Kanishka Biswas

23.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
270 papers, 20.2k citations indexed

About

Kanishka Biswas is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kanishka Biswas has authored 270 papers receiving a total of 20.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 251 papers in Materials Chemistry, 128 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 46 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Kanishka Biswas's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (177 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (83 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (65 papers). Kanishka Biswas is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (177 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (83 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (65 papers). Kanishka Biswas collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and China. Kanishka Biswas's co-authors include Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Jiaqing He, Vinayak P. Dravid, Umesh V. Waghmare, C. N. R. Rao, Timothy P. Hogan, Subhajit Roychowdhury, Chun‐I Wu, David N. Seidman and Ivan Blum and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Kanishka Biswas

264 papers receiving 20.0k citations

Hit Papers

High-performance bulk thermoelectrics with all-scale hier... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2012 2011 2013 2009 2021 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. High-performance bulk thermoelectrics with all-scale hierarchical architectures
    2012 3.9k citations Kanishka Biswas, Jiaqing He et al. profile →
  2. Strained endotaxial nanostructures with high thermoelectric figure of merit
    2011 895 citations Kanishka Biswas, Jiaqing He et al. profile →
  3. All-scale hierarchical thermoelectrics: MgTe in PbTe facilitates valence band convergence and suppresses bipolar thermal transport for high performance
    2013 678 citations Li‐Dong Zhao, Kanishka Biswas et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  4. Graphene, the new nanocarbon
    2009 664 citations Kanishka Biswas et al. profile →
  5. Enhanced atomic ordering leads to high thermoelectric performance in AgSbTe 2
    2021 495 citations Subhajit Roychowdhury, Tanmoy Ghosh et al. Science profile →
  6. High Performance Thermoelectrics from Earth-Abundant Materials: Enhanced Figure of Merit in PbS by Second Phase Nanostructures
    2011 440 citations Li‐Dong Zhao, Jiaqing He et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kanishka Biswas India 68 18.8k 10.6k 3.1k 3.0k 1.7k 270 20.2k
Heng Wang China 39 15.8k 0.8× 8.1k 0.8× 3.0k 1.0× 3.4k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 144 16.5k
Yucheng Lan United States 46 13.8k 0.7× 5.6k 0.5× 4.0k 1.3× 3.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 158 16.3k
Dezhi Wang China 55 13.2k 0.7× 7.6k 0.7× 3.5k 1.1× 2.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.6× 231 18.9k
Binghui Ge China 58 9.8k 0.5× 6.7k 0.6× 982 0.3× 2.2k 0.7× 601 0.4× 287 14.2k
Sung Wng Kim South Korea 48 8.9k 0.5× 3.1k 0.3× 1.2k 0.4× 2.1k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 183 11.5k
Andreu Cabot Spain 76 11.6k 0.6× 12.4k 1.2× 546 0.2× 2.5k 0.8× 641 0.4× 381 19.4k
María Ibáñez Spain 45 7.1k 0.4× 5.9k 0.6× 403 0.1× 1.1k 0.4× 474 0.3× 123 8.6k
Di Li China 42 5.9k 0.3× 2.8k 0.3× 1.3k 0.4× 674 0.2× 360 0.2× 181 6.5k
Wolfgang G. Zeier Germany 86 10.7k 0.6× 23.4k 2.2× 462 0.2× 2.1k 0.7× 374 0.2× 223 26.5k
Jeffrey J. Urban United States 49 6.5k 0.3× 3.7k 0.3× 1.4k 0.5× 1.0k 0.3× 550 0.3× 168 10.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Acharyya, Paribesh, Raagya Arora, Manisha Samanta, et al.. (2025). Electronic Structure Modulation in GeTe by Hg and Sb Codoping Leads to High Thermoelectric Performance. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(22). 19296–19304. 3 indexed citations
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Waghmare, Umesh V., et al.. (2025). Ferroelectric Instability Driven Unusual Thermal Transport and High Thermoelectric Performance. ACS Energy Letters. 10(8). 3866–3875.
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Bhui, Animesh, Abdul Ahad, Moinak Dutta, et al.. (2025). s-d Coupling-Induced Dynamic Off-Centering of Cu Drives High Thermoelectric Performance in TlCuS. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(4). 3758–3768. 8 indexed citations
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Rana, Kewal Singh, et al.. (2024). Anharmonic Phonon Vibrations of Ag and Cu for Poor Lattice Thermal Conductivity in Superionic AgCrSe2 and CuCrSe2. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 7(14). 5621–5628. 3 indexed citations
