Vivek Polshettiwar

16.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
158 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Vivek Polshettiwar is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Vivek Polshettiwar has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Organic Chemistry, 72 papers in Materials Chemistry and 30 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Vivek Polshettiwar's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (26 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (23 papers) and Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (22 papers). Vivek Polshettiwar is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (26 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (23 papers) and Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (22 papers). Vivek Polshettiwar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Saudi Arabia. Vivek Polshettiwar's co-authors include Rajender S. Varma, Aziz Fihri, Jean‐Marie Basset, Mohamed Bouhrara, Babita Baruwati, Ayan Maity, Dongkyu Cha, Haibo Zhu, Rafael Luque and Christophe Len and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Vivek Polshettiwar

158 papers receiving 14.1k 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.

Magnetically Recoverable Nanocatalysts

2011 1.5k citations Vivek Polshettiwar, Aziz Fihri et al. profile →
Green chemistry by nano-catalysis

2010 1.0k citations Vivek Polshettiwar, Rajender S. Varma Green Chemistry profile →
Nanocatalysts for Suzuki cross-coupling reactions

2011 730 citations Aziz Fihri, Jean‐Marie Basset et al. profile →
High‐Surface‐Area Silica Nanospheres (KCC‐1) with a Fibrous Morphology

2010 693 citations Vivek Polshettiwar, Dongkyu Cha et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis and Transformations using Benign Reaction Media

2008 565 citations Vivek Polshettiwar, Rajender S. Varma profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vivek Polshettiwar India	61	8.4k	6.1k	2.3k	2.1k	1.7k	158	14.3k
Manoj B. Gawande India	56	7.4k 0.9×	7.0k 1.1×	4.4k 1.9×	2.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	172	15.2k
Thomas Maschmeyer Australia	62	3.7k 0.4×	7.5k 1.2×	2.4k 1.1×	3.4k 1.6×	2.5k 1.5×	310	13.6k
Gadi Rothenberg Netherlands	59	4.3k 0.5×	5.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	3.3k 2.0×	268	12.4k
Chungu Xia China	73	11.3k 1.3×	3.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	4.4k 2.1×	2.5k 1.5×	495	17.4k
Fritz E. Kühn Germany	64	11.9k 1.4×	6.5k 1.1×	3.0k 1.3×	7.0k 3.3×	1.7k 1.0×	478	19.4k
Kazuya Yamaguchi Japan	75	10.9k 1.3×	8.9k 1.5×	1.9k 0.8×	7.3k 3.4×	1.2k 0.7×	392	18.4k
Shahram Tangestaninejad Iran	52	6.2k 0.7×	4.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	3.0k 1.4×	674 0.4×	468	11.5k
Youquan Deng China	60	5.6k 0.7×	3.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	2.9k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	234	12.6k
Kiyotomi Kaneda Japan	68	9.9k 1.2×	6.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	4.1k 1.9×	2.4k 1.4×	255	14.7k
Francis Verpoort China	67	6.9k 0.8×	6.7k 1.1×	3.2k 1.4×	6.7k 3.1×	2.0k 1.2×	500	19.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vivek Polshettiwar

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Belgamwar, Rajesh, Vinod K. Paidi, Pieter Glatzel, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of synergistic catalysts: integrating defects, SMSI, and plasmonic effects for enhanced photocatalytic CO ₂ reduction. Chemical Science. 16(22). 9766–9784. 8 indexed citations

Belgamwar, Rajesh, et al.. (2024). Tuning the interfacial interactions between alumina support and pseudo single atom platinum-tin catalytic sites for heavy naphtha reforming. Catalysis Today. 432. 114606–114606. 2 indexed citations

Ortuño, Núria, et al.. (2024). Enhanced efficiency in plastic waste upcycling: the role of mesoporosity and acidity in zeolites. Chemical Science. 15(48). 20240–20250. 9 indexed citations

Verma, Rishi, et al.. (2024). Defects tune the acidic strength of amorphous aluminosilicates. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6899–6899. 12 indexed citations

Verma, Rishi, et al.. (2023). Surface plasmon-enhanced photo-driven CO2 hydrogenation by hydroxy-terminated nickel nitride nanosheets. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2551–2551. 77 indexed citations

