Gokulakrishnan Murugesan

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Gokulakrishnan Murugesan is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Water Science and Technology, 15 papers in Organic Chemistry and 15 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Gokulakrishnan Murugesan's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (26 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (15 papers) and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (7 papers). Gokulakrishnan Murugesan is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (26 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (15 papers) and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (7 papers). Gokulakrishnan Murugesan collaborates with scholars based in India, South Korea and Lebanon. Gokulakrishnan Murugesan's co-authors include Ramesh Vinayagam, Raja Selvaraj, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan, Shraddha Pai, Louella Concepta Goveas, Adithya Samanth, K. Kaviyarasu, Manoj Kumar Narasimhan, Gayathri Rangasamy and P. Senthil Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Chemosphere and Environmental Research.

In The Last Decade

Gokulakrishnan Murugesan

38 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Efficient adsorptive removal of Congo Red dye using activated carbon derived from Spathodea campanulata flowers
    2025 34 citations Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gokulakrishnan Murugesan India 20 469 420 282 237 217 41 1.1k
Louella Concepta Goveas India 23 349 0.7× 415 1.0× 201 0.7× 291 1.2× 202 0.9× 72 1.3k
Sema Akay Türkiye 16 426 0.9× 416 1.0× 218 0.8× 212 0.9× 334 1.5× 41 1.1k
Marjan Tanzifi Iran 11 463 1.0× 393 0.9× 269 1.0× 199 0.8× 108 0.5× 22 1.0k
Sing Chuong Chuo Malaysia 10 552 1.2× 410 1.0× 377 1.3× 211 0.9× 251 1.2× 12 1.4k
A. Annam Renita India 16 362 0.8× 350 0.8× 165 0.6× 263 1.1× 247 1.1× 40 1.1k
Maurı́cio Alves da Motta Sobrinho Brazil 22 692 1.5× 405 1.0× 351 1.2× 453 1.9× 173 0.8× 88 1.3k
Salah Ud Din Pakistan 21 352 0.8× 418 1.0× 145 0.5× 243 1.0× 216 1.0× 76 1.1k
V. Jaikumar India 13 683 1.5× 285 0.7× 265 0.9× 268 1.1× 281 1.3× 26 1.2k
Zarshad Ali Pakistan 17 317 0.7× 309 0.7× 251 0.9× 108 0.5× 176 0.8× 39 858
Farzin Nekouei Iran 17 432 0.9× 384 0.9× 223 0.8× 168 0.7× 278 1.3× 32 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Gokulakrishnan Murugesan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gokulakrishnan Murugesan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gokulakrishnan Murugesan

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vinayagam, Ramesh, et al.. (2025). Mesoporous hydrochar from Acacia falcata leaves by hydrothermal process for hexavalent chromium adsorption. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 12670–12670. 1 indexed citations
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Singh, Shantanu, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, Ramesh Vinayagam, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan, & Raja Selvaraj. (2025). Adsorptive removal of fluoride from water using hydroxyapatite synthesized from marine shell waste. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 25598–25598.
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Murugesan, Gokulakrishnan, et al.. (2025). Efficient adsorptive removal of Congo Red dye using activated carbon derived from Spathodea campanulata flowers. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 1831–1831. 34 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vinayagam, Ramesh, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, Louella Concepta Goveas, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan, & Raja Selvaraj. (2025). Mesoporous magnetic biochar composite through one-pot hydrothermal process for efficient degradation of methylene blue dye by Fenton-like catalysis. Materials Technology. 40(1). 2 indexed citations
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Vinayagam, Ramesh, S. Batra, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, et al.. (2025). Emerging contaminant removal using eco-friendly zinc ferrite nanoparticles: Sunlight-driven degradation of tetracycline. Emerging contaminants. 11(2). 100469–100469. 9 indexed citations
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Vinayagam, Ramesh, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, Louella Concepta Goveas, et al.. (2025). Mesoporous carbon from Vateria indica fruit for efficient 2,4-D herbicide removal: Mechanistic insights from double-layer statistical physics modelling and regeneration studies. Diamond and Related Materials. 154. 112149–112149. 6 indexed citations
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Vinayagam, Ramesh, et al.. (2025). Mesoporous phosphorus-doped activated carbon from Acacia falcata: Mechanistic insights into Cr (VI) removal, regeneration, and spiking studies. Diamond and Related Materials. 153. 112015–112015. 13 indexed citations
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Selvaraj, Raja, Sahana Shetty, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan, & Ramesh Vinayagam. (2025). Sustainable synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Cynometra ramiflora leaf extract for methyl orange degradation. Discover Applied Sciences. 7(7). 1 indexed citations
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Murugesan, Gokulakrishnan, et al.. (2025). Phytotoxicity Mitigation and Malachite Green Removal from Wastewater Using Superparamagnetic Activated Carbon. ACS Omega. 10(30). 33788–33805. 2 indexed citations
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Selvaraj, Raja, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, Louella Concepta Goveas, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of magnetic biochar composite using Vateria indica fruits through in-situ one-pot hydro-carbonization for Fenton-like catalytic dye degradation. Environmental Research. 250. 118414–118414. 26 indexed citations
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Samanth, Adithya, Raja Selvaraj, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan, & Ramesh Vinayagam. (2024). Efficient adsorptive removal of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) using biomass derived magnetic activated carbon nanocomposite in synthetic and simulated agricultural runoff water. Chemosphere. 361. 142513–142513. 35 indexed citations
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Vinayagam, Ramesh, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan, et al.. (2023). Low temperature carbonized mesoporous graphitic carbon for tetracycline adsorption: Mechanistic insight and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system modeling. Bioresource Technology Reports. 22. 101468–101468. 17 indexed citations
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Vinayagam, Ramesh, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, Louella Concepta Goveas, et al.. (2022). Algal biomass-derived nano-activated carbon for the rapid removal of tetracycline by adsorption: Experimentation and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system modeling. Bioresource Technology Reports. 20. 101291–101291. 30 indexed citations
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Vinayagam, Ramesh, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, P. Senthil Kumar, et al.. (2022). Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye using newly synthesized zirconia nanoparticles. Environmental Research. 214(Pt 1). 113785–113785. 31 indexed citations
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Murugesan, Gokulakrishnan, Shraddha Pai, Ramesh Vinayagam, et al.. (2022). Adsorptive removal of Acid Blue 113 using hydroxyapatite nanoadsorbents synthesized using Peltophorum pterocarpum pod extract. Chemosphere. 299. 134752–134752. 50 indexed citations
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Vinayagam, Ramesh, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, Shraddha Pai, et al.. (2022). Rapid photocatalytic degradation of 2, 4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid by ZnO nanoparticles synthesized using the leaf extract of Muntingia calabura. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1263. 133127–133127. 47 indexed citations
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Murugesan, Gokulakrishnan, Manoj Kumar Narasimhan, N.R. Srinivasan, et al.. (2022). Superparamagnetic spherical magnetite nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization and catalytic potential. Applied Nanoscience. 13(9). 6003–6014. 53 indexed citations
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Murugesan, Gokulakrishnan, Louella Concepta Goveas, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles using Acacia falcata leaf extract and study of their anti-cancerous activity against cancerous mammalian cell lines. Environmental Research. 214(Pt 2). 113917–113917. 33 indexed citations
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Selvaraj, Raja, Shraddha Pai, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, et al.. (2021). Green synthesis of magnetic α–Fe2O3 nanospheres using Bridelia retusa leaf extract for Fenton-like degradation of crystal violet dye. Applied Nanoscience. 11(8). 2227–2234. 64 indexed citations

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