Publication

 Departmental Publications

1. Prof. M. L. Khan (Sr. Professor and Coordinator) 

 Best of 10 Publications

  1. Hordijk, Maynard D. S. …. Khan M. L. (et al.). 2023. Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness. Journal of Ecology, [IF - 6.43]
  2. Liang J., ……….. Khan M.L. et al. 2022. Evidence of co-limitation in global forest diversity gradients. Nature Ecology & Evolution 6: 1423-1437.  [IF – 19.1]
  3. Gatti R.C. …. Khan M.L. et al. 2022. The number of tree species on Earth. Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences (PNAS, USA) 119(6): e2115329119. [IF – 12.779]
  4. Dubey A., Malla M.A., Kumar A., Dayanandan S. and Khan M.L. Plants endophytes: unveiling hidden agenda for bioprospecting toward sustainable agriculture. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 40(8): 1210-1231. [IF – 9.062]
  5. Zohner C.M. ..………… Khan M.L. (et al.) 2020. Late-spring frost risk between 1959 and 2017 decreased in North America but increased in Europe and Asia. Proceeding of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS, USA), 117(22): 12192-12200. [IF – 12.779]
  6. Lal P., Kumar A., Kumar S., Kumari S., Saikia P., Dayanandan A., Adhikari D. and Khan M.L. The dark cloud with a silver lining: Assessing the impact of the SARS COVID-19 pandemic on the global environment, Science of the Total Environment 732: 139297. [IF – 10.753]
  7. Subashree K., Dar J.A., Sundarapandian S.M., Dayanandan S. and Khan M.L. Ecosystem-level carbon storage and its links to diversity, structural and environmental drivers in tropical forests of Western Ghats, India; Scientific Reports 10: 13444. [IF – 4.996]
  8. Steidinger B.S., ….. Khan M.L. (et al.) 2019. Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest tree symbioses. Nature 569(7756): 404-408. [IF – 69.504]
  9. Verma S., Dar J. A., Malasiya D., Khare P. K., Selvadurai Dayanandan S. and Khan M. L. 2019. A MODIS-based spatiotemporal assessment of agricultural residue burning in Madhya Pradesh, India. Ecological Indicators 105: 496-504. [IF – 6.263]
  10. Behera M.D., Tripathi P., Das P., Srivastava S.K., Roy P.S., Joshi C., Behera P.R., Deka J., Kumar P., Khan M.L., Tripathi O.P., Dash T. and Krishnamurthy Y.V.N. 2018. Remote sensing-based Deforestation analysis in Maha Nadi and Brahmaputra River Basin in India since 1985. Journal Of Environmental Management 206: 1192e1203. [IF – 8.91]

2. Dr. Mukesh Kumar Kanwar (Assistant Professor)

Best of 10 Publications

  1. Zou1 J, ChenXL, Liu C, Guo M, Kanwar MK, Qi Z, Yang P, Wang G, Bao Y, Bassham DC, Yu JQ and Zhou J. (2023). Autophagy promotes jasmonate-mediated defense against nematodes. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40472-x. (IF-17.694).
  2. Gill RA, Kanwar MK, dos-Reis AR, Ali B. (2022). Editorial: Heavy metal toxicity in plants: Recent insights on physiological and molecular aspects. Frontiers in Plant Science. DOI:10.3389/fpls.2021.830682 (IF-6.627).
  3. Kanwar MK, Xie D, Yang C, Ahammed GJ, Hassan MK, Zhou J. (2019). Melatonin promotes metabolism of bisphenol A by enhancing glutathione-dependent detoxification in Solanum lycopersicum L. Journal of Hazardous Material. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121727. (IF-14.224).
  4. Kanwar MK, Yu JQ, Zhou J. (2018). Phytomelatonin: Recent advances and future prospect. Journal of Pineal Research. 65 (4), e12526. (IF-15.221).
  5. Hasan MD,* Cheng Y,* Kanwar MK,*Ahammed GJ, Qi ZY. (2017). Responses of plant proteins to heavy metal stress- a review. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8: 1492. (Equal Contribution). (IF-6.627).
  6. Kanwar MK, Poonam, Pal S, Bhardwaj R. (2015). Involvement of Asada-Halliwell pathway during phytoremediation of Chromium (VI) in Brassica juncea L plants. International Journal of Phytoremediation. 17: 1237–1243. (IF-3.212).
  7. Kanwar MK, Poonam, Bhardwaj R. (2015). Arsenic induced modulation of antioxidative defense system and brassinosteroids in Brassica juncea L. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 115:119-125. (IF-7.129).
  8. Kanwar MK, Bhardwaj R, Chowdhary SP, Arora P, Sharma P, Kumar S. (2013). Isolation and characterization of 24-Epibrassinolide from Brassica juncea L. and its effects on growth, Ni uptake and antioxidant defense of Brassica plants and In vitro cytotoxicity. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 35: 1351- 1362. (IF-2.736).
  9. Kanwar MK, Bhardwaj R, Choudhary SP, Arora P, Sharma P, Kumar S. (2012). Plant steroid hormones produced under Ni stress are involved in the regulation of metal uptake and oxidative stress in Brassica juncea L. Chemosphere 86: 41-49. (IF-8.943).
  10. Kanwar MK, Bajguz A, Zhou J, Bhardwaj R. (2017). Analysis of brassinosteroids in plants. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 36(4): 1002-1030. (IF-4.640).

