Niranjan Karak

13.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
264 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Niranjan Karak is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Niranjan Karak has authored 264 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 175 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 74 papers in Materials Chemistry and 70 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Niranjan Karak's work include Polymer composites and self-healing (105 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (51 papers) and Synthesis and properties of polymers (45 papers). Niranjan Karak is often cited by papers focused on Polymer composites and self-healing (105 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (51 papers) and Synthesis and properties of polymers (45 papers). Niranjan Karak collaborates with scholars based in India, South Korea and Germany. Niranjan Karak's co-authors include Suman Thakur, Bibekananda De, Rocktotpal Konwarh, Manabendra Mandal, Satyabrat Gogoi, Dimpee Sarmah, Gautam Das, Harekrishna Deka, Sibdas Singha Mahapatra and Shaswat Barua and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Bioresource Technology and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Niranjan Karak

261 papers receiving 10.2k 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.

A green and facile approach for the synthesis of water soluble fluorescent carbon dots from banana juice

2013 800 citations Niranjan Karak et al. profile →
Green reduction of graphene oxide by aqueous phytoextracts

2012 573 citations Niranjan Karak et al. profile →
Vitrimers: Associative dynamic covalent adaptive networks in thermoset polymers

2019 410 citations Niranjan Karak et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Niranjan Karak India	53	4.8k	4.2k	2.8k	2.3k	1.9k	264	10.4k
Sharif Ahmad India	52	4.5k 0.9×	2.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	228	8.9k
Susheel Kalia India	46	3.3k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	3.3k 1.4×	872 0.5×	116	8.9k
Guanben Du China	49	3.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.4×	3.7k 1.3×	3.1k 1.4×	1.0k 0.5×	480	8.9k
Majid Montazer Iran	59	2.3k 0.5×	4.5k 1.1×	2.5k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	347	11.5k
Sami Boufi Tunisia	60	3.2k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	2.7k 1.0×	7.3k 3.2×	1.1k 0.6×	214	11.8k
Nanda Gopal Sahoo India	43	3.1k 0.7×	4.7k 1.1×	3.9k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	567 0.3×	175	9.5k
Yan Li China	54	4.9k 1.0×	1.5k 0.4×	1.7k 0.6×	3.1k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	356	10.6k
Shadpour Mallakpour Iran	56	6.9k 1.4×	5.6k 1.3×	3.3k 1.2×	3.0k 1.3×	5.2k 2.8×	764	17.4k
Ali Pourjavadi Iran	52	1.5k 0.3×	2.3k 0.5×	3.2k 1.2×	2.9k 1.3×	2.0k 1.1×	255	10.0k
Alessandro Gandini France	47	4.4k 0.9×	1.9k 0.5×	4.3k 1.5×	4.1k 1.8×	3.2k 1.7×	173	10.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Karak, Niranjan, et al.. (2024). Cellulose nanofibers modified with pendant amine groups as potential reinforcement in bioepoxy for a mechanically tough biodegradable anticorrosive nanocomposite coating. Cellulose. 31(6). 3623–3643. 4 indexed citations

Sarmah, Dimpee, et al.. (2023). Nanocomposite of starch, gelatin and itaconic acid-based biodegradable hydrogel and ZnO/cellulose nanofiber: A pH-sensitive sustained drug delivery vehicle. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 256(Pt 1). 128253–128253. 19 indexed citations

Sarmah, Dimpee, et al.. (2023). Self-cross-linked starch/chitosan hydrogel as a biocompatible vehicle for controlled release of drug. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 237. 124206–124206. 50 indexed citations

Sarmah, Dimpee, et al.. (2023). Biobased biodegradable hydrogel containing modified cellulosic nanofiber-ZnO nanohybrid as efficient metal ions removers with recyclable capacity. Journal of Cleaner Production. 430. 139748–139748. 10 indexed citations

Rather, Muzamil Ahmad, et al.. (2023). A robust epoxy nanocomposite with iron oxide decorated cellulose nanofiber as a sustained drug delivery vehicle for antibacterial drugs. New Journal of Chemistry. 47(43). 20010–20025. 4 indexed citations

