Kumar Pranaw

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 836 citations indexed

About

Kumar Pranaw is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kumar Pranaw has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 836 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Plant Science, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Kumar Pranaw's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (14 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (14 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers). Kumar Pranaw is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (14 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (14 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers). Kumar Pranaw collaborates with scholars based in India, Poland and Czechia. Kumar Pranaw's co-authors include Angelika Fiodor, Surender Singh, Nur Ajijah, Anuj Rana, Jasneet Grewal, Lata Nain, Sunil Kumar Khare, Łukasz Dziewit, Naveen Kango and Łukasz Drewniak and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Bioresource Technology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Kumar Pranaw

35 papers receiving 814 citations

Hit Papers

Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria (PGPB) with Biofilm-Formi... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 2023 25 50 75 100
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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. Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria (PGPB) with Biofilm-Forming Ability: A Multifaceted Agent for Sustainable Agriculture
    2023 102 citations Nur Ajijah, Angelika Fiodor et al. Diversity profile →
  2. Biopriming of seed with plant growth-promoting bacteria for improved germination and seedling growth
    2023 76 citations Angelika Fiodor, Nur Ajijah et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kumar Pranaw India 17 425 251 161 154 74 37 836
Hena Dhar India 10 437 1.0× 369 1.5× 303 1.9× 283 1.8× 60 0.8× 23 972
Bee Hameeda India 19 728 1.7× 296 1.2× 125 0.8× 161 1.0× 58 0.8× 44 1.2k
Shiyong Tan China 15 563 1.3× 170 0.7× 99 0.6× 78 0.5× 40 0.5× 20 825
Aline Finger‐Teixeira Brazil 10 590 1.4× 325 1.3× 236 1.5× 89 0.6× 102 1.4× 13 976
Ayyappa Kumar Sista Kameshwar Canada 13 275 0.6× 176 0.7× 213 1.3× 156 1.0× 38 0.5× 23 554
Sophon Boonlue Thailand 18 631 1.5× 185 0.7× 89 0.6× 114 0.7× 35 0.5× 79 931
Martina Andlar Croatia 9 210 0.5× 208 0.8× 317 2.0× 144 0.9× 63 0.9× 12 645
Ramesh C. Ray India 17 392 0.9× 350 1.4× 318 2.0× 173 1.1× 175 2.4× 32 977
Elshahat M. Ramadan Egypt 15 729 1.7× 307 1.2× 94 0.6× 107 0.7× 91 1.2× 46 1.1k
B. Rajasekhar Reddy India 19 285 0.7× 320 1.3× 306 1.9× 261 1.7× 48 0.6× 53 904

Countries citing papers authored by Kumar Pranaw

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kumar Pranaw

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kumar Pranaw

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

All Works

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Ajijah, Nur, Angelika Fiodor, Łukasz Dziewit, & Kumar Pranaw. (2024). Biological amelioration of water stress in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) by exopolysaccharides‐producing Pseudomonas protegens ML15. Physiologia Plantarum. 176(6). e70012–e70012. 2 indexed citations
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Grewal, Jasneet, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the secretome of Penicillium fuscoglaucum JAM-1 for efficient dual substrate degradation and waste valorization. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 15(23). 30239–30250. 1 indexed citations
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Ajijah, Nur, P. Bettini, Pierre‐Emmanuel Courty, et al.. (2024). Genotype-by-genotype interkingdom cross-talk between symbiotic nitrogen fixing Sinorhizobium meliloti strains and Trichoderma species. Microbiological Research. 285. 127768–127768. 6 indexed citations
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Grewal, Jasneet, et al.. (2024). Bioprospecting CAZymes repertoire of Aspergillus fumigatus for eco-friendly value-added transformations of agro-forest biomass. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17(1). 3–3. 6 indexed citations
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Kumar, Sandeep, et al.. (2024). Activation of Induced Systemic Resistance in Cotton Plants Against Fusarium and Macrophomina by Microbial Antagonists. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 44(12). 7055–7075.
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Ajijah, Nur, et al.. (2023). Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria (PGPB) with Biofilm-Forming Ability: A Multifaceted Agent for Sustainable Agriculture. Diversity. 15(1). 112–112. 102 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fiodor, Angelika, Nur Ajijah, Łukasz Dziewit, & Kumar Pranaw. (2023). Biopriming of seed with plant growth-promoting bacteria for improved germination and seedling growth. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1142966–1142966. 76 indexed citations breakdown →
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Singh, Surender, Radha Prasanna, & Kumar Pranaw. (2023). Bioinoculants: Biological Option for Mitigating global Climate Change. 8 indexed citations
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Pidlisnyuk, Valentina, Aigerim Mamirova, Kumar Pranaw, et al.. (2022). Miscanthus × giganteus Phytoremediation of Soil Contaminated with Trace Elements as Influenced by the Presence of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria. Agronomy. 12(4). 771–771. 14 indexed citations
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Kumar, Pawan, et al.. (2022). Bioinoculants as mitigators of multiple stresses: A ray of hope for agriculture in the darkness of climate change. Heliyon. 8(11). e11269–e11269. 21 indexed citations
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Dębiec-Andrzejewska, Klaudia, et al.. (2022). Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria (PGPB) integrated phytotechnology: A sustainable approach for remediation of marginal lands. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 999866–999866. 67 indexed citations
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Sharma, Isha, Kumar Pranaw, Hemant Soni, Hemant Kumar Rawat, & Naveen Kango. (2022). Parametrically optimized feather degradation by Bacillus velezensis NCIM 5802 and delineation of keratin hydrolysis by multi-scale analysis for poultry waste management. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 17118–17118. 23 indexed citations
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Grewal, Jasneet, et al.. (2022). Colorful Treasure From Agro-Industrial Wastes: A Sustainable Chassis for Microbial Pigment Production. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 832918–832918. 29 indexed citations
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Pranaw, Kumar, Valentina Pidlisnyuk, Josef Trögl, & Hana Auer Malinská. (2020). Bioprospecting of a Novel Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium Bacillus altitudinis KP-14 for Enhancing Miscanthus × giganteus Growth in Metals Contaminated Soil. Biology. 9(9). 305–305. 29 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Razi, et al.. (2018). Asparaginase conjugated magnetic nanoparticles used for reducing acrylamide formation in food model system. Bioresource Technology. 269. 121–126. 55 indexed citations
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Sakla, Rahul, R. Hemamalini, Kumar Pranaw, & Sunil Kumar Khare. (2017). Effect of CeO2 Nanoparticles on Germination and Total Proteins Pattern of Brassica nigra Seeds. 2(2). 122–126. 2 indexed citations
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Tiwari, Rameshwar, Surender Singh, Pawan Kumar Singh Nain, et al.. (2013). Harnessing the hydrolytic potential of phytopathogenic fungus Phoma exigua ITCC 2049 for saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass. Bioresource Technology. 150. 228–234. 13 indexed citations

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