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National Mission on Himalayan Studies
Implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC)
Nodal and Serving hub with G.B. Pant "National Institute of Himalayan Environment"(NIHE)

Research Papers

Total Papers: 283 Nos.

Year 2021

CURRENT SCIENCE Special Edition
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CURRENT SCIENCE Volume 120 Number 5 (SPECIAL SECTION National Mission on Himalayan Studies)
International Peer-reviewed Journals
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Mustaqeem Ahmad, Padma Sharma, Sonia Rathee, Harminder P. Singh, Daizy R. Batish, Gowher R. Lone, Shalinder Kaur, Vikrant Jaryan, Ravinder Kumar Kohli, Niche width analyses facilitate identification of high-risk endemic species at high altitudes in western Himalayas, Ecological Indicators, 126 (107653). ISSN 1470-160X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107653. (IF: 4.229)
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Rathee, S., Ahmad, M., Sharma, P., Singh, H.P., Batish, D.R., Kaur, S., Kaur A., Yadav, S.S., Kohli, R.K. (2021). Biomass allocation and phenotypic plasticity are key elements of successful invasion of Parthenium hysterophorus at high elevation. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 184 (104392) (IF: 4.027)
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Naha, D., Dash, S.K., Kupferman, C. et al. (2021). Movement behavior of a solitary large carnivore within a hotspot of human-wildlife conflicts in India. Sci Rep 11, 3862. (IF: 3.998)
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Pandey, S., Karakoti, M., Surana, K. et al. (2021). Graphene nanosheets derived from plastic waste for the application of DSSCs and supercapacitors. Sci Rep 11, 3916. (IF: 3.998)
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Bit, A., Thakur, M., Singh, S.K. et al. (2021). Assembling mitogenome of Himalayan Black Bear (U. t. laniger) from low depth reads and its application in drawing phylogenetic inferences. Sci Rep 11, 730 (2021). (IF: 3.998).
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Adhikari P, Jain R, Sharma A, Pandey A. (2021). Plant Growth Promotion at Low Temperature by Phosphate-Solubilizing Pseudomonas Spp. Isolated from High-Altitude Himalayan Soil. Microb Ecol. 2021 Jan 29. doi: 10.1007/s00248-021-01702-1 (IF: 3.356).
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Dipankar Das, Priyambada Prakash, Prasanta K. Rout, and Sachin Bhaladhare (2021). Synthesis and Characterization of Superabsorbent Cellulose-Based Hydrogel for Agriculture Application Starch. https://doi.org/10.1002/star.201900284 (IF: 2.226).
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Joshi, B.D., Dalui, S., Singh, S.K. et al. (2021). Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh splits red panda into two phylogenetic species. Mamm Biol 101, 121–124 (2021). (IF: 1.595)
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Majeed, A., Singh, A. & Bhardwaj, P. (2021). Transcribing molecular and climatic data into conservation management for the Himalayan endangered species, Taxus contorta (Griff.). Conserv Genet 22, 53–66 (2021) (IF: 1.917)
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Abhinit Dey, Hrishikesh Choudhury, Abhishek Mazumder, Ratul Ch. Bharali, Kuldeep K. Lal & Dandadhar Sarma (2021). Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Fish Species Assemblage and Distribution in the Kameng River, Northeast India.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40011-020-01208-9 (IF: 0.57)
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Amandeep Singh, Aasim Majeed, Pankaj Bhardwaj (2021). Transcriptome characterization and generation of marker resource for Himalayan vulnerable species, Ulmuswallichiana. Molecular Biology Reports, 48: 721-729. (IF:2.107)
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BorkerShruti , Aman Thakur, Sanjeet Kumar et al. 2021. Comparative Genomics and Physiological Investigation Supported Safety, Cold Adaptation, Efficient Hydrolytic and Plant Growth-promoting Potential of PsychrotrophicGlutamicibacterArilaitensis LJH19, Isolated from Night-Soil Compost, BMC Genomics (2021) 22:307.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07632-z.( IF: 5.736)
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Avantika Thapa, Pujan Kumar Pradhan,Bheem Dutt Joshi,Tanoy Mukherjee,Mukesh Thakur,Kailash Chandra,Lalit Kumar Sharma. (2021) Non-protected areas demanding equitable conservation strategies as of protected areas in the Central Himalayan region. PLoS One. 2021; 16(8): e0255082.(If 3.24)
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Sofi, M.S., Rautela, K.S., Bhat, S.U., Rashid I., Kuniyal JC. (2021). Application of Geomorphometric Approach for the Estimation of Hydro-sedimentological Flows and Cation Weathering Rate: Towards Understanding the Sustainable Land Use Policy for the Sindh Basin, Kashmir Himalaya. Water Air Soil Pollution,73(1): 232, 280. DOI: 10.1007/s11270-021-05217-w.(if 2.489)
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Tanoy Mukherjee, Kailash Chandra (2021).Landscape-level habitat management plan through geometric reserve design for critically endangered Hangul (Cervus hanglu hanglu). Sci Total Environ 777:146031(IF 7.963)
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Kumar Ajay, Ambili Anoop (2021). Distribution and characteristics of microplastics and pathalate estres from a freshwater lake system in Lesser Himalayas. Chemosphere. 283:131132 (IF 7.086)
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Dash, S.K., Chettri, A., Naha, D., & Sathyakumar, S. (2021). First report of the Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus macrourus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae) from West Bengal, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 13(1): 17561-17563. (IF 0.5)
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Vandana Mehrwar, V. P. Uniyal (2021). Insect pest diversity of standing crops and traditional pest management in agricultural areas of Mandakini Valley, Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India . International journal of Horticulture, Agriculture and Food Science (IJHAF) ISSN: 2456-8635 [Vol-5, Issue-4, Jul-Aug, 2021] (IF 1.176)
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Komal Verma, Tahir Mehmood, Priyanka Uniyal, Rupam Kapoor, & Yash Pal Sharma (2021). Two new species of genus Lactarius (Russulaceae) from North-western Himalaya, India. Phytotaxa 500(4):253-265 (IF 1.171)
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L. Shylla, S. K. Barik,S. R. Joshi (2021) Characterization and bioremediation potential of native heavy metal tolerant bacteria isolated from rat hole coal mine environment. Archives of Microbiology volume 203, pages2379–2392(IF:1.884)
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Lily Shylla, Saroj Kanta Barik, Mukunda Dev Behera, Harsh Singh, Dibyendu Adhikari, Anamika Upadhyay, Namita Thapa, Kiranmay Sarma, Santa Ram Joshi (2021).Impact of heavy metals on water quality and indigenous Bacillus spp. prevalent in rat hole coal mines. 3 Biotech (11) 253(IF:1.798)
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Kumar R*, Borker SS, Thakur A, Thapa P, Kumar S, Mukhia S, Kumari A, Bhattacharya A, Kumar S. (2021). Physiological and genomic evidence supports the role of Serratia quinivorans PKL:12 as a potential biopriming agent for the biohardening of micropropagated Picrorhiza kurroa plantlets in cold regions. Genomics. 113 (3), 1448-1457. DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2021.03.019 [IF:5.736]
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Mukhia S, Khatri A, Acharya V and Kumar R*. (2021). Comparative genomics and molecular adaptational analysis of Arthrobacter from Sikkim Himalaya provided insights into its survivability under multiple high-altitude stress. Genomics. 113(1), 151-158. DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.12.001 [IF: 5.736]
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Baliyan N, Dindhoria K, Kumar A, Thakur A, Kumar R*. 2021. Comprehensive substrate-based exploration of probiotics from undistilled traditional fermented alcoholic beverage ‘Lugri.’ Frontiers in Microbiology. 12, 481. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.626964 [IF: 5.640]
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Dindhoria K, Kumar S and Kumar R* (2021) Taxonomic and functional analysis of proglacial water bodies of Triloknath glacier ecosystem from North-Western Himalayas. Ecological Informatics. [IF:3.142]. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101365
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Thakur A, Kumari S, Borker SS, Prashant SP, Kumar R*. (2021). Solid waste management in Indian Himalayan Region: Current scenario, resource recovery, and way forward for sustainable development. Frontiers in Energy Research. 9, 6. DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2021.609229) [IF: 4.008]
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Amandeep Singh, Aasim Majeed, Pankaj Bhardwaj. (2021) Transcriptome characterization and generation of marker resource for Himalayan vulnerable species, Ulmus wallichiana. Molecular Biology Reports volume 48, pages721–729 (IF : 2.316)
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A Kumar, S. Shashni, P. Kumar, D. Pant, Ashok Singh, R.K.Verma.2021. Phytochemical constituents, distribution and traditional usages of Arnebia euchroma: a review. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 271: 113896 (IF:3.69) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.113896
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Sudhanu Sekhar Dash,Samiran Panday, Dinesh Singh Rawat, Vikas Kumar, Subhajit Lahiri, Bipin Kumar Sinha and Paramjit Singh (2021) Quantitative assessment of vegetation layers in tropical evergreen forests of Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalaya, India. Current Science 120(5):850-858. DOI:10.18520/cs/v120/i5/850-858 (IF:1.1)
National Journals
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Sankhyan, H.P.,Thakur, S., Kumar. S, Karishma and Prachi (2021). Analysis of qualitative characteristics among and between populations of Grewia optiva Drummond (Beul). International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies; 8(1): 76-82 (NAAS: 4)
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Kuniyal, Jagdish Chandra & Kanwar, Nidhi &Bhoj, Ajay &Rautela, Kuldeep & Joshi, Pramod & Kumar, Kireet&Mohd, Sharjeel & Sofi, Mohd& Bhat, Sami & Rashid, Irfan & Lodhi, Mahindra &Chingsubam, Anniebesant& Singh, Huidrom. (2021). Climate change impacts on glacier-fed and non-glacier-fed ecosystems of the Indian Himalayan Region: people's perception and adaptive strategies. Current Science. 120. 888-899. 10.18520/cs/v120/i5/888-899. (IF: 0.756)
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Chauhan, Mona; Uniyal, V. P.; Chandra, Agni; Thakur, Pooja; Mehrwar, Vandana. (2021). Preliminary assessment and conservation of insect pollinators through community participation in the Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, India.Current Science (00113891), Vol. 120 Issue 5, p883-887. 5p. (IF: 1.1)
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Naveen Chandra, Gajendra Singh, Shashank Lingwal, ID Rai, LM Tewari. Alpine Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in the Western Himalaya, India: An ecological Review. Indian Journal of Ecology (2021) 48(2): 319-331(IF 0.54)
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Rifat H. Raina, Aejaz H. Parrey, Kailash Chandra and Sajad A. Khan. (2021). New distributional records of Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Bangus Valley in North Kashmir of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Rec. zool. Surv. India: Vol. 121(2)/261–267
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Prosanta Hazarika, Clerissa Handique and Protul Hazarika (2021) Documentation of Edible Plants in Homesteads of KhamptiTribe, Namsai District, and Arunachal Pradesh, India. Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci. (2021). 8(7): 64-80
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Lahiri S. S.S. Dash (2021). Lectotypification of the name Allium prattii (Amaryllidaceae). Journal of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) Vol. 31(1): 42–43.doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.01.08
Conference Proceedings
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Dash. S. and Choudhury, S. (2021). Adopting Sustainable Farming: Implications of Renewable Energy and ICT. IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 1020 012018. (IF: 0.503).
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Athira, R., Paridab, A., S. Choudhury, S. (2021). Significance of Renewable Energy for Empowering Cooperative-Farming Sector in Majuli Island of India. IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 1020 012021. (IF: 0.503).
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Dash, S., Dash, K.K., Choudhury, S. (2021). Evaluation of energy efficiency and moisture diffusivity for convective drying of large cardamom. IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 1020 012016. (IF: 0.503).
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Hatiboruah, J., Pant, R.J., Choudhury, S. (2021). Reinforcing Livelihood by Interdependency of HR Capacity ICT: Relevance to Multi-cropping practice system in Indian Eastern Himalaya. IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 1020 012014. (IF: 0.503).
Reports/Book Chapters/General Articles
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Williams, Paul & Jepsen, Sarina. (2021). IUCN Bumblebee Specialist Group Annual Report 2020.
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Naulak, Thangsuanlian & Pradhan, Sunita. (2021). Clouded leopard and marbled cat in socio-ecological landscape of Sikkim India. CATnews. 72. 21-23.
Year 2020

