Biswajit Samal

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Biswajit Samal is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Biswajit Samal has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 7 papers in Pollution and 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Biswajit Samal's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (5 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (5 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (5 papers). Biswajit Samal is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (5 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (5 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (5 papers). Biswajit Samal collaborates with scholars based in India, Canada and United Kingdom. Biswajit Samal's co-authors include Jayanta Bhattacharya, Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Brajesh Dubey, Hari Bhakta Sharma, Sudha Goel, Ved Prakash Ranjan, Venkata Ravi Sankar Cheela, Subhash Chandra, Isha Medha and Subhadeep Chatterjee and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Bioresource Technology and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Biswajit Samal

20 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Challenges and strategies for effective plastic waste management during and post COVID-19 pandemic

2020 490 citations Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Hari Bhakta Sharma et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Circular economy approach in solid waste management system to achieve UN-SDGs: Solutions for post-COVID recovery

2021 310 citations Hari Bhakta Sharma, Kumar Raja Vanapalli et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Biswajit Samal India	12	457	294	256	191	128	23	1.1k
Jorge Cristóbal Spain	21	345 0.8×	156 0.5×	98 0.4×	225 1.2×	131 1.0×	38	1.5k
Irene Voukkali Cyprus	23	513 1.1×	196 0.7×	153 0.6×	382 2.0×	66 0.5×	63	1.4k
Kumar Raja Vanapalli India	16	809 1.8×	472 1.6×	576 2.3×	272 1.4×	221 1.7×	33	2.0k
Cristina Trois South Africa	22	636 1.4×	258 0.9×	187 0.7×	79 0.4×	252 2.0×	58	1.3k
Jouni Havukainen Finland	27	678 1.5×	229 0.8×	85 0.3×	206 1.1×	239 1.9×	76	2.0k
Peyo Stanchev United Kingdom	9	588 1.3×	256 0.9×	134 0.5×	179 0.9×	103 0.8×	10	1.1k
Alberto Bezama Germany	25	240 0.5×	115 0.4×	125 0.5×	474 2.5×	252 2.0×	69	1.5k
Li Xue China	17	403 0.9×	162 0.6×	138 0.5×	105 0.5×	211 1.6×	53	1.9k
Pantelitsa Loizia Cyprus	20	463 1.0×	134 0.5×	140 0.5×	305 1.6×	43 0.3×	35	1.0k
I Wayan Koko Suryawan Indonesia	22	448 1.0×	191 0.6×	122 0.5×	88 0.5×	92 0.7×	219	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Biswajit Samal

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Biswajit Samal

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All Works

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Bhatlu, M. Laxmi Deepak, et al.. (2025). An in-depth comparative analysis of fuel evolution: tracking physico-chemical characteristics in conventional diesel, e-diesel, biodiesel, and aged biodiesel. Biofuels. 1–47.

Samal, Biswajit, et al.. (2025). Sustainable agricultural waste management in India: Innovations, challenges, and future perspectives. Biomass and Bioenergy. 202. 108261–108261. 2 indexed citations

Samal, Biswajit, et al.. (2025). Respiratory health impacts of opencast coal mining in India: an epidemiological study. Air Quality Atmosphere & Health. 18(12). 3915–3929.

Samal, Biswajit, et al.. (2025). Assessment of coastal litter trends in tourist vs. non-tourist beaches: A case study from Indian coastal smart city. The Science of The Total Environment. 959. 178339–178339. 4 indexed citations

Kuila, Saikat Kumar, et al.. (2025). Synthetic coalification of microalgae through hydrothermal carbonization: strategies for enhanced hydrochar characteristics and technological advancements. Bioresource Technology. 429. 132542–132542. 2 indexed citations

Kuila, Saikat Kumar, et al.. (2024). Defect Engineered 2D Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Photochemical, (Bio)Electrochemical, and Microplastic Remediation Advancements. ACS ES&T Water. 4(10). 4283–4298. 3 indexed citations

Samal, Biswajit, Hari Bhakta Sharma, Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Brajesh Dubey, & Jayanta Bhattacharya. (2024). Co-pyrolysis of plastic waste and eucalyptus waste wood for fuel pellets production: A study of fuel, mechanical, and combustion characteristics under varying binder proportion. The Science of The Total Environment. 944. 173883–173883.

