. (2021). Mitigation of petroleum-hydrocarbon-contaminated hazardous soils using organic amendments: A review. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 416. 125702–125702. 81 indexed citations

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Kelland, Mike, Peter Wade, Lyla L. Taylor, et al.. (2020). Increased yield and CO₂ sequestration potential with the C₄ cereal Sorghum bicolor cultivated in basaltic rock dust‐amended agricultural soil. Global Change Biology. 26(6). 3658–3676. 169 indexed citations

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Wang, Lei, Binoy Sarkar, Christian Sonne, Yong Sik Ok, & Daniel C.W. Tsang. (2020). Soil and geologic formations as antidotes for CO ₂ sequestration?. Soil Use and Management. 36(3). 355–357. 9 indexed citations

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El‐Naggar, Ali, Ahmed H. El-Naggar, Sabry M. Shaheen, et al.. (2019). Biochar composition-dependent impacts on soil nutrient release, carbon mineralization, and potential environmental risk: A review. Journal of Environmental Management. 241. 458–467. 321 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Yilu, Balaji Seshadri, Nanthi Bolan, et al.. (2019). Microbial functional diversity and carbon use feedback in soils as affected by heavy metals. Environment International. 125. 478–488. 157 indexed citations

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Mondal, Monojit, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Yiu Fai Tsang, et al.. (2019). A wastewater bacterium Bacillus sp. KUJM2 acts as an agent for remediation of potentially toxic elements and promoter of plant (Lens culinaris) growth. Chemosphere. 232. 439–452. 23 indexed citations

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Seshadri, Balaji, et al.. (2017). Comparative values of various wastewater streams as a soil nutrient source. Chemosphere. 192. 272–281. 27 indexed citations

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