International Peer-reviewed Journals
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Ji Y, Li X, Ji T, Tang J, Qiu L, Hu J, Dong J, Luo S, Liu S, Frandsen PB, Zhou X, Parey SH, Li L, Niu Q, Zhou X. Gene reuse facilitates rapid radiation and independent adaptation to diverse habitats in the Asian honeybee. Sci Adv. 2020 Dec 18;6(51):eabd3590. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abd3590. (IF: 13.11)
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Mukherjee, T., Sharma, L. K., Kumar, V., Sharief, A., Dutta, R., Kumar, M., & Chandra, K. (2020). Adaptive spatial planning of protected area network for conserving the Himalayan brown bear. Science of The Total Environment, 142416 (IF: 6.551).
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Ahmad, M., Uniyal, S.K., Batish, D.R., Singh, H.P., Jaryan, V., Rathee, S., Sharma, P. and Kohli, R.K., 2020. Patterns of plant communities along vertical gradient in Dhauladhar Mountains in Lesser Himalayas in North-Western India. Science of The Total Environment, 716, p.136919 (IF: 6.551).
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Distribution modelling and climate change risk assessment strategy for rare Himalayan Galliformes species using archetypal data abundant cohorts for adaptation planning. Priyamvada Bagaria, Avantika Thapa, Lalit kumar Sharma, Bheem Dutt Joshi, Hemant Singh, Chandra Maya Sharma, Joyashree Sarma, Mukesh Thakur, Kailesh Chandra Climate Risk Management. (IF: 4.904)
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Singh, H., Kumar, N., Kumar, M., & Singh, R. (2020). Modelling habitat suitability of western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus) a range-restricted vulnerable bird species of the Himalayan region, in response to climate change. Climate Risk Management, 29, 100241 (IF: 4.904).
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Dubey, S. and Goyal, M.K., 2020. Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Hazard, Downstream Impact, and Risk over the Indian Himalayas. Water Resources Research, 56(4), p.e2019WR026533 (IF: 4.36).
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Romshoo, S. A., Bashir, J., & Rashid, I. (2020). Twenty-first century-end climate scenario of Jammu and Kashmir Himalaya, India, using ensemble climate models. Climatic Change, 1-19 (IF: 4.134).
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Dalui, S., Khatri, H., Singh, S.K. et al. (2020) Fine-scale landscape genetics unveiling contemporary asymmetric movement of red panda (Ailurus fulgens) in Kangchenjunga landscape, India. Sci Rep 10, 15446. (IF: 3.998)
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Geological and Pleistocene glaciations explain the demography and disjunct distribution of red panda (A. fulgens) in eastern Himalayas. Supriyo Dalui,Sujeet Kumar Singh,Bheem Dutt Joshi,Avijit Ghosh,Shambadeb Basu,Hiren Khatri,Lalit Kumar Sharma,Kailesh Chandra & Mukesh Thakur. Scientific Reports (IF: 3.998)
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Naha, D., Dash, S. K., Chettri, A., Chaudhary, P., Sonker, G., Heurich, M., & Sathyakumar, S. (2020). Landscape predictors of human–leopard conflicts within multi-use areas of the Himalayan region. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-12 (IF: 3.998).
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Adhikari, P., & Pandey, A. (2020). Bioprospecting plant growth promoting endophytic bacteria isolated from Himalayan yew (Taxus wallichiana Zucc.). Microbiological Research, 239, 126536 (IF: 3.970).
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Joshi, B. D., Kaur, H., Kumar, M., Thakur, M., Sharma, L.K., Chandra, K. (2020). Biological Research Is Climate Change Allowing the Asiatic Black Bear to Inhabit a Trans- Himalayan Valley of Himachal Pradesh (India)? Biological Research (IF: 3.092)
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Dasila, Khashti, Anita Pandey, Sher S. Samant, and Veena Pande. "Endophytes associated with Himalayan silver birch (Betula utilis D. Don) roots in relation to season and soil parameters." Applied Soil Ecology 149 (2020): 103513 (IF: 3.600).
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Dhakal, P., Chettri, B., Lepcha, S. and Acharya, B.K., (2020). Rich yet undocumented ethnozoological practices of socio-culturally diverse indigenous communities of Sikkim Himalaya, India. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 249, p.112386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2019.112386. (IF: 3.414)
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Pamei, M., Naresh, G., Dutta, D. and Puzari, A., 2020 Accessibility of safe drinking water in greater Dimapur area of Nagaland and related health hazards: an analytical study. International Journal of Energy and Water Resources volume 4, pages245–255(2020) (IF: 3.136)
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Masoodi, H. U. R., & Sundriyal, R. C. (2020). Richness of non-timber forest products in Himalayan communities—diversity, distribution, use pattern and conservation status. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 16(1), 1-15 (IF: 2.842).
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Sahoo, S. K., Ajilesh, P. P., Gouda, K. C., & Himesh, S. (2020). Impact of land-use changes on the genesis and evolution of extreme rainfall event: a case study over Uttarakhand, India. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 1-12 (IF: 2.882).
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Bagaria, P., Sharma, L.K., Joshi, B.D., Kumar, H., Mukherjee, T., Thakur, M., Chandra, K. (2020) West to east shift in range predicted for Himalayan Langur in climate change scenario. Global Ecology and Conservation. doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e00926. (IF: 2.751).
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Joshi, B.D., Sharief, A., Kumar, V., Kumar, M., Dutta, R., Devi, R., Singh, A., Thakur, M., Sharma, L.K. and Chandra, K., 2020. Field testing of different methods for monitoring mammals in Trans-Himalayas: A case study from Lahaul and Spiti. Global Ecology and Conservation, 21, p.e00824. (IF:2.751).
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Jyrwa, J.D., Joshi, B.D., Mayi, Y., Nipa, M., Anga, N., Pali, M., Thakur, M., Chandra, K. and Sharma, L.K., 2020. Dimensions of changing perception towards wildlife conservation in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalayas. Global Ecology and Conservation, p.e01265 (IF: 2.526).
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Naha, D., Dash, S.K., Chettri, A., Roy, A. and Sathyakumar, S., 2020. Elephants in the neighborhood: patterns of crop-raiding by Asian elephants within a fragmented landscape of Eastern India. PeerJ, 8, p.e9399 (IF: 2.38).
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Singh, A., Priyambada, P., Jabin, G., Singh, S. K., Joshi, B. D., Venkatraman, C.,. & Thakur, M. (2020). Pangolin Indexing System: implications in forensic surveillance of large seizures. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 134(5), 1613-1618 (IF: 2.222).
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Assessment of forest fragmentation in a traditional shifting agricultural landscape in Senapati District of Manipur, Northeast India Ahanthem Rebika Devi, C. Sudhakar Reddy & Tuisem Shimrah Environment Development and sustainability. (IF: 2.191)
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Devi, A. R., Reddy, C. S., & Shimrah, T. (2020). Assessment of forest fragmentation in a traditional shifting agricultural landscape in Senapati District of Manipur, Northeast India. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-13. (IF: 2.191)
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Influence of altitude on secondary metabolites, antioxidants, and antimicrobial activities of Himalayan yew (Taxus wallichiana) Priyanka Adhikari , Kuldeep Joshi , Mithilesh Singh & Anita Pandey. Plant Biosystems (IF: 1.787)
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Jugran, A. K., Rawat, S., Bhatt, I. D., & Rawal, R. S. (2020). Essential oil composition, phenolics and antioxidant activities of Valeriana jatamansi at different phenological stages. Plant Biosystems, 1-8 (IF: 1.787).
