Vatika Soni

2.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
39 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Vatika Soni is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Vatika Soni has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 25 papers in Materials Chemistry and 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Vatika Soni's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (31 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (10 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (7 papers). Vatika Soni is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (31 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (10 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (7 papers). Vatika Soni collaborates with scholars based in India, Saudi Arabia and Poland. Vatika Soni's co-authors include Van‐Huy Nguyen, Pardeep Singh, Pankaj Raizada, Quyet Van Le, Sourbh Thakur, Abhinandan Kumar, Pankaj Raizada, Aftab Aslam Parwaz Khan, Vijay Kumar Thakur and Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Chemical Engineering Journal and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Vatika Soni

36 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Current perspective in metal oxide based photocatalysts for virus disinfection: A review

2022 110 citations Vatika Soni, Pardeep Singh et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →
MOFs-based S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts: Challenges and prospects to break the selectivity limitation for intensified C1 products in CO2 photoreduction

2025 50 citations Monika Malhotra, Vatika Soni et al. profile →
Harnessing nitrogen doped magnetic biochar for efficient antibiotic adsorption and degradation

2025 28 citations Vatika Soni, Simran Sharma et al. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vatika Soni India	18	909	887	408	150	118	39	1.4k
Jarnuzi Gunlazuardi Indonesia	16	691 0.8×	917 1.0×	305 0.7×	111 0.7×	80 0.7×	112	1.3k
Seema Garg India	21	870 1.0×	877 1.0×	401 1.0×	129 0.9×	53 0.4×	75	1.3k
Roberto Fiorenza Italy	24	962 1.1×	882 1.0×	207 0.5×	166 1.1×	58 0.5×	69	1.5k
Hadis Derikvandi Iran	10	678 0.7×	770 0.9×	341 0.8×	66 0.4×	122 1.0×	10	1.1k
Shanxi Gong China	10	938 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	564 1.4×	144 1.0×	95 0.8×	12	1.5k
Praveen K. Surolia India	23	1.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	423 1.0×	119 0.8×	92 0.8×	65	1.8k
Panneerselvam Sathishkumar India	18	864 1.0×	888 1.0×	252 0.6×	124 0.8×	70 0.6×	40	1.3k
Zhi Zhu China	18	547 0.6×	640 0.7×	256 0.6×	164 1.1×	46 0.4×	45	1.0k
Yaocheng Deng China	15	1.2k 1.3×	1.5k 1.6×	680 1.7×	127 0.8×	116 1.0×	23	1.9k

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Soni, Vatika, Simran Sharma, Komal Poonia, et al.. (2025). Harnessing nitrogen doped magnetic biochar for efficient antibiotic adsorption and degradation. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 148. 174–195. 28 indexed citations breakdown →

Soni, Vatika, Rohit Kumar, Sonu Sonu, et al.. (2025). Advances in photocatalytic hydrogen production with ZnO/ZnS-Based nanostructured materials. Fuel. 386. 134286–134286. 7 indexed citations

Soni, Vatika, P.E. Lokhande, Deepak Kumar, et al.. (2025). Recent advances in lead-free carbon supported perovskites based on Z-scheme and S-scheme heterojunctions for photocatalytic energy conversion. Materials Horizons. 12(10). 3234–3266. 9 indexed citations

Thakur, Naveen, A. S. Panwar, Vatika Soni, et al.. (2025). Next-Generation Wastewater Treatment with Emerging 2D MOF-Derived Photocatalysts. ACS Omega. 10(48). 58029–58056. 1 indexed citations

Alzahrani, Khalid A., Sonu Sonu, Vatika Soni, et al.. (2025). Unveiling potential of dual S-scheme derived Ag2S/BiVO4/AgI for cefixime photocatalytic degradation. Solid State Sciences. 173. 108184–108184.

Soni, Vatika, Pardeep Singh, Van‐Huy Nguyen, et al.. (2025). Advances in photoactive g-C3N5 derived Z-and S-scheme heterojunctions for energy and environmental catalysis. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(6). 120465–120465. 1 indexed citations

Souza, Felipe M. de, Pankaj Raizada, Pardeep Singh, et al.. (2025). Doping in 2D heterostructures. Nano Energy. 144. 111350–111350.

Soni, Vatika, Monika Malhotra, R.P. Chauhan, et al.. (2025). State-of-the-art progress in photocatalytic hydrogen generation using graphene quantum dots. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 154. 136–158. 1 indexed citations

Soni, Vatika, et al.. (2025). Recent updates on improving photocatalytic activity of graphdiyne derived photocatalyst for dye and antibiotic degradation. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 182. 115656–115656.

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Soni, Vatika, et al.. (2024). Synergetic photocatalytic degradation of the tetracycline antibiotic over S-scheme based BiOBr/CuInS2/WO3 ternary heterojunction photocatalyst. Solid State Sciences. 157. 107700–107700. 55 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rohit, Vatika Soni, Pradeep Kumar Singh, et al.. (2024). 2D heterostructures in photocatalysis for emerging applications: Current Status, challenges, and Prospectives. Journal of Catalysis. 439. 115744–115744. 13 indexed citations

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Malhotra, Monika, Balvinder Kaur, Vatika Soni, et al.. (2024). Fe-based MOFs as promising adsorbents and photocatalysts for re-use water contained arsenic: Strategies and challenges. Chemosphere. 357. 141786–141786. 13 indexed citations

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Kaur, Balvinder, Komal Poonia, Vatika Soni, et al.. (2024). Recent advancements in polythiophene-based adsorbents for heavy metal ion removal: Modification, kinetics and mechanistic insights. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 172. 113657–113657. 6 indexed citations

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Sudhaik, Anita, Vatika Soni, Rohit Kumar, et al.. (2024). Dual S-scheme-based ternary BiOCl/CuInS2/WO3 heterojunction for Victoria blue photodegradation. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 169. 113034–113034. 6 indexed citations

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Kaur, Balvinder, Vatika Soni, Rohit Kumar, et al.. (2024). Recent advances in manipulating strategies of NH2-functionalized metallic organic frameworks-based heterojunction photocatalysts for the sustainable mitigation of various pollutants. Environmental Research. 259. 119575–119575. 18 indexed citations

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Soni, Vatika, Shilpa Patial, Abhinandan Kumar, et al.. (2023). Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) core@shell nanohybrids: Novel nanomaterial support towards environmental sustainability applications. Environmental Research. 232. 116353–116353. 14 indexed citations

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Soni, Vatika, Sonu Sonu, Anita Sudhaik, et al.. (2023). Visible-light-driven photodegradation of methylene blue and doxycycline hydrochloride by waste-based S-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst Bi5O7I/PCN/tea waste biochar. Chemosphere. 347. 140694–140694. 46 indexed citations

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Patial, Shilpa, Vatika Soni, Abhinandan Kumar, et al.. (2022). Rational design, structure properties, and synthesis strategies of dual-pore covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for potent applications: A review. Environmental Research. 218. 114982–114982. 36 indexed citations

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Soni, Vatika, Pardeep Singh, Van‐Huy Nguyen, et al.. (2022). Current perspective in metal oxide based photocatalysts for virus disinfection: A review. Journal of Environmental Management. 308. 114617–114617. 110 indexed citations breakdown →

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Soni, Vatika, Pankaj Raizada, Pardeep Singh, et al.. (2021). Sustainable and green trends in using plant extracts for the synthesis of biogenic metal nanoparticles toward environmental and pharmaceutical advances: A review. Environmental Research. 202. 111622–111622. 207 indexed citations

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