Peer Reviewed Journal Publications
*Listed on the basis of Impact Factor (IF) and/or CiteScore
S. Pradhan, R. Bhattacherjee, C. Aichele, P. Bikkina; Determination of CO2 solubility in brines and produced waters of various salinities for CO2 EOR and storage applications, 507: 160401, Chemical Engineering Journal (2025) [Impact Factor: 13.2; CiteScore: 20.6; Q1]
R. Bhattacherjee, S. Pradhan, C. Aichele, J.C. Pashin, G. Chakraborty, P. Bikkina; Predicting CO₂ Solubility in Brines Using Density as a Proxy for Detailed Compositional Data of Brines: A Data-Driven Modeling Approach, 520: 166174, Chemical Engineering Journal (2025) [Impact Factor: 13.2; CiteScore: 20.6; Q1]
G. Mahmodi, R. Bafti, N. I. Boroujeni, S. Pradhan, S. Dangwal, B. Sengupta, V. Vatanpour, M. Sorci, M. Fathizadeh, P. Bikkina; G. Belfort, M. Yu, S. J. Kim; Improving cellulose acetate mix matrix membranes by incorporating hydrophilic MIL-101(Cr)-NH2 nanoparticles for treating dye/salt solution, 477: 146736, Chemical Engineering Journal (2023) [Impact Factor: 13.2; CiteScore: 20.6; Q1]
§ highly cited research
S. Pradhan, A. J. Borah, M. K. Poddar, P. K. Dikshit, L. Rohidas, V.S. Moholkar; Microbial Production, Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction and Characterization of Biopolymer Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) from Terrestrial (P. hysterophorus) and Aquatic (E. crassipes) Invasive Weeds, 242: 304-310, Bioresource Technology (2017) [Impact Factor: 9; CiteScore: 20.7; Q1]
§ highly cited research
S. Pradhan, P. Bikkina; Influence of Step-Down Pressure on Wettability-Controlled Heterogeneous Bubble Nucleation of Sparingly Soluble Gases in Water, 328: 125098, Separation and Purification Technology [Impact Factor: 9; CiteScore: 15.1; Q1]
S. Pradhan, R.J. Qader, B. Sedai, P. Bikkina; Influence of Wettability on Pressure-Driven Bubble Nucleation: A Potential Method for Dissolved Gas Separation, 217: 31-39, Separation and Purification Technology (2019) [Impact Factor: 9; CiteScore: 15.1; Q1]
I. Shaik, L. Zhang, S. Pradhan, K. Kalkan, C. Aichele, P. Bikkina; A Parametric Study of Layer-by-layer Deposition of CaCO3 on Glass Surfaces Towards Fabricating Carbonate Reservoirs on Microfluidic Chips, 198: 108231, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (2021) [Impact Factor: 4.4; CiteScore: 11.3; Q1]
M.K. Poddar, S. Pradhan, V.S. Moholkar, M. Arjamand, U. Sundararaj; Ultrasound–Assisted Synthesis and Characterization of Polymethyl Methacrylate/Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites, 64 (2): 673–687, AIChE Journal (2018) [Impact Factor: 4; CiteScore: 7.3; Q1]
S. Pradhan, P. Bikkina; Effects of Wettability and Step-Down Pressure on Bubble Nucleation in Gas-Supersaturated Oil-Water Systems, 29 (06): 3337–3347, SPE Journal [Impact Factor: 3.0; CiteScore: 6.2; Q1]
S. Pradhan, P. K. Dikshit, V.S. Moholkar; Production, Ultrasonic Extraction, and Characterization of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) using Bacillus megaterium and Ralstonia eutropha as Potential Micro-organism, 29 (8): 2392–2400, Polymers for Advanced Technologies (2018) [Impact Factor: 3.4; CiteScore: 6.4; Q2]
§ highly cited research
# One of the most read/downloaded articles in Polymers for Advanced Technologies journal FY 2018-19
S. Pradhan, S. Counts, C. Enget, P. Bikkina; Effect of Wettability on Vacuum-Driven Bubble Nucleation, Processes, 10 (6): 1073 (2022) [Impact Factor: 2.8; CiteScore: 5.5; Q2]
*This article was selected as Editor’s Choice article in 'Processes' journal.
S. Pradhan, S. V. Madihally; Teaching Process Simulators during COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis on the Digitalization of a Dry Laboratory, 99 (8): 3007–3019, Journal of Chemical Education (2022) [Impact Factor: 2.9; CiteScore: 4.7; Q1]
Published as part of the Journal of Chemical Education virtual special issue: Teaching Changes and Insights Gained in the Time after COVID-19
S. Pradhan, P. Bikkina; An analytical Method to Estimate Supersaturation in Gas-liquid Systems as a Function of Pressure-reduction Step and Waiting Time, 3 (1): 116–123, Eng (2022) [Impact Factor: 2.4; CiteScore: 3.2; Q2]
*This article was selected as Feature Papers in 'Eng' journal
S. Pradhan, I Shaik, R Lagraauw, P. Bikkina; A Semi-Experimental Procedure for the Estimation of Permeability of Microfluidic Pore Network, 6: 704–713, MethodsX (2019) [Impact Factor: 1.9; CiteScore: 3.4; Q2]
R.S. Malani, S. Pradhan, A. Goyal, V.S. Moholkar; Mechanistic Investigation in Ultrasound-assisted Interesterification using Non-edible Oil Blends and Heterogeneous Catalyst, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 16 (4): e2638 (2021) [Impact Factor: 1.6; CiteScore: 3; Q3]
S. Mohanta, B. Sahoo, I.D. Behera, S. Pradhan; Effect of Crushing on Near-gravity Material Distribution in Different Size Fractions of an Indian Non-coking Coal, Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 116: 209–213 (2016) [Impact Factor: 0.7; CiteScore: 1.6; Q3/Q4]
S. Pradhan, S. Mohanta; A Method to Perform Float-and-sink Test for Separation of Coal Samples of Various Densities and Determination of ‘Probable Error’ and ‘Imperfection’, 1 (2): 024403, IOP SciNotes (2020) [Q3/Q4]
S. Pradhan, M. T. Khan, V.S. Moholkar; Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs): Mechanistic Insights and Contributions to Sustainable Practices, 4 (4): 1933–1947, Encyclopedia (2024) [Q2]
Upcoming in 2025-2026:
S. Pradhan, R. Bhattacherjee, P. Bikkina; Determination of CO2 Solubility in Hydrocarbons for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery and Storage Applications (under review)
A. Joshi, R. Bhattacherjee, S. Pradhan, P. Bikkina; Impact of First-Contact Liquid, Brine Salinity, and Aging on Illite and Illite-Smectite Wettability and Fines Migration: A Geomaterial Microfluidics Study, Geoenergy Science and Engineering (2026) [Impact Factor: 4.6; CiteScore: 10.7; Q1]