Karuppan Muthukumar

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Karuppan Muthukumar is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karuppan Muthukumar has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 29 papers in Water Science and Technology and 21 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Karuppan Muthukumar's work include Advanced oxidation water treatment (19 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (18 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (16 papers). Karuppan Muthukumar is often cited by papers focused on Advanced oxidation water treatment (19 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (18 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (16 papers). Karuppan Muthukumar collaborates with scholars based in India, Malaysia and Vietnam. Karuppan Muthukumar's co-authors include A. Babu Ponnusami, S. Ranganathan, Rajendran Velmurugan, Govindarajan Ramadoss, Balasubramani Ramprakash, Mathur Nadarajan Kathiravan, Manickam Velan, Arunagiri Appusamy, R. Karthick and Samsudeen Naina Mohamed and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Bioresource Technology and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Karuppan Muthukumar

88 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

A review on Fenton and improvements to the Fenton process... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2013 2011 400 800 1.2k
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. A review on Fenton and improvements to the Fenton process for wastewater treatment
    2013 1.4k citations Karuppan Muthukumar et al. profile →
  2. Advanced oxidation of phenol: A comparison between Fenton, electro-Fenton, sono-electro-Fenton and photo-electro-Fenton processes
    2011 484 citations Karuppan Muthukumar 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
Karuppan Muthukumar India 35 2.3k 2.1k 1.4k 874 780 88 5.3k
Qinglian Wu China 33 1.7k 0.8× 2.8k 1.3× 2.0k 1.4× 658 0.8× 640 0.8× 99 5.1k
Nadir Dızge Türkiye 40 2.0k 0.9× 3.2k 1.5× 886 0.6× 575 0.7× 1.2k 1.6× 230 6.1k
G. Sekaran India 46 1.4k 0.6× 2.5k 1.2× 1.3k 0.9× 980 1.1× 2.0k 2.5× 205 7.8k
Zhenhu Hu China 44 2.0k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 844 0.6× 591 0.7× 476 0.6× 175 6.0k
Rijuta Ganesh Saratale South Korea 34 2.0k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 804 0.6× 691 0.8× 1.5k 1.9× 69 6.5k
A. W. Zularisam Malaysia 37 1.6k 0.7× 2.2k 1.1× 542 0.4× 489 0.6× 355 0.5× 115 4.9k
Lakhveer Singh Malaysia 44 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 920 0.6× 486 0.6× 642 0.8× 122 5.4k
S. Jeevanantham India 33 1.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 343 0.4× 1.2k 1.6× 44 4.8k
Sandeep N. Mudliar India 35 1.4k 0.6× 878 0.4× 976 0.7× 879 1.0× 394 0.5× 97 4.3k
Muhammad Saif Ur Rehman Pakistan 33 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 311 0.4× 598 0.8× 66 3.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karuppan Muthukumar

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Appusamy, Arunagiri, et al.. (2024). Improved kitchen wastewater treatment using PbO2-coated graphite electrode. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society. 101(11). 101453–101453. 1 indexed citations
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Appusamy, Arunagiri, et al.. (2023). Intensified treatment of kitchen wastewater in a filter- press type electrochemical reactor. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification. 193. 109552–109552. 4 indexed citations
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Muthukumar, Karuppan, et al.. (2023). Biohydrogen Production from Enzymatically Digested Cotton Stalks Using Citrobacter freundii. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India) Series E. 104(1). 11–18. 4 indexed citations
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Mohamed, Samsudeen Naina, et al.. (2023). Biohydrogen Production from Acid Hydrolysis Wastewaters Using Artificial Photo-Assisted Microbial Electrolysis Cell. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India) Series E. 104(2). 195–200. 4 indexed citations
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Mohamed, Samsudeen Naina, et al.. (2019). Bioelectricity production from kitchen wastewater using microbial fuel cell with photosynthetic algal cathode. Bioresource Technology. 295. 122226–122226. 107 indexed citations
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Muthukumar, Karuppan, et al.. (2019). Studies on effect of alkali pretreatment of banana pseudostem for fermentable sugar production for biobutanol production. Journal of Environmental Biology. 40(3). 393–399. 13 indexed citations
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Muthukumar, Karuppan, et al.. (2015). Improved biodegradation of textile dye effluent by coculture. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 114. 23–30. 52 indexed citations
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Ramadoss, Govindarajan & Karuppan Muthukumar. (2015). Mechanistic study on ultrasound assisted pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse using metal salt with hydrogen peroxide for bioethanol production. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 28. 207–217. 68 indexed citations
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Muthukumar, Karuppan, et al.. (2014). Studies on Dye Decolorization by Ultrasound Assisted Electrocoagulation. CLEAN - Soil Air Water. 44(3). 232–238. 20 indexed citations
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Muthukumar, Karuppan, et al.. (2014). Transesterification of Palm Oil with High Free Fatty Acid Content using Sodium Hydride. Indian Chemical Engineer. 57(2). 147–153. 2 indexed citations
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Muthukumar, Karuppan, et al.. (2013). Treatment of Pharmaceutical Effluent by Sono‐Fenton‐Sorption. CLEAN - Soil Air Water. 42(11). 1526–1533. 5 indexed citations
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Velmurugan, Rajendran & Karuppan Muthukumar. (2012). Ultrasound-assisted alkaline pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse for fermentable sugar production: Optimization through response surface methodology. Bioresource Technology. 112. 293–299. 128 indexed citations
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Muthukumar, Karuppan. (2012). Detection of Improvised Explosive Devices Using Nanotechnology. 1(1). 11–16. 3 indexed citations
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Muthukumar, Karuppan, et al.. (2012). Treatment of pharmaceutical effluent by ultrasound coupled with dual oxidant system. Environmental Technology. 34(2). 209–217. 16 indexed citations
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Sivaramakrishnan, Ramachandran & Karuppan Muthukumar. (2011). Isolation of Thermo-stable and Solvent-Tolerant Bacillus sp. Lipase for the Production of Biodiesel. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 166(4). 1095–1111. 40 indexed citations
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Pandian, K., et al.. (2011). Treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater by ultrasound-dispersed nanoscale zero-valent iron particles. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 18(5). 1138–1142. 55 indexed citations
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Velmurugan, Rajendran & Karuppan Muthukumar. (2011). Utilization of sugarcane bagasse for bioethanol production: Sono-assisted acid hydrolysis approach. Bioresource Technology. 102(14). 7119–7123. 134 indexed citations
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Muthukumar, Karuppan, et al.. (2009). Biodegradation kinetics of benzoic and anthranilic acids by Micrococcus sp.. Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research. 68(10). 900–903. 3 indexed citations
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Gopinath, Kannappan Panchamoorthy, et al.. (2009). Bacillus sp. mutant for improved biodegradation of Congo red: Random mutagenesis approach. Bioresource Technology. 100(24). 6295–6300. 99 indexed citations
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Kathiravan, Mathur Nadarajan, et al.. (2009). Sonoassisted Microbial Reduction of Chromium. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 160(7). 2000–2013. 45 indexed citations

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