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Gouda, K. C., Nahak, S., & Goswami, P. (2020). Deterministic Seasonal Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts: Benchmark Skill with a GCM. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 1-14 (IF: 1.460).
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Banerjee, A., Dimri, A. P., & Kumar, K. (2020). Rainfall over the Himalayan foot-hill region: Present and future. Journal of Earth System Science, 129(1), 1-16. (IF: 1.10)
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Dey, A., Choudhury, H., Mazumder, A., Bharali, R.C., Thaosen, S. and Sarma, D., (2020) Psilorhynchus kamengensis, a new species of fish (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from northeast India. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3694.4.6 (IF: 0.955)
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Sushanto, G., Ht, D., Abinash, P., & Solanki, G.S. (2020). Impact of shifting cultivation on mammalian diversity and distribution in fringe areas of Dampa tiger reserve, Mizoram, India. Environment Conservation Journal, 21(1&2), 103-115 (IF: 0.914).
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Das, D.S., D.S. Rawat, D. Maity, S.S. Dash and B.K. Sinha (2020). Species Richness Patterns of Different Life-Forms along Altitudinal Gradients in the Great Himalayan National Park, Western Himalaya, India. Taiwania 65(2): 154‒162). (IF: 0.77).
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Dutta, R., Ahmed, A.M., Pokhrel, H., Sarmah, R., Nath, D., Mudoi, L.P., Baruah, D., Bhagabati, S.K. and Songtheng, P., (2020) First report of an endangered silurid catfish, Pterocryptis barakensis (Siluridae) from Brahmaputra drainage, North Eastern Himalayan region of India. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.14042 (IF: 0.614).
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Taran, M., Deb, S. (2020) Utilization Pattern of Macrophytes in Rudrasagar Lake, a Ramsar Site in India. Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences 8(4):179-186 (IF: 0.740).
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David Lalrochunga, Adikanda Parida & Shibabrata Choudhury (2020) Sustainability of UAVs in developing countries: Prospects and challenges, Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography, 23:1, 237-248, DOI: 10.1080/09720529.2020.1721887
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Assessment of water quality status of river Kopili, in Karbi Anglong district of Assam using water quality index Dipanka Nath, Rajdeep Dutta, Sarada Kanta Bhagabati, Raktim Sarmah, Hemanta Pokhrel, Abdul Malik Ahmed and Lawonu Prasad Mudoi. International Journal of Chemical Studies (IF: 0.565).
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Singh, S. P., Gumber, S., Singh, R. D., & Singh, G. (2020). How many tree species are in the Himalayan treelines and how are they distributed? Tropical Ecology, 61(3), 317-327 (IF: 0.462).
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Vanlalsiammawii, Remruatpuii, V.L. Malsawmhriatzuali, Lalmuansanga, Gospel Zothanmawia Hmar, Saisangpuia Sailo, Ht. Decemson, Lal Biakzuala & H.T. Lalremsanga (2020) An additional record of the Tamdil leaf litter frog Leptobrachella tamdil (Sengupta et al, 2010) from Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(8): 15951–15954 (IF: 0.231)
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Bashir, E., Mahajan, R., Mir, R.A., Dar, W.A. and Zargar, S.M. (2020), Unravelling the genetic variability and population structure of buckwheat (Fagopyrum spp.): a collection of north western Himalayas. The Nucleus.
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Bashir, H., Bashir, Z., Mahajan, R., Nazir, M., Mir, R. A., Nehvi, F. A., & Zargar, S. M. (2020). Molecular characterization and insights into the origin of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) landraces of north western Himalayas. The Nucleus, 1-9.
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Naulak, T. and Pradhan, S., 2020. A checklist of mammals with historical records from Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya landscape, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(11), pp.16434-16459 (IF: 0.231).
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Pradhan, A. and Khaling, S., 2020. Butterfly diversity in an organic tea estate of Darjeeling Hills, eastern Himalaya, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(11), pp.16521-16530 (IF: 0.231).
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Jyoti Hati Boruah, Rajive Mohan Pant & Shibabrata Choudhury (2020). Sustainable livelihood by HR capacity building in multicropping practices of Indian Eastern Himalayan region: A case study, Journal of Statistics and Management Systems, 23:2, 277-284.
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Abhinit Dey., H, Choudhury., A. Mazumder., R. C. Bharali., S. Thaosen & D. Sarma (2020). Psilorhynchus kamengensis, a new fish species (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from northeast India. Vertebrate Zoology. (Senckenberg). Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung. 70(2): 101–110. (IF 1.167)
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Abhinit Dey., H, Choudhury., A. Mazumder., R. C. Bharali., K. K. Lal & D. Sarma (2020). Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Fish Species Assemblage and Distribution in the Kameng River, Northeast India. Proceedings of National Academy of Science India, Section B: Biological Science.(IF 0.95)
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Gajendra Singh, Naveen Chandra, Shashank Lingwal, MPS Bisht, LM Tewari (2020).Distribution and threats assessment of endemic and endangered species Angelica glauca in high range of Western Himalaya. Journal of Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants. ISSN: 1049-6475 (Print) 1540-3580 (IF 0.778)
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Sudeep Chandra, Vaishali Chandola and MC Nautiyal. (2020) Elevated CO2 causes earlier flowering in an alpine medicinal herb Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. Current Science 118:1650-1651 (IF 1.1)
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Majeed, Aasim & Singh, Amandeep & Bhardwaj, Pankaj. (2021). Transcribing molecular and climatic data into conservation management for the Himalayan endangered species, Taxus contorta (Griff.). Conservation Genetics. 22. 3. 10.1007/s10592-020-01319-w. (IF 1.917)
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Aasim Majeed, Harpreet Kaur, and Pankaj Bhardwaj. (2020) Selection constraints determine preference for A/U-ending codons in Taxus contorta. Genome (IF: 2.037)
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Aasim Majeed,Amandeep Singh,Ram Kumar Sharma,Vikas Jaitak,Pankaj Bhardwaj (2020) Comprehensive temporal reprogramming ensures dynamicity of transcriptomic profile for adaptive response in Taxus contorta . Molecular Genetics and Genomics volume 295, pages1401–1414(IF: 3.291)
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Subhajit Lahiri, Sudhansu Sekhar Dash , Monalisa Das & Bipin Kumar Sinha.(2020) Didymocarpus bhutanicus W.T. Wang (Gesneriaceae): a new addition to the herbs of India. Journal of Threatened Taxa (IF: 0.264)
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Subhajit and Sudhansu Sekhar (2020) Lectotypification of Three Names in the Genus Gentiana (Gentianaceae) of Sikkim, India. Journal of Japanese Botany 95(2):106-110(IF:0.128)
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Sudipta Kumar Das,Dinesh Singh Rawat,Sudhansu Sekhar Dash,Arnab Banerjee,Bipin Kumar Sinha,Paramjit Singh (2020) Moss inhabiting diatoms as ecological indicators in Neora Valley National Park (Eastern Himalaya), India. Tropical Ecology 61(2):226–237 (IF: 0.850)
