M. Gunasekaran

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

M. Gunasekaran is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Biomedical Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Gunasekaran has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Building and Construction, 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 17 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in M. Gunasekaran's work include Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (28 papers), Nonlinear Optical Materials Research (15 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (14 papers). M. Gunasekaran is often cited by papers focused on Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (28 papers), Nonlinear Optical Materials Research (15 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (14 papers). M. Gunasekaran collaborates with scholars based in India, South Korea and Vietnam. M. Gunasekaran's co-authors include J. Rajesh Banu, Gopalakrishnan Kumar, S. Kavitha, Preethi, R. Yukesh Kannah, M. Ichimura, P. Ramasamy, R. Gopalakrishnan, Sang–Hyoun Kim and Obulisamy Parthiba Karthikeyan and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of The Electrochemical Society.

In The Last Decade

M. Gunasekaran

74 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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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.

Lignocellulosic biomass based biorefinery: A successful platform towards circular bioeconomy

2021 216 citations J. Rajesh Banu, Preethi et al. Fuel profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Gunasekaran India	27	992	529	474	452	315	76	2.5k
Gaixiu Yang China	27	734 0.7×	518 1.0×	526 1.1×	360 0.8×	299 0.9×	87	2.5k
Gang Xiao China	27	522 0.5×	395 0.7×	801 1.7×	1.2k 2.8×	203 0.6×	78	3.4k
Yun Wu China	28	743 0.7×	229 0.4×	383 0.8×	1.5k 3.2×	178 0.6×	83	3.7k
Hongbo Chen China	27	545 0.5×	248 0.5×	687 1.4×	719 1.6×	374 1.2×	66	2.7k
Manuel Fonseca Almeida Portugal	26	1.5k 1.5×	172 0.3×	209 0.4×	404 0.9×	427 1.4×	78	3.2k
Rong Xu China	26	627 0.6×	319 0.6×	291 0.6×	691 1.5×	230 0.7×	101	2.6k
Dawei Liang China	37	982 1.0×	267 0.5×	608 1.3×	280 0.6×	254 0.8×	107	3.6k
Bo Xing China	21	521 0.5×	197 0.4×	325 0.7×	369 0.8×	83 0.3×	79	2.0k
Guangqing Liu China	22	710 0.7×	188 0.4×	269 0.6×	700 1.5×	72 0.2×	90	2.2k
Duong Duc La Vietnam	34	727 0.7×	294 0.6×	739 1.6×	2.0k 4.4×	317 1.0×	180	4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Gunasekaran

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Preethi, et al.. (2023). Plant based surfactant combined sonication pretreatment on food waste for biomethane generation: Cost and energy procurement. Fuel. 360. 130640–130640. 2 indexed citations

Preethi, J. Rajesh Banu, & M. Gunasekaran. (2023). Simultaneous production of polyhydroxybutyrate and biogas from paper mill sludge through sodium citrate-mediated disperser-induced phase separated pretreatment. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 56. 104544–104544. 1 indexed citations

Preethi, et al.. (2023). Recent progress in mineralization of emerging contaminants by advanced oxidation process: A review. Environmental Pollution. 341. 122842–122842. 81 indexed citations

Gunasekaran, M., et al.. (2023). Efficacious Utilization of Food Waste for Bioenergy Generation through the Anaerobic Digestion Method. Processes. 11(3). 702–702. 4 indexed citations

Preethi, M. Gunasekaran, & J. Rajesh Banu. (2023). Indexing energy and cost of the pretreatment for economically efficient bioenergy generation. Frontiers in Energy Research. 10. 16 indexed citations

Kavitha, S., Yukesh Kannah Ravi, M. Gunasekaran, et al.. (2023). Development of an Integrated Biorefinery System for Bioconversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Polyhydroxyalkanoates and Biohydrogen. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(12). 4606–4622. 15 indexed citations

Kannah, R. Yukesh, S. Kavitha, J. Rajesh Banu, et al.. (2021). A Mini Review of Biochemical Conversion of Algal Biorefinery. Energy & Fuels. 35(21). 16995–17007. 19 indexed citations

Merrylin, J., T.M. Mohamed Usman, S. Adishkumar, et al.. (2021). Microalgal Production of Biofuels Integrated with Wastewater Treatment. Sustainability. 13(16). 8797–8797. 20 indexed citations

Preethi, M. Gunasekaran, Gopalakrishnan Kumar, et al.. (2021). Lignocellulosic biomass as an optimistic feedstock for the production of biofuels as valuable energy source: Techno-economic analysis, Environmental Impact Analysis, Breakthrough and Perspectives. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 24. 102080–102080. 102 indexed citations

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Banu, J. Rajesh, R. Yukesh Kannah, M. Dinesh Kumar, et al.. (2021). Spent coffee grounds based circular bioeconomy: Technoeconomic and commercialization aspects. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 152. 111721–111721. 34 indexed citations

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Banu, J. Rajesh, V. Godvin Sharmila, R. Yukesh Kannah, et al.. (2021). Impact of novel deflocculant ZnO/Chitosan nanocomposite film in disperser pretreatment enhancing energy efficient anaerobic digestion: Parameter assessment and cost exploration. Chemosphere. 286(Pt 3). 131835–131835. 11 indexed citations

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Banu, J. Rajesh, S. Kavitha, R. Yukesh Kannah, et al.. (2021). Polyhydroxyalkanoates synthesis using acidogenic fermentative effluents. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 193(Pt B). 2079–2092. 16 indexed citations

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Kavitha, S., R. Yukesh Kannah, M. Gunasekaran, et al.. (2020). Profitable biomethane production from delignified rice straw biomass: the effect of lignin, energy and economic analysis. Green Chemistry. 22(22). 8024–8035. 41 indexed citations

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Kannah, R. Yukesh, et al.. (2019). Trends and resource recovery in biological wastewater treatment system. Bioresource Technology Reports. 7. 100235–100235. 63 indexed citations

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Banu, J. Rajesh, J. Merrylin, T.M. Mohamed Usman, et al.. (2019). Impact of pretreatment on food waste for biohydrogen production: A review. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 45(36). 18211–18225. 110 indexed citations

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Preethi, T.M. Mohamed Usman, J. Rajesh Banu, M. Gunasekaran, & Gopalakrishnan Kumar. (2019). Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater: Advancement towards commercialisation. Bioresource Technology Reports. 1 indexed citations

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Sharmila, V. Godvin, J. Rajesh Banu, M. Gunasekaran, S. Angappane, & Ick Tae Yeom. (2018). Nano‐layered TiO₂ for effective bacterial disintegration of waste activated sludge and biogas production. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. 93(9). 2701–2709. 17 indexed citations

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Kumar, M. Dinesh, M. Gunasekaran, & J. Rajesh Banu. (2018). Generation of electricity from dye industry wastewater in dual chamber fed batch operating microbial fuel cell. International journal of advance research, ideas and innovations in technology. 4(4). 902–907. 3 indexed citations

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Banu, J. Rajesh, R. Yukesh Kannah, S. Kavitha, et al.. (2018). Disperser-induced bacterial disintegration of partially digested anaerobic sludge for efficient biomethane recovery. Chemical Engineering Journal. 347. 165–172. 33 indexed citations

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Sharmila, V. Godvin, et al.. (2017). Effect of deflocculation on photo induced thin layer titanium dioxide disintegration of dairy waste activated sludge for cost and energy efficient methane production. Bioresource Technology. 244(Pt 1). 776–784. 14 indexed citations

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