Hardik Pathak

462 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 327 citations indexed

About

Hardik Pathak is a scholar working on Pollution, Plant Science and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Hardik Pathak has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 327 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Pollution, 6 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Hardik Pathak's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (11 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (4 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (2 papers). Hardik Pathak is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (11 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (4 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (2 papers). Hardik Pathak collaborates with scholars based in India. Hardik Pathak's co-authors include Jebi Sudan, Seema Bhadauria, Pankaj Kumar Jain, D. P. Jaroli, Vijai Kumar Gupta, V.K. Gupta, Deepak Kumar, Manoj Gupta, Swaroop S. Kumar and Dinesh Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as Food Chemistry, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology and Current Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Hardik Pathak

18 papers receiving 305 citations

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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.

Aflatoxin contamination in food crops: causes, detection, and management: a review

2021 165 citations Hardik Pathak, Seema Bhadauria et al. Food Production Processing and Nutrition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hardik Pathak India	8	181	96	56	47	40	20	327
Luciano Merini Argentina	10	161 0.9×	159 1.7×	51 0.9×	46 1.0×	52 1.3×	27	329
Francisco Wilson Reichert Júnior Brazil	12	245 1.4×	87 0.9×	66 1.2×	51 1.1×	52 1.3×	40	402
Hani Moubasher Egypt	11	193 1.1×	106 1.1×	72 1.3×	62 1.3×	38 0.9×	30	410
Abitha Benson India	11	166 0.9×	81 0.8×	68 1.2×	52 1.1×	11 0.3×	18	319
George Tsiamis Greece	4	238 1.3×	60 0.6×	56 1.0×	26 0.6×	17 0.4×	4	353
Paula Fabiane Martins Brazil	11	245 1.4×	155 1.6×	73 1.3×	15 0.3×	52 1.3×	18	383
Jiajia Mei China	10	89 0.5×	193 2.0×	40 0.7×	43 0.9×	27 0.7×	13	316
Alessandra Di Canito Italy	10	82 0.5×	122 1.3×	119 2.1×	66 1.4×	26 0.7×	15	314
K. Rama Krishna India	10	152 0.8×	143 1.5×	37 0.7×	29 0.6×	51 1.3×	29	377
Fayun Feng China	13	243 1.3×	209 2.2×	80 1.4×	24 0.5×	95 2.4×	24	479

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hardik Pathak

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kumar, Swaroop S., et al.. (2025). Edible coatings from plant-derived natural gums: a review of food industry applications. Food Chemistry. 497. 146953–146953.

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Pathak, Hardik, et al.. (2023). Functional aspects of miRNA in flower development and flowering. South African Journal of Botany. 156. 392–397. 3 indexed citations

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Sudan, Jebi, et al.. (2022). Insight Into Microbes and Plants Ability for Bioremediation of Heavy Metals. Current Microbiology. 79(5). 141–141. 13 indexed citations

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Pathak, Hardik, et al.. (2021). Aflatoxin contamination in food crops: causes, detection, and management: a review. Food Production Processing and Nutrition. 3(1). 165 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sudan, Jebi, et al.. (2021). Microbial mechanism of petroleum hydrocarbons degradation: “An Environmental perspective”. 6(2). 32–42. 3 indexed citations

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Pathak, Hardik, et al.. (2021). Potential of Micro-algae in Future Biofuels. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 10(1). 1568–1580. 2 indexed citations

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Pathak, Hardik, et al.. (2020). Elucidating micro RNAs role in different plant–pathogen interactions. Molecular Biology Reports. 47(10). 8219–8227. 10 indexed citations

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Pathak, Hardik, et al.. (2017). Physico-chemical properties of petroleum contaminated soil collected from arid region of rajasthan (churu). International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences. 8(2). 4 indexed citations

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Pathak, Hardik, et al.. (2015). Microbial Ecology of Hydrocarbon Degradation in the Soil: A Review. Research Journal of Environmental Toxicology. 10(1). 1–15. 33 indexed citations

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Pathak, Hardik, et al.. (2014). Prostate Cancer: PSA and Other Diagnostic Modalities for the Early Diagnosis. 67(7). 436–440. 1 indexed citations

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Pathak, Hardik, et al.. (2014). Biodegradation of 4T engine oil by Enterobacter Sp. isolated from coastal area Mumbai. Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change. 1 indexed citations

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Pathak, Hardik, et al.. (2014). A Review: Biodegradation of Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons. 1(1). 9. 1 indexed citations

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Pathak, Hardik, et al.. (2014). BASIC TECHNIQUES OF PHYTOREMEDIATION. 7 indexed citations

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Pathak, Hardik, et al.. (2014). Common fixed point theorems for weakly compatible mappings on Menger space and application. 1 indexed citations

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Pathak, Hardik. (2012). Serratia-The 4T Engine oil degrader. Journal of Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology. 1(S1). 2 indexed citations

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Pathak, Hardik, et al.. (2011). Alcaligenes-The 4T Engine Oil Degrader. Journal of Bioremediation & Biodegradation. 2(4). 12 indexed citations

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Pathak, Hardik, et al.. (2010). Physico-chemical properties of petroleum contaminated soil collected from coastal areas of Mumbai.. 24(1). 2 indexed citations

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Jain, Pankaj Kumar, et al.. (2010). Characterization of 2T engine oil degrading indigenous bacteria, isolated from high altitude (Mussoorie), India. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 26(8). 1419–1426. 29 indexed citations

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Pathak, Hardik, et al.. (2008). Technical Note: Degradation of Phenanthrene and Anthracene byPseudomonasStrain, Isolated From Coastal Area. Bioremediation Journal. 12(2). 111–116. 15 indexed citations

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Pathak, Hardik, et al.. (2007). Analysis of genetic variation in different banana (Musa species) variety using random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs). AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 6(17). 1987–1989. 23 indexed citations

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