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Anita Sengar, Vinay Sharma, Rajat Agrawal, Alka Dwivedi, Prasoom Dwivedi, Kapil Joshi, Gaurav Dixit, Pankaj Kumar Sharma, Mohit Barthwal. (2020) Prioritization of barriers to energy generation using pine needles to mitigate climate change:Evidence from India. Journal of Cleaner Production 275(4):123840 (IF: 9.297)
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S. V. Pasha, Mukunda D. Behera, S. K. Mahawar, S. K. Barik, S. R. Joshi (2020). Assessment of shifting cultivation fallows in Northeastern India using Landsat imageries. Tropical Ecology volume 61, pages65–75(IF: 0.850)
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Naha, D., Dash, S. K., & Sathyakumar, S. (2020). Inaccurate methods and erroneous conclusions drawn on human-leopard coexistence in India–Response to Puri et al., 2020 “The balancing act: Maintaining leopard–wild prey equilibrium could offer economic benefits to people in a shared forest landscape of central India”. Ecological Indicators, 117, 106632. (IF:4.958)
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Naha, D., Dash, S. K., Chettri, A., Roy, A., & Sathyakumar, S. (2020). Elephants in the neighbourhood: patterns of crop-raiding by Asian elephants within a fragmented landscape of Eastern India. PeerJ, 8, e9399. (IF:2.984)
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Naha, D., Chaudhary, P., Sonker, G., & Sathyakumar, S. (2020). Effectiveness of non-lethal predator deterrents to reduce livestock losses to leopard attacks within a multiple-use landscape of the Himalayan region. c, 8, e9544. (IF:2.984)
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Md. Sofi, S., Bhat, S. U., Rashid, I. and Kuniyal, J. C. (2020). The natural flow regime: A master variable for maintaining river ecosystem health. Ecohydrology, 13(8): e2247. DOI:10.1002/eco.2247. (IF:2.767)
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Sofi, MS, Bhat, SU, Subramanian, KA, Sabha, I, Rashid, I, Kuniyal, JC (2020), Deuterophlebia Edwards, 1922 (Diptera: Deuterophlebiidae) An Enigmatic Primitive Dipteral (Insecta) from Kashmir Himalaya, Halteres, 11: 94 – 97. Doi:10.5281/zenodo.4405937. (IF:0.42)
National Journals
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Traditional Ethno-veterinary knowledge prevalent amongst the Karbi tribe residing in Karbi Anglong, Assam, India. Ajay Kumar, Partha Protim Das, Ankur Jyoti Saikia, Kuntala N. Barua.
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Verma, A. K., Prasad, S. B., Rongpi, T. & Arjun, J. (2014). Traditional healing with animals (zootherapy) by the major ethnic group of Karbi Anglong district of Assam, India. International journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical sciences, 6(8), 593-600
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Thapa, A., Singh, A., Pradhan, P.K., Chandra K. (2020) Is the Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus moving higher up in the mountains? Indian Birds 15(6):177-179
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Sankhyan, H. P. (2020). Variation in morphological descriptors among different populations of Grewia optiva Drummond (Beul) in Himachal Pradesh. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 9(5), 249-254 (NAAS: 5.21)
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Jishtu, V., Singh L., Kumar P., Kumar, R., Bhondge, S.W., and Kaur M. (2020) Traditional use of Non-Timber Forest Products in Kwar region of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, NW India. Journal of Traditional and Folk Practices; 07 (1&2).
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Tabassum, AS Jeena , Arvind Singh and Deepak Kaujalagi .(2020).Genetic diversity analysis of Brassica rapa germplasm collected from Uttarakhand hills. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 9(2): 2398-2401
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Tabassum, AS Jeena, Arvind Singh Negi and Deepak Kaujalagi. (2020).Morphological evaluation and variability analysis of Brassica rapa germplasm accessions collected from Uttarakhand Hills. Journal of Oilseed Brassica, 11 (2) : 139-142,(NAAS 4.7)
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Dash S.S., Lahiri S., Ghosh A. & B.K. Sinha. (2020) Notes on two lesser known Codonopsis (Campanulaceae) from eastern Himalaya, India. Rheedea 30(2):286 (IF: 0.09)
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S. S. Dash,Subhajit Lahiri,Pamela Saha,Asok Ghosh,B. K. Sinha (2020) Splachnobryum (Splachnobryaceae A.K. Kop.) a New Generic Record to the Mosses of Sikkim Himalaya, India. National Academy Science Letters volume 43, pages567–571(IF: 0.416)
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Rautela, K. S., Kuniyal, J. C., Kanwar, N. and Bhoj, A.S. (2020). Estimation of Steam Hydraulic Parameters and sediment load in river Neola in the foothills of the Panchchuli glacier during the Ablation period. Journal of Himalayan Ecology and Sustainable Development, 15: 114-125. ISSN 0973-7502.
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Bui, Y., Lodhi, M. S., Chand, K. and Kuniyal, J. C. (2020). Public awareness, concerns and perceptions about Anthropogenic impacts and climate change in Ranganadi river basin, Arunachal Pradesh, India. International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, 26(4): 0127- 0133. DOI: 10.19080/IJESNR.2020.26.556195. (IF:1.209)
Conference Proceedings
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Ranjan, P., & Kumar Pandey, P. (2020). Reviving, Development and Protection of Springs to Increase Water Security in the Himalayan Region. Development and Protection of Springs to Increase Water Security in the Himalayan Region (January 9, 2020). Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computers & Management Skills (ICCM 2019) | North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
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R, Athira and Parida, Adikanda and Choudhury, Shibabrata, Proposed Cooperative Farming as a Catalyst to Livelihood Augmentation for the Marginal Farmers in Majuli Island (January 1, 2020). Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Information Systems & Management Science (ISMS) 2019 | Tripura University, Agartala, Tripura, India, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3512400 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3512400
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Gaurav Dixit, Kapil Kumar Joshi and Vinay Sharma. (2020) ICT Platform-Enabled Socio-Economic Ecosystem in Himalayan Villages of India: The Case of a Forest Protection and Renewable Energy Production Project. Re-imagining Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology and Systems: A Continuing Conversation. IFIP WG 8.6 International Conference on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2020, Tiruchirappalli, India, December 18–19, 2020, Proceedings, Part II. https://ssrn.com/abstract=3512400 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3512400
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Parmar S, Kanwal KS, Ghoshal S & Singh RK (2020). Population Assessment and Conservation of Endangered Himalayan Yew (Taxus contorta Griff.) in North-Western Himalaya: An Ecological Niche Approach” in International Conference on "Indian Himalayan Region (IHR): People, Environment and Sustainability" organized by NIRD& NERC, Guwahati, GBPNIHE & ICIMOD, Nepal on March 09, 2021.
Other Publications
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जगदीप सिंह, स्वामी प्रशांत, सरका कुमार, श्रुत सिनाई बोरकर, राक कुमार* उच्च स्तर तुगता क्षेत्रों में रात की मिट्टी की खाद और जैविक खेती का संरक्षण आवश्यकता: एक समीक्षा (2020) Bharatiya Vaigyanik evam Audyogik Anusandhan Patrika (BVAAP) 28(2), 132-139 (URL:http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/56371)
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Pradhan, S., Limboo, A.H. & Naulak, T. (2020). Bats in Sikkim-Darjeeling Himalaya: research and Conservation. PANDA Envis Sikkim Newsletter 12(4): 20-22. 8.Naulak, T. & Pradhan, S. (2020).
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Clouded leopard and marbled cat in the socio-ecological landscape of Sikkim, India CAT news 72 (Winter 2020): 21 -23
Year 2019

