Academic Profile :

• Ph.D. Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science - University of Calcutta, India
• M.Sc. Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science - University of Calcutta, India
• B.Sc. Chemistry (Hons.) - University of Calcutta, India

Publications :

1. Sonali Banerjee, Saibal Ghosh, Sonam Jha, Sumit Kumar, Gourav Mondal, Dibyendu Sarkar, Rupali Datta, Abhishek Mukherjee, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2023). Assessing pollution and health risks from chromite mine tailings contaminated soils in India by employing synergistic statistical approaches. Science of the Total Environment. 880: 163228 (SCI; IF = 10.754)

2. Saibal Ghosh, Sonali Banerjee, Jyoti Prajapati, Jajati mandal, Abhishek Mukherjee, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2023). Pollution and health risk assessment of mine tailings contaminated soils in India from toxic elements with statistical approaches. Chemosphere. (Online Published), (SCI; IF = 8.943)

3. Saibal Ghosh, Sandip Mondal, Sonali Banerjee, Abhishek Mukherjee, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2023). Temporal dynamics of potassium release from waste mica as influenced by potassium mobilizing bacteria. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology. 17: 273-288 (SNIP; IF = 0.294)

4. Saibal Ghosh, Sandip Mondal, Jajati Mandal, Abhishek Mukherjee, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2022). Effect of metal fractions on rice grain metal uptake and biological parameters in mica mines waste contaminated soils. Journal of Environmental Sciences. (Online Published), (SCI; IF = 6.796)

5. Priyanka Chakraborty, Sampad Sarkar, Sandip Mondal, B.K. Agarwal, Arvind Kumar, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Satya Sundar Bhattacharya, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2022). Eisenia fetida mediated vermi-transformation of tannery waste sludge into value added eco-friendly product: An insight on microbial diversity, enzyme activation, and metal detoxification. Journal of Cleaner Production. 348: 131368. (SCI; IF= 11.072)

6. Jajati Mandal, Debasis Golui, Prasenjit Ray, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2022). Heavy Metal Pollution in Soil and Remediation Strategies. In: Soil Management for Sustainable Agriculture. Chapter 20, pp.505-530, Apple Academic Press, FL 32905, USA.

7. Shuvrodeb Roy, Dibyendu Sarkar, Rupali Datta, Satya Sundar Bhattacharya, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2022). Assessing the arsenic-saturated biochar recycling potential of vermitechnology: Insights on nutrient recovery, metal benignity, and microbial activity. Chemosphere. 286: 131660 (SCI; IF= 8.943)

8. R. Bera, A. Datta, S. Bose, K. Mukhopadhyay, K. K. Goswami, M. Debnath, R. Mallick, A. Das, P. Bhattacharya, A. K. Barik, A. Seal (2022). A review on the colorimetric pesticide assay test for safe and sustainable agriculture with special reference to clean food production. Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology. 41: 6-35.

9. Debabrata Das, Kumar Abbhishek, Pabitra Banik, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2021). A valorisation approach in recycling of organic wastes using low-grade rock minerals and microbial culture through vermicomposting. Environmental Challenges. 5: 100225.

10. Ananya Mondal, Linee Goswami, Nazneen Hussain, Soma Barman, Eeshan Kalita, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Satya Sundar Bhattacharya (2020). Detoxification and eco-friendly recycling of brick kiln coal ash using Eisenia fetida: A clean approach through vermitechnology. Chemosphere. 244: 125470 (Published online). (SCI; IF= 8.943)

11. Banashree Sahariah, Subhasish Das, Linee Goswami, Sarmistha Paul, Pradip Bhattacharyya & Satya Sundar Bhattacharya (2020). An avenue for replacement of chemical fertilization under rice-rice cropping pattern: Sustaining soil health and organic C pool via MSW based vermicomposts. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 66: 1449-1465  (SCI; IF= 3.092)

