2018 - National Mission on Himalayan Studies

Research Papers

Total Publications: 521
Cumulative Impact Factor: 1065.362

Year 2018

Total Publications: 73 Nos.
Cumulative Impact Factor: 70.683

International Peer-reviewed Journals
S.no	Publication	Link	Impact Factor
1	Thakur, K., Navdeep, Anchal, Jaswal, S. and Bhatt, A. K. (2018). “Evaluation of Antimicrobial Potential of Root Extract of Asparagus racemosus Willd. and Bark Extract of Juglans regia L. against Pathogenic Bacterial Isolates”. Annals of Phytomedicine, 7, 64-69.	Click Here	4.18
2	Majeed, A., Singh, A., Choudhary, S. and Bhardwaj, P., 2018. RNAseq‐based phylogenetic reconstruction of Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae. Cladistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12362	Click Here	4.727
3	Meena, V. S., Mondal, T., Pandey, B.M., Mukherjee, A., Yadav, R.P., Choudhary, M., Singh, S., Bisht, J.K. and Pattanayak, A. (2018) “Land use changes: Strategies to improve soil carbon and nitrogen storage pattern in the mid-Himalaya ecosystem, India”. Geoderma, Vol. 321, pp 69-78.	Click Here	4.848
4	Karki, N. Tiwari, H., Pal, M., Chaurasiya, A., Bal, R., R., Joshi, P. and Sahoo, N. G. (2018) “Functionalization of graphene oxides with polyvinyl pyrrolidone and β- cyclodextrin for drug loading, release and delivery of poorly water soluble anticancer drug: A comparative study; Colloids and Surfaces B: Bio interfaces, Vol 169, pp 265-272.	Click Here	4.389
5	Choudhary, A. and Dimri, A. P. (2018) “Assessment of CORDEX-South Asia Experiments for Monsoonal Precipitation over Himalayan Region for Future Climate”, Climate Dynamics, 50(7-8), pp.3009-3030.	Click Here	4.6
6	Dimri, A. P., Kumar, D., Chopra, S. and Choudhary A. (2018) A. Indus River Basin: Future climate and water budget, International Journal of Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5816 .	Click Here	3.609
7	Naha, D., Sathyakumar, S. and Rawat, G.S., 2018. Understanding drivers of human-leopard conflicts in the Indian Himalayan region: Spatio-temporal patterns of conflicts and perception of local communities towards conserving large carnivores. PLoS one, 13(10), p.e0204528.	Click Here	2.74
8	Pandey, A., Badola, H.K., Rai, S. and Singh, S.P., 2018. Timberline structure and woody taxa regeneration towards treeline along latitudinal gradients in Khangchendzonga National Park, Eastern Himalaya. PloS one, 13(11), p.e0207762	Click Here	2.74
9	Thayyen, R. J. and Dimri, A. P. (2018) “Modeling Slope Environmental Lapse Rate (SELR) of temperature in the monsoon glacio-hydrological regime of the Himalaya”, Frontier in Environmental Sciences, Vol 6, 42, doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00042.	Click Here	2.749
10	Kashyap, R., Verma, K. S., Uniyal, S. K. and Bhardwaj, S. K. (2018). “Geospatial Distribution of Metal(loid)s and Human Health Risk Assessment due to Intake of Contaminated Ground Water around an Industrial Hub of Northern India”, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 190: 136. DOI 10.1007/s10661-018-6525-6.	Click Here	1.959
11	Kashyap, R., Sharma, R. and Uniyal, S. K. (2018). “Bio-indicator Responses and Performance of Plant Species along a Vehicular Pollution Gradient in Western Himalaya”, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 190,302.	Click Here	1.959
12	Dey, S. Shah, M. Ghosh, S. Basak, N. Karki and N. G. Sahoo (2018). A novel, quick column switching RPHPLC guided metabolite profiling of Albendazole- Praziquantel in rat plasma: designing new combination dosage regimen with higher therapeutic window, Current Analytical Chemistry, 14(6), 604-614	Click Here	1.365
13	Singh, P. and Arya, D., 2018. Floristic diversity in Valley of Flowers National Park, Indian Himalayas. Phytotaxa, 379(1), pp.1-26.	Click Here	1.185
14	Reshamwala, H., Shrotriya, S., Bora, B., Lyngdoh, S., Dirzo, R. and Habib, B. (2018). “Anthropogenic Food Subsidies Change the Pattern of Red Fox Diet and Occurrence across Trans-Himalayas, India”, Journal of Arid Environments.	Click Here	1.183