International Peer-reviewed Journals
1

Mittal, D., Shukla, R., Verma, S., Sagar, A., Verma, K. S., Pandey, A.. & Saini, A. K. (2019). Fire in pine grown regions of Himalayas depletes cultivable plant growth promoting beneficial microbes in the soil. Applied Soil Ecology, 139, 117-124. (IF: 3.445)
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Mittal, D., Shukla, R., Verma, S., Sagar, A., Verma, K.S., Pandey, A., Negi, Y.S., Saini, R.V. and Saini, A.K., 2019. Fire in pine grown regions of Himalayas depletes cultivable plant growth promoting beneficial microbes in the soil. Applied Soil Ecology, 139, pp.117-124. (IF: 3.187)
3

Singh, S. P., Sharma, S., & Dhyani, P. P. (2019). Himalayan arc and treeline: distribution, climate change responses and ecosystem properties. Biodiversity and Conservation, 28(8-9), 1997-2016 (IF: 2.935).
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Naha, D., Sathyakumar, S., Dash, S., Chettri, A. and Rawat, G.S., 2019. Assessment and prediction of spatial patterns of human-elephant conflicts in changing land cover scenarios of a human-dominated landscape in North Bengal. PloS one, 14(2), p.e0210580 (IF: 2.78)
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Sharma, A., Thakur, D., & Uniyal, S. K. (2019). Plant-derived utility products: knowledge comparison across gender, age and education from a tribal landscape of western Himalaya. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 15(1), 67. (IF: 2.273)
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Sharief, A., Joshi, B.D., Kumar, V., Kumar, M., Dutta, R., Sharma, C., Thapa, A., Rana, H.S., Mukherjee, T., Singh, A. and Thakur, M., 2019. Identifying Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) conservation areas in Lahaul Valley, Himachal Pradesh. Global Ecology and Conservation, p.e00900. (IF: 2.75)
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Naudiyal, N., Arunachalam, K., Kumar, U. (2019). “The Future of Mountain Agriculture amidst Continual Farm exit, Livelihood Diversification and Outmigration in the Central Himalayan Villages”, Journal of Mountain Science, 16(4), 755-768. (IF: 1.423)
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Pandey, S., Karakoti, M., Chaudhary, N., Gupta, S., Kumar, A., Dhali, S., Patra, A., Singh, R.K. and Sahoo, N.G., 2020. Single Step Blending of PEDOT: PSS/SPGO Nanocomposite via Low Temperature Solid Phase Addition of Graphene Oxide for Effective Hole Transport Layer in Organic Solar Cells. Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, 20(6), pp.3888-3895. (IF: 1.354)
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Banerjee, A. and Dimri, A.P., (2019). Comparative analysis of two rainfall retrieval algorithms during extreme rainfall event: a case study on cloudburst, 2010 over Ladakh (Leh), Jammu and Kashmir. Natural Hazards, 97(3), pp.1357-1374. (IF: 2.319)
10

Bhutia, Y., Gudasalamani, R., Rengaian Ganesan, R. and Saha, S. (2019). “Assessing Forest Structure and Composition along the Altitudinal Gradient in the State of Sikkim, Eastern Himalayas, India”, Forests, 10, 633; doi:10.3390/f10080633. (IF: 2.116).
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Adhikari, P. and Pandey, A. (2019). “Phosphate Solubilization Potential of Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Taxus wallichiana Zucc. Roots”. Rhizosphere, 9, 2-9 (IF: 2.079).
12

Kashyap, R., Sharma, R. and Uniyal, S. K. (2019). “Distribution of Heavy Metals in Habitation Land use Soils with High Ecological Risk in Urban and Peri urban Areas”, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. DOI/10.1007/s13762-018-02203-4. (IF: 2.037).
13

