Rahul Kumar

2.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
34 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Rahul Kumar is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rahul Kumar has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 18 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Rahul Kumar's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (20 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (18 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (10 papers). Rahul Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (20 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (18 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (10 papers). Rahul Kumar collaborates with scholars based in India, South Africa and United States. Rahul Kumar's co-authors include Sushant G. Ghosh, Anzhong Wang, Misba Afrin, Shafqat Ul Islam, Sunil D. Maharaj, К. А. Бронников, Sunny Vagnozzi, Luca Visinelli, Yu-Dai Tsai and Mohsen Khodadi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Nanoscale.

In The Last Decade

Rahul Kumar

33 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Horizon-scale tests of gravity theories and fundamental physics from the Event Horizon Telescope image of Sagittarius A ∗

2023 436 citations Sunny Vagnozzi, Rittick Roy et al. Classical and Quantum Gravity profile →
Gravitational deflection of light and shadow cast by rotating Kalb-Ramond black holes

2020 166 citations Rahul Kumar, Sushant G. Ghosh et al. Physical review. D profile →
Parameter estimation of hairy Kerr black holes from its shadow and constraints from M87*

2021 159 citations Misba Afrin, Rahul Kumar et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rahul Kumar India	19	1.7k	1.3k	222	138	41	34	1.8k
Javlon Rayimbaev Uzbekistan	27	2.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	198 0.9×	82 0.6×	84 2.0×	128	2.2k
Shuo Cao China	26	1.7k 1.0×	609 0.5×	96 0.4×	95 0.7×	88 2.1×	93	1.8k
Raúl Carballo-Rubio Spain	19	885 0.5×	730 0.6×	267 1.2×	185 1.3×	26 0.6×	47	1.0k
Marc Casals Ireland	19	1.0k 0.6×	801 0.6×	220 1.0×	196 1.4×	21 0.5×	47	1.1k
Minyong Guo China	20	1.2k 0.7×	922 0.7×	176 0.8×	91 0.7×	15 0.4×	43	1.3k
Ian Vega Philippines	12	882 0.5×	539 0.4×	160 0.7×	109 0.8×	20 0.5×	22	937
Ivan De Martino Spain	19	990 0.6×	719 0.5×	75 0.3×	48 0.3×	82 2.0×	54	1.0k
Cyril Pitrou France	21	1.3k 0.8×	687 0.5×	79 0.4×	52 0.4×	146 3.6×	52	1.4k
Vladimir Dzhunushaliev Kyrgyzstan	17	848 0.5×	762 0.6×	233 1.0×	121 0.9×	63 1.5×	113	982
Pablo A. Cano Spain	22	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	379 1.7×	59 0.4×	58 1.4×	54	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rahul Kumar

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Singh, Sonam, Rahul Kumar, Souradeep Roy, et al.. (2025). High-Performance Paper-Based DNA-Conjugated Ti₃C₂T_x Bionanoelectrode for Rapid Point-of-Care Detection of HPV-16. IEEE Sensors Journal. 25(9). 15950–15957. 2 indexed citations

Islam, Shafqat Ul, et al.. (2025). Testing strong gravitational lensing effects of supermassive black holes with string-inspired metric: Observational signatures and EHT constraints. Annals of Physics. 480. 170084–170084. 4 indexed citations

Kumar, Rahul. (2024). Exploring nonlinear electrodynamics theories: Shadows of regular black holes and horizonless ultracompact objects. Physical review. D. 110(6). 14 indexed citations

Vagnozzi, Sunny, Rittick Roy, Yu-Dai Tsai, et al.. (2023). Horizon-scale tests of gravity theories and fundamental physics from the Event Horizon Telescope image of Sagittarius A ∗. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 40(16). 165007–165007. 436 indexed citations breakdown →

Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2023). Tuning dipolar and multipolar resonances of chiral silicon nanostructures for control of near field superchirality. Nanoscale. 16(1). 110–122. 2 indexed citations

Islam, Shafqat Ul, Jitendra Kumar, Rahul Kumar, & Sushant G. Ghosh. (2023). Investigating Loop Quantum Gravity with Event Horizon Telescope Observations of the Effects of Rotating Black Holes. The Astrophysical Journal. 943(1). 22–22. 37 indexed citations

Singh, Manish, et al.. (2023). Neolamarckia cadamba: A Comprehensive review on its Physiological, Ecological, Phytochemical and Pharmacological Perspectives. Ecology Environment and Conservation. 29. 241–250. 4 indexed citations

Kumar, Rahul. (2023). Observational predictions of LQG motivated polymerized black holes and constraints from Sgr A* and M87*. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2023(3). 29–29. 31 indexed citations

Kumar, Rahul, Sunil D. Maharaj, & Sushant G. Ghosh. (2022). Rotating black holes in Horndeski gravity: thermodynamic and gravitational lensing. The European Physical Journal C. 82(6). 37 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2021). Shadows of black hole surrounded by anisotropic fluid in Rastall theory. Physics of the Dark Universe. 34. 100881–100881. 46 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Sushant G. & Rahul Kumar. (2021). Rotating black holes in general relativity coupled to nonlinear electrodynamics. Annals of Physics. 434. 168619–168619. 29 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Sushant G., Rahul Kumar, & Shafqat Ul Islam. (2021). Parameters estimation and strong gravitational lensing of nonsingular Kerr-Sen black holes. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2021(3). 56–56. 58 indexed citations

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Afrin, Misba, Rahul Kumar, & Sushant G. Ghosh. (2021). Parameter estimation of hairy Kerr black holes from its shadow and constraints from M87*. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 504(4). 5927–5940. 159 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kumar, Rahul, Sushant G. Ghosh, & Anzhong Wang. (2020). Light deflection and shadow cast by rotating Kalb-Ramond black holes. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, Sushant G. Ghosh, & Anzhong Wang. (2020). Gravitational deflection of light and shadow cast by rotating Kalb-Ramond black holes. Physical review. D. 101(10). 166 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2020). Testing Rotating Regular Metrics as Candidates for Astrophysical Black Holes. The Astrophysical Journal. 896(1). 89–89. 78 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2020). Shadow and deflection angle of rotating black hole in asymptotically safe gravity. Annals of Physics. 420. 168252–168252. 57 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Sushant G., et al.. (2020). Rotating black strings in de Rham-Gabadadze-Tolley massive gravity. Physical review. D. 101(10). 12 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, Sushant G. Ghosh, & Anzhong Wang. (2019). Shadow cast and deflection of light by charged rotating regular black holes. Physical review. D. 100(12). 125 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul & Sankalpa Ghosh. (2018). Entanglement-like properties in spin–orbit coupled ultra cold atom and violation of Bell-like inequality. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 51(16). 165301–165301. 3 indexed citations

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