3. Dr. Amit Kumar (Assistant Professor)

Best of 10 Publications

  1. A Kumar*, S Singh, N Kumar, N Singh, KK Kumar, AK Mishra, S Chourasiya, HS Kushwaha. Seasonal abundance and source attribution of carbonaceous aerosols at different altitude of mountainous locations in Uttarakhand Himalaya. Aerosol Science and Engineering 5 (2021), 233–246. [IF – NA] 
  1. A Kumar*, K Bali, S Singh, M Naja, AK Mishra. Estimates of reactive trace gases (NMVOCs, CO and NOx) and their ozone forming potentials during forest fire over Southern Himalayan region. Atmospheric Research 227, (2019), 41-51. [IF – 5.965]
  2. A Kumar*, D Singh, K Kumar, BB Singh, VK Jain. Distribution of VOCs in urban and rural atmospheres of subtropical India: Temporal variation, source attribution, ratios, OFP and risk assessment. Science of the Total Environment 613–614 (2018) 492–501. [IF – 10.753]
  3. A Kumar*, D Singh, K Anandam, K Kumar, VK Jain. Dynamic interaction of trace gases (VOCs, ozone, and NOx) in the rural atmosphere of sub-tropical India. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health 10 (2017) 885-896. [IF – 5.804]
  4. A Kumar*, D Singh, BP Singh, M Singh, K Anandam, K Kumar, VK Jain (2014) Spatial and temporal variability of surface ozone and nitrogen oxides in urban and rural ambient air of Delhi-NCR, India. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health 8 (2014) 391–399. [IF – 5.804]
  5. A Kumar*, BP Singh, M Punia, D Singh, K Kumar, VK Jain. Determination of volatile organic compounds and associated health risk assessment in residential homes and hostels within an academic institute, New Delhi, Indoor Air 24 (2014) 474-483. [IF – 6.554]
  6. A Kumar*, BP Singh, M Punia, D Singh, K Kumar, VK Jain. Assessment of indoor air concentrations of VOCs and their associated health risks in the library of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 21 (2013) 2240-2248. [IF – 5.190]
  7. D Singh, A Kumar, K Kumar, U Mina, BB Singh, VK Jain. Statistical modeling of O3, NOx, CO, PM2.5, VOCs and noise levels in commercial complex and associated health risk assessment in an academic institution. Science of the Total Environment 572 (2016) 586-594. [IF – 10.753]
  8. BP Singh, A Kumar, D Singh, M Punia, K Kumar, VK Jain. An assessment of ozone levels, UV radiation and their occupational health hazard estimation during photocopying operation. Journal of Hazardous Materials 275 (2014) 55-62. [IF – 14.224]
  9. P Pancholi, A Kumar, DS Bikundia, S Chourasiya. An observation of seasonal and diurnal behavior of O3-NOx relationships and local/regional oxidant (OX=O3+NO2) levels at a semi-arid urban site of western India. Sustainable Environment Research 28 (2017) 79-89. [IF – 6.763]

