Sunil Kumar

23.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
387 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

Sunil Kumar is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sunil Kumar has authored 387 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 80 papers in Pollution and 70 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sunil Kumar's work include Municipal Solid Waste Management (83 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (52 papers) and Landfill Environmental Impact Studies (42 papers). Sunil Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Municipal Solid Waste Management (83 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (52 papers) and Landfill Environmental Impact Studies (42 papers). Sunil Kumar collaborates with scholars based in India, South Korea and United States. Sunil Kumar's co-authors include Shashi Arya, Rakesh Kumar, Pooja Sharma, Aman Kumar, Deblina Dutta, Hiya Dhar, Rahul Mishra, Ekta Singh, Ackmez Mudhoo and Lal Singh and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sunil Kumar

367 papers receiving 14.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Challenges and opportunities associated with waste management in India

2017 382 citations Sunil Kumar, Shashi Arya et al. profile →
Resource recovery and circular economy from organic solid waste using aerobic and anaerobic digestion technologies

2020 374 citations Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, Surendra Sarsaiya et al. profile →
Antimony contamination and its risk management in complex environmental settings: A review

2021 224 citations Manish Kumar, Ekta Singh et al. profile →
Industrial wastewater treatment: Current trends, bottlenecks, and best practices

2021 223 citations Deblina Dutta, Shashi Arya et al. Chemosphere profile →
E-waste management and its effects on the environment and human health

2021 217 citations Rahul Rautela, Shashi Arya et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sunil Kumar India	67	5.3k	3.7k	2.7k	2.3k	2.2k	387	15.4k
Soon Woong Chang South Korea	68	2.7k 0.5×	3.4k 0.9×	3.9k 1.4×	3.5k 1.5×	2.2k 1.0×	380	15.5k
Sunita Varjani India	75	3.2k 0.6×	6.3k 1.7×	5.2k 1.9×	3.2k 1.4×	1.9k 0.9×	328	20.8k
Liming Shao China	64	4.7k 0.9×	4.7k 1.3×	2.9k 1.1×	3.0k 1.3×	4.0k 1.9×	340	14.6k
Guangming Zhang China	63	2.4k 0.5×	3.6k 1.0×	2.6k 0.9×	3.8k 1.7×	2.5k 1.2×	429	14.5k
Ajit K. Sarmah New Zealand	64	2.2k 0.4×	6.1k 1.7×	3.2k 1.2×	3.2k 1.4×	1.7k 0.8×	184	16.5k
Eldon R. Rene Netherlands	60	2.5k 0.5×	3.6k 1.0×	2.9k 1.1×	2.3k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	395	13.2k
Hua Zhang China	58	3.3k 0.6×	3.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	455	11.8k
Pinjing He China	69	6.1k 1.1×	5.7k 1.6×	4.0k 1.5×	3.4k 1.5×	5.6k 2.6×	419	17.4k
Jonathan W.C. Wong Hong Kong	71	4.3k 0.8×	6.3k 1.7×	3.3k 1.2×	2.6k 1.1×	3.7k 1.7×	397	18.5k
Fan Lü China	59	3.0k 0.6×	3.7k 1.0×	2.6k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	3.8k 1.8×	347	11.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sunil Kumar

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Yadav, Kunwar D., et al.. (2025). Comprehensive review on technological advances in landfill leachate management: Physico-chemical characteristics, treatment methods and cost analysis. Bioresource Technology Reports. 31. 102222–102222. 2 indexed citations

Kumari, Archana, et al.. (2024). From soil to health hazards: Heavy metals contamination in northern India and health risk assessment. Chemosphere. 354. 141697–141697. 32 indexed citations

Ghosh, Pooja, et al.. (2024). Microplastic Fibers in Different Environmental Matrices from Synthetic Textiles: Ecotoxicological Risk, Mitigation Strategies, and Policy Perspective. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(2). 112333–112333. 30 indexed citations

Pundir, Ashok, Mohindra Singh Thakur, Radha CHAUHAN, et al.. (2024). Innovations in textile wastewater management: a review of zero liquid discharge technology. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(9). 12597–12616. 9 indexed citations

Ranjan, Ved Prakash, et al.. (2024). Resource recovery from legacy waste dumpsites in India: A path towards sustainable waste management. Chemosphere. 365. 143337–143337. 6 indexed citations

Vanapalli, Kumar Raja, et al.. (2024). Biohydrogen from waste feedstocks: An energy opportunity for decarbonization in developing countries. Environmental Research. 252(Pt 4). 119028–119028. 18 indexed citations

Bhat, Sartaj Ahmad, et al.. (2024). Environmental Nexus Approach. 3 indexed citations

Kumar, Sunil, et al.. (2023). A Multimoora-based MCDM model under picture fuzzy environment for converting municipal solid waste to energy in Himalayan Region: A sustainable technology assessment. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 59. 103399–103399. 10 indexed citations

Singh, Deval, Anil Kumar Dikshit, & Sunil Kumar. (2023). Quantifying the impact of municipal solid waste litter using environmental status index in urban areas. Journal of Cleaner Production. 430. 139653–139653. 10 indexed citations

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Arya, Shashi, et al.. (2023). Conversion of obsolete keyboard plastics mixed with egg shells and fly ash into concrete brick cubes. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 57. 103253–103253. 6 indexed citations

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Singh, Deval, et al.. (2023). Compressed biogas plants in India: Existing status, technological advances and challenges. Biomass and Bioenergy. 178. 106964–106964. 17 indexed citations

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Tiwari, Rahul Kumar, et al.. (2023). A critical review and future perspective of plastic waste recycling. The Science of The Total Environment. 881. 163433–163433. 97 indexed citations

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Kumar, Sunil, et al.. (2023). A critical insight into occurrence and fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their green remediation approaches. Chemosphere. 329. 138579–138579. 36 indexed citations

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Karim, Adnan Asad, et al.. (2023). Potassium-phosphorus-sulfur augmented biochar production from potentially toxic elements abated gypsum pond wastewater of phosphate fertilizer industry. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(5). 110404–110404. 5 indexed citations

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Gujjala, Lohit Kumar Srinivas, Debajyoti Kundu, Deblina Dutta, et al.. (2023). Advances in ionic liquids: Synthesis, environmental remediation and reusability. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 396. 123896–123896. 25 indexed citations

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Kumar, Sunil, et al.. (2022). Perspectives and Ethical Views of the Swedish Public on the Use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Medical Therapy. 2(1). 44–53.

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Wani, Atif Khurshid, Nahid Akhtar, Nafiaah Naqash, et al.. (2022). Bioprospecting culturable and unculturable microbial consortia through metagenomics for bioremediation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100017–100017. 33 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vineet, et al.. (2022). Environmental impact, health hazards, and plant-microbes synergism in remediation of emerging contaminants. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100030–100030. 37 indexed citations

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Awasthi, Sanjeev Kumar, Manish Kumar, Surendra Sarsaiya, et al.. (2022). Multi-criteria research lines on livestock manure biorefinery development towards a circular economy: From the perspective of a life cycle assessment and business models strategies. Journal of Cleaner Production. 341. 130862–130862. 82 indexed citations

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Awasthi, Mukesh Kumar, Ekta Singh, Parameswaran Binod, et al.. (2021). Biotechnological strategies for bio-transforming biosolid into resources toward circular bio-economy: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 156. 111987–111987. 66 indexed citations

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