12. S Roy, P Bhattacharyya (2020). Possible role of traditional medicinal plant Neem (Azadirachta indica) for the management of COVID-19 infection. International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences. 11: 122-125

13. Shuvrodeb Roy, Uday Kumar, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2019). Synthesis and characterization of exfoliated biochar from four agricultural feedstock. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26: 7272-7276 (SCI; IF= 4.223)

14. Nirmali Bordoloi, Kushal Kumar Baruah, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Prabhat Kumar Gupta (2019). Impact of nitrogen fertilization and tillage practices on nitrous oxide emission from a summer rice ecosystem. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science (Published online). (SCI; IF= 3.092)

15. Ranjan Bera, Antara Seal, A.K. Chatterjee, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2019). Distribution of Forms of Sulphur and Their Relationships with Soil Attributes in Tea Growing Soils under Different Agro-climatic Zones of Northeastern India. NASS Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 1: 1-5.

16. Pallabi Das, Shaswat Barua, Shuvasree Sarkar, Niranjan Karak, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Nadeem Raza, Ki-Hyun Kim, Satya Sundar Bhattacharya (2018). Plant extract–mediated green silver nanoparticles: Efficacy as soil conditioner and plant growth promoter. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 346: 62–72. (SCI; IF= 10.588)

17. Ashmita Bharali, Kushal Kumar Baruah, Sunitee Gohain Baruah, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2018). Impacts of integrated nutrient management on methane emission, global warming potential and carbon storage capacity in rice grown in a northeast India soil. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25: 5889-5901 (SCI; IF= 4.223)

18. Ananya Mondal. Subhasish Das, Rajesh Kumar Sah, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Satya Sundar Bhattacharya (2017). Environmental footprints of brick kiln bottom ashes: geostatistical approach for assessment of metal toxicity. Science of the Total Environment. 609: 215-224 (SCI: IF = 7.963)

19. P. Borah, A. Paul, P. Bora, P. Bhattacharyya, T. Karak, S. Mitra (2017). Assessment of heavy metal pollution in soils around a paper mill using metal fractionation and multivariate analysis. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 14: 2695-2708. (SCI: IF = 2.860)

20. Ashmita Bharali, Kushal Kumar Baruah, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Dipti Gorh (2017). Integrated nutrient management in wheat grown in a northeast India soil: Impacts on soil organic carbon fractions in relation to grain yield. Soil and Tillage Research. 168: 81-91. (SCI; IF= 5.374)

21. Pooja Singh, Sudip Mitra, Deepanjan Majumdar, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Amit Prakash, Pallabi Borah, Ankita Paul, Latha Rangan (2017). Nutrient and enzyme mobilization in earthworm casts: A comparative study with addition of selective amendments in undisturbed and agricultural soils of a mountain ecosystem. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 119: 437-447. (SCI; IF= 4.320)

22. Linee Goswami, Sanjay Pratihar, Suman Dasgupta, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Pronab Mudoi, Jayanta Bora, Satya Sundar Bhattacharya, Ki Hyun Kim (2016). Exploring metal detoxification and accumulation potential during vermicomposting of Tea factory coal ash: sequential extraction and fluorescence probe analysis. Nature Scientific Reports. 6: 30402 (SCI; IF= 4.379)

23. Pallabi Das, Kasturi Sarmah, Nazneen Hussain, Sanjay Pratihar, Subhasish Das, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Supriya A. Patil, Hak-Sung Kim, Mohammed Iqbal A. Khazi, Satya Sundar 5 Bhattacharya (2016). Novel synthesis of an iron oxalate capped iron oxide nanomaterial: A unique soil conditioner and slow release eco-friendly source of iron sustenance in plants. RSC Advances. (Published Online) (SCI; IF= 3.36)

24. Anushree Baruah, Kushal Kumar Baruah, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2016). Comparative Effectiveness of Organic Substitution in Fertilizer Schedule: Impacts on Nitrous Oxide Emission, hotosynthesis, and Crop Productivity in a Tropical Summer Rice Paddy. Water, Air and soil Pollution. 227: 410-416 (SCI; IF= 2.520)

