Somen Acharya

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 758 citations indexed

About

Somen Acharya is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Somen Acharya has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 758 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Soil Science and 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Somen Acharya's work include Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies (5 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (5 papers) and Innovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems (4 papers). Somen Acharya is often cited by papers focused on Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies (5 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (5 papers) and Innovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems (4 papers). Somen Acharya collaborates with scholars based in India and United States. Somen Acharya's co-authors include Anita Chaudhary, O. P. Chaurasia, Kaushal Kumar, Narendra Singh, Nisha Sharma, A. K. Bajpai, Jaya Bajpai, Vijay K. Bharti, Sunita Patel and Rajesh K. Saini and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Carbohydrate Polymers.

In The Last Decade

Somen Acharya

26 papers receiving 717 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Hydroponics as an advanced technique for vegetable production: An overview

2018 307 citations Nisha Sharma, Somen Acharya et al. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Somen Acharya India	13	259	194	146	137	118	31	758
Raúl Tapia‐Tussell Mexico	17	376 1.5×	197 1.0×	42 0.3×	200 1.5×	75 0.6×	60	896
Joe Gallagher United Kingdom	23	555 2.1×	416 2.1×	86 0.6×	429 3.1×	83 0.7×	51	1.3k
Rachael Simister United Kingdom	19	288 1.1×	676 3.5×	50 0.3×	332 2.4×	141 1.2×	38	1.1k
Hongli Zheng China	14	239 0.9×	110 0.6×	68 0.5×	203 1.5×	22 0.2×	29	725
Issam Meftah Kadmiri Morocco	14	541 2.1×	111 0.6×	48 0.3×	109 0.8×	13 0.1×	38	1.0k
Changjiang Yu China	16	263 1.0×	163 0.8×	41 0.3×	277 2.0×	18 0.2×	25	940
Muhammad Aslam China	14	325 1.3×	49 0.3×	155 1.1×	267 1.9×	60 0.5×	58	819
Yong‐Lark Choi South Korea	17	362 1.4×	170 0.9×	45 0.3×	392 2.9×	366 3.1×	55	942
Myrsini Sakarika Belgium	21	87 0.3×	244 1.3×	33 0.2×	282 2.1×	23 0.2×	33	987
A. M. Stomp United States	12	196 0.8×	124 0.6×	34 0.2×	244 1.8×	48 0.4×	18	908

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Somen Acharya

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Sharma, Deepika, Suresh Korpole, Pushpender Bhardwaj, et al.. (2025). Impact of altitudinal variations on plant growth dynamics, nutritional composition, and free living rhizospheric N2 fixing bacterial community of Eruca sativa. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 13839–13839.

Chatterjee, Soumya, Mohan G. Vairale, Somen Acharya, et al.. (2024). Effect of varying volumes of anaerobic microbial inoculum on biodegradation and biogas production from black water. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society. 101(11). 101426–101426.

Kumar, Kaushal, et al.. (2023). Foliar application of Zinc and Boron improved physiological traits, productivity and shelf life of onion. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 47(3). 351–362. 1 indexed citations

Kumar, Kaushal, et al.. (2022). Comparative evaluation of physico-chemical response of tomato varieties under hydroponic technique vs soil cultivation in natural ventilated greenhouse at trans-Himalayan India. Vegetos. 36(3). 825–832. 1 indexed citations

Kumari, Mamta, et al.. (2022). Prepared compost from food waste effectively increased onion production under sub-tropical conditions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 1 indexed citations

Kumar, Kaushal, et al.. (2022). Hydroponic Technique: A New approach for Crop Production at Trans Himalayan High-altitude Cold Desert Regions of India. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science. 43–52.

Giri, Arup, Vijay K. Bharti, Sahil Kalia, et al.. (2021). Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals Due to Wheat, Cabbage, and Spinach Consumption at Cold-Arid High Altitude Region. Biological Trace Element Research. 200(9). 4186–4198. 16 indexed citations

Verma, Vivek, et al.. (2021). Onion-Herbal medication and its applications. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 10(2). 1131–1135. 2 indexed citations

Acharya, Somen, et al.. (2021). Yield and quality attributes of lettuce and spinach grown in different hydroponic systems. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 20(3). 342–349. 3 indexed citations

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Sharma, Nisha, Somen Acharya, Kaushal Kumar, Narendra Singh, & O. P. Chaurasia. (2018). Hydroponics as an advanced technique for vegetable production: An overview. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 17(4). 364–364. 307 indexed citations breakdown →

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Acharya, Somen, et al.. (2018). Effect of Some Organic Manure on Growth and Yield of Garlic in Greenhouse Condition at Cold Desert High Altitude Ladakh Region. Defence Life Science Journal. 3(2). 100–100. 12 indexed citations

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Singh, Virendra, et al.. (2015). Varietal performance of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) under southern parts of Rajasthan.. HortFlora research spectrum. 4(2). 182–183. 1 indexed citations

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Acharya, Somen & Deepika Sharma. (2014). Study on the effects of heavy metals on seed germination and plant growth on Jatropha curcas. 7 indexed citations

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Bajpai, Jaya, et al.. (2013). Designing slow water-releasing alginate nanoreserviors for sustained irrigation in scanty rainfall areas. Carbohydrate Polymers. 102. 513–520. 20 indexed citations

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Acharya, Somen, et al.. (2012). Soil organic carbon sequestration of cold desert Ladakh. Range Management and Agroforestry. 33(1). 79–82. 4 indexed citations

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Acharya, Somen, et al.. (2012). Phytotoxicity of zinc, chromium (VI) and cadmium in purging nut (Jatropha curcas) seedlings grown in hydroponics. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 82(8). 667–71. 4 indexed citations

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Acharya, Somen & Anita Chaudhary. (2012). Bioprospecting thermophiles for cellulase production: a review. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 43(3). 844–856. 77 indexed citations

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Acharya, Somen. (2012). Alkaline cellulase produced by a newly isolated thermophilic Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus WBS2 from hot spring, India. African Journal of Microbiology Research. 6(26). 16 indexed citations

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Acharya, Somen, et al.. (2011). Effects of some heavy metals on in vitro pollen germination and pollen tube growth of Jatropha curcas.. Range Management and Agroforestry. 32(1). 52–55. 5 indexed citations

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Acharya, Somen & Anita Chaudhary. (2011). Effect of nutritional and environmental factors on cellulases activity by thermophilic bacteria isolated from hot spring. 22 indexed citations

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