Komal Poonia

700 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 459 citations indexed

About

Komal Poonia is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Komal Poonia has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 459 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Komal Poonia's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (4 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (3 papers). Komal Poonia is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (4 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (3 papers). Komal Poonia collaborates with scholars based in India, Saudi Arabia and Poland. Komal Poonia's co-authors include Pardeep Singh, Tansir Ahamad, Van‐Huy Nguyen, Aftab Aslam Parwaz Khan, Quyet Van Le, Sourbh Thakur, Pankaj Raizada, Pankaj Raizada, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain and Shilpa Patial and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Carbon and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Komal Poonia

15 papers receiving 448 citations

Hit Papers

Harnessing nitrogen doped magnetic biochar for efficient ... 2025 2026 2025 5 10 15 20 25
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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. Harnessing nitrogen doped magnetic biochar for efficient antibiotic adsorption and degradation
    2025 28 citations Vatika Soni, Simran Sharma et al. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Komal Poonia India 11 251 218 100 69 61 18 459
Carmen Lazău Romania 13 247 1.0× 243 1.1× 118 1.2× 98 1.4× 66 1.1× 41 523
Yingtong Zou China 7 267 1.1× 264 1.2× 70 0.7× 68 1.0× 70 1.1× 8 455
Narjes Keramati Iran 10 332 1.3× 224 1.0× 112 1.1× 96 1.4× 48 0.8× 22 483
Sawsan A. Mahmoud Egypt 15 273 1.1× 306 1.4× 118 1.2× 78 1.1× 55 0.9× 29 554
Mphilisi M. Mahlambi South Africa 9 247 1.0× 229 1.1× 74 0.7× 71 1.0× 64 1.0× 14 460
Joshua O. Olowoyo Nigeria 12 311 1.2× 263 1.2× 64 0.6× 112 1.6× 64 1.0× 17 512
Yanchun Deng China 7 286 1.1× 278 1.3× 140 1.4× 137 2.0× 48 0.8× 9 482
Laouedj Nadjia Algeria 13 378 1.5× 428 2.0× 163 1.6× 92 1.3× 76 1.2× 33 663
Yige Guo China 9 178 0.7× 205 0.9× 89 0.9× 151 2.2× 99 1.6× 22 464
Maha Al‐Qunaibit Saudi Arabia 8 152 0.6× 180 0.8× 72 0.7× 118 1.7× 53 0.9× 10 419

Countries citing papers authored by Komal Poonia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Komal Poonia

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Komal Poonia

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Soni, Vatika, Simran Sharma, Komal Poonia, et al.. (2025). Harnessing nitrogen doped magnetic biochar for efficient antibiotic adsorption and degradation. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 148. 174–195. 28 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chauhan, R.P., Shabnam Sambyal, Komal Poonia, et al.. (2025). Recent updates on controlled vacancies formation in defect-engineered in BiOCl: strategies, characterization techniques and enhanced photocatalytic activity. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 182. 115403–115403.
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Poonia, Komal, Duc Anh Dinh, Pardeep Singh, et al.. (2025). Plastic pollutants: From wastes to fuels and high-value chemicals. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(3). 116562–116562. 3 indexed citations
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Poonia, Komal, Sonu Sonu, Abhinandan Kumar, et al.. (2025). Dual-functional Ti3+-TiO2/CeO2 S-scheme heterostructures for photoinduced nitrophenol reduction and azo dye oxidation: Experimental and DFT insights. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 255. 194–208.
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Poonia, Komal, Sonu Sonu, Pankaj Raizada, et al.. (2025). Evaluating sono-photo-fenton and photocatalytic performance of ternary InVO4/BiVO4/FeVO4 composite for tetracycline degradation in water. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 155. 512–524.
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Kaur, Balvinder, Komal Poonia, Vatika Soni, et al.. (2024). Recent advancements in polythiophene-based adsorbents for heavy metal ion removal: Modification, kinetics and mechanistic insights. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 172. 113657–113657. 6 indexed citations
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Poonia, Komal, Pardeep Singh, Tansir Ahamad, et al.. (2024). Ni-based plasmonic photocatalysts for solar to energy conversion: A review. Molecular Catalysis. 561. 114166–114166. 20 indexed citations
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Poonia, Komal, Pardeep Singh, Tansir Ahamad, et al.. (2024). Sustainability, performance, and production perspectives of waste-derived functional carbon nanomaterials towards a sustainable environment: A review. Chemosphere. 352. 141419–141419. 27 indexed citations
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Poonia, Komal, Vatika Soni, Sonu Sonu, et al.. (2024). Metal-free defects in 2D Nanocarbons toward photocatalytic processes: Revolutionizing solar-to-energy conversion. Applied Energy. 382. 125195–125195. 18 indexed citations
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Sonu, Sonu, Komal Poonia, Pankaj Raizada, et al.. (2024). Interfacial charge transfer in g-C3N4/FeVO4/AgBr nanocomposite for efficient photodegradation of tetracycline antibiotic and Victoria blue dye. Environmental Research. 267. 120656–120656. 5 indexed citations
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Soni, Vatika, Duc Anh Dinh, Komal Poonia, et al.. (2024). Upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic wastes into carbon-based nanomaterials: Current status and future perspectives. European Polymer Journal. 215. 113249–113249. 18 indexed citations
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Poonia, Komal, Shilpa Patial, Pankaj Raizada, et al.. (2023). Recent advances in Metal Organic Framework (MOF)-based hierarchical composites for water treatment by adsorptional photocatalysis: A review. Environmental Research. 222. 115349–115349. 89 indexed citations
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Malhotra, Monika, Komal Poonia, Pardeep Singh, et al.. (2023). An overview of improving photocatalytic activity of MnO2 via the Z-scheme approach for environmental and energy applications. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. 158. 104945–104945. 86 indexed citations
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Poonia, Komal, Pardeep Singh, Archana Singh, et al.. (2022). Photoelectrocatalytic systems for simultaneous energy recovery and wastewater treatment: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters. 21(1). 265–283. 39 indexed citations
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Poonia, Komal, Vasudha Hasija, Pardeep Singh, et al.. (2022). Photocatalytic degradation aspects of atrazine in water: Enhancement strategies and mechanistic insights. Journal of Cleaner Production. 367. 133087–133087. 59 indexed citations
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Poonia, Komal, Pankaj Raizada, Archana Singh, et al.. (2022). Magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer photocatalysts: synthesis, applications and future perspective. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 113. 1–14. 41 indexed citations
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Kaur, Navjeet, Pooja Grewal, & Komal Poonia. (2021). Dicarbonyl compounds in O- heterocycle synthesis. Synthetic Communications. 51(16). 2423–2444. 14 indexed citations

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