Sunil Thapa

532 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 324 citations indexed

About

Sunil Thapa is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sunil Thapa has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 324 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Sunil Thapa's work include Flood Risk Assessment and Management (3 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (2 papers) and Concrete Properties and Behavior (1 paper). Sunil Thapa is often cited by papers focused on Flood Risk Assessment and Management (3 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (2 papers) and Concrete Properties and Behavior (1 paper). Sunil Thapa collaborates with scholars based in Nepal, India and United States. Sunil Thapa's co-authors include Bharat Babu Shrestha, Vishwas Chitale, Amrit Thapa, Nishikant Gupta, Vinay Kumar, W. L. Ellenburg, Mir A. Matin, Sawaid Abbas, Muhammad Nawaz and Bashir Ahmad and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Mountain Research and Development.

In The Last Decade

Sunil Thapa

8 papers receiving 310 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A framework for multi-sensor satellite data to evaluate crop production losses: the case study of 2022 Pakistan floods

2023 78 citations Faisal Mueen Qamer, Sawaid Abbas et al. Scientific Reports profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sunil Thapa Nepal	6	168	76	68	68	65	9	324
Zain Nawaz China	8	150 0.9×	75 1.0×	88 1.3×	108 1.6×	33 0.5×	10	314
Wim De Winter Netherlands	6	141 0.8×	62 0.8×	63 0.9×	71 1.0×	141 2.2×	12	321
Ben Niu China	10	185 1.1×	26 0.3×	122 1.8×	73 1.1×	65 1.0×	25	316
Jiangrong Li China	12	99 0.6×	37 0.5×	70 1.0×	46 0.7×	93 1.4×	39	307
Yuanjun Zhu China	9	115 0.7×	57 0.8×	162 2.4×	39 0.6×	95 1.5×	30	362
Debbie Jewitt South Africa	10	148 0.9×	63 0.8×	167 2.5×	41 0.6×	104 1.6×	16	341
Julia C. Yang United States	6	245 1.5×	60 0.8×	206 3.0×	61 0.9×	61 0.9×	9	370
Michael J. Case United States	12	274 1.6×	117 1.5×	125 1.8×	111 1.6×	181 2.8×	22	463
Lisa Laurent France	6	184 1.1×	43 0.6×	176 2.6×	53 0.8×	107 1.6×	6	320
Fabio Francesconi Italy	11	191 1.1×	140 1.8×	122 1.8×	92 1.4×	176 2.7×	17	508

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sunil Thapa

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

1.

Thapa, Sunil, et al.. (2025). Addressing Impunity in Nepal: Political Will and the Future of the TRC. 2(1). 20–28.

2.

Thapa, Sunil, et al.. (2024). Shrinkage behavior of alkali-activated materials using ground bottom ashes, calcined clays, volcanic ashes, and fluidized bed combustion ashes as precursors. Case Studies in Construction Materials. 21. e04033–e04033. 5 indexed citations

3.

Qamer, Faisal Mueen, Sawaid Abbas, Bashir Ahmad, et al.. (2023). A framework for multi-sensor satellite data to evaluate crop production losses: the case study of 2022 Pakistan floods. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 4240–4240. 78 indexed citations breakdown →

4.

Bhattarai, Nabin, Sunil Thapa, Saurav Pradhananga, et al.. (2022). Forest Fire in the Hindu Kush Himalayas: A Major Challenge for Climate Action. 21(1). 14–31. 12 indexed citations

5.

Thapa, Sunil, et al.. (2021). Clothes Identification Using Inception ResNet V2 and MobileNet V2. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

6.

Ghate, Rucha, et al.. (2021). Against the Tide: The Future of Transhumant Herders in the Kailash Sacred Landscape of Nepal. Mountain Research and Development. 41(4). 3 indexed citations

7.

Kumar, Vinay, Mir A. Matin, Amrit Thapa, et al.. (2020). Flood inundation mapping- Kerala 2018; Harnessing the power of SAR, automatic threshold detection method and Google Earth Engine. PLoS ONE. 15(8). e0237324–e0237324. 88 indexed citations

8.

Thapa, Sunil, et al.. (2018). Understanding the dynamics in distribution of invasive alien plant species under predicted climate change in Western Himalaya. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0195752–e0195752. 127 indexed citations

9.

Thapa, Arjun, et al.. (2014). Gaurishankar Conservation Area - A Prime Habitat for Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) in Central Nepal. 5. 43–49. 9 indexed citations

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