Murugesan Palaniappan

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Murugesan Palaniappan is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Murugesan Palaniappan has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 18 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Murugesan Palaniappan's work include Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites (23 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (13 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (11 papers). Murugesan Palaniappan is often cited by papers focused on Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites (23 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (13 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (11 papers). Murugesan Palaniappan collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, India and Italy. Murugesan Palaniappan's co-authors include Kannan Govindan, R. Sivakumar, Joseph Sarkis, Devika Kannan, Qinghua Zhu, Sivasubramanian Palanisamy, Carlo Santulli, Mohammed A. Almeshaal, Dinesh Kumar and K. Madan Shankar and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Scientific Reports and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Murugesan Palaniappan

71 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Multi criteria decision making approaches for green supplier evaluation and selection: a literature review

2013 882 citations Kannan Govindan, R. Sivakumar et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
Analysis of third party reverse logistics provider using interpretive structural modeling

2012 312 citations Kannan Govindan, Murugesan Palaniappan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Murugesan Palaniappan Saudi Arabia	19	1.1k	691	471	281	272	77	2.2k
Jitender Madaan India	24	816 0.7×	255 0.4×	461 1.0×	276 1.0×	609 2.2×	67	2.4k
Rita Gamberini Italy	27	388 0.3×	497 0.7×	281 0.6×	64 0.2×	160 0.6×	113	2.5k
Jayakrishna Kandasamy India	27	1.0k 0.9×	145 0.2×	423 0.9×	244 0.9×	703 2.6×	126	3.1k
Yuyan Wang China	30	1.0k 0.9×	98 0.1×	657 1.4×	509 1.8×	113 0.4×	117	2.4k
Bianca Rimini Italy	25	312 0.3×	349 0.5×	197 0.4×	54 0.2×	165 0.6×	90	2.0k
Namhun Kim South Korea	23	501 0.4×	134 0.2×	370 0.8×	99 0.4×	123 0.5×	129	2.3k
K. E. K. Vimal India	25	715 0.6×	193 0.3×	449 1.0×	138 0.5×	36 0.1×	70	1.5k
Dzuraidah Abd Wahab Malaysia	22	926 0.8×	130 0.2×	275 0.6×	271 1.0×	34 0.1×	102	2.0k
Grit Walther Germany	28	785 0.7×	233 0.3×	228 0.5×	153 0.5×	26 0.1×	106	2.6k
Alireza Fallahpour Malaysia	21	676 0.6×	571 0.8×	278 0.6×	103 0.4×	22 0.1×	40	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Murugesan Palaniappan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Palanisamy, Sivasubramanian, et al.. (2025). Value‐added utilization of agricultural wastes in biocomposite production: Characteristics and applications. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1549(1). 72–91. 3 indexed citations

Haldar, Barun, et al.. (2025). Machine-Learning-Driven Analysis of Wear Loss and Frictional Behavior in Magnesium Hybrid Composites. Crystals. 15(5). 452–452. 1 indexed citations

Palaniappan, Murugesan & S. Shanmugan. (2025). Biogenic Grewia optiva-mediated MgO/Ag nanocomposites for enhanced heat transfer in solar cooking applications: An experimental and analytical study. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 75. 107023–107023.

Palaniappan, Murugesan. (2024). Investigating the influence of thermal evaporation method on the heavy metal pollution index (HPI) of groundwater. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 25. 101136–101136. 1 indexed citations

Stalin, P. Michael Joseph, et al.. (2024). Experimental assessment of thermohydraulic performance on counter flow impinging air solar heater integrated with arc shaped roughness. Heat and Mass Transfer. 60(8). 1367–1376. 1 indexed citations

Palaniappan, Murugesan. (2024). Investigation on role of heat-treated barley husk biosilica on fatigue, creep, and dynamic mechanical behavior of cotton microfiber-vinyl ester composite. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 15(7). 11231–11241. 6 indexed citations

Hassen, Walid, et al.. (2024). Effect of an Adiabatic Obstacle on the Symmetry of the Temperature, Flow, and Electric Charge Fields during Electrohydrodynamic Natural Convection. Symmetry. 16(6). 761–761. 2 indexed citations

Palaniappan, Murugesan, et al.. (2024). A method for evaluating safety reliability of descend/ascend drop-weight system and mission abort decision for deep-ocean scientific human submersibles. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 19266–19266. 4 indexed citations

Palaniappan, Murugesan. (2024). Time-dependent properties of temperature aged vinyl–based biocomposites developed using waste reinforcements. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 15(4). 5339–5349. 1 indexed citations

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Palanisamy, Sivasubramanian, K. Mayandi, Carlo Santulli, et al.. (2023). Tailoring Epoxy Composites with Acacia caesia Bark Fibers: Evaluating the Effects of Fiber Amount and Length on Material Characteristics. Fibers. 11(7). 63–63. 14 indexed citations

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Almeshaal, Mohammed A., Murugesan Palaniappan, & Lioua Kolsi. (2023). Significance of induced magnetic force for bioconvective transport of thixotropic nanofluid with variable thermal conductivity. International Journal of Modern Physics B. 37(25). 2 indexed citations

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Prakash, K.B., et al.. (2023). Energy and Exergy Enhancement Study on PV Systems with Phase Change Material. Sustainability. 15(4). 3627–3627. 29 indexed citations

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Boopathi, Sampath, et al.. (2023). Experimental investigation and multi-objective optimization of eco-friendly near-dry electrical discharge machining of shape memory alloy using Cu/SiC/Gr composite electrode. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(49). 107498–107516. 7 indexed citations

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Palanisamy, Sivasubramanian, K. Mayandi, Murugesan Palaniappan, et al.. (2021). Mechanical Properties of Phormium Tenax Reinforced Natural Rubber Composites. Fibers. 9(2). 11–11. 14 indexed citations

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Palanisamy, Sivasubramanian, K. Mayandi, Murugesan Palaniappan, et al.. (2021). Morphological Characterization of Soapbark Fibers. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 19–26. 6 indexed citations

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Kailasanathan, C., et al.. (2021). Mechanical and Impact Strength of Nanoclay-Filled Composites: A Short Review. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 7–20. 1 indexed citations

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Palanisamy, Sivasubramanian, K. Mayandi, Murugesan Palaniappan, et al.. (2021). Effect of Alkali Treatment on the Properties of Acacia Caesia Bark Fibres. Fibers. 9(8). 49–49. 28 indexed citations

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Govindan, Kannan, R. Sivakumar, Joseph Sarkis, & Murugesan Palaniappan. (2013). Multi criteria decision making approaches for green supplier evaluation and selection: a literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production. 98. 66–83. 882 indexed citations breakdown →

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Phang, J.C.H., D.S.H. Chan, Murugesan Palaniappan, et al.. (2004). A review of laser induced techniques for microelectronic failure analysis. 255–261. 40 indexed citations

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Palaniappan, Murugesan, et al.. (2003). Ultrasonic Examination of Thick Austenitic Stainless Steel Welds and Factors Influence the Sensitivity. Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing. 23(4). 372–379.

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