S.D. Sharma

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

S.D. Sharma is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, S.D. Sharma has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 3 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in S.D. Sharma's work include Phase Change Materials Research (11 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (11 papers) and Adsorption and Cooling Systems (6 papers). S.D. Sharma is often cited by papers focused on Phase Change Materials Research (11 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (11 papers) and Adsorption and Cooling Systems (6 papers). S.D. Sharma collaborates with scholars based in India, Japan and Serbia. S.D. Sharma's co-authors include Kazunobu Sagara, D. Buddhi, Atul Sharma, Hiroaki Kitano, R. L. Sawhney, Amit Desai, D. R. Doongaji, Mitchell G. Weiss, Rakesh Gaur and Gopalakrishna Ramaswamy and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Social Science & Medicine and Energy Conversion and Management.

In The Last Decade

S.D. Sharma

18 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Latent Heat Storage Materials and Systems: A Review 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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. Latent Heat Storage Materials and Systems: A Review
    2005 568 citations S.D. Sharma, Kazunobu Sagara International Journal of Green Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S.D. Sharma India 13 1.5k 1.2k 137 124 116 20 1.7k
Ana Lázaro Spain 14 2.1k 1.5× 1.4k 1.2× 329 2.4× 240 1.9× 130 1.1× 17 2.4k
S. Harikrishnan India 23 1.3k 0.9× 895 0.8× 176 1.3× 222 1.8× 241 2.1× 46 1.7k
Yaojie Tang China 9 938 0.6× 642 0.5× 57 0.4× 128 1.0× 147 1.3× 9 1.1k
Y.X. Xu China 24 976 0.7× 391 0.3× 128 0.9× 249 2.0× 399 3.4× 41 1.5k
Fang Tang China 12 896 0.6× 659 0.6× 65 0.5× 108 0.9× 168 1.4× 14 1.1k
Xiang Huang China 6 1.0k 0.7× 657 0.6× 78 0.6× 161 1.3× 151 1.3× 9 1.3k
Zhonghua Wang China 14 551 0.4× 301 0.3× 74 0.5× 84 0.7× 176 1.5× 65 984
Farah Souayfane Lebanon 7 880 0.6× 507 0.4× 357 2.6× 52 0.4× 77 0.7× 9 1.0k
A. Sreekumar India 18 1.1k 0.7× 668 0.6× 100 0.7× 93 0.8× 97 0.8× 32 1.4k
A. Abhat Germany 8 1.4k 1.0× 851 0.7× 154 1.1× 141 1.1× 136 1.2× 18 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by S.D. Sharma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by S.D. Sharma. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by S.D. Sharma. The network helps show where S.D. Sharma may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of S.D. Sharma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S.D. Sharma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S.D. 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 S.D. Sharma. S.D. Sharma 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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Kaur, Harsimar & S.D. Sharma. (2025). Memantine in Psychiatry: An Underutilized Therapeutic Breakthrough?. BJPsych Open. 11(S1). S328–S328.
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Sharma, S.D., et al.. (2024). Enhancing mental health care with AI: a review discussing biases, methodologies, and clinician preferences. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 12(11). 4371–4377. 1 indexed citations
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Murphy, Maureen, et al.. (2024). Violence against women and girls in conflict: progress and priorities. The Lancet. 404(10471). 2495–2498. 2 indexed citations
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Buddhi, D., Atul Sharma, & S.D. Sharma. (2007). Design, development and performance evaluation of latent heat storage foot warmers. International Journal of Global Energy Issues. 28(4). 430–430. 1 indexed citations
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Sharma, S.D., et al.. (2007). Design, Development of a Solar Chimney with Built-in Latent Heat Storage Material for Natural Ventilation. International Journal of Green Energy. 4(3). 313–324. 19 indexed citations
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Sharma, S.D. & Kazunobu Sagara. (2005). Latent Heat Storage Materials and Systems: A Review. International Journal of Green Energy. 2(1). 1–56. 568 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sharma, Atul, et al.. (2005). Effect of thermo physical properties of heat exchanger material on the performance of latent heat storage system using an enthalpy method. International Journal of Energy Research. 30(3). 191–201. 28 indexed citations
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Sharma, S.D., et al.. (2004). Thermal Performance of Box Type Solar Cooker : A Study in Japan Climate. Solar Energy. 30(1). 49–54. 4 indexed citations
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Sharma, S.D., Hiroaki Kitano, & Kazunobu Sagara. (2004). Phase Change Materials for Low Temperature Solar Thermal Applications. 97(42). e12726–e12726. 121 indexed citations
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Sharma, S.D., et al.. (2004). Thermal performance of a solar cooker based on an evacuated tube solar collector with a PCM storage unit. Solar Energy. 78(3). 416–426. 240 indexed citations
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Sharma, Atul, S.D. Sharma, & D. Buddhi. (2002). Accelerated thermal cycle test of acetamide, stearic acid and paraffin wax for solar thermal latent heat storage applications. Energy Conversion and Management. 43(14). 1923–1930. 207 indexed citations
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Buddhi, D., S.D. Sharma, & Atul Sharma. (2002). Thermal performance evaluation of a latent heat storage unit for late evening cooking in a solar cooker having three reflectors. Energy Conversion and Management. 44(6). 809–817. 127 indexed citations
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Sharma, Atul, S.D. Sharma, D. Buddhi, & R. L. Sawhney. (2001). Thermal cycle test of urea for latent heat storage applications. International Journal of Energy Research. 25(5). 465–468. 36 indexed citations
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Sharma, S.D., D. Buddhi, R. L. Sawhney, & Atul Sharma. (2000). Design, development and performance evaluation of a latent heat storage unit for evening cooking in a solar cooker. Energy Conversion and Management. 41(14). 1497–1508. 132 indexed citations
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Buddhi, D. & S.D. Sharma. (1999). Measurements of transmittance of solar radiation through stearic acid: a latent heat storage material. Energy Conversion and Management. 40(18). 1979–1984. 24 indexed citations
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Buddhi, D., S.D. Sharma, & R. L. Sawhney. (1999). Performance test of a box-type solar cooker: effect of load on the second figure of merit. International Journal of Energy Research. 23(9). 827–830. 15 indexed citations
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Sharma, S.D., D. Buddhi, & R. L. Sawhney. (1999). Accelerated thermal cycle test of latent heat-storage materials. Solar Energy. 66(6). 483–490. 121 indexed citations
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Weiss, Mitchell G., et al.. (1986). Traditional concepts of mental disorder among Indian psychiatric patients: Preliminary report of work in progress. Social Science & Medicine. 23(4). 379–386. 54 indexed citations
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Sharma, S.D. & Gopalakrishna Ramaswamy. (1978). Suicide—a Retrospective Study in a Culturally Distinct Community in India. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 24(1). 13–18. 9 indexed citations
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Sharma, S.D., et al.. (1974). Clinical Impressions of Pimozide: An Open Study. Journal of International Medical Research. 2(4). 306–309. 1 indexed citations

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