Belgamwar, Rajesh, Ayan Maity, Tisita Das, et al.. (2021). Lithium silicate nanosheets with excellent capture capacity and kinetics with unprecedented stability for high-temperature CO₂ capture. Chemical Science. 12(13). 4825–4835. 42 indexed citations

Mohanty, Jyoti Sarita, Ayan Maity, Tripti Ahuja, et al.. (2021). Gold cluster-loaded dendritic nanosilica: single particle luminescence and catalytic properties in the bulk. Nanoscale. 13(21). 9788–9797. 2 indexed citations

Rawool, Sushma A., Rajesh Belgamwar, Rajkumar Jana, et al.. (2021). Direct CO₂capture and conversion to fuels on magnesium nanoparticles under ambient conditions simply using water. Chemical Science. 12(16). 5774–5786. 37 indexed citations

Belgamwar, Rajesh, et al.. (2020). Defects in nanosilica catalytically convert CO₂to methane without any metal and ligand. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(12). 6383–6390. 85 indexed citations

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Maity, Ayan, Rajesh Belgamwar, & Vivek Polshettiwar. (2019). Facile synthesis to tune size, textural properties and fiber density of dendritic fibrous nanosilica for applications in catalysis and CO2 capture. Nature Protocols. 14(7). 2177–2204. 125 indexed citations

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Maity, Ayan & Vivek Polshettiwar. (2017). Dendritic Fibrous Nanosilica for Catalysis, Energy Harvesting, Carbon Dioxide Mitigation, Drug Delivery, and Sensing. ChemSusChem. 10(20). 3866–3913. 218 indexed citations

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Gautam, Prashant, Mahak Dhiman, Vivek Polshettiwar, & Bhalchandra M. Bhanage. (2016). KCC-1 supported palladium nanoparticles as an efficient and sustainable nanocatalyst for carbonylative Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling. Green Chemistry. 18(21). 5890–5899. 102 indexed citations

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Singh, Baljeet & Vivek Polshettiwar. (2016). Design of CO₂ sorbents using functionalized fibrous nanosilica (KCC-1): insights into the effect of the silica morphology (KCC-1 vs. MCM-41). Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 4(18). 7005–7019. 123 indexed citations

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Kundu, Pintu K., Mahak Dhiman, Atanu Modak, et al.. (2016). Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Fibrous Silica (KCC‐1‐PEI/Pd): A Sustainable Nanocatalyst for Decarbonylation Reactions. ChemPlusChem. 81(11). 1142–1146. 40 indexed citations

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Polshettiwar, Vivek & Tewodros Asefa. (2013). Nanocatalysis : synthesis and applications. Wiley eBooks. 36 indexed citations

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Polshettiwar, Vivek, Dongkyu Cha, Xixiang Zhang, & Jean‐Marie Basset. (2010). High‐Surface‐Area Silica Nanospheres (KCC‐1) with a Fibrous Morphology. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(50). 9652–9656. 693 indexed citations breakdown →

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Polshettiwar, Vivek, et al.. (2010). Suzuki–Miyaura Cross‐Coupling Reactions in Aqueous Media: Green and Sustainable Syntheses of Biaryls. ChemSusChem. 3(5). 502–522. 312 indexed citations

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Polshettiwar, Vivek & Rajender S. Varma. (2008). Nanoparticle-supported and magnetically recoverable palladium (Pd) catalyst: a selective and sustainable oxidation protocol with high turnover number. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 7(1). 37–40. 232 indexed citations

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Kaushik, M. P. & Vivek Polshettiwar. (2006). N-octylquinolinium tribromide : A task specific quinoline based ionic liquid as a new brominating agent. Indian Journal of Chemistry Section B-organic Chemistry Including Medicinal Chemistry. 45(11). 2542–2545. 9 indexed citations

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Polshettiwar, Vivek & M. P. Kaushik. (2005). Tighter ion pair effect and scale-up study in microwave assisted aminolysis of enolizable esters using potassium tert-butoxide (t-BuOK). Indian Journal of Chemistry Section B-organic Chemistry Including Medicinal Chemistry. 44(4). 773–777. 1 indexed citations

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