G. Girishkumar

6.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
18 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

G. Girishkumar is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Girishkumar has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 6 papers in Automotive Engineering and 5 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in G. Girishkumar's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (11 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (11 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (6 papers). G. Girishkumar is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (11 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (11 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (6 papers). G. Girishkumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Netherlands. G. Girishkumar's co-authors include A. C. Luntz, Bryan D. McCloskey, W. W. Wilcke, Sally A. Swanson, Prashant V. Kamat, K. Vinodgopal, Donald S. Bethune, R. M. Shelby, Kristian S. Thygesen and Jens S. Hummelshøj and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

G. Girishkumar

18 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Lithium−Air Battery: Promise and Challenges 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2011 2011 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Lithium−Air Battery: Promise and Challenges
    2010 2.2k citations G. Girishkumar, Bryan D. McCloskey et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters profile →
  2. Solvents’ Critical Role in Nonaqueous Lithium–Oxygen Battery Electrochemistry
    2011 912 citations Bryan D. McCloskey, Donald S. Bethune et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters profile →
  3. Electrical conductivity in Li2O2 and its role in determining capacity limitations in non-aqueous Li-O2 batteries
    2011 518 citations Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan, Kristian S. Thygesen et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
G. Girishkumar United States 15 5.0k 1.7k 973 888 810 18 5.5k
Peter Bieker Germany 33 5.0k 1.0× 2.2k 1.3× 590 0.6× 702 0.8× 604 0.7× 74 5.4k
Mohamed Mohamedi Canada 30 2.7k 0.5× 772 0.5× 1.1k 1.1× 799 0.9× 810 1.0× 117 3.3k
A. John Appleby United States 24 5.0k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 1.6k 1.6× 1.2k 1.4× 1.2k 1.4× 40 5.3k
Yichao Yan China 25 3.7k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 920 0.9× 448 0.5× 965 1.2× 77 4.3k
David G. Kwabi United States 24 4.3k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 595 0.6× 592 0.7× 412 0.5× 45 4.5k
Xiao Wang China 36 4.4k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 437 0.4× 1.3k 1.5× 756 0.9× 111 4.7k
Chaozhu Shu China 43 4.6k 0.9× 928 0.5× 1.2k 1.3× 845 1.0× 1.3k 1.5× 128 5.3k
Xuanxuan Bi United States 39 5.6k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 903 0.9× 1.6k 1.8× 1.1k 1.4× 63 6.2k
Xiangwen Gao China 33 4.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 381 0.4× 928 1.0× 607 0.7× 69 4.6k
Congli Sun China 30 3.3k 0.7× 659 0.4× 808 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 855 1.1× 72 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by G. Girishkumar

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of G. Girishkumar's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by G. Girishkumar with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites G. Girishkumar more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by G. Girishkumar

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by G. Girishkumar. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by G. Girishkumar. The network helps show where G. Girishkumar may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. Girishkumar