25. Nazneen Hussain, Archana Singh, Sougata Saha, Mattaparthi Venkata Satish Kumar, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Satya Sundar Bhattacharya (2016). Excellent N-fixing and P-solubilizing traits in earthworm gut-isolated bacteria: A vermicompost based assessment with vegetable market waste and rice straw feed mixtures. Bioresource Technology. 222: 165-174. (SCI; IF= 9.642)

26. D. Das, P. Bhattacharyya, B.C. Ghosh, P. Banik (2016). Bioconversion and biodynamics of Eisenia foetida in different organic wastes through microbially enriched vermiconversion technologies. Ecological Engineering. 86: 154-161. (SCI; IF= 4.035)

27. Sudip Mitra, Pooja-Singh, Shabana Manzoor, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Tanumoy Bera, Ashok Kumar Patra, Pallabi Borah, Latha Rangan (2016). Can rice and wheat biochar amendment protect the carbon loss from tropical soils – an experimental study. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. 35: 183-188. (SCI; IF = 2.431) 

28. Subhasish Das, Sandip Mukherjee, Rakesh Kundu, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Buddhadeb Duary and Satya Sundar Bhattacharya (2016). Variations in soil alter availability of carlinoside: an anti-hepatitic compound from Cajanus cajan (Linn.) leaves. Current Science. 110: 2148-2154. (SCI; IF = 1.102) 

29. Nirmali Bordoloi, K.K. Baruah, P. Bhattacharyya (2016). Emission estimation of nitrous oxide (N₂O) from wheat cropping system under varying tillage practices and different levels of nitrogen fertilizer. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 54: 767-776. (SCI; IF= 1.99)

30. S.S. Bhattacharya, K-H. Kim, A. Ullah, L. Goswami, B. Sahariah, P. Bhattacharyya, S.-B. Cho, O-H Hwang (2015). The effects of composting approaches on the emissions of anthropogenic volatile organic compounds: A comparison between vermicomposting and general aerobic composting. Environmental Pollution. 208: 600-607. (SCI; IF= 8.071)

31. Lakshi Prasad Bhuyan, Paban Borah, Santanu Sabhapondit, Ramen Gogoi, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2015). Spatial variability of theaflavins and thearubigins fractions and their impact on black tea quality. Journal of Food Science and Technology. 52: 7984-7993. (SCI; IF = 2.701) 

32. Banashree Sahariah, Linee Goswami, Imran U. Farooqui, Prashanta Raul, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Satya Sundar Bhattacharya (2015). Solubility, hydrogeochemical impact, and health assessment of heavy metals in municipal wastes of two differently populated cities. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 157: 100-109. (SCI; IF = 3.746) 

33. S. Das, J. Bora, L. Goswami, P. Bhattacharyya, P. Raul, M. Kumar, S. S. Bhattacharya (2015). Vermiremediation of Water Treatment Plant Sludge employing Metaphire posthuma: a soil quality and metal solubility prediction approach. Ecological Engineering. 81: 200-206. (SCI; IF= 4.035)

34. Banashree Sahariah, Linee Goswami, Ki-Hyun Kim, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Satya Sundar Bhattacharya (2015). Metal remediation and biodegradation potential of earthworm species on municipal solid waste: A parallel analysis between Metaphire posthuma and Eisenia fetida. Bioresource Technology. 180: 230-236. (SCI; IF= 9.642)

35. Jyoti Prakash Deka, Beli Baruah, Sangeeta Singh, Rahul Chaudhury, Amit Prakash, Pradip Bhattacharyya, M. Tamil Selvan, Manish Kumar (2015). Tracing phosphorous distributions in the surficial sediments of two eastern Himalayan high altitude lakes through sequential extraction, multivariate and HYSPLIT back trajectory analyses. Environmental Earth Sciences. 73: 7617-7629. (SCI; IF= 2.784)