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Acharyya, Paribesh, David Voneshen, Moinak Dutta, et al.. (2024). Evidence of Lone Pair Crafted Emphanisis in the Ruddlesden–Popper Halide Perovskite Cs2PbI2Cl2. Advanced Materials. 36(41). e2408008–e2408008. 9 indexed citations
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Swain, Diptikanta, et al.. (2024). Synthesis and soft crystal structure-induced broad emission of (NH3C6H12NH3)InBr5·2H2O. Chemical Communications. 60(60). 7757–7760. 1 indexed citations
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Das, Subarna, et al.. (2024). New Lead‐free Hybrid Layered Double Perovskite Halides: Synthesis, Structural Transition and Ultralow Thermal Conductivity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(34). e202406616–e202406616. 9 indexed citations
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Xie, Lin, Subarna Das, Tanmoy Ghosh, et al.. (2023). Vacancy controlled nanoscale cation ordering leads to high thermoelectric performance. Energy & Environmental Science. 16(7). 3110–3118. 43 indexed citations
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Chatterjee, Arindom, Ananya Banik, Alexandros El Sachat, et al.. (2023). Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of Misfit Bi2Sr2-xCaxCo2Oy: Isovalent Substitutions and Selective Phonon Scattering. Materials. 16(4). 1413–1413. 5 indexed citations
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Pal, Koushik, et al.. (2023). Strong Antibonding I (p)–Cu (d) States Lead to Intrinsically Low Thermal Conductivity in CuBiI4. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(2). 1349–1358. 79 indexed citations
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Juneja, Rinkle, Debattam Sarkar, Subhajit Roychowdhury, et al.. (2022). Enhanced covalency and nanostructured-phonon scattering lead to high thermoelectric performance in n-type PbS. Materials Today Energy. 24. 100953–100953. 19 indexed citations
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Ahad, Abdul, et al.. (2022). Coexistence of quantum diffusive and diffusive two band carriers in site disordered AgSnSbTe3. Materials Today Physics. 27. 100787–100787. 6 indexed citations
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Biswas, Kanishka, Zhifeng Ren, Yuri Grin, et al.. (2022). Thermoelectric materials science and technology toward applications. Applied Physics Letters. 121(7). 21 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Debattam, Manisha Samanta, Tanmoy Ghosh, et al.. (2022). All-scale hierarchical nanostructures and superior valence band convergence lead to ultra-high thermoelectric performance in cubic GeTe. Energy & Environmental Science. 15(11). 4625–4635. 61 indexed citations
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Roychowdhury, Subhajit, Tanmoy Ghosh, Raagya Arora, et al.. (2021). Enhanced atomic ordering leads to high thermoelectric performance in AgSbTe 2. Science. 371(6530). 722–727. 495 indexed citations breakdown →
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Biswas, Kanishka, et al.. (2020). 変調ドーピングによるキャリア移動度の改善によるn型AgBi_1+xSe_2の熱電性能の増強【JST・京大機械翻訳】. Bulletin of Materials Science. 43(1). 315. 1 indexed citations
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Acharyya, Paribesh, Tanmoy Ghosh, Koushik Pal, et al.. (2020). Intrinsically Ultralow Thermal Conductivity in Ruddlesden–Popper 2D Perovskite Cs2PbI2Cl2: Localized Anharmonic Vibrations and Dynamic Octahedral Distortions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(36). 15595–15603. 132 indexed citations
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Samanta, Manisha, Tanmoy Ghosh, Raagya Arora, Umesh V. Waghmare, & Kanishka Biswas. (2019). Realization of Both n- and p-Type GeTe Thermoelectrics: Electronic Structure Modulation by AgBiSe2 Alloying. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(49). 19505–19512. 93 indexed citations
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Samanta, Manisha, Koushik Pal, Provas Pal, Umesh V. Waghmare, & Kanishka Biswas. (2018). Localized Vibrations of Bi Bilayer Leading to Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity and High Thermoelectric Performance in Weak Topological Insulator n-Type BiSe. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(17). 5866–5872. 169 indexed citations
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Arachchige, Indika U., Gerasimos S. Armatas, Kanishka Biswas, et al.. (2017). Mercouri G. Kanatzidis: Excellence and Innovations in Inorganic and Solid-State Chemistry. Inorganic Chemistry. 56(14). 7582–7597. 8 indexed citations

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