Prabhakar Sharma

6.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
130 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Prabhakar Sharma is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Prabhakar Sharma has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Water Science and Technology, 34 papers in Environmental Engineering and 33 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Prabhakar Sharma's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (24 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (20 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (18 papers). Prabhakar Sharma is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (24 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (20 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (18 papers). Prabhakar Sharma collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and China. Prabhakar Sharma's co-authors include Rakesh Kumar, Anurag Verma, Markus Flury, Jianying Shang, Camelia Manna, Sayan Bhattacharya, P. V. Vara Prasad, Prakash Kumar Jha, Anjali Dhar and Prosun Bhattacharya and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Prabhakar Sharma

122 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals, and Need to Focus on Circular Economy and Policy Interventions

2021 573 citations Rakesh Kumar, Anurag Verma et al. Sustainability profile →
Micro(nano)plastics pollution and human health: How plastics can induce carcinogenesis to humans?

2022 274 citations Rakesh Kumar, Anurag Verma et al. profile →
Current research trends on emerging contaminants pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs): A comprehensive review

2022 248 citations Manish Kumar, Prabhakar Sharma et al. profile →
Biochar application for greenhouse gas mitigation, contaminants immobilization and soil fertility enhancement: A state-of-the-art review

2022 167 citations Ashok Pandey, Prabhakar Sharma et al. profile →

Peers

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Liuwei Wang China

Hongwei Luo China

Liam Morrison Ireland

Wenbing Tan China

Jin Hur South Korea

Luiza C. Campos United Kingdom

Lanfang Han China

Chitsan Lin Taiwan

Hao Qiu China

Yuan Luo China

Liuwei Wang China

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Prabhakar Sharma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Prabhakar Sharma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Prabhakar Sharma 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 Prabhakar Sharma. Prabhakar Sharma is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sharma, Prabhakar, et al.. (2025). Cutting-edge innovations in industrial wastewater treatment using engineered biochar: State-of-the-art and future perspective. 1. 100003–100003. 1 indexed citations

Sharma, Prabhakar, Bhaskar Jyoti Medhi, Abdul Razak Kaladgi, et al.. (2024). Strategies for enhanced Management of cleaner diesel combustion with nanoparticle Additives: A critical review with biomedical Considerations. Ain Shams Engineering Journal. 15(12). 103118–103118. 4 indexed citations

Sharma, Prabhakar. (2024). Biochar application for sustainable soil erosion control: a review of current research and future perspectives. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 12. 16 indexed citations

Sangkham, Sarawut, Md. Aminul Islam, Sangeet Adhikari, et al.. (2023). Evidence of microplastics in groundwater: A growing risk for human health. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 23. 100981–100981. 35 indexed citations

Jolly, Yeasmin Nahar, Md. Refat Jahan Rakib, Rakesh Kumar, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of surface water quality near pollution sources in Buriganga River and deciphering their probable emergence, ecological, and health risk aspects. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 63. 102988–102988. 14 indexed citations

Verma, Anurag, Aviram Sharma, Rakesh Kumar, & Prabhakar Sharma. (2023). Nitrate contamination in groundwater and associated health risk assessment for Indo-Gangetic Plain, India. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 23. 100978–100978. 64 indexed citations

Sharma, Prabhakar. (2023). Biochar colloids mobilization by consecutive fluid displacement in unsaturated condition. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 23. 101030–101030. 3 indexed citations

Rose, Pawan Kumar, Rajat Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Manish Kumar, & Prabhakar Sharma. (2023). Congo red dye adsorption onto cationic amino-modified walnut shell: Characterization, RSM optimization, isotherms, kinetics, and mechanism studies. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 21. 100931–100931. 53 indexed citations

Kumar, Rakesh, Prabhakar Sharma, Pushpa Kumari Sharma, et al.. (2023). Rice husk biochar - A novel engineered bio-based material for transforming groundwater-mediated fluoride cycling in natural environments. Journal of Environmental Management. 343. 118222–118222. 43 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rakesh, Jianying Shang, Sayan Bhattacharya, et al.. (2022). Single-step synthesis of activated magnetic biochar derived from rice husk for hexavalent chromium adsorption: Equilibrium mechanism, kinetics, and thermodynamics analysis. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 18. 100796–100796. 62 indexed citations

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Sharma, Prabhakar, et al.. (2022). An Integrated Site Selection Criterion for Aquifer Storage and Recovery. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. 148(5). 2 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rakesh, et al.. (2021). Evidence of microplastics in wetlands: Extraction and quantification in Freshwater and coastal ecosystems. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 40. 101966–101966. 98 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rakesh, Anurag Verma, Arkajyoti Shome, et al.. (2021). Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals, and Need to Focus on Circular Economy and Policy Interventions. Sustainability. 13(17). 9963–9963. 573 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kumar, Rakesh, Pushpa Kumari Sharma, Pawan Kumar, et al.. (2021). Bioaccumulation of Fluoride in Plants and Its Microbially Assisted Remediation: A Review of Biological Processes and Technological Performance. Processes. 9(12). 2154–2154. 26 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rakesh, Prabhakar Sharma, Anurag Verma, et al.. (2021). Effect of Physical Characteristics and Hydrodynamic Conditions on Transport and Deposition of Microplastics in Riverine Ecosystem. Water. 13(19). 2710–2710. 177 indexed citations

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Sharma, Aviram, et al.. (2021). Potential for Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) in South Bihar, India. Sustainability. 13(6). 3502–3502. 8 indexed citations

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Perroud, H., Johanna Lofi, G. Lods, et al.. (2015). Viability of modelling gas transport in shallow injection-monitoring experiment field at Maguelone, France. 17. 15224. 1 indexed citations

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Sharma, Prabhakar, et al.. (2014). Entrepreneurial behaviour of dairy farmers.. Indian Research Journal of Extension Education. 14(2). 46–49. 4 indexed citations

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Sharma, Prabhakar, et al.. (2009). Implications of hiring diverse faculty for higher education in India. Current Science. 97(10). 1399–1399. 1 indexed citations

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Sharma, Prabhakar & Neelu Jain. (2002). Nitrogen requirement of indian mustard (Brassica juncea) under different crop sequences. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 72(2). 1 indexed citations

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