Vikas Kumar

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 651 citations indexed

About

Vikas Kumar is a scholar working on Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Vikas Kumar has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 651 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Plant Science, 6 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 6 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Vikas Kumar's work include Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (6 papers), Seed Germination and Physiology (4 papers) and Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (4 papers). Vikas Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (6 papers), Seed Germination and Physiology (4 papers) and Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (4 papers). Vikas Kumar collaborates with scholars based in India, Canada and United States. Vikas Kumar's co-authors include Çiğdem Eskicioğlu, Ajay S. Kalamdhad, Kondusamy Dhamodharan, Shah Fahad, Taimoor Hassan Farooq, Vijaysinha Kakade, Dinesh Jinger, A. R. Uthappa, Baber Ali and S. B. Chavan and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Bioresource Technology and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Vikas Kumar

33 papers receiving 625 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.

Agroforestry Systems for Soil Health Improvement and Maintenance

2022 198 citations Shah Fahad, S. B. Chavan et al. Sustainability profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vikas Kumar India	10	207	110	108	87	83	37	651
Enno Bahrs Germany	15	75 0.4×	89 0.8×	95 0.9×	75 0.9×	24 0.3×	66	629
Marek Kopecký Czechia	18	84 0.4×	133 1.2×	198 1.8×	226 2.6×	138 1.7×	46	986
Guillermo Orozco Pardo Spain	18	67 0.3×	42 0.4×	95 0.9×	204 2.3×	26 0.3×	51	911
Ziv Arbeli Colombia	16	73 0.4×	105 1.0×	123 1.1×	100 1.1×	28 0.3×	26	798
Michael Douglas Roque Lima Brazil	15	85 0.4×	202 1.8×	189 1.8×	46 0.5×	7 0.1×	50	619
G. Venkatesh India	14	50 0.2×	138 1.3×	209 1.9×	92 1.1×	87 1.0×	34	695
Leonardo Machado Pitombo Brazil	12	42 0.2×	136 1.2×	213 2.0×	242 2.8×	36 0.4×	22	566
Ahamada Zziwa Uganda	10	55 0.3×	170 1.5×	53 0.5×	79 0.9×	46 0.6×	30	530
Magdalena Borzęcka Poland	14	50 0.2×	174 1.6×	53 0.5×	30 0.3×	13 0.2×	29	522
Sheikh Adil Edrisi India	14	24 0.1×	170 1.5×	147 1.4×	96 1.1×	24 0.3×	25	678

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vikas Kumar

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sajjad, Haroon, Pavan Kumar, Prashant K. Srivastava, et al.. (2024). Assessing soil organic carbon and its relation with biophysical and ecological parameters in tropical forest ecosystem India. Geocarto International. 40(1). 2 indexed citations

Nasir, Mohammed, et al.. (2024). Chemical composition, antifungal and antioxidant properties of seasonal variation in Eucalyptus tereticornis leaves of essential oil. Industrial Crops and Products. 222. 119669–119669. 4 indexed citations

Rawat, Jyoti, Vikas Kumar, Richa Tomar, et al.. (2023). Current Trends on the Effects of Metal-Based Nanoparticles on Microbial Ecology. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 195(10). 6168–6182. 7 indexed citations

Fahad, Shah, S. B. Chavan, A. R. Chichaghare, et al.. (2022). Agroforestry Systems for Soil Health Improvement and Maintenance. Sustainability. 14(22). 14877–14877. 198 indexed citations breakdown →

Mehta, Lyla, et al.. (2019). Climate change and uncertainty from ‘above’ and ‘below’: perspectives from India. Regional Environmental Change. 19(6). 1533–1547. 51 indexed citations

Kumar, Vikas, et al.. (2018). Root distribution pattern of young Swietenia macrophylla King. stands in Central Kerala, India. 20(2). 9–14.

Kumar, Vikas, et al.. (2018). Impact study on mushroom cultivation for micro entrepreneurship development and women Empowerment. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 7. 1–4. 8 indexed citations

Kumar, Vikas, et al.. (2018). Pattern of floristics and biodiversity of angiosperms of Purna Wildlife Sanctuary, Mahal, Gujarat.. Indian Journal of Ecology. 45(2). 260–265.

Kumar, Vikas, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of municipal garbage as a component of potting media for economically important timber species seedlings for afforestation in tropics. Journal of Environmental Biology. 38(1). 7–14. 2 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vikas. (2016). Effect of pre-sowing seed treatment on germination and seedling growth of Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb.. Indian Journal of Ecology. 43(1). 233–238. 5 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vikas. (2016). Multifunctional Agroforestry Systems in Tropics Region. Nature Environment and Pollution Technology. 15(2). 365–376. 19 indexed citations

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Dhamodharan, Kondusamy, Vikas Kumar, & Ajay S. Kalamdhad. (2015). Effect of different livestock dungs as inoculum on food waste anaerobic digestion and its kinetics. Bioresource Technology. 180. 237–241. 90 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vikas. (2015). Impact of Non Timber Forest Produces (NTFPs) on Food and Livelihood Security: An Economic Study of Tribal Economy in Dang's District of Gujarat, India. International Journal of Agriculture Environment and Biotechnology. 8(2). 387–387. 10 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vikas, et al.. (2014). Influence of de-oiled seed cakes on seedling performance of East Indian Rosewood (Dalbergia latifoila Roxb.).. 33(2). 169–174. 1 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vikas, et al.. (2014). FIELD PERFORMANCE OF AILANTHUS TRIPHYSA SAPLING IN MUNICIPAL GARBAGE AS THE POTTING MEDIA FOR REFORESTATION IN THE TROPICS. International Journal of Plant Animal and Environmental Sciences. 2014(3). 1 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vikas, et al.. (2014). Medicinal Plants: Cultivation to Value Addition: Problems and Issues. 3(3). 63–71. 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vikas, et al.. (2014). IMPACT OF SEED WEIGHT ON GERMINATION PARAMETERS OF CALOPHYLLUM INOPHYLLUM L.: A POTENTIAL BIODIESEL TREE SPECIES OF COASTAL REGION. 9(3). 1087–1091. 1 indexed citations

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Patel, Rohit, et al.. (2014). Note on the Distribution of Commiphora stocksiana Engl. in Kachchh: A Rare Medicinal Plant of India Need Conservation. Annals of Plant Sciences. 3(2). 614–616. 2 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vikas, et al.. (2000). Status of Flora in Protected Areas the Case Studies of Satpuda, Bandhavgarh, Indravati and Madhav National Parks of Madhya Pradesh, India. Indian Forester. 126(1). 71–77. 1 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vikas, et al.. (1998). FROM FARMING FOR FOOD TO PHARMING FOR PHARMACEUTICALS AND OTHER HIGH VALUE PROTEINS IN CRUCIFERS. Acta Horticulturae. 429–434. 1 indexed citations

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