Pankaj Kumar

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
206 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Pankaj Kumar is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Pankaj Kumar has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 72 papers in Water Science and Technology and 56 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Pankaj Kumar's work include Flood Risk Assessment and Management (55 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (40 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (40 papers). Pankaj Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Flood Risk Assessment and Management (55 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (40 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (40 papers). Pankaj Kumar collaborates with scholars based in Japan, India and Vietnam. Pankaj Kumar's co-authors include Binaya Kumar Mishra, Ram Avtar, Chitresh Saraswat, Gowhar Meraj, Rajarshi Dasgupta, Brian Alan Johnson, Shruti Kanga, Suraj Kumar Singh, Shamik Chakraborty and Arjun Gautam and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Pankaj Kumar

187 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottle-to-Bottle Recycli... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2022 2021 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling for the Beverage Industry: A Review
    2022 295 citations Pankaj Kumar et al. profile →
  2. Water Security in a Changing Environment: Concept, Challenges and Solutions
    2021 289 citations Binaya Kumar Mishra, Pankaj Kumar et al. Water profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pankaj Kumar Japan 32 1.6k 1.2k 929 481 339 206 3.9k
Zhenci Xu China 31 1.3k 0.8× 846 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 501 1.0× 448 1.3× 90 4.1k
Eric Kemp‐Benedict United States 19 1.5k 0.9× 646 0.6× 576 0.6× 302 0.6× 325 1.0× 78 3.6k
Marshall Wise United States 38 2.3k 1.4× 948 0.8× 1.6k 1.7× 547 1.1× 422 1.2× 108 6.1k
Shuxin Li China 34 1.7k 1.1× 709 0.6× 594 0.6× 579 1.2× 504 1.5× 129 6.0k
Yongping Wei Australia 37 1.9k 1.2× 1.3k 1.1× 570 0.6× 647 1.3× 162 0.5× 152 4.3k
Yunkai Li China 39 958 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 923 1.0× 436 0.9× 361 1.1× 288 5.6k
Pralit Patel United States 35 1.8k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 1.5k 1.7× 314 0.7× 572 1.7× 87 5.5k
Yasuaki Hijioka Japan 30 1.7k 1.0× 667 0.6× 834 0.9× 424 0.9× 178 0.5× 111 4.0k
Ian Holman United Kingdom 44 2.7k 1.7× 2.0k 1.7× 832 0.9× 662 1.4× 222 0.7× 155 5.5k
Siao Sun China 29 1.7k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 1.1× 374 0.8× 174 0.5× 85 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Pankaj Kumar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pankaj Kumar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pankaj Kumar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pankaj Kumar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pankaj Kumar based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Pankaj Kumar. Pankaj Kumar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Zhang, Hongwei, Ji Chai, Zhihui Li, et al.. (2025). Global effects of progress towards SDGs on steeply sloped land use and land cover. Fundamental Research.
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Lin, Xingwen, Brian Alan Johnson, Jingchao Shi, et al.. (2024). Remote sensing estimation of water storage in the channel-type reservoirs under unknown underwater topographic data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 130. 103933–103933.
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Debnath, Jatan, Dhrubajyoti Sahariah, Gowhar Meraj, et al.. (2024). Assessing critical flood-prone districts and optimal shelter zones in the Brahmaputra Valley: Strategies for effective flood risk management. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 136. 103772–103772. 3 indexed citations
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Gupta, Sheifali, Paresh Nath Singha Roy, Shruti Kanga, et al.. (2024). Impact of topographic and hydrological parameters on urban health in Jaipur City. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 42. 100584–100584. 5 indexed citations
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Kumar, Pankaj, et al.. (2024). Advancing sustainable development through planetary health – A holistic approach to global health: A systematic review. Environmental Science & Policy. 155. 103709–103709. 2 indexed citations
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Minh, Huỳnh Vương Thu, Pankaj Kumar, Nguyễn Văn Toản, et al.. (2024). Deciphering the relationship between meteorological and hydrological drought in Ben Tre province, Vietnam. Natural Hazards. 120(6). 5869–5894. 11 indexed citations
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Tripathi, Gaurav, Shruti Kanga, Suraj Kumar Singh, et al.. (2024). An integrated geospatial and analytical hierarchy process approach for sustainable water management in the Amravati District, India. Water Science & Technology Water Supply. 24(3). 673–691. 2 indexed citations
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Singh, Suraj Kumar, et al.. (2024). Urban Expansion and Spatial Growth Patterns in Lucknow: Implications for Sustainable Development (1991–2021). Sustainability. 17(1). 227–227. 14 indexed citations
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Kumar, Nirmal, Deepak Singh, Ankita Gupta, et al.. (2024). Evaluating heat health risk in Indian cities: Geospatial and socio-ecological analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 100180–100180. 4 indexed citations
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Singh, Suraj Kumar, Shruti Kanga, Pankaj Kumar, et al.. (2024). Unearthing India’s soil moisture anomalies: impact on agriculture and water resource strategies. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 155(8). 7575–7590. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Bin, et al.. (2024). Provincial resilience differences of water cycle in China over the past two decades. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 215. 108096–108096. 1 indexed citations
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Chakraborty, Shamik, et al.. (2023). Systematizing ecosystem change in coastal social-ecological systems: Perspectives from a multi-stakeholder approach in Nakatsu mudflat, Japan. Ocean & Coastal Management. 243. 106729–106729. 4 indexed citations
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Nath, Nityaranjan, Dhrubajyoti Sahariah, Gowhar Meraj, et al.. (2023). Land Use and Land Cover Change Monitoring and Prediction of a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Kaziranga Eco-Sensitive Zone Using Cellular Automata-Markov Model. Land. 12(1). 151–151. 38 indexed citations
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Kumar, Pankaj, Ali P. Yunus, Ali Kharrazi, et al.. (2022). Spatio-temporal variations in the water quality of the Doorndraai Dam, South Africa: An assessment of sustainable water resource management. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability. 4. 100187–100187. 11 indexed citations
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Taloor, Ajay Kumar, Anil Kumar Singh, Pankaj Kumar, et al.. (2022). Geospatial Technology-Based Analysis of Air Quality in India during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Remote Sensing. 14(18). 4650–4650. 3 indexed citations
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Jalilov, Shokhrukh–Mirzo, Mohamed Karim Kefi, Pankaj Kumar, Yoshifumi Masago, & Binaya Kumar Mishra. (2018). Sustainable Urban Water Management: Application for Integrated Assessment in Southeast Asia. Sustainability. 10(1). 122–122. 29 indexed citations

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