Kumar Sonu

590 total citations
40 papers, 387 citations indexed

About

Kumar Sonu is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Kumar Sonu has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 387 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Environmental Engineering, 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Kumar Sonu's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (30 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (21 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (6 papers). Kumar Sonu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (30 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (21 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (6 papers). Kumar Sonu collaborates with scholars based in India, Australia and United Kingdom. Kumar Sonu's co-authors include Monika Sogani, Zainab Syed, Jayana Rajvanshi, Gopesh Sharma, Anupama Kumar, Bhaskar Das, Akhilendra Bhushan Gupta, Zainab Syed, Meena Sharma and Pradeep Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Bioresource Technology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Kumar Sonu

30 papers receiving 375 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kumar Sonu India 12 213 141 89 66 60 40 387
Monika Sogani India 14 235 1.1× 156 1.1× 113 1.3× 80 1.2× 68 1.1× 42 477
Zainab Syed India 12 193 0.9× 132 0.9× 75 0.8× 135 2.0× 68 1.1× 31 441
Tean-Peng Teoh Malaysia 11 270 1.3× 190 1.3× 111 1.2× 50 0.8× 85 1.4× 18 382
David Ewusi-Mensah China 11 219 1.0× 117 0.8× 176 2.0× 128 1.9× 143 2.4× 14 537
Yanyan Liu China 10 76 0.4× 65 0.5× 81 0.9× 72 1.1× 39 0.7× 24 337
Andrea Goglio Italy 11 231 1.1× 132 0.9× 63 0.7× 42 0.6× 42 0.7× 22 364
Kevser Cırık Türkiye 11 118 0.6× 91 0.6× 129 1.4× 189 2.9× 61 1.0× 34 437
Xiangdan Jin Denmark 9 257 1.2× 163 1.2× 71 0.8× 178 2.7× 43 0.7× 10 515
S. Ray India 6 158 0.7× 107 0.8× 43 0.5× 170 2.6× 82 1.4× 15 394
Meenal Gupta India 8 73 0.3× 116 0.8× 37 0.4× 59 0.9× 36 0.6× 17 314

Countries citing papers authored by Kumar Sonu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kumar Sonu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kumar Sonu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kumar Sonu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kumar Sonu 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 Sonu. Kumar Sonu 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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Sonu, Kumar, et al.. (2025). Water hyacinth‐assisted microbial fuel cells: A review on prospects for bioenergy and wastewater treatment. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. 45(2).
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Singh, Sandeep Kumar, et al.. (2025). Recent Advances in Phosphonium Salts‐Mediated Synthetic Transformations. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry. 14(7).
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Sonu, Kumar, Monika Sogani, & Zainab Syed. (2025). Plant microbial fuel cell performance assessment utilizing anode from Delonix regia fruit pod. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 15(12). 19405–19412.
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Maheshwari, Karishma, Monika Sogani, Kumar Sonu, & Zainab Syed. (2025). Enhanced Microbial Desalination Cell Performance Utilizing Polyurethane‐Modified Bio‐Based Polymeric Membrane. ChemistrySelect. 10(8).
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Rajvanshi, Jayana, et al.. (2024). An analytical review on revamping plastic waste management: exploring recycling, biodegradation, and the growing role of biobased plastics. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 32(28). 17243–17261. 6 indexed citations
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Sonu, Kumar, et al.. (2024). Rice husk-modified ceramic membrane for microbial desalination cell. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 15(7). 11097–11104. 2 indexed citations
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Sogani, Monika, Kumar Sonu, Zainab Syed, & Jayana Rajvanshi. (2023). Preparation of biofertilizer blend from banana peels along with its application in agriculture and plant microbial fuel cell. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 1151(1). 12034–12034. 4 indexed citations
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Rajvanshi, Jayana, et al.. (2023). Perceiving biobased plastics as an alternative and innovative solution to combat plastic pollution for a circular economy. The Science of The Total Environment. 874. 162441–162441. 37 indexed citations
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Sogani, Monika, et al.. (2023). River rejuvenation in urban India for enhancing living conditions through integrated water resources management. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(1). 682–698. 1 indexed citations
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Syed, Zainab, Monika Sogani, Jayana Rajvanshi, & Kumar Sonu. (2022). Microbial Biofilms for Environmental Bioremediation of Heavy Metals: a Review. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 195(9). 5693–5711. 37 indexed citations
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Sonu, Kumar, Monika Sogani, Zainab Syed, & Jayana Rajvanshi. (2022). Improved degradation of dye wastewater and enhanced power output in microbial fuel cells with chemically treated corncob anodes. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 14(1). 375–386. 14 indexed citations
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Sonu, Kumar, et al.. (2022). Performance evaluation of Epipremnum aureum plant-based microbial fuel cell using composite anode made up of carbonized corncob and carbon rod. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 14(4). 5149–5156. 11 indexed citations
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Syed, Zainab, et al.. (2022). Framework to improve biohydrogen generation with estrogen co-metabolism under complete suppression of nitrogen source. Bioresource Technology. 360. 127595–127595. 3 indexed citations
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Syed, Zainab, Monika Sogani, Anupama Kumar, et al.. (2022). Biodegradation of synthetic estrogen using bioelectrochemical system and degradation pathway analysis through Quadrupole-time-of-flight-mass spectrometry. Bioresource Technology. 349. 126857–126857. 9 indexed citations
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Syed, Zainab, Kumar Sonu, & Monika Sogani. (2021). Cattle manure management using microbial fuel cells for green energy generation. Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining. 16(2). 460–470. 22 indexed citations
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Sonu, Kumar, Zainab Syed, & Monika Sogani. (2019). Microbial Fuel Cell in Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant – An Innovative Step towards Energy Generation and Waste Reduction. Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research. 78(8). 555–557. 4 indexed citations

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