Dipak Rana

19.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
297 papers, 16.6k citations indexed

About

Dipak Rana is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Dipak Rana has authored 297 papers receiving a total of 16.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 120 papers in Water Science and Technology and 74 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Dipak Rana's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (117 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (45 papers) and Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (45 papers). Dipak Rana is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (117 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (45 papers) and Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (45 papers). Dipak Rana collaborates with scholars based in Canada, India and Malaysia. Dipak Rana's co-authors include Takeshi Matsuura, Christopher Q. Lan, A. Nagendran, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Johnson E. Efome, B. Rajesh Kumar, S. Saravanan, Dipankar Chattopadhyay, Roberto Narbaitz and Meenakshi Sundaram Sri Abirami Saraswathi and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Dipak Rana

294 papers receiving 16.3k 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.

Surface Modifications for Antifouling Membranes

2010 1.9k citations Dipak Rana, Takeshi Matsuura profile →
Insight Studies on Metal-Organic Framework Nanofibrous Membrane Adsorption and Activation for Heavy Metal Ions Removal from Aqueous Solution

2018 377 citations Dipak Rana, Takeshi Matsuura et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dipak Rana Canada	69	7.9k	7.4k	3.5k	3.5k	2.9k	297	16.6k
Hideto Matsuyama Japan	69	10.5k 1.3×	12.0k 1.6×	3.0k 0.9×	5.1k 1.5×	7.6k 2.6×	696	20.7k
Suzana P. Nunes Saudi Arabia	64	5.7k 0.7×	5.9k 0.8×	4.4k 1.3×	4.9k 1.4×	5.1k 1.8×	322	14.6k
Florian J. Stadler China	75	3.4k 0.4×	2.2k 0.3×	7.1k 2.0×	4.9k 1.4×	944 0.3×	382	18.1k
Mathias Ulbricht Germany	66	7.8k 1.0×	8.3k 1.1×	2.4k 0.7×	3.4k 1.0×	3.0k 1.0×	410	16.4k
Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak Malaysia	76	5.9k 0.7×	3.8k 0.5×	4.3k 1.2×	2.4k 0.7×	3.0k 1.0×	357	15.6k
Kang Li United Kingdom	73	7.2k 0.9×	8.6k 1.2×	9.3k 2.7×	5.5k 1.6×	7.1k 2.4×	490	22.6k
Donald R. Paul United States	94	7.9k 1.0×	7.4k 1.0×	7.3k 2.1×	6.2k 1.8×	14.0k 4.8×	407	30.4k
Fengxian Qiu China	65	3.4k 0.4×	2.3k 0.3×	4.9k 1.4×	3.4k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	454	14.2k
C.A. Smolders Netherlands	57	4.3k 0.5×	5.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	2.6k 0.7×	5.9k 2.0×	167	11.1k
Shiping Zhu Canada	71	4.5k 0.6×	947 0.1×	4.5k 1.3×	3.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	498	18.8k

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Rana, Dipak, et al.. (2025). Directional water transport of Janus membrane - theoretical approach. Desalination. 601. 118577–118577. 1 indexed citations

Rana, Dipak, et al.. (2024). Modification of exterior and intraporous surfaces of polyvinylidene fluoride membranes using KOH/water/alcohol ternary: Effects of wettability, polarity, and OH− activity. Reactive and Functional Polymers. 208. 106147–106147. 2 indexed citations

Rana, Dipak, Takeshi Matsuura, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, & Christopher Q. Lan. (2024). Design of hydrophobic polymer brush for mitigation of membrane wetting in membrane distillation- computer simulation. Separation and Purification Technology. 343. 127107–127107. 5 indexed citations

Roy, Indranil, Tapas Ghosh, Dipak Rana, et al.. (2024). Effect of graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, silver and reduced graphene oxide/silver nanohybrid on hydroxypropyl methylcellulose nanocomposites. Bulletin of Materials Science. 47(3). 2 indexed citations

