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Researcher · Princeton University · United States

Varun Kumar

Varun Kumar publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

ORCID 0000-0002-4750-2089 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,471,043
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#729,952
of 1,627,098
Works
93
Citations
2.5k
Citations per work
26.9
h-index
22
i10-index 28Top 28% in Molecular Biology
Varun Kumar

What does Varun Kumar research?

Varun Kumar's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%), Materials Science (6%).

Everything else: 57 works · 61.0% of their workLife Sciences: 24 works · 25.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 works · 14.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 13 works · 14.0% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 works · 8.8% of their workPlant Science: 8 works · 8.8% of their workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 works · 3.1% of their workPharmaceutical Science: 3 works · 3.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 12 works · 13.1% of their workMaterials Science: 5 works · 5.7% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 5 works · 5.7% of their workEngineering: 4 works · 3.9% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 4 works · 3.9% of their workChemistry: 3 works · 3.5% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 3 works · 3.5% of their workTHEIR WORKVarun Kumar93works
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences13%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else5761.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1314.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences88.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics33.1%
    1. Materials Science55.7%
    2. Engineering43.9%
    3. Chemistry33.5%
  1. 1Molecular Biology14% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science9% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry6% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Organic Chemistry4% of their works
  6. 6Pharmaceutical Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Varun Kumar's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanoparticles, Drug Delivery, Self-Assembly, Catalysis, Heterogeneous Catalysis, RNA Interference, siRNA Delivery and Cancer Therapy.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanoparticles153 topics
  2. Drug Delivery143 topics
  3. Self-Assembly92 topics
  4. Catalysis82 topics
  5. Heterogeneous Catalysis82 topics
  6. RNA Interference81 topic
  7. siRNA Delivery81 topic
  8. Cancer Therapy61 topic
  9. Nanocarriers61 topic
  10. Biosensors51 topic
  11. DNA nanotechnology51 topic
  12. Lanthanide Complexes51 topic
  13. Single-Molecule Magnets51 topic
  14. Antioxidant Activity41 topic
  15. Bioactive Peptides41 topic
  16. Chitosan41 topic
  17. Functionalization41 topic
  18. Metal-Organic Frameworks41 topic
  19. Mucosal41 topic
  20. Nanomaterials41 topic
  21. Porous Materials41 topic

Where does Varun Kumar work?

Varun Kumar's main affiliation in the publication record is Princeton University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Varun Kumar have?

OpenAlex counts 93 works and 2,501 citations for Varun Kumar, an h-index of 22, ranking #2,471,043 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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