Deepak, C.K., Payra, A., Tripathy, B. and Chandra, K. (2019). Observation on rapid physiological color change in Rhacophorus smaragdinus (Blyth, 1852) from Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Herpetozoa, 32: 95-99 (IF: 1.125).
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Choudhury, H., Dey, A., Bharali, R.C., Sarma, D. and Vishwanath, W., 2019. A new species of stone loach (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae: Schistura) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa, 4551(1), pp.40-52. (IF: 0.955)
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Kaur, S., Pandheer, M.S. and Chandra, K. 2019. First description of male of the type species Parosmylus prominens Needham, 1909 (Neuroptera: Osmylidae) from India. Zootaxa, 4604(2): 395-400 (IF: 0.955).
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Kaur, S., Pandher, M.S. and Chandra, K. 2019. Description of the male of Distoleon sambalpurensis Ghosh, 1984 (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) from India. Zootaxa, 4661(3): 587-593. (IF: 0.955).
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Kumar, H., Chandra, K. and Saini, J. 2019. A new species of Xestophrys Redtenbacher, 1891 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from India. Zootaxa, 4652 (2): 397­400. (IF: 0.955).
18

Singh, N., Bhattacharyya, K., Volynkin, A. and Chandra, K. (2019). A New Species of Cyana (Elwes, 1890) from lndia, Zootaxa. 4603(2):365-376 (IF: 0.931)
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Kundu, Shantanu, Vikas Kumar, Kaomud Tyagi, Shibananda Rath, Avas Pakrashi, Phakir Chandra Saren, Kosygin Laishram, and Kailash Chandra. "Mitochondrial DNA identified bat species in northeast India: electrocution mortality and biodiversity loss." Mitochondrial DNA Part B 4, no. 2 (2019): 2454-2458. (IF: 0.885)
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Kumar, V., Kundu, S., Chakraborty, R., Sanyal, A., Raha, A., Sanyal, O., Ranjan, R., Pakrashi, A., Tyagi, K. and Chandra, K. (2019) “DNA Barcoding of Geometridae Moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera): a Preliminary Effort from Namdapha National Park, Eastern Himalaya”. Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources, 4(1), 309-315. (IF: 0.885).
21

Dewan, S., Darnal, N., Kumar Acharya, B., Subramanian, K.A., Chettri, B. and Jins, V.J., (2019). Effectiveness of organic terrace rice cultivation in conservation of odonates in Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya, India. International Journal of Odonatology, 22(3-4), pp.207-222. (IF: 0.86)
22

Sajan, S., Tripathy, B., Chandra, K. and Sivakumar, K. 2019. A new species of the genus Macrochlamys Gray, 1847 (Stylommatophora: Ariophantidae) from Western Himalaya, India. Journal of Natural History. 53(13-14):797-813 (IF: 0.834).
23

Haider, S.Z., Lohani, H., Naik, G., Chauhan, D., Chauhan, N. (2019). Chromatographic fingerprinting of Artemisia vulgaris L. grown in various locations of Uttarakhand Himalaya, India. Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants, 22(6): 1509- 1518. (IF: 0.824)
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Chauhan, N.K., Bhandari, U., Lohani, H., Haider, S.Z., Sah, S. (2019) Chromatographic fingerprinting of essential oil from aerial parts of Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng. grown in various locations of Uttarakhand Himalaya, India. Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants, 22(4): 1082-1092 (2019) (IF: 0.760).
25

Bandyopadhyay, U., Raha, A., Sanyal, A. K., Gayen, S. and Chandra, K. (2019). “Description of a New Species of Donda Moore, 1882 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Pantheinae) from the Western Himalayas, India”, Entomological News. (Accepted) (IF: 0.437).
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Bhattacharyya, K. and Chandra, K. (2019). “First record of Yponomeuta antistatica (Meyrik, 1931) (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) from lndia”. Entomological News, (Accepted) (IF : 0.437)
27

Kumar, V., S. Panday, S.S. Dash, B. K. Sinha and P. Singh (2019). Extended distribution of the vulnerable Cooper’s Stone Flower Corallodiscus cooperi (Gesneriaceae) in India. J. Threat. Taxa 11 (9): 14224-1422 (IF: 0.440).
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Qadir, J. Sultan Bhat, M. Alam, A. and Rashid, I. (2019). “Mapping Groundwater Potential Zones using Remote Sensing and GIS Approach in Jammu Himalaya, Jammu and Kashmir”, GeoJournal. DOI: org/10.1007/s10708-019-(IF09981-5. (IF: 0.457)
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Kumar, H., Chandra, K. and Saini, J. 2019. A new genus of subfamily Oxyinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from Indian Himalaya. Transactions o f the American Entomological Society, 145: 19-24 (IF : 0.365)
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Das, D.S., D.S. Rawat, B.K. Sinha, S.S. Dash, and D. Maity (2019). Sabia campanulata Wall. subsp. ritchieae (Rehder & E.H. Wilson) Y.F. Wu (Sabiaceae): An Addition to the Flora of India. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-019- 00791-4. (IF: 0.331).
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Gupta, D., Chandra, K., Kral, D., Ghosh, J. and Das, P. 2019. Enoplotrupes (Enoplotrupes) tawangensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) from Arunachal Pradesh (India) and Bhutan, along with a key to its relatives. Oriental Insects, https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2019.1624219 (IF : 0.333)
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Kumar, H. and Chandra, K. 2019. Review of the Indian species of Anaptygus Mistshenko, 1951 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) with description of a new species from the Himalayas. Oriental insects, 53(1): 91-103. (IF : 0.333)
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Saini, J., Chandra, K. and Kumar, H. 2019. Description of a new species of genus Melitta (Hymenoptera: Melittidae) from India. Oriental insect, https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2019.1624221 (IF: 0.333).
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Das, G. N., Gayen, S., Saito, M., & Chandra, K. (2019). Notes on the hairstreak butterflies Euaspa Moore, 1884 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with new distribution records to the Indian eastern Himalaya. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 11(9), 14238-14241 (IF: 0.231).
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Singh, P., Shridhar, V. and Arunachalam, K. (2019). “Assessment of Environmental Impact of Tourism Activity at Sitabani Temple of Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve”, Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, 6 (1), 611-618.
36

Sinha, A., Chatterjee, N., Ormerod, S. J., Singh, B., Adhikari and Krishnamurthy, R. (2019). “River Birds as Potential Indicators of Local- and Catchment-scale Influences on Himalayan River Ecosystems”. Ecosystems and People, 15:1, 90-101.
37

H, Choudhury., Abhinit Dey., R. C.Bharali., D. Sarma & W. Vishwanath (2019). A new species of stone loach (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae: Schistura) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa (Magnolia Press) Vol. 4551 No. 1: 30. (IF 1.091)
38

A.S. Jeena, SP Singh, Tabassum, Deepak Koujalagi and Ankit Kumar. (2019). Morphological characterization of finger millet (ELEUSINECORACANA L. GAERTN.) Germplasm collected from Uttarakhand. Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, G.B. University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand,.CSAUAT-ARS, Kalai, Aligarh, U.P. Forntiers in Crop Improvement,Vol. 7(1):19-23 (IF: 1.03)
39

Aasim Majeed, Amandeep Singh, Shruti Choudhary, Pankaj Bhardwaj (2019) Transcriptome characterization and development of functional polymorphic SSR marker resource for Himalayan endangered species, Taxus contorta (Griff). Industrial Crops and Products. (IF: 5.645)
40

Samiran Panday,Vikas Kumar,Sudhansu Sekhar Dash,BipinKumar Sinha & Paramjit Singh. (2019) Bhutan Asiabell Codonopsis bhutanica Ludlow (Asterales: campanulaceae): a new addition to the Indian flora. Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(15):15079-15082 (IF: 0.264)
41

Singh, N., Bhattarcharyya, K., Volynkin, A.V. and Chandra, K. (2019). A new species of genus Cyana Walker. 1854 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Zootaxa. Vol. 4603 No. 2: 9 May 2019 (IF: 1.091)
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Maheshwari, A., & Sathyakumar, S. (2019) Snow leopard stewardship in mitigating human–wildlife conflict in Hemis National Park, Ladakh, India. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 24(4), 395-399. (IF: 1.723)
National Journals
43