El‐marghany, Adel, et al.. (2024). Development of eco-friendly flame-retardant polyurethane using sustainable additives. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 414. 126078–126078. 6 indexed citations

Rana, Dipak, et al.. (2023). Fabrication and Characterization of Poly (Vinylidene Fluoride) Hybrid Ultrafiltration Membranes with Silver Loaded Mof-5 for Enhanced Permeation, Antifouling and Antibiofouling Performance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Kanagaraj, P., Dipak Rana, Kamaraj Mahendraprabhu, et al.. (2023). Development of high performance thin-film (nano) composite membranes for forward osmosis desalination applications- a review. Materials Science and Engineering B. 299. 116966–116966. 25 indexed citations

Rana, Dipak, et al.. (2023). Poly(vinylidene fluoride) ultrafiltration membranes tailored with zirconium‐based MOF‐801 for water treatment applications. Polymer International. 73(5). 368–377. 9 indexed citations

Adhikari, Arpita, Dipak Rana, S. S. De, et al.. (2022). Electrochemical sensing of serotonin by silver decorated polypyrrole nanoribbon based electrode synthesized by sodium cholate as soft template. Materials Today Communications. 31. 103361–103361. 8 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Tapas, Sourav Sadhukhan, Dipak Rana, et al.. (2020). Chemically reduced graphene oxide (CRGO) from waste batteries and morphological assessment of CRGO/methyl cellulose transdermal film. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects. 22. 100454–100454. 9 indexed citations

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Arumugham, Thanigaivelan, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, & Dipak Rana. (2018). Fabrication of novel aromatic amine functionalized nanofiltration (NF) membranes and testing its dye removal and desalting ability. Polymer Testing. 72. 1–10. 29 indexed citations

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Orasugh, Jonathan Tersur, Nayan Ranjan Saha, Gunjan Sarkar, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of methylcellulose/cellulose nano-crystals nanocomposites: Material properties and study of sustained release of ketorolac tromethamine. Carbohydrate Polymers. 188. 168–180. 35 indexed citations

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Rana, Dipak & Takeshi Matsuura. (2017). Special Issue: State of the Art Reviews in Membrane Science and Research. 3(3). 118–119. 4 indexed citations

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Saraswathi, M. Sri Abirami, et al.. (2017). Fabrication of cellulose acetate nanocomposite membranes using 2D layered nanomaterials for macromolecular separation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 107(Pt B). 1607–1612. 55 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Gunjan, et al.. (2017). Effect of gellan gum on the thermogelation property and drug release profile of Poloxamer 407 based ophthalmic formulation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 102. 258–265. 74 indexed citations

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Prince, J.A., Dipak Rana, Takeshi Matsuura, et al.. (2014). Nanofiber based triple layer hydro-philic/-phobic membrane - a solution for pore wetting in membrane distillation. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 6949–6949. 61 indexed citations

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Matsuura, Takeshi, Chenjia Feng, Dipak Rana, et al.. (2010). Development of Novel Membranes Based on Electro–spun Nanofibers and Their Application in Liquid Filtration, Membrane Distillation and Membrane Adsorption. MEMBRANE. 35(3). 119–127. 3 indexed citations

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Rana, Dipak, Graham H. Neale, & V. Hornof. (2002). Surface tension of mixed surfactant systems: lignosulfonate and sodium dodecyl sulfate. Colloid & Polymer Science. 280(8). 775–778. 64 indexed citations

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Rana, Dipak, et al.. (2000). Melt Rheology of Binary Blends of Metallocene Polyethylene with Conventional Polyolefins. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 6(2). 107–114. 12 indexed citations

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Rana, Dipak, et al.. (2000). Melt Rheology of Ethylene 1-Octene Copolymer Blends Synthesized by Ziegler-Natta and Metallocene Catalysts. 8(1). 34–43. 12 indexed citations

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