Jayanta Kumar Biswas

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
141 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Jayanta Kumar Biswas is a scholar working on Pollution, Water Science and Technology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Jayanta Kumar Biswas has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Pollution, 29 papers in Water Science and Technology and 27 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Jayanta Kumar Biswas's work include Heavy metals in environment (27 papers), Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (13 papers) and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (12 papers). Jayanta Kumar Biswas is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (27 papers), Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (13 papers) and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (12 papers). Jayanta Kumar Biswas collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Sri Lanka. Jayanta Kumar Biswas's co-authors include Meththika Vithanage, Yong Sik Ok, Dibyendu Sarkar, Santosh Kumar Sarkar, Mahendra Rai, Nanthi Bolan, Rupali Datta, Hailong Wang, Eilhann E. Kwon and Zhiming Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Jayanta Kumar Biswas

135 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Biodegradation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PF... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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. Biodegradation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A review
    2021 222 citations Dibyendu Sarkar, Jayanta Kumar Biswas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jayanta Kumar Biswas India 36 1.5k 872 811 555 535 141 4.3k
Huilun Chen China 41 1.8k 1.2× 937 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 676 1.2× 631 1.2× 157 4.8k
Shirong Zhang China 36 1.6k 1.1× 576 0.7× 1.1k 1.4× 433 0.8× 516 1.0× 159 4.1k
Hongli Huang China 31 1.5k 1.0× 499 0.6× 873 1.1× 368 0.7× 508 0.9× 75 3.9k
Tangfu Xiao China 45 2.8k 1.9× 930 1.1× 765 0.9× 708 1.3× 587 1.1× 126 5.3k
Qixing Zhou China 41 1.7k 1.1× 1.3k 1.5× 662 0.8× 485 0.9× 320 0.6× 201 5.6k
Aijun Lin China 35 1.1k 0.8× 665 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 365 0.7× 326 0.6× 94 3.6k
Ali El‐Naggar Egypt 33 1.9k 1.3× 591 0.7× 919 1.1× 656 1.2× 595 1.1× 48 4.4k
Amin Mojiri Japan 31 1.2k 0.8× 579 0.7× 995 1.2× 355 0.6× 868 1.6× 117 3.6k
Beihai Zhou China 37 1.5k 1.1× 863 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 591 1.1× 688 1.3× 147 4.2k
Marina M.S. Cabral-Pinto Portugal 38 1.4k 1.0× 891 1.0× 877 1.1× 211 0.4× 380 0.7× 108 4.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jayanta Kumar Biswas

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All Works

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Kumar, Abhishek, et al.. (2025). Harnessing sustainable biochar-based composites for effective PFAS removal from wastewater. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 43. 100594–100594. 4 indexed citations
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Biswas, Jayanta Kumar, Sikandar I. Mulla, Rachana Singh, et al.. (2024). Micro and nanoplastics pollution: Sources, distribution, uptake in plants, toxicological effects, and innovative remediation strategies for environmental sustainability. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 213. 108795–108795. 29 indexed citations
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Khuda‐Bukhsh, Anisur Rahman, et al.. (2024). Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from waste leaves of tea (Camellia sinensis) and their catalytic potential for degradation of azo dyes. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1318. 139448–139448. 13 indexed citations
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Khanam, Rubina, et al.. (2023). Zinc oxide nanoparticles in combination with biochar alleviate arsenic accumulation in field grown rice (Oryza sativa L.) crop. Rhizosphere. 27. 100764–100764. 18 indexed citations
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Kumar, Pavan, Prashant K. Srivastava, Manish Kumar Pandey, et al.. (2023). Nitrogen dioxide as proxy indicator of air pollution from fossil fuel burning in New Delhi during lockdown phases of COVID-19 pandemic period: impact on weather as revealed by Sentinel-5 precursor (5p) spectrometer sensor. Environment Development and Sustainability. 26(3). 6623–6634. 4 indexed citations
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Ingle, Pramod, Aniket Gade, Mahendra Rai, et al.. (2023). Bioremediation of industrial dye waste effluents aided by GIS applications: a comprehensive review. Environment Development and Sustainability. 26(5). 10945–10971. 5 indexed citations
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Ingle, Pramod, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Monojit Mondal, et al.. (2021). Assessment of in vitro antimicrobial efficacy of biologically synthesized metal nanoparticles against pathogenic bacteria. Chemosphere. 291(Pt 2). 132676–132676. 23 indexed citations
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Biswas, Jayanta Kumar, Monojit Mondal, Dhrubajyoti Majumdar, et al.. (2021). Harnessing biofertilizer from human urine via chemogenic and biogenic routes: Synthesis, characterization and agronomic application. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 25. 102152–102152. 2 indexed citations
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Sharma, S.C., Vishal Dutta, Pankaj Raizada, et al.. (2021). Controllable functionalization of g-C 3 N 4 mediated all-solid-state (ASS) Z-scheme photocatalysts towards sustainable energy and environmental applications. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 24. 101972–101972. 18 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Binoy, Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake, Nanthi Bolan, et al.. (2021). Challenges and opportunities in sustainable management of microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment. Environmental Research. 207. 112179–112179. 140 indexed citations
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Mukhopadhyay, Raj, Binoy Sarkar, Eakalak Khan, et al.. (2021). Nanomaterials for sustainable remediation of chemical contaminants in water and soil. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 52(15). 2611–2660. 76 indexed citations
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Mondal, Monojit, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Yiu Fai Tsang, et al.. (2019). A wastewater bacterium Bacillus sp. KUJM2 acts as an agent for remediation of potentially toxic elements and promoter of plant (Lens culinaris) growth. Chemosphere. 232. 439–452. 23 indexed citations
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Moitra, Subhabrata, Jannatul Firdous, Arghya Bandyopadhyay, et al.. (2018). Exposure to heavy metals alters the surface topology of alveolar macrophages and induces respiratory dysfunction among Indian metal arc-welders. Toxicology and Industrial Health. 34(12). 908–921. 21 indexed citations
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Biswas, Jayanta Kumar, et al.. (2015). Macroinvertebrate diversity indices: A quantitative bioassessment of ecological health status of an oxbow lake in Eastern India. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21 indexed citations
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Biswas, Jayanta Kumar, et al.. (2015). Biomonitoring Macrophytes Diversity and Abundance for Rating Aquatic Health of an Oxbow Lakeecosystem in Ganga River Basin. American journal of phytomedicine and clinical therapeutics. 3(10). 602–621. 11 indexed citations

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