Ray K., Pandey P., Pandey C., Dimri A.P., Kishore K. (2019) On the Recent Floods in India, Current Science, 117:204-218. (IF: 0.8)
44

Sharma, G., Chettri, S. K., Pradhan, B. K., Chettri, A., and Chettri, D. R (2019) “Indigenous knowledge and phytochemical screening of medicinal chuk from Rhus chinensis, Docynia indica and Hippophae salicifolia in Sikkim Himalaya”, Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, Vol 18(2), April 2019, pp 250-260. (IF : 0.731)
45

Singh, D. R., Pamarthi, R. K., Kumar, R., Rai, D. Meitei, A. L. and Babu, P. K. (2019). “Traditional Artifacts from Dried Leaves of Cymbidium species (Orchidaceae) in Indian State of Sikkim”, Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 18(2), 390-394. . (IF : 0.731)
46

Varah, F., Pamreishang, C. and Shimrah, T. (2019) “Regime of National Forest Policy and the North East India”, Indian Forester, 145 (5), 413-420.
47

Bhardwaj, S. K, Aditya, S. A. and Rakesh. (2019). “Impact Assessment of Ecotourism Activities in Mid hills of Himachal Pradesh, India.”, Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 317-321 (NAAS: 5.31).
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Bhardwaj, S. K., Sharma, R. and Aggarwal, R. K. (2019). “Suitability Assessment of Sirsa River Water for Irrigation in Shiwalik Foothills of North Western Himalaya”, Current World Environment ;14(1)
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Chatterjee, P., Mondal, K., Tripathy, B. and Chandra, K. 2019. Evidence of Presence of Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata (Martin, 1837) in Neora Valley National Park, Central Himalaya, India. Records of Zoological Survey of India. 119(2): 193-196.
50

Dhiman, M. Dhiman, V. K., Rana, N. and Dipta, B. (2019). “Isolation and Characterization of Rhizobium Associated with Root Nodules of Dalbergiasissoo, International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 8 (3), 1910-1918. (NAAS: 5.38)
51

Lahiri, S., S.S. Dash, A. Ghosh, B.K. Sinha Das, M. (2019). Bistorta longispicata, New Record for Flora of India. India. Indian J. Forest. 42(1): 9–13.
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Lahiri, S., S.S. Dash, A. Ghosh and B.K. Sinha (2019). A Contribution to the Flora of Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim, India. Nelumbo Doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo%2Fv61%2F2019%2F146248
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Das, D.S., S.S. Dash, R.K. Thakur, D.S. Rawat and B.K. Sinha (2019). First Records of Rhododendron arboreum var. roseum (Ericaceae) from the Western Himalaya, India. Indian J. Forest. (In Press) (IF: 0.11).
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Sajan, S.K., Tripathy, B. and Chandra, K. 2019. New record of a land snail Oxytesta shanensis (Godwin-Austen, 1883) (Helicarionoidea: Ariophantidae) from Northeastern India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 116: 29-31.
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Sharma, P.N.S.K.N. and Kala, K.C.K., (2019). Coldwater capture fishery in the Ganga headwaters having operational hydropower projects: A failing co-existence. Journal of the Inland Fisheries Society of India, 51 (1): 6-23.
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Ghanashyam Sharma,Bharat Kumar Pradhan, Santosh K Chettri, Arun Chettri & Dhani Raj Chettri.(2019) Indigenous knowledge and phytochemical screening of medicinal chuk from Rhus chinensis, Docynia indica and Hippophae salicifolia in Sikkim Himalaya. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 18(2):250-260 (IF: 0.75)
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Gajendra Singh, Naveen Chandra , Vineet Pal , Lalit Mohan Tewari , Mahendra Pratap Singh Bisht (2019). Observationon the Phyto-Diversity of Sunderdunga Valley, Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya. Indian Forester, 145 (12): 1166-1175 (IF: 0.666)
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Subhajit Lahiri, Sudhansu Sekhar Dash, B.K. Sinha, Asok Ghosh and Monalisa Das.(2019) Bistorta longispicata Yonekura & H.Ohashi, (Polygonaceae): A new record to Indian Flora. Indian Journal of Forestry 42(1) 9-13 .
Conference Proceedings
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Biman, Pill and Parida, Adikanda and Choudhury, Shibabrata and Chatterjee, Saibal, Augmenting Farmer Producer Company through Aligning Indigenous Community Based Beliefs and Practices: Learnings from Abotani Community of Eastern Himalayan Region (December 30, 2019). Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Information Systems & Management Science (ISMS) 2019. Tripura University, Agartala, Tripura, India, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3511431 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3511431
Reports/Book Chapters/General Articles
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Singh, S. P., & Singh, R. D. (2019). Ideas and Approaches for Studying Treelines in the Himalayas: Expanding the Concept from a Landmark to Community and Ecosystem Levels. In Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Functions and Challenges in the Face of Global Change (pp. 193-212). Springer, Singapore.
Year 2018

International Peer-reviewed Journals
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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. (IF: 4.18)
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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 (IF: 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. (IF: 4.848).
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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. (IF: 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. (IF: 3.774).
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 (IF: 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. (IF: 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 (IF: 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. (IF: 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. (IF: 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. (IF: 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 DOI: 10.2174/1573411014666171206152945 (IF: 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. (IF: 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. DOI. 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2017.12.011 (IF: 1.83).
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 (IF: 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 (IF : 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 (IF: 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 (IF: 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. (IF: 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. (IF: 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. (IF: 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 (IF: 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 (IF: 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 (IF: 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)
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. (IF: 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 (IF: 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. (IF: 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 (IF: 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 (IF: 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. (IF: 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 (IF: 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. (IF: 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. (IF: 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 (IF: 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. (IF: 0.462)
37

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. (IF: 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. (IF: 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. (IF: 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. (IF: 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. (IF: 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. (IF: 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. (IF: 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). (IF: 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. (IF: 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
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. DOI: 10.25081/rip.2018.v8.3487
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. DOI: 10.11609/jott.3381.10.2.11348-11350 (IF: 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

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.[IF 4.389]
53

53. Aasim Majeed, Amandeep Singh, Shruti Choudhary and Pankaj Bhardwaj. (2018) RNAseq-based phylogenetic reconstruction of Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae. Cladistics 1–8 [IF 4.727]
National Journals
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
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
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)
Year 2017

International Peer-reviewed Journals
1

Dimri, A. P., Chevuturi, A. Niyogi, D. Thayyen, R. J. Ray, K. S. N. Tripathi, Pandey, A. K. and U. C. Mohanty. (2017) "Cloudbursts in Indian Himalayas: A Review." Earth-Science Reviews, Vol. 168, pp 1-23. (IF: 9.724)
2

Thakur, K., Bala, I., Rajeshwer, Devi, M. and Bhatt, A. K. (2017). “Evaluation of Effectiveness of Biologically Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles of Eucalyptus globules Leaf Extract against Pathogenic and Acne-inducing Bacteria”, Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology, 8, 443. (IF: 3.57)
3

Meena, V. S., Meena, S. K., Verma, J. P., Kumar, A., Aeron, A., Mishra, P.K., Bisht, J. K., Pattanayak, A., Naveed, M. and Dotaniya, M. L. (2017) “Plant beneficial rhizospheric microorganism (PBRM) strategies to improve nutrients use efficiency: A review”, Ecological Engineering, 107, pp 8-32. (IF: 3.512)
4

Thakur, D., Sharma, A. and Uniyal, S. K. (2017). “Why They Eat, What They Eat: Patterns of Wild Edible Plants Consumption in a Tribal Area of Western Himalaya”, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 13:7. DOI 10.1186/s13002-017-0198-z (IF: 2.273).
5

