Nirakar Pradhan

997 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 703 citations indexed

About

Nirakar Pradhan is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nirakar Pradhan has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 703 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Building and Construction, 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nirakar Pradhan's work include Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (11 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (9 papers) and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (8 papers). Nirakar Pradhan is often cited by papers focused on Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (11 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (9 papers) and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (8 papers). Nirakar Pradhan collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, Italy and Netherlands. Nirakar Pradhan's co-authors include Lijun Luo, Laura Dipasquale, Giuliana d’Ippolito, Angelo Fontana, Giovanni Esposito, Antonio Pánico, Piet N.L. Lens, Joyabrata Mal, Stefan Wuertz and Radha Rani and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Nirakar Pradhan

23 papers receiving 685 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.

Advances in microbial self-healing concrete: A critical review of mechanisms, developments, and future directions

2024 45 citations Joyabrata Mal, Anna Sandak et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nirakar Pradhan Hong Kong	16	264	237	232	179	166	25	703
Xin-Hui Xing China	10	301 1.1×	335 1.4×	210 0.9×	133 0.7×	92 0.6×	11	646
A. Tenca Italy	7	215 0.8×	404 1.7×	221 1.0×	138 0.8×	79 0.5×	9	629
Chin-Chao Chen Taiwan	14	296 1.1×	372 1.6×	133 0.6×	119 0.7×	130 0.8×	18	670
Ruixia Shen China	14	412 1.6×	379 1.6×	315 1.4×	135 0.8×	75 0.5×	31	890
Javiera Toledo-Alarcón Chile	11	251 1.0×	270 1.1×	392 1.7×	118 0.7×	141 0.8×	19	691
Carlos Dinamarca Norway	14	162 0.6×	227 1.0×	182 0.8×	165 0.9×	64 0.4×	39	505
Benteng Wu China	17	242 0.9×	369 1.6×	211 0.9×	176 1.0×	61 0.4×	22	724
Tatsuo Yagishita Japan	17	251 1.0×	295 1.2×	281 1.2×	160 0.9×	183 1.1×	34	776
Xuan Jia China	19	138 0.5×	244 1.0×	139 0.6×	204 1.1×	72 0.4×	43	712
Seongwon Im South Korea	19	208 0.8×	464 2.0×	250 1.1×	186 1.0×	136 0.8×	42	879

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nirakar Pradhan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Luo, Lijun, et al.. (2025). Comparison of mono- and co-digestion of moderately thermo-alkaline pretreated sewage sludge with food waste: Effects on methane production and microbial communities. Biomass and Bioenergy. 208. 108789–108789.

Hu, Huimin, Nirakar Pradhan, Jianbo Xiao, Rui Xia, & Pan Liao. (2025). Chromatic symphony of fleshy fruits: functions, biosynthesis and metabolic engineering of bioactive compounds. PubMed. 5(1). 19–19.

Mal, Joyabrata, et al.. (2024). Advances in microbial self-healing concrete: A critical review of mechanisms, developments, and future directions. The Science of The Total Environment. 947. 174553–174553. 45 indexed citations breakdown →

Luo, Lijun, et al.. (2023). Effect of zero-valent iron nanoparticles on taxonomic composition and hydrogen production from kitchen waste. Bioresource Technology. 387. 129578–129578. 18 indexed citations

Liao, Pan, et al.. (2023). Opportunities and challenges for n-alkane and n-alkene biosynthesis: A sustainable microbial biorefinery. Biofuel Research Journal. 10(4). 1974–1988. 5 indexed citations

Luo, Lijun & Nirakar Pradhan. (2022). Salinity impact on the metabolic and taxonomic profiles of acid and alkali treated inoculum for hydrogen production from food waste. Bioresource Technology. 362. 127815–127815. 5 indexed citations

Luo, Lijun, et al.. (2022). Effect of inoculum pretreatment on the microbial and metabolic dynamics of food waste dark fermentation. Bioresource Technology. 358. 127404–127404. 69 indexed citations

Sriram, S., Jonathan W.C. Wong, & Nirakar Pradhan. (2022). Recent advances in electro-fermentation technology: A novel approach towards balanced fermentation. Bioresource Technology. 360. 127637–127637. 13 indexed citations

Mal, Joyabrata, et al.. (2022). Constructed Wetland Coupled Microbial Fuel Cell: A Clean Technology for Sustainable Treatment of Wastewater and Bioelectricity Generation. Fermentation. 9(1). 6–6. 34 indexed citations

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Pradhan, Nirakar, Sanjay Kumar, Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian, et al.. (2022). Emerging trends in the pretreatment of microalgal biomass and recovery of value-added products: A review. Bioresource Technology. 369. 128395–128395. 26 indexed citations

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Selvasembian, Rangabhashiyam, Joyabrata Mal, Radha Rani, et al.. (2021). Recent progress in microbial fuel cells for industrial effluent treatment and energy generation: Fundamentals to scale-up application and challenges. Bioresource Technology. 346. 126462–126462. 96 indexed citations

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Pradhan, Nirakar, Giuliana d’Ippolito, Laura Dipasquale, et al.. (2021). Kinetic modeling of hydrogen and L-lactic acid production by Thermotoga neapolitana via capnophilic lactic fermentation of starch. Bioresource Technology. 332. 125127–125127. 14 indexed citations

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d’Ippolito, Giuliana, Simone Landi, Marco Vastano, et al.. (2020). CO2-Induced Transcriptional Reorganization: Molecular Basis of Capnophillic Lactic Fermentation in Thermotoga neapolitana. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 171–171. 13 indexed citations

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Roy, Samarpita, Nirakar Pradhan, How Yong Ng, & Stefan Wuertz. (2020). Denitrification kinetics indicates nitrous oxide uptake is unaffected by electron competition in Accumulibacter. Water Research. 189. 116557–116557. 47 indexed citations

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Pradhan, Nirakar, Giuliana d’Ippolito, Laura Dipasquale, et al.. (2019). Simultaneous synthesis of lactic acid and hydrogen from sugars via capnophilic lactic fermentation by Thermotoga neapolitana cf capnolactica. Biomass and Bioenergy. 125. 17–22. 23 indexed citations

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Pradhan, Nirakar, Eldon R. Rene, Piet N.L. Lens, et al.. (2017). Adsorption Behaviour of Lactic Acid on Granular Activated Carbon and Anionic Resins: Thermodynamics, Isotherms and Kinetic Studies. Energies. 10(5). 665–665. 59 indexed citations

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Pradhan, Nirakar, Laura Dipasquale, Giuliana d’Ippolito, et al.. (2016). Kinetic modeling of fermentative hydrogen production by Thermotoga neapolitana. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 41(9). 4931–4940. 39 indexed citations

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Pradhan, Nirakar, Laura Dipasquale, Giuliana d’Ippolito, et al.. (2016). Model development and experimental validation of capnophilic lactic fermentation and hydrogen synthesis by Thermotoga neapolitana. Water Research. 99. 225–234. 31 indexed citations

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Pradhan, Nirakar, Laura Dipasquale, Giuliana d’Ippolito, et al.. (2015). Hydrogen Production by the Thermophilic Bacterium Thermotoga neapolitana. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 16(6). 12578–12600. 53 indexed citations

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Pradhan, Nirakar, et al.. (2015). Framework tool for a rapid cumulative effects assessment: case of a prominent wetland in Myanmar. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 187(6). 341–341. 18 indexed citations

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