Mahesh Kumar

10.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
346 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Mahesh Kumar is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mahesh Kumar has authored 346 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 206 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 141 papers in Materials Chemistry and 71 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mahesh Kumar's work include Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (117 papers), GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (57 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (57 papers). Mahesh Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (117 papers), GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (57 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (57 papers). Mahesh Kumar collaborates with scholars based in India, China and United States. Mahesh Kumar's co-authors include Rahul Kumar, Neeraj Goel, Vijendra Singh Bhati, Mirabbos Hojamberdiev, Jun Zhang, Xianghong Liu, Sapana Ranwa, Thirumaleshwara N. Bhat, S. B. Krupanidhi and Wei Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nano Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Mahesh Kumar

313 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

Enhanced sensing performance of ZnO nanostructures-based ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2019 2017 2020 2022 2022 100 200 300 400
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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. Enhanced sensing performance of ZnO nanostructures-based gas sensors: A review
    2019 437 citations Vijendra Singh Bhati, Mahesh Kumar et al. profile →
  2. UV-Activated MoS2 Based Fast and Reversible NO2 Sensor at Room Temperature
    2017 417 citations Rahul Kumar, Neeraj Goel et al. profile →
  3. Room-Temperature Gas Sensors Under Photoactivation: From Metal Oxides to 2D Materials
    2020 319 citations Rahul Kumar, Xianghong Liu et al. profile →
  4. Conducting polymer-based nanostructures for gas sensors
    2022 202 citations Xianghong Liu, Wei Zheng et al. profile →
  5. Metal oxide semiconductors for gas sensing
    2022 181 citations Neeraj Goel, Mahesh Kumar et al. profile →
  6. Nanoparticles anchored strategy to develop 2D MoS2 and MoSe2 based room temperature chemiresistive gas sensors
    2024 80 citations Ashok Kumar, Monika Kwoka et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mahesh Kumar India 45 5.6k 4.3k 2.6k 1.8k 1.1k 346 8.2k
Xianping Chen China 51 4.6k 0.8× 5.5k 1.3× 1.9k 0.7× 688 0.4× 959 0.8× 281 8.6k
Vinay Gupta India 60 8.2k 1.5× 7.3k 1.7× 4.0k 1.5× 2.6k 1.5× 3.3k 2.9× 476 13.3k
Sheng Xu China 35 3.6k 0.6× 4.3k 1.0× 4.1k 1.5× 257 0.1× 1.3k 1.2× 123 8.1k
Bin Fang China 47 4.9k 0.9× 2.4k 0.6× 761 0.3× 901 0.5× 879 0.8× 261 7.3k
Gang Peng China 42 4.0k 0.7× 2.3k 0.5× 2.3k 0.9× 439 0.2× 907 0.8× 173 7.0k
Matteo Ferroni Italy 44 3.9k 0.7× 2.7k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 1.8k 1.0× 573 0.5× 181 5.7k
Yasuhiro Shimizu Japan 46 5.9k 1.0× 3.0k 0.7× 3.0k 1.1× 3.3k 1.8× 467 0.4× 240 7.6k
G. Faglia Italy 53 8.8k 1.6× 5.3k 1.2× 4.8k 1.8× 4.2k 2.4× 807 0.7× 249 10.7k
Yong Zhou China 40 3.7k 0.7× 2.0k 0.5× 2.3k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 487 0.4× 237 5.7k
Ming Zhou China 60 7.1k 1.3× 3.2k 0.7× 2.9k 1.1× 1.0k 0.6× 1.6k 1.4× 219 11.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kumar, Amit, et al.. (2025). Spillover effect in Pd anchored NiO-ZnO nanostructures improves hydrogen gas sensor’s performance. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 433. 137534–137534. 11 indexed citations
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Kumar, Sunil, Abhinay Thakur, Mahesh Kumar, Manickam Selvaraj, & Mohammed A. Assiri. (2025). Ternary ZnCdS sensitized photoanode solar cell with polyurethane electrolyte bearing amino-rGO and pendant anion segments. Surfaces and Interfaces. 72. 107382–107382. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, Deepu, et al.. (2025). Tunable resonant Raman scattering with temperature in vertically aligned 2H-SnS 2. Nanoscale. 17(30). 17579–17591. 1 indexed citations
