Rahul Kumar

979 total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 690 citations indexed

About

Rahul Kumar is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Rahul Kumar has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 690 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 28 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 12 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Rahul Kumar's work include Advanced materials and composites (21 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (19 papers) and Tribology and Wear Analysis (14 papers). Rahul Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Advanced materials and composites (21 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (19 papers) and Tribology and Wear Analysis (14 papers). Rahul Kumar collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, India and Slovenia. Rahul Kumar's co-authors include Maksim Antonov, Irina Hussainova, Ramin Rahmani, Manel Rodríguez Ripoll, Dmitri Goljandin, Gai Zhao, Piotr Klimczyk, Markus Varga, H.S. Maurya and N. Radhika and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American Ceramic Society and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Rahul Kumar

42 papers receiving 676 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.

Solid Lubrication at High-Temperatures—A Review

2022 125 citations Rahul Kumar, Irina Hussainova et al. Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rahul Kumar Estonia	16	520	399	174	72	59	50	690
Srinivasu Gangi Setti India	11	345 0.7×	197 0.5×	114 0.7×	79 1.1×	50 0.8×	35	474
Fjodor Sergejev Estonia	13	442 0.8×	231 0.6×	226 1.3×	91 1.3×	87 1.5×	62	571
Baidehish Sahoo India	15	551 1.1×	150 0.4×	364 2.1×	72 1.0×	36 0.6×	27	660
I.M.R. Najjar Saudi Arabia	11	369 0.7×	155 0.4×	134 0.8×	104 1.4×	26 0.4×	21	509
Lavish Kumar Singh India	14	516 1.0×	150 0.4×	284 1.6×	200 2.8×	64 1.1×	44	669
Sohail M.A.K. Mohammed United States	15	468 0.9×	190 0.5×	208 1.2×	100 1.4×	51 0.9×	59	623
Mahmoud H. Ahmed Egypt	7	279 0.5×	163 0.4×	86 0.5×	112 1.6×	64 1.1×	8	422
Fatih Aydın Türkiye	20	865 1.7×	230 0.6×	340 2.0×	172 2.4×	40 0.7×	36	977
Naci Kurgan Türkiye	10	360 0.7×	165 0.4×	151 0.9×	40 0.6×	60 1.0×	26	460
Zhihai Cai China	14	407 0.8×	137 0.3×	164 0.9×	43 0.6×	27 0.5×	43	527

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Yaqub, Talha Bin, et al.. (2025). Electro-stimulated tribological behavior of DLC coatings under unlubricated sliding conditions. Tribology International. 215. 111451–111451.

Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2025). Erosive wear of spark plasma sintered Al2O3 - cBN ceramic composites. Diamond and Related Materials. 155. 112328–112328. 2 indexed citations

Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2025). Wear mechanisms of PM-HIP tool steels under low and high-stress abrasion: Role of carbide type and content. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 36. 7016–7025. 5 indexed citations

Kumar, Rahul, Mitjan Kalin, & Nazanin Emami. (2025). Sliding-speed effects on self-lubricating marine composites: A comparative assessment of tribological, mechanical, and thermal performance. Tribology International. 216. 111593–111593.

Maurya, H.S., Rahul Kumar, Sudheer Kumar, et al.. (2025). Sliding wear and debris evolution in LPBFed ceramic-reinforced steel composites under variable loads and temperatures. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 345. 131195–131195. 1 indexed citations

Maurya, H.S., Joanna Marczyk, Kristjan Juhani, et al.. (2025). Binder jetting 3D printing of green TiC-FeCr based cermets- Effect of sintering temperature and systematic comparison study with Laser powder bed fusion fabricated parts. Materials Today Advances. 25. 100562–100562. 6 indexed citations

Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2025). MXene reinforced recycled lead acid battery materials: Enhancing electrochemical performance. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 338. 130643–130643. 1 indexed citations

Maurya, H.S., Kristjan Juhani, Mart Viljus, et al.. (2024). Influence of strong carbide-forming elements (Nb and Ta) on the development of the green (Ti, Me)(C,N)-high chromium Fe-based cermets. Vacuum. 230. 113723–113723. 4 indexed citations

Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2024). High-temperature tribological behavior of plasma sprayed GNPs-reinforced YSZ coating over 316L stainless steel. Materials Today Communications. 41. 110451–110451. 5 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2024). Effect of unit cell rotation on mechanical performance of selective laser melted Gyroid structures for bone tissue engineering. 1(2-3). 100011–100011. 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2024). Process-structure-stoichiometry correlation of plasma sprayed GdNbO4 coatings. Ceramics International. 51(3). 3633–3641. 2 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2024). Tailoring the stoichiometry in NdNbO ₄ for advanced thermal barrier coating applications. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 108(2). 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2024). Bioinspired and Multifunctional Tribological Materials for Sliding, Erosive, Machining, and Energy-Absorbing Conditions: A Review. Biomimetics. 9(4). 209–209. 31 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2024). Experimental investigation of optimal parameters for ECMM micro drilling of super alloy. AIP conference proceedings. 3042. 20031–20031.

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Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2024). THE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF PRECODED SPACE-TIME FREQUENCY MIMO-GFDM OVER RAYLEIGH FADING CHANNELS. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 19(9).

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Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2023). Peripheral coarse grain formation in AA2024 and AA6063 aluminium alloys- A comparative study. Materials Today Proceedings. 113. 269–273. 3 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, Maksim Antonov, Markus Varga, Irina Hussainova, & Manel Rodríguez Ripoll. (2023). Synergistic effect of Ag and MoS2 on high-temperature tribology of self-lubricating NiCrBSi composite coatings by laser metal deposition. Wear. 532-533. 205114–205114. 31 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, Sofiya Aydinyan, Roman Ivanov, et al.. (2022). High-Temperature Wear Performance of hBN-Added Ni-W Composites Produced from Combustion-Synthesized Powders. Materials. 15(3). 1252–1252. 16 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2022). Effect of cBN content and additives on sliding and surface fatigue wear of spark plasma sintered Al2O3-cBN composites. Wear. 494-495. 204250–204250. 30 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, Le Liu, Maksim Antonov, Roman Ivanov, & Irina Hussainova. (2021). Hot Sliding Wear of 88 wt.% TiB–Ti Composite from SHS Produced Powders. Materials. 14(5). 1242–1242. 20 indexed citations

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