36. D. Das, Michael Powell, P. Bhattacharyya, P. Banik (2014). Changes of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium content during storage of vermicomposts prepared from different substrates. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 186: 8827-8832. (SCI; IF= 2.513)

37. Pradip Bhattacharyya, Tanmoy Karak, Kalyan Chakrabarti, Asish Chakraborty, Ranjit Kumar Paul, Sudipta Tripathi (2014). Is Tsunami tremor jolted on microbial biomass and their activities in soils?-A case study in Andaman Island, India. Environmental Earth Sciences. 72: 1443-1452. (SCI; IF= 2.784)

38. Linee Goswami, Prasanta Raul, Banashree Sahariah, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Satya Sundar Bhattacharya (2014). Characterization and risk evaluation of tea industry coal ash for environmental suitability. Clean- Soil, Air, Water. 42: 1470-1476. (SCI; IF= 1.770)

39. Tanmoy Karak, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Ranjit Kumar Paul (2014). Assessment of Co-compost Quality by Physico-chemical and Exploratory Data Analysis. Clean- Soil, Air, Water. 42: 836-848. (SCI; IF= 1.770)

40. L. Goswami, S. Sarkar, S. Mukherjee, S. Das, S. Barman, P. Raul, P. Bhattacharyya, N. C. Mandal, S. Bhattacharya, S. S. Bhattacharya (2014). Vermicomposting of Tea Factory Coal Ash: metal accumulation and metallothionein response in Eisenia fetida (Savigny) and Lampito mauritii (Kinberg). Bioresource Technology. 166: 96-102. (SCI; IF= 9.642)

41. Subhasish Tripathy, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Rama Mohapatra, Anjan Som, Doyel Chowdhury (2014). Influence of different fractions of heavy metals on microbial ecophysiological indicators and enzyme activities in century old municipal solid waste amended soil. Ecological Engineering. 70: 25-34. (SCI; IF= 4.035)

42. B. Sahariah, I. Sinha, P. Sharma, L. Goswami, P. Bhattacharyya, N. Gogoi, S. S. Bhattacharya (2014). Efficacy of bioconversion of paper mill bamboo sludge and lime waste by composting and vermiconversion technologies. Chemosphere. 109: 77-83. (SCI; IF= 7.086)

43. Santanu Sabhapondit, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Lakshi P Bhuyan, Mridul Hazarika, Bhabesh Ch Goswami (2014). Optimization of withered leaf moisture during the manufacture of black tea based upon theaflavins fractions. International Journal of Food Science and Technology. 49: 205-209. (SCI; IF= 3.713)

44. Paras Jain, Ravi Chandra Sharma, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Pabitra Banik (2014). Effect of new organic supplement (Panchgavya) on seed germination and soil quality. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 186: 1999-2011. (SCI; IF= 2.513)

45. Lakshi Prasad Bhuyan, Santanu Sabhapondit, Binoti Devi Baruah, Cinmoy Bordoloi, Ramen Gogoi, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2013). Polyphenolic compounds and antioxidant activity of CTC black tea of North-East India.  Food Chemistry. 141: 3744-3751. (SCI; IF= 7.514)

46. Tanmoy Karak, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Ranjit K Paul, Tapati Das, Subhrajit Saha (2013). Evaluation of composts from agricultural wastes with fish pond sediment as bulking agent to improve compost quality. Clean- Soil, Air, Water. 41: 711-723. (SCI; IF= 1.770)

47. Linee Goswami, Arvind Patel, Ganesh Dutta, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Nirmali Gogoi, Satya Sundar Bhattacharya (2013). Hazard remediation and recycling of Tea industry and Paper mill bottom ash through vermiconversion. Chemosphere. 92: 708-713. (SCI; IF= 7.086)

48. Tanmoy Karak, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Ranjit K Paul, DK Das (2013). Metal accumulation, biochemical response and yield of Indian mustard grown in soil amended with rural roadside pond sediment. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 92: 161-173. (SCI; IF= 6.291)

