Raja Selvaraj

7.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
158 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Raja Selvaraj is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Water Science and Technology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Raja Selvaraj has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Materials Chemistry, 50 papers in Water Science and Technology and 33 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Raja Selvaraj's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (45 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (37 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (30 papers). Raja Selvaraj is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (45 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (37 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (30 papers). Raja Selvaraj collaborates with scholars based in India, Vietnam and Lebanon. Raja Selvaraj's co-authors include Ramesh Vinayagam, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan, Shraddha Pai, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, Louella Concepta Goveas, V. Ramachandra Murty, Manoj Kumar Narasimhan, P. Senthil Kumar and H Sridevi and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Raja Selvaraj

151 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Biodiesel production from microalgae: A comprehensive rev... 2024 2026 2025 2024 2024 2025 25 50 75
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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.

  1. Biodiesel production from microalgae: A comprehensive review on influential factors, transesterification processes, and challenges
    2024 82 citations Raja Selvaraj, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan et al. Fuel profile →
  2. Efficient removal of hexavalent chromium from wastewater using a novel magnetic biochar composite adsorbent
    2024 64 citations Raja Selvaraj et al. Journal of Water Process Engineering profile →
  3. Efficient adsorptive removal of Congo Red dye using activated carbon derived from Spathodea campanulata flowers
    2025 34 citations Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Raja Selvaraj India 47 2.8k 1.4k 1.3k 1.1k 1.0k 158 5.8k
Dipak V. Pinjari India 42 2.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 917 0.9× 111 5.9k
Arif Nazir Pakistan 37 1.9k 0.7× 790 0.6× 1.3k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 930 0.9× 261 5.7k
Ramesh Vinayagam India 42 2.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 773 0.6× 888 0.8× 724 0.7× 116 4.4k
Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis Greece 42 2.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 865 0.8× 128 5.2k
Reda M. Abdelhameed Egypt 52 3.3k 1.2× 936 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 1.2× 920 0.9× 165 6.7k
Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan India 41 2.2k 0.8× 981 0.7× 727 0.6× 781 0.7× 730 0.7× 82 3.9k
Trinh Duy Nguyen Vietnam 44 2.4k 0.9× 980 0.7× 1.7k 1.4× 1.6k 1.5× 948 0.9× 227 5.9k
Heri Septya Kusuma Indonesia 42 1.2k 0.4× 1.2k 0.9× 2.0k 1.6× 700 0.7× 976 0.9× 165 5.3k
Jan Nisar Pakistan 42 1.6k 0.6× 1.9k 1.3× 1.0k 0.8× 972 0.9× 740 0.7× 160 5.6k
Long Giang Bạch Vietnam 43 1.9k 0.7× 898 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 963 0.9× 297 6.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raja Selvaraj

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Samanth, Adithya, et al.. (2025). Density functional theory insights into the adsorption of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid by mesoporous biochar. South African Journal of Chemical Engineering. 54. 20–28. 2 indexed citations
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Murugesan, Gokulakrishnan, et al.. (2025). Efficient adsorptive removal of Congo Red dye using activated carbon derived from Spathodea campanulata flowers. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 1831–1831. 34 indexed citations breakdown →
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Selvaraj, Raja, K.A. Naseer, G. Muralidharan, et al.. (2025). Tailoring the alkali/alkaline modifier incorporated borophospho-silicate glasses for enhanced radiation attenuation and nuclear waste management applications. Materials Today Communications. 46. 112651–112651. 2 indexed citations
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Puttaiahgowda, Yashoda Malgar, et al.. (2025). Sustainable Quercetin-based Porous Organic Polymer for Efficient Rhodamine B dye Removal and Phytotoxicity Assessment. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 155. 699–709.
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Singh, Shantanu, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, Ramesh Vinayagam, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan, & Raja Selvaraj. (2025). Adsorptive removal of fluoride from water using hydroxyapatite synthesized from marine shell waste. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 25598–25598.
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Shetty, Kiran Kumar, et al.. (2024). Manganese metal ion removal from aqueous solution using industrial wastes derived geopolymer. Environmental Nanotechnology Monitoring & Management. 22. 100999–100999. 4 indexed citations
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Puttaiahgowda, Yashoda Malgar, et al.. (2024). Novel sustainable porous organic polymer for multifunctional water treatment: Adsorption and disinfection applications. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 66. 106054–106054. 6 indexed citations
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Aranjani, Jesil Mathew, Shaila A. Lewis, Raja Selvaraj, et al.. (2024). Design and Evaluation of Microemulsion-Based Drug Delivery Systems for Biofilm-Based Infection in Burns. AAPS PharmSciTech. 25(7). 203–203. 2 indexed citations
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Goveas, Louella Concepta, Sneha Nayak, Ramesh Vinayagam, Raja Selvaraj, & Arivalagan Pugazhendhi. (2023). Recent advances of Nano-photocatalysts involved in hydrogen production by water splitting. Fuel. 348. 128460–128460. 27 indexed citations
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Goveas, Louella Concepta, Sneha Nayak, P. Senthil Kumar, et al.. (2023). Recent advances in fermentative biohydrogen production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 54. 200–217. 29 indexed citations
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Hasan, Md. Saif, Mohammad Taufiq Alam, Dalel Belhaj, et al.. (2023). Catalytical Performance of Heteroatom Doped and Undoped Carbon-Based Materials. Catalysts. 13(5). 823–823. 20 indexed citations
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Vinayagam, Ramesh, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, P. Senthil Kumar, et al.. (2022). Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye using newly synthesized zirconia nanoparticles. Environmental Research. 214(Pt 1). 113785–113785. 31 indexed citations
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Vinayagam, Ramesh, Shraddha Pai, Manoj Kumar Narasimhan, et al.. (2022). Superparamagnetic hematite spheroids synthesis, characterization, and catalytic activity. Chemosphere. 294. 133730–133730. 34 indexed citations
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Vinayagam, Ramesh, et al.. (2022). An insight into the mechanisms of homeostasis in extremophiles. Microbiological Research. 263. 127115–127115. 24 indexed citations
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Dave, Niyam, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan, R. S. Singh, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of seasonal variation and the optimization of reducing sugar extraction from Ulva prolifera biomass using thermochemical method. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(42). 58857–58871. 24 indexed citations
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Sivaraman, D., et al.. (2019). Potential antioxidant and anti-inflammatory action of Hypericum hookerianum extracts in a liposome system evaluated with zebrafish embryos. Journal of Microencapsulation. 36(6). 513–522. 7 indexed citations
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Selvaraj, Raja. (2012). Decolorisation of synthetic dye by Guava (Psidiumguajava) leaf powder – A statistical approach. Journal of chemical and pharmaceutical research. 4(6). 3239–3244. 2 indexed citations

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