Verma, S., Mishra, S.K., Singh, A., Singh, P. K. and Verma, R. K. (2017) “An Enhanced SMA based SCS-CN Inspired Model for Surface Runoff Estimation”. Environmental Earth Sciences, Vol. 21, 76:736. doi 10.1007/s12665-017-7062-2 (IF: 2.18)
6

Adhikari, P. and Pandey, A. (2017). “Adv Biotech & Micro Taxus wallichiana zucc. (Himalayan Yew) in Antimicrobial Perspective”. Advances in Biotechnology & Microbiology, ISSN 2474-7637. DOI: 10.19080/AIBM.2017.04.555650. (IF: 0.734)
7

Sharma, A., Rajput, V., Dubey, V. K., Dhanda, A., Thakur, S., Johnson, J. A., Sathyakumar, S. and Sivakumar, K. (2017). “New Distribution Records of Elegant Water Shrew Nectogale Elegans Milne-Edwards, 1870 (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) from the Western Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India”, Journal of Threatened Taxa, 9(12), 11097-11099. (IF : 0.231)
8

Dey, P. K., Chatterjee, P., Mondal, K., Ghosh, D., Tripathy, B. and Chnadra. K. (2017) “An annotated checklist of avifauna from Neora Valley National Park, Central Himalaya, India”, Journal of Zoology Studies, Vol. 4(3), pp 15-23.
9

Payra, A., Deepak, C. K., Tripathy, B., Mondal, K. and Chandra, K. 2017. New distributional record of Megalestes irma Fraser, 1926 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Synlestidae), a damselfly from Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalayas, India. Euroasian Entomological Journal, 16(4): 314-31
10

Sanyal, K., Dey, P., Uniyal, V. P., Chandra, K. and Raha, A. (2017) “Geometridae Stephens, 1829 from different altitude in Western Himalayan Protected Areas of Uttrakhand, India (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)”, SHILAP, Revta, lipid, 45(177), 143-163.
11

Vijay Singh Meenaa, Sunita Kumari Meena,Jay Prakash Verma,Ashok Kumar, Abhinav Aeron,Pankaj Kumar Mishra,Jaideep Kumar Bisht,Arunava Pattanayak, Muhammad Naveed,M.L.Dotaniya (2017) Plant beneficial rhizospheric microorganism(PBRM) strategies to improve nutrients use efficiency:A review. Ecological Engineering 107:8-32 [IF:3.919]
National Journals
12

Uniyal, S. K. (2017). “Classifying Medicinal Plant Collectors: Their Approach and Attitude”. Current Science, 113 (11), 2085-2089. (IF : 0.8)
13

Devi, S. and Kaundal, K. (2017). “Assessment of Culturable Microbial Diversity Associated with Arnebiaeuchroma: A Critically Endangered Plant Growing in Trans-Himalayas of Himachal Pradesh, India”, International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 6(9), 2953-2968. (NAAS : 5.38)
14

Sajan, S.K., Tripathy, B. and Sivakumar, K. 2017. Sampling protocol for terrestrial molluscs in high altitude landscape of Indian Himalaya. Journal o f Scientific Transactions in Environment and Technovation, 11(1): 54-57.
15

Panday, S., S.S. Dash and B.K. Sinha (2017). Brandisia rosea var. flava (Paulowniaceae): Recollection and Lectotypification. Nelumbo 59(2): 149-154 43.
16

Kumar, V., S.S. Dash, S. Panday, S. Lahiri, B.K. Sinha and P. Singh (2017). Akaniaceae: A New Family Record for Flora of India and Lectotypification of the Name Bretschneidera sinensis. Nelumbo 59(1): 01-09 43.
17

Das, D.S., D.S. Rawat, N. Shrivastava, K. Ambrish, B.K. Sinha, P. Singh and S.S. Dash 2017. A Contribution to the Flora of Great Himalayan National Park, Himachal Pradesh, India. Nelumbo 59(1): 33-43
18

Chauhan, S. and Sharma, S. (2017). “Comparing Feasibility of Long Distance Transmission and Locally Generated Solar Energy over a Period of 25 years in Remote Locations of the Indian Himalayan Region” International Journal of Science, Engineering and Management, 2, 8,128-134.
19

Gupta, R.K. and Saini, J. (2017). A new species of cleptoparasitic bee genus Sphecodes Latreille (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae, Halictinae, Halictini) from Almora,Uttarakhand, India. Journal of Environment and Bio- Science, 32(1): 113-114. [IF 0.718]
20

Mahipal Choudhary,Tilak Mondal and Vijay Singh Meena (2017) Soil testing:a valuable tool for efficient and economic crop production. Indian Farming 67(11):11-14.
Conference papers
21

Das, D.S., D.S. Rawat, N. Srivastava, S.S. Dash and B.K. Sinha. (2017). Floristic Diversity of Great Himalayan National Park, Western Himalaya, and India: New Additions. In: Souvenir of National Seminar on “Understanding Himalayan Phytodiversity in Changing Climate”. Botanical Survey of India, Sikkim Himalayan Regional Center, Gangtok, Sikkim.
22

Lahiri, S., S.S. Dash, B.K. Sinha and P. Singh. (2017). A preliminary appraisal of community structure of Gnathang Valley, East Sikkim. In: Souvenir of National Seminar on “Understanding Himalayan Phytodiversity in Changing Climate”. Botanical Survey of India, Sikkim Himalayan Regional Center, Gangtok, Sikkim.
23

Rawat, Dinesh S., S. Panday, V. Kumar, A. Banerjee, S.S. Dash, B.K. Sinha and M. Jha. (2017). Quantitative analysis of tree species in Neora Valley National Park, Eastern Himalaya, India. In: Souvenir of National Seminar on “Understanding Himalayan Phytodiversity in Changing Climate”. Botanical Survey of India, Sikkim Himalayan Regional Center, Gangtok, Sikkim.
Reports/Book Chapters/General Articles
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Bhatia, R.K., Thakur, S., Sharma, V., Rana, N. and Bhatt, A. K. (2017). “Biocatalyst Immobilisation: A Viable Scientific and Economical Solution for Increased Productivity of Industrial Products”, In Recent Advances in Biotechnology, 11-35.
25

Chatterjee, P. and Mondal, K. (2017). Kyongnosla: an imagination of ‘such a late goodbye’.India Wilds, 9(1), 11-17.
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Tripathy, B., Sajan, S.K. and Sidhu, A.K. (2018). Mollusca of Sainj Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh, Conservation Area. Series, Zoological Survey of India.
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Tripathy, B., Sajan, S.K., Sidhu, A.K. and Chandra, K. (2018). Mollusca: In TransHimalaya, Ecosystem. Series, Zoological Survey of India
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International Peer-reviewed Journals
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Thayyen, R. J. and Dimri, A. P. (2016) “Modeling Slope Environmental Lapse Rate (SELR) of Temperature in the Monsoon Glacio-hydrological Regime of the Himalaya”, The Cryosphere Discuss., doi.org/10.5194/tc-2016-152 (IF : 4.713)
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Karakoti, S. M, Dhali, S., Pandey, N., Punetha, V. D., Sahoo, N. G. (2016) “Invincible Applications of Conductive Organic Materials for the Development of Futuristic Solar Photovoltaics”, Journal of Chemical Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 3, No. 10, pp1123-1129. (IF : 3.573)
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Punetha, V. D., Bisht, G. Neha, Tiwari H., Panwar, A., Pandey, V., Sahoo, N. G. (2016) “Chemical screening and therapeutic potential for alcoholic bark extract of Juniperus squamata”; Journal of Chemical Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 3, No. 11, pp 1130-1135. (IF : 3.573)