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
1.
Gowda, Sanketh R., V. Pushparaj, G. Girishkumar, et al.. (2012). Three-Dimensionally Engineered Porous Silicon Electrodes for Li Ion Batteries. Nano Letters. 12(12). 6060–6065. 141 indexed citations
2.
McCloskey, Bryan D., R. Scheffler, Angela Speidel, G. Girishkumar, & A. C. Luntz. (2012). On the Mechanism of Nonaqueous Li–O2 Electrochemistry on C and Its Kinetic Overpotentials: Some Implications for Li–Air Batteries. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 116(45). 23897–23905. 319 indexed citations
3.
McCloskey, Bryan D., Donald S. Bethune, R. M. Shelby, G. Girishkumar, & A. C. Luntz. (2011). Solvents’ Critical Role in Nonaqueous Lithium–Oxygen Battery Electrochemistry. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2(10). 1161–1166. 912 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Albertus, Paul, G. Girishkumar, Bryan D. McCloskey, et al.. (2011). Identifying Capacity Limitations in the Li/Oxygen Battery Using Experiments and Modeling. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 158(3). A343–A343. 258 indexed citations
5.
Viswanathan, Venkatasubramanian, Kristian S. Thygesen, Jens S. Hummelshøj, et al.. (2011). Electrical conductivity in Li2O2 and its role in determining capacity limitations in non-aqueous Li-O2 batteries. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 135(21). 214704–214704. 518 indexed citations breakdown →
6.
Girishkumar, G., Bryan D. McCloskey, A. C. Luntz, Sally A. Swanson, & W. W. Wilcke. (2010). Lithium−Air Battery: Promise and Challenges. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 1(14). 2193–2203. 2158 indexed citations breakdown →
7.
Girishkumar, G., et al.. (2010). Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Investigations of the Overcharge Behavior of StabiLife Electrolyte Salts in Lithium-Ion Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 158(2). A146–A146. 17 indexed citations
8.
Ionica-Bousquet, Costana, William J. Casteel, Ronald M. Pearlstein, et al.. (2010). Polyfluorinated boron cluster – [B12F11H]2− – based electrolytes for supercapacitors: Overcharge protection. Electrochemistry Communications. 12(5). 636–639. 14 indexed citations
9.
Chen, Zonghai, et al.. (2010). Lithium Borate Cluster Salts as Redox Shuttles for Overcharge Protection of Lithium-Ion Cells. Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters. 13(4). A39–A39. 32 indexed citations
10.
Albertus, Paul, Jake Christensen, G. Girishkumar, Bryan D. McCloskey, & A. C. Luntz. (2010). Physics-Based Modeling of the Li/Air Battery, With Comparison to Experiments. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2010-02(6). 339–339. 1 indexed citations
11.
Ionica-Bousquet, Costana, David Muñoz‐Rojas, William J. Casteel, et al.. (2009). Polyfluorinated boron cluster-based salts: A new electrolyte for application in Li4Ti5O12/LiMn2O4 rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources. 195(5). 1479–1485. 29 indexed citations
12.
Kongkanand, Anusorn, Susumu Kuwabata, G. Girishkumar, & Prashant V. Kamat. (2006). Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Supported Platinum Nanoparticles with Improved Electrocatalytic Activity for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Langmuir. 22(5). 2392–2396. 260 indexed citations
13.
Robel, István, G. Girishkumar, Bruce A. Bunker, Prashant V. Kamat, & K. Vinodgopal. (2006). Structural changes and catalytic activity of platinum nanoparticles supported on C60 and carbon nanotube films during the operation of direct methanol fuel cells. Applied Physics Letters. 88(7). 18 indexed citations
14.
Kamat, Prashant V., G. Girishkumar, & K. Vinodgopal. (2006). Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Supports for Portable Direct Methanol Fuel Cells.. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2006-01(5). 296–296. 1 indexed citations
15.
Girishkumar, G., et al.. (2005). Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube-Based Proton Exchange Membrane Assembly for Hydrogen Fuel Cells. Langmuir. 21(18). 8487–8494. 180 indexed citations
16.
Girishkumar, G., Timothy Hall, K. Vinodgopal, & Prashant V. Kamat. (2005). Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Supports for Portable Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 110(1). 107–114. 138 indexed citations
17.
Kamat, Prashant V., K. George Thomas, Saïd Barazzouk, et al.. (2004). Self-Assembled Linear Bundles of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes and Their Alignment and Deposition as a Film in a dc Field. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 126(34). 10757–10762. 210 indexed citations
18.
Girishkumar, G., K. Vinodgopal, & Prashant V. Kamat. (2004). Carbon Nanostructures in Portable Fuel Cells:  Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Electrodes for Methanol Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 108(52). 19960–19966. 292 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter Bieker Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mohamed Mohamedi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by A. John Appleby Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Yichao Yan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by David G. Kwabi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Xiao Wang Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Chaozhu Shu Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Xuanxuan Bi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Xiangwen Gao Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Congli Sun
Rankless by CCL
2026