49. Tanmoy Karak, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Tapati Das, Ranjit Paul, Ratul Bezbaruah (2013). Non-segregated municipal solid waste in an open dumping ground: A potential contaminant vis-à-vis environmental health. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 10: 503-518. (SCI; IF= 2.860)

50. Pradip Bhattacharyya, K.J. Reddy (2012). Effect of flue gas treatment on the solubility and fractionation of different metals in fly ash of Powder River basin coal. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. 223: 4169-4181. (SCI; IF= 2.520)

51. Tanmoy Karak, R.M. Bhagat, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2012). Municipal solid waste generation, composition and management: The world scenario. Critical Review of Environmental Science and Technology. 42: 1509-1630. (SCI; IF= 12.561)

52. Debabrata Das, Pradip Bhattacharyya, B.C. Ghosh, Pabitra Banik (2012). Effect of vermicomposting on calcium, sulphur and some heavy metal content of different biodegradable organic wastes under liming and microbial inoculation. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B. 47: 205-211. (SCI; IF= 1.99)

53. Piw Das, Raktim Pal, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2012). Temporal variation of soil nutrients under the influence of different organic amendments. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 58: 745-757. (SCI; IF= 3.092)

54. R. Bera, A. Datta, S. Saha, A.K. Dolui, A.K. Chatterjee, R.K. Sarkar, K. Sengupta, P. Bhattacharyya, A. Seal (2012). New concept in municipal solid waste management – a case study from Garulia and North Barrackpur municipalities, North 24 Paraganas, West Bengal. Journal of Crop and Weed. 8: 60-64.

55. Tanmoy Karak, Ornella Abollino, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Kishore K. Das, Ranjit K Paul (2011). Fractionation and speciation of arsenic in three tea gardens soil profiles and distribution of As in different parts of tea plant (Camellia sinensis L.). Chemosphere. 85: 948-960. (SCI; IF= 7.086)

56. Pradip Bhattacharyya, K.J. Reddy, Viswatej Attili (2011). Solubility and fractionation of different metals in fly ash of Powder River basin coal. Water, Air and soil Pollution. 220: 327-337. (SCI; IF= 2.520)

57. Tanmoy Karak, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2011). Human urine as a source of alternative natural fertilizer in agriculture: a flight of fancy or an achievable reality. Resources, Conservation & Recycling. 55: 400-408. (SCI; IF= 10.204)

58. Katta J. Reddy, Sanil John, Hollis Weber, Morris D. Argyle, Pradip Bhattacharyya, David T. Taylor, Mikol Christensen, Thomas Foulke, Paul Fahlsing (2011). Simultaneous capture and mineralization of coal combustion flue gas carbon dioxide (CO₂). Energy Procedia. 4: 1574-1583.

59. Katta J Reddy, Hollis Weber, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Morris Argyle, David Taylor, Mikol Christensen, Thomas Foulke, Paul Fahlsing (2010). Instantaneous Capture and Mineralization of Flue Gas Carbon Dioxide: Pilot Scale Study. Nature Precedings.

60. Tanmoy Karak, Pradip Bhattacharyya (2010). Heavy metal accumulation in soil amended with road side pond sediment and uptake by winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. PBW 343). The Scientific World Journal. 10: 2314-2329. (SCI; IF= 2.40)

61. P.K. Sahoo, P. Bhattacharyya, S. Tripathy, Sk. Md. Equeenuddin, M.K. Panigrahi (2010). Influence of different forms of acidities on soil microbiological properties and enzyme activities at an acid mine drainage contaminated site. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 179: 966-975. (SCI; IF= 10.588)

62. P. Bhattacharyya, A. Viswatej, K.J. Reddy (2010). Geochemistry of arsenic in coalbed natural gas produced water. Coalbed natural gas: Energy and environment. Nova Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, USA.