Medha, Isha, Subhash Chandra, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Biswajit Samal, & Kumar Raja Vanapalli. (2023). Development of Rice Straw-derived Biochar-Bentonite Composite and its Application for in situ Sequestration of Ammonium and Phosphate Ions in the Degraded Mine Soil. Environmental Management. 71(5). 1065–1086. 11 indexed citations

Chandra, Subhash, Isha Medha, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Kumar Raja Vanapalli, & Biswajit Samal. (2022). Effect of the Co-Application of Eucalyptus Wood Biochar and Chemical Fertilizer for the Remediation of Multimetal (Cr, Zn, Ni, and Co) Contaminated Soil. Sustainability. 14(12). 7266–7266. 12 indexed citations

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Medha, Isha, Subhash Chandra, Kumar Raja Vanapalli, et al.. (2021). (3-Aminopropyl)triethoxysilane and iron rice straw biochar composites for the sorption of Cr (VI) and Zn (II) using the extract of heavy metals contaminated soil. The Science of The Total Environment. 771. 144764–144764. 45 indexed citations

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Samal, Biswajit, Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Brajesh Dubey, et al.. (2021). Char from the co-pyrolysis of Eucalyptus wood and low-density polyethylene for use as high-quality fuel: Influence of process parameters. The Science of The Total Environment. 794. 148723–148723. 16 indexed citations

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Sharma, Hari Bhakta, Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Biswajit Samal, et al.. (2021). Circular economy approach in solid waste management system to achieve UN-SDGs: Solutions for post-COVID recovery. The Science of The Total Environment. 800. 149605–149605. 310 indexed citations breakdown →

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Samal, Biswajit, Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Brajesh Dubey, et al.. (2021). Influence of process parameters on thermal characteristics of char from co-pyrolysis of eucalyptus biomass and polystyrene: Its prospects as a solid fuel. Energy. 232. 121050–121050. 26 indexed citations

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Vanapalli, Kumar Raja, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Biswajit Samal, et al.. (2021). Inhibitory and synergistic effects on thermal behaviour and char characteristics during the co-pyrolysis of biomass and single-use plastics. Energy. 235. 121369–121369. 34 indexed citations

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Chatterjee, Subhadeep, et al.. (2020). Transition of a solitary to a biofilm community life style in bacteria: a survival strategy with division of labour. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 64(4-5-6). 259–265. 6 indexed citations

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Vanapalli, Kumar Raja, Hari Bhakta Sharma, Ved Prakash Ranjan, et al.. (2020). Challenges and strategies for effective plastic waste management during and post COVID-19 pandemic. The Science of The Total Environment. 750. 141514–141514. 490 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vanapalli, Kumar Raja, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Biswajit Samal, et al.. (2020). Single-use LDPE - Eucalyptus biomass char composite produced from co-pyrolysis has the properties to improve the soil quality. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 149. 185–198. 20 indexed citations

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Samal, Biswajit & Subhadeep Chatterjee. (2019). New insight into bacterial social communication in natural host: Evidence for interplay of heterogeneous and unison quorum response. PLoS Genetics. 15(9). e1008395–e1008395. 19 indexed citations

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Verma, Raj Kumar, Biswajit Samal, & Subhadeep Chatterjee. (2018). Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae chemotaxis components and chemoreceptor Mcp2 are involved in the sensing of constituents of xylem sap and contribute to the regulation of virulence‐associated functions and entry into rice. Molecular Plant Pathology. 19(11). 2397–2415. 41 indexed citations

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Pandey, Sheo Shankar, et al.. (2017). Xanthoferrin Siderophore Estimation from the Cell-free Culture Supernatants of Different Xanthomonas Strains by HPLC. BIO-PROTOCOL. 7(14). e2410–e2410. 5 indexed citations

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