N. Pethan Rajan

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 991 citations indexed

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N. Pethan Rajan is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, N. Pethan Rajan has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 991 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in N. Pethan Rajan's work include Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (10 papers), Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (8 papers) and Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (7 papers). N. Pethan Rajan is often cited by papers focused on Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (10 papers), Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (8 papers) and Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (7 papers). N. Pethan Rajan collaborates with scholars based in India, China and South Korea. N. Pethan Rajan's co-authors include Xiaoju Cui, Dehui Deng, Liang Yu, Xianguang Meng, Xinhe Bao, Komandur V. R. Chary, G. Srinivasa Rao, Haobo Li, Chao Ma and Ruixue Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, RSC Advances and Chem.

In The Last Decade

N. Pethan Rajan

14 papers receiving 974 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.

Direct Methane Conversion under Mild Condition by Thermo-, Electro-, or Photocatalysis

2019 470 citations Xianguang Meng, Xiaoju Cui et al. Chem profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
N. Pethan Rajan India	11	561	500	358	233	224	15	991
Erisa Saraçi Germany	15	369 0.7×	370 0.7×	249 0.7×	236 1.0×	165 0.7×	35	796
Zheng Peng China	17	621 1.1×	725 1.4×	321 0.9×	309 1.3×	146 0.7×	33	1.2k
Xuxu Ye China	8	716 1.3×	606 1.2×	339 0.9×	227 1.0×	76 0.3×	9	1.0k
Xunzhu Jiang China	10	906 1.6×	720 1.4×	372 1.0×	201 0.9×	97 0.4×	19	1.3k
Yuzhuo Chen China	14	381 0.7×	545 1.1×	175 0.5×	304 1.3×	70 0.3×	19	853
Shengjie Wei China	10	937 1.7×	891 1.8×	211 0.6×	357 1.5×	131 0.6×	21	1.4k
Pengqiang Yan China	12	439 0.8×	384 0.8×	219 0.6×	198 0.8×	135 0.6×	13	710
Greg Shaw United Kingdom	19	887 1.6×	408 0.8×	506 1.4×	115 0.5×	119 0.5×	30	1.1k
Gangqiang Qin China	20	904 1.6×	628 1.3×	644 1.8×	152 0.7×	86 0.4×	26	1.3k
Jun‐Hao Zhou China	16	389 0.7×	390 0.8×	187 0.5×	271 1.2×	87 0.4×	35	901

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15 of 15 papers shown

Rajan, N. Pethan, et al.. (2024). Studies on a niobia-supported VPO catalyst for glycerol dehydration. New Journal of Chemistry. 48(31). 13715–13724.

Balla, Putrakumar, Prem Kumar Seelam, G. S. Trivikrama Rao, et al.. (2023). Copper nanoparticles encapsulated in a nanoporous carbon-based catalyst in the upgradation of γ-valerolactone to 1,4-pentanediol by selective hydrogenation. Materials Today Sustainability. 22. 100406–100406. 2 indexed citations

Rajan, N. Pethan, et al.. (2023). Vanadium–phosphorous oxide supported on mesoporous SBA-15 catalysts for ammoxidation of toluene to benzonitrile. New Journal of Chemistry. 47(15). 7253–7262. 4 indexed citations

Balla, Putrakumar, et al.. (2021). Highly dispersed and ultra-small Ni nanoparticles over hydroxyapatite for hydrogenation of levulinic acid. Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis. 135(1). 183–199. 6 indexed citations

Cui, Xiaoju, Pengju Ren, Chao Ma, et al.. (2020). Robust Interface Ru Centers for High‐Performance Acidic Oxygen Evolution. Advanced Materials. 32(25). e1908126–e1908126. 232 indexed citations

Meng, Xianguang, Xiaoju Cui, N. Pethan Rajan, et al.. (2019). Direct Methane Conversion under Mild Condition by Thermo-, Electro-, or Photocatalysis. Chem. 5(9). 2296–2325. 470 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Su-Heng, Haobo Li, Mengqi He, et al.. (2019). Room-temperature conversion of ethane and the mechanism understanding over single iron atoms confined in graphene. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 36. 47–50. 16 indexed citations

Hussain, Sk. Khaja, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of γ‐Valerolactone from Levulinic Acid and Formic Acid over Mg‐Al Hydrotalcite Like Compound. ChemistrySelect. 3(22). 6186–6194. 19 indexed citations

Samudrala, Shanthi Priya, Vanama Pavan Kumar, Sk. Khaja Hussain, et al.. (2017). Direct Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol to Biopropanols over Metal Phosphate Supported Platinum Catalysts. Catalysis Letters. 147(4). 845–855. 23 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vanama Pavan, et al.. (2016). Vapor-phase catalytic dehydration of lactic acid to acrylic acid over nano-crystalline cerium phosphate catalysts. Applied Petrochemical Research. 6(4). 367–377. 15 indexed citations

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Rajan, N. Pethan, et al.. (2015). Acetalization of glycerol with acetone to bio fuel additives over supported molybdenum phosphate catalysts. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical. 410. 49–57. 59 indexed citations

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Rao, G. Srinivasa, et al.. (2014). Porous zirconium phosphate supported tungsten oxide solid acid catalysts for the vapour phase dehydration of glycerol. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical. 395. 486–493. 39 indexed citations

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Rajan, N. Pethan, G. Srinivasa Rao, Putrakumar Balla, & Komandur V. R. Chary. (2014). Vapour phase dehydration of glycerol to acrolein over vanadium phosphorous oxide (VPO) catalyst. RSC Advances. 4(96). 53419–53428. 23 indexed citations

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Rajan, N. Pethan, et al.. (2013). Vapour phase dehydration of glycerol over VPO catalyst supported on zirconium phosphate. Catalysis Science & Technology. 4(1). 81–92. 61 indexed citations

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Rao, G. Srinivasa, et al.. (2013). Vapour phase dehydration of glycerol to acrolein over NbOPO₄ catalysts. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. 89(12). 1890–1897. 22 indexed citations

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