15	Caleb, J.T.D., Sajan, S.K. and Kumar, V. 2018. New jumping spiders from the alpine meadows of the Valley of Flowers, Western Himalayas, India (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys, 783: 113-124; doi: 10.3897/zookeys.783.25225	Click Here	1.137
16	Chandra, K., Kumar, H., Saini, J. and Ghosh, D. 2018. Review of the genus Sikkimiana Uvarov, 1940 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) with the description of a new species from India. Journal of Natural History, 53(1-2): 89-108	Click Here	0.834
17	Caleb, J.T.D., Ghosh, D. and Kumar, V. 2018. On two new synonyms of the orbweaving spider Orsinome vethi (Hasselt, 1882) (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Zootaxa, 4444(3): 342-346; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4444.3.9 .	Click Here	0.949
18	Mitra, S., Payra, A. and Chandra, K. 2018. A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Teretamon Yeo and Ng, 2007 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. Zootaxa, 4500(4): 587-595. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4500.4.8 .	Click Here	0.949
19	Shah, R. and Badiger, S. (2018). “Conundrum of Paradox: Deconstructing the Spurious Case of Water Scarcity in the Himalayan Region through an Institutional Economies Narrative”, Water Policy,1-16; DOI.org/10.2166/wp.2018.115.	Click Here	0.838
20	Pal, R., Thakur, S., Arya, S., Bhattacharya, T. and Sathyakumar, S. (2018). “Recent Records of Dhole (Cuon alpinus, Pallas 1811) in Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya, India”, Mammalia, 82(6), 614-617.	Click Here	0.836
21	Pal, R., Thakur, S., Bhattacharya, T. and Sathyakumar, S. (2018). “Range Extension and High Elevation Record for the Endangered Woolly Flying Squirrel Eupetaurus Cinereus in Western Himalaya, India”, Mammalia. DOI. 10.1515/mammalia-2018-0097.	Click Here	0.836
22	Ghosh, D., Saini, J., Kumar, H. and Chandra, K. 2018. First Record of Braunsapis cupulifera (Vachal, 1894) (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apidae: Xylocopinae: Allodapini) from India. Journal of Natural Resource and Development, 13(2): 58-60 .	Click Here	0.954
23	Chandra, K., Mazumder, A., Sanyal, A. K., Ash, A., Bandyopadhyay, U., Mallick, K. and Raha, A. (2018). "Catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea)". Zootaxa, 4505(1), 1-84. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4505.1.1	Click Here	0.931
24	Gupta, R.K. and Saini, J. 2018. A new species of clepto-parasitic bee genus Sphecodes Latreille (Insecta, Hymenoptera) from Almora, Uttarakhand, India. Journal o f Environment and Bio- Science, 32(1): 113-114	Click Here	0.781
25	Giri, L., Harishchandra, P., Tiwary, A., Verma, R. K. and Kumar, K. (2018) “Connecting researchers for transformation in research culture". Current Science, Vol. 15, pp 377-378. (IF : 0.756)	Click Here	0.756
26	Rawat, D.S., S.S. Dash, B.K. Sinha, V. Kumar, A. Banerjee and P. Singh (2018). Community Structure and Regeneration Status of Tree Species in Eastern Himalaya: A Case Study from Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India. Taiwania 63 (1): 16-24.	Click Here	0.77
27	Kumar, H., Chandra, K. and Saini, J. 2018. A new species of genus Oxytauchira (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationali Pragae, 58(2): 495-498.	Click Here	0.623
28	Devi, M., Sharma, A., Navdeep, Saroea, S., Kohli, M. and Bhatt, A. K. (2018). “In vitro Study of Antimicrobial Activity of Tinospora cordifolia (Thunb.) Miers Plant Extracts against Selected Clinical Isolates”, Annals of Phytomedicine, 7, 76-80.	Click Here	0.565
29	Kumar, H., Chandra, K., Saini, J., Deepak, C.K. and Payra, A. 2018. First record of genus Mesambria Stal, 1878 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae) from India with description of a new species. Entomological news, 128(1): 39-48.	Click Here	0.437
30	Payra, A., Deepak, C. K., Saini, J. and Tripathy, B. 2018. First record of Pseudagrion pruinosum (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) from mainland India. Notulae odonatologicae, 9(1): 26-30. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.1230425 .	Click Here	0.439
