Gaurav Sant

11.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
242 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Gaurav Sant is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Gaurav Sant has authored 242 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 80 papers in Materials Chemistry and 40 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Gaurav Sant's work include Concrete and Cement Materials Research (121 papers), Concrete Properties and Behavior (50 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (41 papers). Gaurav Sant is often cited by papers focused on Concrete and Cement Materials Research (121 papers), Concrete Properties and Behavior (50 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (41 papers). Gaurav Sant collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and China. Gaurav Sant's co-authors include Narayanan Neithalath, Aditya Kumar, Mathieu Bauchy, Jason Weiss, Tandré Oey, Laurent Pilon, Kirk Vance, Gabriel Falzone, Magdalena Balonis and Bu Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Chemical Society Reviews and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Gaurav Sant

236 papers receiving 9.2k 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.

The Filler Effect: The Influence of Filler Content and Surface Area on Cementitious Reaction Rates

2013 372 citations Tandré Oey, Aditya Kumar et al. Journal of the American Ceramic Society profile →
Can the compressive strength of concrete be estimated from knowledge of the mixture proportions?: New insights from statistical analysis and machine learning methods

2018 311 citations Gaurav Sant et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →
Hydration and strength development in ternary portland cement blends containing limestone and fly ash or metakaolin

2013 301 citations Tandré Oey, Gaurav Sant et al. Cement and Concrete Composites profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gaurav Sant United States	55	5.8k	2.8k	2.2k	1.6k	920	242	9.4k
Yunsheng Zhang China	55	7.7k 1.3×	3.0k 1.1×	3.8k 1.7×	799 0.5×	362 0.4×	386	11.1k
Wei Chen China	49	4.7k 0.8×	3.5k 1.2×	1.9k 0.9×	718 0.4×	311 0.3×	392	9.1k
Dongshuai Hou China	63	9.8k 1.7×	4.8k 1.7×	2.3k 1.0×	702 0.4×	743 0.8×	396	12.8k
Qingliang Yu Netherlands	57	6.2k 1.1×	3.2k 1.1×	3.3k 1.5×	457 0.3×	498 0.5×	238	9.1k
Hongyan Ma China	53	4.7k 0.8×	3.5k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	856 0.5×	254 0.3×	182	8.3k
Narayanan Neithalath United States	59	8.9k 1.5×	2.8k 1.0×	4.4k 2.0×	1.2k 0.7×	356 0.4×	218	11.4k
Waltraud M. Kriven United States	52	4.3k 0.7×	5.2k 1.8×	1.9k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	2.9k 3.1×	266	10.3k
André Nonat France	53	8.7k 1.5×	4.1k 1.4×	2.4k 1.1×	434 0.3×	594 0.6×	119	10.7k
F. P. Glasser United Kingdom	56	7.9k 1.4×	5.2k 1.8×	2.3k 1.0×	808 0.5×	728 0.8×	221	10.9k
Ruben Snellings Belgium	43	8.3k 1.4×	3.8k 1.3×	3.9k 1.8×	696 0.4×	425 0.5×	115	9.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gaurav Sant

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Dai, Xiaodi, Narayanan Neithalath, Aditya Kumar, et al.. (2025). Design and function of thermoresponsive-ultrafast stiffening suspension formulations for 3D printing. Cement and Concrete Composites. 157. 105905–105905. 4 indexed citations

Xiao, Rui, et al.. (2025). Using boron as a tracer reveals how surface precipitates inhibit silicate dissolution in hyperalkaline solutions during alkali–silica reaction. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 109(1).

Han, Taihao, et al.. (2025). Effects of Gypsum and Limestone on Early-Age Hydration and Strength Optimization in Belite Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement. Infrastructures. 10(2). 27–27.

Gonçalves, Jardel Pereira, Taihao Han, Gaurav Sant, et al.. (2024). Toward smart and sustainable cement manufacturing process: Analysis and optimization of cement clinker quality using thermodynamic and data-informed approaches. Cement and Concrete Composites. 147. 105436–105436. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Xin, Elena Tajuelo Rodriguez, Yann Le Pape, et al.. (2024). Investigation of ion irradiation effects on mineral analogues of concrete aggregates. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 605. 155539–155539.

Blondes, Madalyn S., Ryan J. McAleer, Aaron M. Jubb, et al.. (2024). Ion Exchange Processes for CO ₂ Mineralization Using Industrial Waste Streams: Pilot Plant Demonstration and Life Cycle Assessment. ChemistrySelect. 9(18). 2 indexed citations

Han, Taihao, Amit Sarkar, Jie Huang, et al.. (2023). Deep learning to predict the hydration and performance of fly ash-containing cementitious binders. Cement and Concrete Research. 165. 107093–107093. 27 indexed citations

Sant, Gaurav, et al.. (2023). Effect of temperature on N-A-S-(H) and zeolite composition, solubility, and structure. Cement and Concrete Research. 172. 107213–107213. 3 indexed citations

Collin, Marie, et al.. (2023). Fly ash degree of reaction in hypersaline NaCl and CaCl2 brines: Effects of calcium-based additives. Waste Management. 170. 103–111. 4 indexed citations

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Plante, Erika Callagon La, et al.. (2022). Process Simulations Reveal the Carbon Dioxide Removal Potential of a Process That Mineralizes Industrial Waste Streams via an Ion Exchange-Based Regenerable pH Swing. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(19). 6255–6264. 9 indexed citations

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Mehdipour, Iman, et al.. (2021). The role of gas flow distributions on CO₂ mineralization within monolithic cemented composites: coupled CFD-factorial design approach. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 6(3). 494–504. 9 indexed citations

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Hsiao, Yi‐Hsuan, Xin Chen, Erika Callagon La Plante, et al.. (2020). Mineral Dissolution under Electric Stimulation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(30). 16515–16523. 2 indexed citations

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Simonetti, Dante, et al.. (2020). Selective sulfur removal from semi-dry flue gas desulfurization coal fly ash for concrete and carbon dioxide capture applications. Waste Management. 121. 117–126. 29 indexed citations

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Chen, Xin, Yulong Zhang, Benjamin M. Wu, & Gaurav Sant. (2019). A Nitrogen- and Self-Doped Titania Coating Enables the On-Demand Release of Free Radical Species. ACS Omega. 4(20). 18567–18573. 2 indexed citations

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Oey, Tandré, Nerea Mascaraque, Randall E. Youngman, et al.. (2018). The role of the network-modifier's field-strength in the chemical durability of aluminoborate glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 505. 279–285. 33 indexed citations

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Oey, Tandré, Paul E. Stutzman, Jeffrey W. Bullard, et al.. (2017). An improved basis for characterizing the suitability of fly ash as a cement replacement agent. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 100(10). 4785–4800. 56 indexed citations

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Oey, Tandré, Aditya Kumar, Isabella Pignatelli, et al.. (2017). Topological controls on the dissolution kinetics of glassy aluminosilicates. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 100(12). 5521–5527. 54 indexed citations

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Kumar, Aditya, Tandré Oey, Gabriel Falzone, et al.. (2017). The filler effect: The influence of filler content and type on the hydration rate of tricalcium silicate. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 100(7). 3316–3328. 93 indexed citations

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Sant, Gaurav, Dale P. Bentz, Pietro Lura, et al.. (2009). Detecting the fluid-to-solid transition in cement pastes. Comparing experimental and numerical techniques. DORA Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)). 9 indexed citations

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Sant, Gaurav, Pietro Lura, & Jason Weiss. (2006). Measurement of Volume Change in Cementitious Materials at Early Ages. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 1979(1). 21–29. 45 indexed citations

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