Kaustav Aikat

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Kaustav Aikat is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaustav Aikat has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Biotechnology, 15 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kaustav Aikat's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (14 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (13 papers) and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (8 papers). Kaustav Aikat is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (14 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (13 papers) and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (8 papers). Kaustav Aikat collaborates with scholars based in India, United Kingdom and United States. Kaustav Aikat's co-authors include Nibedita Sarkar, Sumanta Ghosh, Sandip Mondal, Gopinath Halder, B. C. Bhattacharyya, Shiv S. Prasad, Keka Sinha, Papita Das, Siddhartha Datta and Sudit S. Mukhopadhyay and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Kaustav Aikat

30 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Bioethanol production from agricultural wastes: An overview 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 250 500 750 1000
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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. Bioethanol production from agricultural wastes: An overview
    2011 1.2k citations Nibedita Sarkar, Sumanta Ghosh et al. Renewable Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kaustav Aikat India 15 1.2k 662 362 303 217 30 2.0k
Vicelma Luiz Cardoso Brazil 30 936 0.8× 584 0.9× 445 1.2× 240 0.8× 333 1.5× 146 2.7k
Mónica Coca Spain 30 1.5k 1.3× 947 1.4× 279 0.8× 191 0.6× 251 1.2× 76 2.7k
Mauro Moresi Italy 28 1.1k 0.9× 644 1.0× 424 1.2× 273 0.9× 401 1.8× 158 2.7k
Bikram Basak South Korea 28 840 0.7× 597 0.9× 179 0.5× 251 0.8× 265 1.2× 46 2.0k
V. Ponnusami India 29 908 0.8× 453 0.7× 729 2.0× 232 0.8× 480 2.2× 118 2.9k
Dibyajyoti Haldar India 25 1.1k 0.9× 440 0.7× 218 0.6× 174 0.6× 333 1.5× 60 2.4k
Viridiana Santana Ferreira-Leitão Brazil 24 1.3k 1.1× 791 1.2× 113 0.3× 255 0.8× 429 2.0× 62 2.2k
Selvakumar Periyasamy India 31 1.6k 1.4× 1000 1.5× 452 1.2× 803 2.7× 497 2.3× 90 3.4k
Furong Tan China 22 770 0.6× 480 0.7× 462 1.3× 106 0.3× 160 0.7× 43 1.7k
Benkun Qi China 30 1.7k 1.4× 914 1.4× 618 1.7× 324 1.1× 251 1.2× 89 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Kaustav Aikat

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kaustav Aikat

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaustav Aikat

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kaustav Aikat. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kaustav Aikat 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 Kaustav Aikat. Kaustav Aikat 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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Mondal, Sudipa, et al.. (2024). The S–S bridge mutation between the A2 and A4 loops (T416C-I432C) of Cel7A of Aspergillus fumigatus enhances catalytic activity and thermostability. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 90(4). e0232923–e0232923. 2 indexed citations
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Mondal, Sandip, Kaustav Aikat, & Gopinath Halder. (2022). Sorptive uptake of Ranitidine hydrochloride by Parthenium hysterophorus based chemically treated N-biochar in static bed continuous flow system. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8. 100071–100071. 5 indexed citations
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Jain, Piyush, et al.. (2022). Comparative Biochemical and Structural Properties of an Industrially Important Biocatalyst Cellobiohydrolase Cel7A from Thermophilic Aspergillus fumigatus. Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology. 58(5). 564–574. 1 indexed citations
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Bhattacharjee, Ashish, et al.. (2018). Energy assessment and enhancement of the lipid yield of indigenous Chlorella sp. KA-24NITD using Taguchi approach. Renewable Energy. 131. 1226–1235. 6 indexed citations
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Mondal, Sandip, et al.. (2017). Optimizing ranitidine hydrochloride uptake of Parthenium hysterophorus derived N-biochar through response surface methodology and artificial neural network. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 107. 388–401. 27 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Nibedita & Kaustav Aikat. (2017). Alkali pretreatment of rice straw and enhanced cellulase production by a locally isolated fungus Aspergillus fumigatus NITDGPKA3. 2(5). 717–726. 9 indexed citations
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Mondal, Sandip, Kaustav Aikat, & Gopinath Halder. (2017). Biosorptive uptake of arsenic(V) by steam activated carbon from mung bean husk: equilibrium, kinetics, thermodynamics and modeling. Applied Water Science. 7(8). 4479–4495. 24 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Nibedita, et al.. (2017). Structural and functional insights of β-glucosidases identified from the genome of Aspergillus fumigatus. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1156. 105–114. 14 indexed citations
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Mondal, Sandip, Kaustav Aikat, & Gopinath Halder. (2016). Biosorptive uptake of ibuprofen by chemically modified Parthenium hysterophorus derived biochar: Equilibrium, kinetics, thermodynamics and modeling. Ecological Engineering. 92. 158–172. 125 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Nibedita, et al.. (2016). Insights from the Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Cellobiohydrolase Cel6A Molecular Structural Model from Aspergillus fumigatus NITDGPKA3. Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening. 19(4). 325–333. 6 indexed citations
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Mondal, Sandip, Kaustav Aikat, & Gopinath Halder. (2015). Ranitidine hydrochloride sorption onto superheated steam activated biochar derived from mung bean husk in fixed bed column. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 4(1). 488–497. 55 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Nibedita & Kaustav Aikat. (2014). Aspergillus fumigatusNITDGPKA3 Provides for Increased Cellulase Production. International Journal of Chemical Engineering. 2014. 1–9. 32 indexed citations
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Prasad, Shiv S. & Kaustav Aikat. (2013). Optimization of medium for decolorization of Congo red by Enterobacter sp. SXCR using response surface methodology. Desalination and Water Treatment. 52(31-33). 6166–6174. 9 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Nibedita & Kaustav Aikat. (2012). Kinetic Study of Acid Hydrolysis of Rice Straw. PubMed. 2013. 1–5. 17 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Nibedita, et al.. (2011). Bioethanol production from agricultural wastes: An overview. Renewable Energy. 37(1). 19–27. 1179 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aikat, Kaustav & B. C. Bhattacharyya. (2001). Regeneration of activated charcoal used in decolorization and purification of crude protease from Rhizopus oryzae. Biotechnology Letters. 23(23). 1915–1919. 6 indexed citations
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Aikat, Kaustav, Tapas K. Maiti, & B. C. Bhattacharyya. (2001). Decolorization and purification of crude protease from Rhizopus oryzae by activated charcoal and its electrophoretic analysis. Biotechnology Letters. 23(4). 295–301. 11 indexed citations

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