31	Bisht, M., Sekar, K.C., Kant, R., Ambrish, K., Latwal, A., Sah, P. and Sharma, S., 2018. A cartographic representation of a timberline, treeline and woody vegetation around a Central Himalayan summit using remote sensing method. Tropical Ecology, 59(2), pp.177-186.	Click Here	0.462
32	Pandey, A., Rai, S. and Kumar, D., 2018. Changes in vegetation attributes along an elevation gradient towards timberline in Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim. Tropical Ecology, 59(2), pp.259-271 .	Click Here	0.462
33	Joshi, R.A.J.E.S.H., Sambhav, K. and Singh, S.P., 2018. Near surface temperature lapse rate for treeline environment in western Himalaya and possible impacts on ecotone vegetation. Tropical Ecology, 59(2), pp.197-209.	Click Here	0.462
34	Dutta, P.K. and Sundriyal, R.C. (2018). The easternmost timberline of the Indian Himalayan region: A socio-ecological assessment. Tropical Ecology, 59(2), pp.241-257.	Click Here	0.462
35	Rawal, R.S., Rawal, R., Rawat, B., Negi, V.S. and Pathak, R., 2018. Plant species diversity and rarity patterns along altitude range covering treeline ecotone in Uttarakhand: conservation implications. Tropical Ecology, 59(2), pp.225-239	Click Here	0.462
36	Adhikari, B.S., Kumar, R. and Singh, S.P., 2018. Early snowmelt impact on herb species composition, diversity and phenology in a western Himalayan treeline ecotone. Tropical Ecology, 59 (2), pp.365-382.	Click Here	0.462
37	Ahmad, M., Uniyal, S. K. and Singh, R. D. (2018). “Patterns of Alien Plant Species Richness Across Gradients of Altitude: Analyses from the Himalayan State of Himachal Pradesh”, Tropical Ecology, 59(1), 35-43.	Click Here	0.462
38	Nanda, S.A., Reshi, Z.A. and UL-HAQ, B.A.L., 2018. Taxonomic and functional plant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient through treeline ecotone in Kashmir. Tropical Ecology, 59(2), pp.211-224.	Click Here	0.462
39	Sah, P. and Sharma, S., (2018). Topographical characterization of high altitude timberline in the Indian Central Himalayan region. Tropical Ecology, 59(2), pp.187-196.	Click Here	0.462
40	Singh, P. and Negi, G.C.S., 2018. Treeline species phenology: shoot growth, leaf characteristics and nutrient dynamics. Tropical Ecology, 59(2), pp.297-311.	Click Here	0.462
41	Singh, P., Arya, V., Negi, G.C.S. and Singh, S.P., 2018. Expansion of Rhododendron campanulatum krummholz in the treeline ecotone in Tungnath, Garhwal Himalaya. Tropical Ecology, 59(2), pp.287-295.	Click Here	0.462
42	Singh, R.D., Tewari, P., Dhaila, P. and Tamta, K.K., 2018. Diversifying livelihood options of timberline resource dependent communities in Uttarakhand Himalayas: Conservation and development implications. Tropical Ecology, 59(2), pp.327-338.	Click Here	0.462
43	Singh U, Phulara M, David B,. Ranhotra PS*, Shekhar M, Bhattacharyya A, Dhyani R, Joshi R &. Pal A., 2018. Static tree line of Himalayan silver fir since last several decades at Tungnath, western Himalaya. Tropical Ecology, 59(2), pp.351-363.	Click Here	0.462
44	Tewari, A., Shah, S., Singh, N. and Mittal, A., 2018. Treeline species in Western Himalaya are not water stressed: a comparison with low elevation species. Tropical Ecology, 59(2).	Click Here	0.462
45	Tiwari, A. and Jha, P.K., 2018. An overview of treeline response to environmental changes in Nepal Himalaya. Tropical Ecology, 59(2), pp.273-285.	Click Here	0.462
46	Tripathy, B., Sajan, S., Sethy, P.G.S., Chatterjee, P. and Chandra, K. 2018. A new record expanding the range of Amphidromus sinensis (Benson, 1851) (Gastropoda: Camaenidae). FoliaMalacol., 26(4): 263-266	Click Here
47	Adhikari, P., Pandey, A., Agnihotri, V. and Pande, V (2018). “Selection of Solvent and Extraction Method for Determination of Antimicrobial Potential of Taxus wallichiana Zucc”, Research in Pharmacy, 8: 01-09.	Click Here
48	Bhardwaj, S. K., Aggarwal, R. K. and Kapoor, T. (2018). “Energy Consumption Pattern in different Agro-Climatic Zones in Rural Habitations of Western Himalayan Region, India”, Current World Environment, 13(3), 380-389.
