Ranjith Krishna Pai

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Ranjith Krishna Pai is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Ranjith Krishna Pai has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 19 papers in Materials Chemistry and 13 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Ranjith Krishna Pai's work include Conducting polymers and applications (9 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (8 papers) and Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (8 papers). Ranjith Krishna Pai is often cited by papers focused on Conducting polymers and applications (9 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (8 papers) and Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (8 papers). Ranjith Krishna Pai collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Chile. Ranjith Krishna Pai's co-authors include R. Geetha Balakrishna, Srinivasa Budagumpi, Rangappa S. Keri, Saju Pillai, T. N. Ahipa, Mahesh Padaki, Sayantan Jana, I.P. Jain, Mahaveer D. Kurkuri and Pratibha Sharma and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ranjith Krishna Pai

58 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Chromones as a privileged scaffold in drug discovery: A r... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2023 100 200 300 400
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. Chromones as a privileged scaffold in drug discovery: A review
    2014 405 citations Ranjith Krishna Pai, R. Geetha Balakrishna et al. profile →
  2. Review on large-scale hydrogen storage systems for better sustainability
    2023 218 citations Ranjith Krishna Pai et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ranjith Krishna Pai India 21 443 413 349 319 303 61 1.7k
Lizhi Zhao China 21 512 1.2× 441 1.1× 207 0.6× 294 0.9× 65 0.2× 90 1.4k
Haitao Xu China 27 714 1.6× 212 0.5× 777 2.2× 302 0.9× 50 0.2× 99 2.0k
Shuang Zhao China 26 889 2.0× 172 0.4× 371 1.1× 802 2.5× 82 0.3× 105 2.6k
Brahim El Bali Morocco 25 864 2.0× 328 0.8× 304 0.9× 158 0.5× 31 0.1× 183 2.0k
Iara F. Gimenez Brazil 23 748 1.7× 201 0.5× 356 1.0× 320 1.0× 22 0.1× 74 1.6k
Jiawen Hu China 28 1.1k 2.5× 232 0.6× 1.5k 4.3× 1.0k 3.2× 91 0.3× 96 3.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ranjith Krishna Pai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ranjith Krishna Pai

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aralekallu, Shambhulinga, Lokesh Koodlur Sannegowda, Mahaveer D. Kurkuri, Ranjith Krishna Pai, & Ho‐Young Jung. (2025). Hybrid water electrolysis as the way forward to sustainable hydrogen production. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 9(11). 2928–2940. 4 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, G., et al.. (2025). High performance crack-free single crystalline NCM-622 via Mg-doping as a high voltage cathode for lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources. 657. 238155–238155. 1 indexed citations
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Chaurasiya, Prem Kumar, et al.. (2025). A Review on Magnesium Based Metal Hydrides for Thermal Energy Storage Systems. Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering. 1 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Nidhi, Manika Khanuja, Pawan K. Tyagi, et al.. (2025). 2D MXene: From synthesis to storage - Exploring their potential as sparking materials for hydrogen storage. Hybrid Advances. 11. 100531–100531.
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Sharma, Vinod Kumar, et al.. (2025). Experimental and Theoretical Studies on CO 2 Storage Behaviour of Rice Husk–Based Activated Biochar and Its Mixture With Bitumen. Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering. 20(6).
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Chaurasiya, Prem Kumar, et al.. (2025). Advancement in Double‐Pipe Heat Exchanger Using Turbulators With SiO 2 Nanofluids for Energy Storage. Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering. 20(6). 1 indexed citations
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Das, Himadri Tanaya, et al.. (2024). Prospects into the Role of Nanoporous Electrodes for Supercapacitors: Insight into Their Structure and Performance. Energy & Fuels. 38(19). 18116–18152. 8 indexed citations
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Pai, Ranjith Krishna, et al.. (2024). Overarching advancements in building practical Li-S batteries: A holistic review. Journal of Energy Storage. 100. 113412–113412. 4 indexed citations
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Rai, Abhishek, Tapas Ghatak, Manas Roy, et al.. (2024). Contemporary progress on multifarious coordination polymers for organocatalytic, sensing, and energy-mimetic applications. Materials Today Energy. 46. 101703–101703. 2 indexed citations
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Saravanakumar, Balasubramaniam, Kaliannan Thiyagarajan, Suresh Kannan Balasingam, et al.. (2024). Recent advances and innovations in the piezoelectrochemical process for energy and the environment: A review. Journal of Energy Storage. 83. 110576–110576. 6 indexed citations
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Nadar, Nandini Robin, et al.. (2023). Demystifying the influence of design parameters of nature-inspired materials for supercapacitors. Journal of Energy Storage. 72. 108670–108670. 19 indexed citations
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Das, Dudul, et al.. (2020). Performance investigation of a rectangular spiral flow PV/T collector with a novel form-stable composite material. Applied Thermal Engineering. 182. 116035–116035. 83 indexed citations
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Ramamurthy, Praveen C., Ranjith Krishna Pai, K. N. Narayanan Unni, et al.. (2019). Variation of the donor and acceptor in D–A–π–A based cyanopyridine dyes and its effect on dye sensitized solar cells. New Journal of Chemistry. 43(39). 15673–15680. 27 indexed citations
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Jyothi, M.S., Mahesh Padaki, R. Geetha Balakrishna, & Ranjith Krishna Pai. (2014). Synthesis and design of PSf/TiO2 composite membranes for reduction of chromium (VI): Stability and reuse of the product and the process. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 29(14). 1537–1545. 21 indexed citations
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Thormann, Esben, Hiroyasu Mizuno, Kjell Jansson, et al.. (2012). Embedded proteins and sacrificial bonds provide the strong adhesive properties of gastroliths. Nanoscale. 4(13). 3910–3910. 16 indexed citations
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Pai, Ranjith Krishna, Jovice Boon Sing Ng, Saju Pillai, Lennart Bergström, & Niklas Hedin. (2009). Temperature-induced formation of strong gels of acrylamide-based polyelectrolytes. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 337(1). 46–53. 8 indexed citations
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Pillai, Saju & Ranjith Krishna Pai. (2008). Controlled growth and formation of SAMs investigated by atomic force microscopy. Ultramicroscopy. 109(2). 161–166. 13 indexed citations
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Pillai, Saju & Ranjith Krishna Pai. (2007). Effect of lateral morphology formation of polymer blend towards patterning silane-based SAMs using selective dissolution method. Ultramicroscopy. 108(5). 458–464. 3 indexed citations

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