Poundarik, Atharva A., et al.. (2023). A dynamic hard domain-induced self-healable waterborne poly(urethane/acrylic) hybrid dispersion for 3D printable biomedical scaffolds. Materials Advances. 4(20). 4784–4797. 1 indexed citations

Sarmah, Dimpee, et al.. (2023). Cellulosic wastepaper modified starch/ itaconic acid/ acrylic acid-based biodegradable hydrogel as a sustain release of NPK fertilizer vehicle for agricultural applications. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 253(Pt 1). 126555–126555. 19 indexed citations

Karak, Niranjan, et al.. (2023). Biobased hydrogel reinforced with wastepaper-derived modified cellulose nanofiber as an efficient dye remover from wastewater. Journal of Polymer Research. 30(12). 7 indexed citations

Sarmah, Dimpee, Munmi Borah, Manabendra Mandal, & Niranjan Karak. (2023). Swelling induced mechanically tough starch–agar based hydrogel as a control release drug vehicle for wound dressing applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 11(13). 2927–2936. 25 indexed citations

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Karak, Niranjan, et al.. (2023). Bisphenol‐A free bio‐based gallic acid amide epoxy thermosets. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 140(34). 5 indexed citations

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Dutta, Nipu, et al.. (2023). A mechanically robust biodegradable bioplastic of citric acid modified plasticized yam starch with anthocyanin as a fish spoilage auto-detecting smart film. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 242(Pt 2). 125020–125020. 41 indexed citations

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Banerjee, Prajna, Arindam Bandyopadhyay, R.S. Policegoudra, et al.. (2017). <em>Mentha arvensis</em> (Linn.)-mediated green silver nanoparticles trigger caspase 9-dependent cell death in MCF7 and MDA-MB-231 cells. Breast Cancer Targets and Therapy. Volume 9. 265–278. 46 indexed citations

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Barua, Shaswat, Nipu Dutta, Sanjeev Karmakar, et al.. (2014). Biocompatible high performance hyperbranched epoxy/clay nanocomposite as an implantable material. Biomedical Materials. 9(2). 25006–25006. 31 indexed citations

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Pramanik, Sujata, Rocktotpal Konwarh, Nilakshi Barua, Alak Kumar Buragohain, & Niranjan Karak. (2013). Bio-based hyperbranched poly(ester amide)–MWCNT nanocomposites: multimodalities at the biointerface. Biomaterials Science. 2(2). 192–202. 21 indexed citations

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Konwarh, Rocktotpal, Sujata Pramanik, Dipankar Kalita, Charu Lata Mahanta, & Niranjan Karak. (2011). Ultrasonication – A complementary ‘green chemistry’ tool to biocatalysis: A laboratory-scale study of lycopene extraction. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 19(2). 292–299. 54 indexed citations

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Konwarh, Rocktotpal, Dipankar Kalita, Charu Lata Mahanta, Manabendra Mandal, & Niranjan Karak. (2010). Magnetically recyclable, antimicrobial, and catalytically enhanced polymer-assisted “green” nanosystem-immobilized Aspergillus niger amyloglucosidase. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 87(6). 1983–1992. 28 indexed citations

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Konwarh, Rocktotpal, Jyoti Prasad Saikia, Niranjan Karak, & Bolin Kumar Konwar. (2010). ‘Poly(ethylene glycol)-magnetic nanoparticles-curcumin’ trio: Directed morphogenesis and synergistic free-radical scavenging. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 81(2). 578–586. 28 indexed citations

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Karak, Niranjan, et al.. (2009). Mesua ferrea L. seed oil based highly thermostable and biodegradable polyester/clay nanocomposites. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 94(12). 2221–2230. 37 indexed citations

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Karak, Niranjan. (2002). Development of 157 nm Photoresist Polymers for F 2 Laser Lithography. Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research. 61(8). 571–585.

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Karak, Niranjan, et al.. (1998). Antimony polymers (Part 4~Electrical properties of antimony polymers and blends. Indian Journal of Chemical Technology. 5(4). 217–221. 1 indexed citations

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