49	Thakur, P. K. and Gosavi, V. E. (2018) “Estimation of temporal land surface temperature using thermal remote sensing of Landsat-8 (OLI) and Landsat-7 (ETM+): A study in Sainj river basin, Himachal Pradesh, India”, Environ. We Int. J. Sci. Tech. Vol. 13, pp 29-45.
50	Das, G. N., Gayen, S. and Jaiswal, R. K. (2018). “A Record of Blue Posy Drupadia scaeva cyara (Hewitson, 1878) (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Theclini) from Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10(2), 11348–11350.	Click Here	0.231
51	Khurshid, S. and Manzoor, S. (2018). “Role of Environmental Protection and Occupational Safety in Social Development: A Study of Ladakh”, International Journal of Research in Social Sciences & Humanities, 373-380.
52	Neha Karki, Himani Tiwari, Mintu Pal, Alok Chaurasia, Rajaram Bal, Penny Joshi,Nanda Gopal Sahoo (2018) Functionalized graphene oxides for drug loading, release and delivery of poorly water soluble anticancer drug: A comparative study. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces.	Click Here	4.389
53	Aasim Majeed, Amandeep Singh, Shruti Choudhary and Pankaj Bhardwaj. (2018) RNAseq-based phylogenetic reconstruction of Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae. Cladistics 1–8	Click Here	4.727

National Journals
S.no	Publication	Link	Impact Factor
54	Kunal, M. Zafar, H., Ujjwal, B., Pratibha and Gaurav, N. (2018). “Antioxidant Analysis of Essential Oils and Methanolic Extracts of Artemisia vulgaris”, International Journal of Agriculture Sciences, Vol. 10, 7, 5710-5713. (NAAS: 4.20)
55	Uniyal A. and Rawat G.S (2018) Energy-Food-Water; the fundamental provisioning services from the Himalayan forests: a case study from Dhauladhar mountain range, Western Himalaya, Indian Journal of Forestry, 41 (1) 17-26.
56	Saini J., Chandra, K., Kumar, H., Ghosh, D., Kazmi, S.I., Payra, A. and Deepak, C.K. (2018). Diversity of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in and around Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Records of the Zoological Survey o f India, 118(4):413-425.
57	Chatterjee, P., Mondal, K., Chandra, K. and Tripathy, B. 2018. First photographic evidence of Asian Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii (Vigors and Horsfield, 1827) from Neora valley National Park, Central Himalayas, India. Records o f the Zoological Survey o f India, 118(2): 128-132. DOI:10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/121437.
58	Das, D.S., D.S. Rawat, B.K. Sinha, P. Singh, D. Maity and S.S. Dash (2018). Contribution to the Flora of Great Himalayan National Park, Himachal Pradesh, Western Himalaya-II. Nelumbo 60(1): 26-37.
59	Kumar, H., Chandra, K., Ali, M. and Saini, J. 2018. On a collection of Acridoidea (Orthoptera) from Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Records of the Zoological Survey o f India, 118(4): 381-388.