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Duy, Le Thai, et al.. (2024). Room temperature deposited highly conductive HfNx films for high-performance HfN/Si junction diodes. Surfaces and Interfaces. 53. 105045–105045. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, Mahesh, et al.. (2024). High-performance self-powered UV photodetectors using SnO2 thin film by reactive magnetron sputtering. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 373. 115441–115441. 14 indexed citations
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Verma, Gulshan, et al.. (2024). Flexible hybrid nanostructured chemiresistive sensing platform for low-temperature trace hydrogen detection. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 422. 136621–136621. 13 indexed citations
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Ji, Xiaohua, Junqing Chang, Zanhong Deng, et al.. (2024). Boosting acetone response of p-type Co3O4 sensor via Sn and Ni co-doping for diabetes diagnosis. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 410. 135705–135705. 17 indexed citations
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Kumar, Mahesh, et al.. (2024). Design and performance evaluation of video conferencing as a web application. AIP conference proceedings. 3072. 50007–50007. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, Ashok & Mahesh Kumar. (2024). Recent Progress in Emerging 2-D Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide-Based Gas Sensors: A Review. IEEE Sensors Journal. 24(16). 25221–25226. 18 indexed citations
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Chakraborty, Banani, et al.. (2023). Real time estimation of stem cell zeta potential and dimension during proliferation using MoS2 nanosheets field effect transistor. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 380. 133351–133351. 5 indexed citations
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Kumar, Mahesh, et al.. (2023). TRACKING FUNDS? USAGE USING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY. 8(1). 147–150.
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Kumar, Ashok, et al.. (2023). Fabrication and modeling of laser ablated NiO nanoparticles decorated SnO2 based formaldehyde sensor. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 387. 133824–133824. 27 indexed citations
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Kumar, Rakesh, et al.. (2023). Fundamental approaches and applications of nanotechnology: A mini review. Materials Today Proceedings. 42 indexed citations
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Prasad, Amit Kumar, Mahesh Kumar, & Jitendra Kumar. (2023). Relativistic modeling of stellar objects in a Schwarzschild’s coordinates with embedded class one spacetime. The European Physical Journal C. 83(6). 3 indexed citations
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Kumar, Mahesh, Yacine Halfaya, Mathieu Lazerges, et al.. (2023). High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) based hydrogen sensor for deep-surface applications: Effect of Air and N2 atmosphere. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 55. 1514–1522. 2 indexed citations
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Kumar, Mahesh, et al.. (2022). Seismic analysis of reinforced concrete tubular structures with lateral load resisting systems in high rise buildings. International Journal of Advanced Technology and Engineering Exploration. 9(94).
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Goel, Neeraj, Rahul Kumar, Shubhendra Kumar Jain, et al.. (2019). A high-performance hydrogen sensor based on a reverse-biased MoS 2 /GaN heterojunction. Nanotechnology. 30(31). 314001–314001. 49 indexed citations
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Bhati, Vijendra Singh, Basanta Roul, Ramesh Raliya, et al.. (2019). NO 2 gas sensing performance enhancement based on reduced graphene oxide decorated V 2 O 5 thin films. Nanotechnology. 30(22). 224001–224001. 31 indexed citations
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Xu, Yongshan, Chengming Lou, Lingli Zheng, et al.. (2019). Highly sensitive and selective detection of acetone based on platinum sensitized porous tungsten oxide nanospheres. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 307. 127616–127616. 68 indexed citations
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Selvam, S. Periyar, et al.. (2017). OPTIMIZATION OF POMEGRANATE PEEL FIBERS REINFORCED WITH POLYVINYL ALCOHOL BIOCOMPOSITE FILM USING RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY. RASAYAN Journal of Chemistry. 6 indexed citations

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