63. Reddy, K.J., S. John, H. Weber, P. Bhattacharyya, M.D. Argyle, D. Taylor, M. Christensen, T. Foulke and P. Fahlsing (2010). Accelerated Mineral Carbonation of Flue Gas Carbon Dioxide: Pilot Scale Studies. In: Ron Zevenhoen (ed.) conference proceedings of 2nd Accelerated Carbonation for Environmental and Materials Engineering, Abo Academy, Turku, Finland.

64. P. Pramanik, S. Bhattacharya, P. Bhattacharyya, P. Banik (2009). Phosphorous solubilization from rock phosphate in presence of vermicomposts in Aqualfs. Geoderma. 152: 16-22. (SCI; IF= 6.114)

65. P. Bhattacharyya, S. Tripathy, K. Kim, S.H. Kim (2008). Arsenic fractions and enzyme activities in arsenic-contaminated soils by groundwater irrigation in West Bengal. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 71: 149-156. (SCI; IF= 6.291)

66. P. Bhattacharyya, S. Tripathy, K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborty, P. Banik (2008). Fractionation and bioavailability of metals and their impacts on microbial properties in sewage irrigated soil. Chemosphere. 72: 543-550. (SCI; IF= 7.086)

67. P. Bhattacharyya, A. Chakraborty, K. Chakrabarti, S. Tripathy, M.A. Powell (2008). Fractionation and bioavailability of lead in municipal solid waste compost and uptake by rice straw and grain under submerged condition. Geosciences Journal. 12: 41-45. (SCI; IF= 2.076)

68. P. Bhattacharyya, K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborty, S. Tripathy, K. Kim, M.A. Powell (2008). Cobalt and Nickel uptake by rice and accumulation in soil amended with municipal solid waste compost. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 69: 506-512. (SCI; IF= 6.291)

69. S. Tripathy, P. Bhattacharyya, Sk. Md. Equeenuddin, H.D. Kulkarni, K. Kim (2008). Comparison of microbial indicators under two water regimes in a soil amended with combined paper mill sludge and decomposed cow manure. Chemosphere. 71: 168-175. (SCI; IF= 7.086)

70. P. Bhattacharyya, A. Mitra, K. Chakrabarti, D.J. Chattopadhyay, A. Chakraborty, K. Kim (2008). Effect of heavy metals on microbial biomass and activities in century old landfill soil. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 136: 299-306. (SCI; IF= 2.513)

71. A. Seal, R. Bera, K.D. Sah, D. Sarkar, A. K. Chatterjee, P. Bhattacharyya, K. Kim, S.H. Kim (2008). Appraisal of natural resource database for alternate agricultural land use at village level under saline environment – a case study from Sagar Island, India. International Journal of Agricultural Research. 3: 121-130.

72. R. Pal, P. Bhattacharyya, P. Das, K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborty, K. Kim (2007). Relationship between the acidity with microbial properties in some tea soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 44: 399-404. (SCI; IF= 6.432)

73. R. Bera, A. Seal, P. Bhattacharyya, K. Mukherjee, A.K. Dolui, K. Kim, S.H. Kim (2007). Characterization of soils developed under tropical environment for land use planning in fringe of Chhotanagpur Plateau in Eastern India. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 53(5): 485-495. (SCI; IF= 3.092)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
74. P. Bhattacharyya, K. Chakrabarti, S. Tripathy, A. Chakraborty, K. Kim, S.H. Kim (2007). L-asparaginase and L-glutaminase activities in submerged rice soil amended with municipal solid waste compost and decomposed cow manure. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B. 42: 593-598. (SCI; IF= 1.99)
75. P. Bhattacharyya, K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborty, D.C. Nayak_, S. Tripathy, M.A. Powell (2007). Municipal waste compost as an alternative to cattle manure for supplying potassium to lowland rice. Chemosphere. 66: 1789-1793. (SCI; IF= 7.086)