4. Dr. Satyam Verma (Assistant Professor)

Best of 10 Publications

  1. Podschwit, H., Jolly, W., Alvarado, E., Markos, A., Verma, S., Barreto-Rivera, S., ... & Ponce-Vigo, B. (2022). Effects of fire danger indexes and land cover on fire growth in Peru. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 23 (7), 2607-2624. [IF – 4.7]
  2. Ray, T., Malasiya, D., Verma, A., Purswani, E., Qureshi, A., Khan, M. L., & Verma, S. (2023). Characterization of Spatial–Temporal Distribution of Forest Fire in Chhattisgarh, India, Using MODIS-Based Active Fire Data. Sustainability, 15(9), 7046. [IF – 3.9]
  3. Podschwit, H., Jolly, W., Alvarado, E., Verma, S., Ponce, B., Markos, A., ... & Rodriguez-Zimmermann, D. (2022). Reliability of cross-regional applications of global fire danger models: a Peruvian case study. Fire Ecology, 18(1), 25. [IF – 5.1]
  4. Purswani, E., Verma, S., Jayakumar, S., Khan, M.L., Pathak, B., (2021). Examining and predicting land use change dynamics in Gandhinagar district, Gujarat, India. Journal of Urban Management, 11 (1) 82-96. [IF – 6.1]
  5. Vasudeva, V.; Upgupta, S.; Singh, A.; Sherwani, N.; Dutta, S.; Rajaraman, R.; Chaudhuri, S.; Verma, S.; Johnson, J.A.; Krishnamurthy, R. (2022) Conservation Prioritization in a Tiger Landscape: Is Umbrella Species Enough? Land, 11, 371. https:// doi.org/10.3390/land11030371. [IF – 3.9]
  6. Rajpoot, R., Adhikari, D., Verma, S., Saikia, P., Kumar, A., Grant, K. R., ... & Khan, M. L. (2020). Climate models predict a divergent future for the medicinal tree Boswellia serrata Roxb. in India. Global Ecology and Conservation, 23, 1-9. [IF – 4]
  7. Verma, S., Singh, D., Singh, A.K., & Jayakumar S. (2019). Post-fire soil nutrient dynamics in a tropical dry deciduous forest of Western Ghats, India. Forest Ecosystems. 6 (6). [IF – 4.1]
  8. Verma, S., Dar, J.A., Malasiya, D., Khare, P.K., Dayanadan, S., Khan, M.L. (2018) A MODIS-based spatiotemporal assessment of agricultural residue burning in Madhya Pradesh, India. Ecological Indicator. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.04.042. [IF – 6.9]
  9. Verma, S., Singh, D., Sathya, M. & Jayakumar, S. (2017). Effect of forest fire on tree diversity and regeneration potential in a tropical dry deciduous forest of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India. Ecological Processes, DOI 10.1186/s13717-017-0098-0 [IF – 4.8]
  10. Verma, S., & Jayakumar, S. (2015). Post-fire regeneration dynamics of tree species in a tropical dry deciduous forest, Western Ghats, India. Forest Ecology and Management, 341, 75-82. [IF – 4.384]

5. Dr. Sweta Sharma (Assistant Professor)

Best of 10 Publications

  1. Sharma, S., Jaiswal, A., Tiwari, A., & Uttam, K. N. (2022) Rapid Detection of Metal Ions in the Aqueous Medium by Colorimetry and Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Using Vanillic Acid-Coated Silver Nanoparticles. Analytical Letters, 55; 2738-2751. [IF – 2.27]
  2. Sharma, S., Uttam, R., and K.N. Uttam, K. N. (2020) Interaction of Chlorophyll with Titanium Dioxide and Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: A Temperature Dependent Fluorescence Quenching Study. Analytical Letters, 53, 1851-1870. [IF – 2.27]
  3. Sharma, S., & Uttam, K. N. (2019) Non-destructive and rapid interrogation of biochemical response of the leaves of wheat seedlings towards Al⁠2O⁠3 nanoparticles stress using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 100: 142-151. [IF – 2.38]
  4. Sharma, S., Uttam, R., Bharti, A. S., and K.N. Uttam, K. N. (2019) Interaction of zinc oxide and copper oxide nanoparticles with the chlorophyll: a fluorescence quenching study. Analytical Letters, 52: 1539-1557. [IF – 2.27]
  5. Sharma, S., Bharti, A. S., Tiwari, M. K., & Uttam, K. N. (2018) Effect of manganese stress on the mineral content of the leaves of wheat seedlings by use of X-ray fluorescence excited by synchrotron radiation, Spectroscopy Letters, 51: 302-310. [IF – 1.34]
  6. Sharma, S., & Uttam, K. N. (2018) Early stage detection of stress due to copper on Maize (Zea mays L.) by infrared and fluorescence spectroscopy. Journal of Applied Spectroscopy, 85: 771-778. [IF – 0.82]
  7. Sharma, S., Uttam, R., Singh, P., & Uttam, K. N. (2018) Detection of vibrational spectroscopic biomarkers of the effect of gold nanoparticles on wheat seedlings using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Analytical Letters, 51: 2271-2294. [IF – 2.27]
  8. Sharma, S., & Uttam, K. N. (2018) Early diagnostic of mercury stress on wheat seedlings using attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Analytical Letters, 51: 1544-1563. [IF – 2.27]
  9. Sharma, S., & Uttam, K. N. (2017) Rapid analyses of stress of copper oxide nanoparticles on wheat plants at an early stage by laser induced fluorescence and attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 92, 135-150. [IF – 2.38]
  10. Sharma, S., & Uttam, K. N. (2016) Investigation of the manganese stress on wheat plant by attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Spectroscopy Letters, 49, 520-528. [IF – 1.34]