60	Deepak Koujalagi, Arvind Singh Negi, A.S. Jeena and S.P. Singh. (2018).Genetic variability studies in barnyard millet (Echinochloa frumentacea) collection. Department of Genetic and plant breeding, G.B. Pant University of agriculture and technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand) CSAUAT – Agriculture Research Station, Kalai, Aligarh (U.P.). Progressive Research - An International Journal Volume 13(3) : 187-191
61	Arun Chettri, Aditya Pradhan, Ghanashyam Sharma, Bharat K. Pradhan and Dhani Raj Chhetri. (2018)Habitat Distribution Modelling of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae salicifolia D. Don.) in Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya, India. Indian Journal of Ecology 45(2):266 – 269.

Conference papers
S.no	Publication	Link	Impact Factor
62	D.S. Das, D.S. Rawat, S.S. Dash, B.K. Sinha & P. Singh. (2018). Plant diversity and tree community structure of Great Himalayan National Park, Himachal Pradesh, India. In: National seminar on Plant Viruses and Research in Plant Sciences organized by Department of Botany, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University. November 01–02, 2018. Abstracts
63	D.S. Rawat, D.S. Das, S.S. Dash, B.K. Sinha & P. Singh. (2018). Diversity, distribution, availability and food value of wild edible plants in Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. In: National Seminar on “Himalayan Plant Diversity: Taxonomy Conservation and Sustainable Utilization”. BSI Shillong, Meghalaya on dated March 8–9, 2018. p. 69. Abstracts
64	D.S. Das, Dinesh S. Rawat, S.S. Dash, B.K. Sinha & P. Singh. (2018). Socio-economic Dimensions of RET Plant Species from Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area, Kullu, Western Himalaya. In: National Seminar on "Himalayan Plant Diversity: Taxonomy Conservation and Sustainable Utilization". BSI Shillong, Meghalaya on dated March 8–9, 2018. pp. 108–109. Abstracts
65	S. Lahiri, S.S. Dash, A. Ghosh & B.K. Sinha. (2018). Diversity and Phyto-sociological status of less known medicinal Plants in Dzongri-Goecha La Track of West Sikkim. In: National Seminar on “Himalayan Plant Diversity: Taxonomy Conservation and Sustainable Utilization”. BSI Shillong, Meghalaya on dated March 8–9, 2018. pp. 58–59. Abstracts
66	V. Kumar, S.S. Dash, B.K. Sinha & P. Singh. (2018). Orchid Diversity of Eastern Himalaya with Special Reference to the Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh. In: National seminar on Plant Viruses and Research in Plant Sciences organized by Department of Botany, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University. November 01–02, 2018. Abstracts

Reports/Book Chapters/General Articles
S.no	Publication	Link	Impact Factor
67	Uniyal A. and Rawat G.S (2018). Valuing Nature’s Services: From Reverence to Reciprocation, Dream 2047, Vol. 20 (10), pp. 31-32.
68	Uniyal A. and Rawat G.S (2018). What is the Future of Water Governance in the Himalayas? Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 53, Issue No. 35.
69	D.S. Rawat, D.S. Das & N. Kumar. (2018). Great Himalayan Rashtriya Udhyan Kshetra Mai Vano Ka Ghatata Prakritik Punarjanan: Ek Chinta ka Viashay. Vanaspativani, 27: 1–16.
70	D.S. Rawat, D.S. Das, S.S. Dash & P. Tiwari. (2018). Bharat ke paschim Himalay mai stith vishva dharohar sthal: Great Himalayan National Park. Aviral Newsletter 01: 4–5.
71	Manoj Karakoti, Sandeep, Sunil Dhali, Sravendra Rana, Sanka Rama V. Siva Prasanna, S.P.S. Mehta, Nanda G. Sahoo.(2018) Surface Modification of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials for Polymer Nanocomposites. In: Carbon-Based Polymer Nanocomposites for Environmental and Energy Applications, Elsevier, Pages 27-56.
72	Ganhashyam Sharma, Santosh K. Chettri, Bharat K. Pradhan, Bindhya Subba (2017-18)Traditional practices of extraction of medicinal chuk from Rhus chinensis, and Hippophae salicifolia in the Sikkim Himalaya. PANDA VOL.10 ISSUE 4.
73	Gajendra Singh, Naveen Chandra, Shashank Lingwal, M.P.S. Bisht (2018). Bugyals of Uttarakhand: A repository of medicinal and aromatic plants. ENVIS Newsletter on Himalayan Ecology Vol. 15(3)