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Researcher · Scotland's Rural College · United Kingdom

Vijay Kumar Thakur

Vijay Kumar Thakur publishes mostly in Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics, on topics such as Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites, Advanced Cellulose Research Studies and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties.

ORCID 0000-0002-0790-2264 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,193
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#92
of 367,258
Works
626
Citations
51k
Citations per work
81.1
h-index
114
i10-index 474Top 0.1% in Biomaterials
Vijay Kumar Thakur

What does Vijay Kumar Thakur research?

Vijay Kumar Thakur's work is mostly in Materials Science (35%), Engineering (18%), Energy (5%).

Physical Sciences: 361 works · 57.7% of their workMaterials Science: 222 works · 35.4% of their workBiomaterials: 90 works · 14.4% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 74 works · 11.8% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 58 works · 9.2% of their workEngineering: 110 works · 17.5% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 79 works · 12.6% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 31 works · 4.9% of their workEnergy: 30 works · 4.8% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 30 works · 4.8% of their workEverything else: 265 works · 42.3% of their workTHEIR WORKVijay KumarThakur626works
Physical Sciences58%

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. Materials Science22235.4%
    2. Engineering11017.5%
    3. Energy304.8%
  2. Everything else26542.3%
  1. 1Biomaterials14% of their works
  2. 2Biomedical Engineering13% of their works
  3. 3Polymers and Plastics12% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry9% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Vijay Kumar Thakur's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biomedical Applications, Nanocomposites, Biodegradable Polymers, Composites, Natural Fibers, Cellulose Nanocrystals, Nanocellulose and Polyhydroxyalkanoates.

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.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Biomedical Applications1883 topics
  2. Nanocomposites1082 topics
  3. Biodegradable Polymers1012 topics
  4. Composites941 topic
  5. Natural Fibers941 topic
  6. Cellulose Nanocrystals801 topic
  7. Nanocellulose801 topic
  8. Polyhydroxyalkanoates751 topic
  9. Polylactic Acid751 topic
  10. Polymer Composites582 topics
  11. Photocatalyst461 topic
  12. Semiconductor461 topic
  13. Electrospinning331 topic
  14. Nanofibers331 topic
  15. 3D Printing321 topic
  16. Additive Manufacturing321 topic
  17. Nanogenerators321 topic
  18. Wearable321 topic
  19. Self-Healing261 topic
  20. Shape Memory Polymers261 topic

Where does Vijay Kumar Thakur work?

Vijay Kumar Thakur's main affiliation in the publication record is Scotland's Rural College, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Vijay Kumar Thakur have?

OpenAlex counts 626 works and 50,752 citations for Vijay Kumar Thakur, an h-index of 114, ranking #1,193 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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