76. R. Bera, A. Seal, P. Bhattacharyya, K. Mukhopadhyay, R. Giri (2006). Phosphate sorption desorption characteristics of some ferruginous soils of tropical region in eastern India. Environmental Geology. 51: 399-407. (SCI; IF= 1.078)

77. A.K. Ghosh, D. Sarkar, P. Bhattacharyya, U.K. Maurya, D.C. Nayak (2006). Mineralogical study of some Arsenic contaminated soils of West Bengal, India. Geoderma. 136: 300-309. (SCI; IF= 6.114)

78. R. Bera, A. Seal, P. Bhattacharyya, T.H. Das, Dipak Sarkar, K. Kim (2006). Targeted yield concept and a framework of fertilizer recommendation in irrigated rice domains of subtropical India. Journal of Zhejiang University Science. 7: 963-968. (SCI; IF= 2.263)

79. K. Chakrabarti and P. Bhattacharyya (2006). Influence of soil properties on fluorescein diacetate hydrolyzing activity of soils from different agro-ecosystems. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 52: 461-467. (SCI; IF= 3.092)

80. A. Seal, R. Bera, P. Bhattacharyya, K. Mukhopadhyay, R. Giri (2006). Degree of soil development in some alfisols of subtropical India with special reference to the nature and distribution of Fe and Al. International Journal of Agricultural Research. 1: 305-311. 

81. A. Seal, R. Bera, K. Mukhopadhyay, P. Bhattacharyya (2006). Potassium fixation capability of some acid alfisols developed under tropical environment in eastern India. International Journal of Soil Science. 1: 128-133.

82. P. Bhattacharyya, A. Chakrabdorty, K. Chakrabarti, S. Tripathy, M.A. Powell (2006). Copper and zinc uptake by rice and accumulation in soil amended with municipal solid waste compost. Environmental Geology. 49: 1064-1070. (SCI; IF= 1.078)

83. K. Mukhopadhyay, A. Seal, R. Bera, P. Bhattacharyya (2006). Comparative study of erodibility factor in different agro-ecological sub-regions of eastern India. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 52: 281-287. (SCI; IF= 3.092)

84. R. Pal, P. Bhattacharyya, K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborty (2005). Fate of pesticides in Calcutta municipal solid waste: effect of composting. Ambio. 34: 246-247. (SCI; IF= 5.129)

85. P. Bhattacharyya, K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborty, D.C. Nayak (2005). Effect of municipal solid waste compost on phosphorous content of rice straw and grain under submerged condition. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 51: 363-370. (SCI; IF= 3.092)

86. P. Bhattacharyya, A. Chakraborty, K. Chakrabarti, S. Tripathy, M.A. Powell (2005). Chromium uptake by rice and accumulation in soil amended with municipal solid waste compost. Chemosphere. 60: 1481-1486. (SCI; IF= 7.086)

87. P. Bhattacharyya, K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborty (2005). Microbial biomass and enzyme activities in submerged rice soil amended with municipal solid waste compost and decomposed cow manure. Chemosphere. 60: 310-318. (SCI; IF= 7.086)

88. P. Bhattacharyya, K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborty (2005). Characterization and evaluation of municipal solid waste compost by microbiological and biochemical parameters in soil under laboratory and field conditions. In: Heavy metal contamination of soil: problems and remedies. Ahmad, I, Hyat, S and Pitchel, J (Eds.), Science Publisher, Enfield, USA.

89. K. Chakrabarti, P. Bhattacharyya, A. Chakraborty (2005). Effect of metal enrich organic waste on soil microbial biomass and its activities: a review.  In: Heavy metal contamination of soil: Problems and remedies. Ahmad, I, Hyat, S and Pitchel, J (Eds.), Science Publisher, Enfield, USA.

90. S. Roy, P. Bhattacharyya, A. K. Ghosh (2004). Influence of toxic heavy metals on activity of acid and alkaline phosphatase enzymes in metal contaminated landfill soils. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 42: 339-344. (SCI; IF= 1.99)

91. A.K. Ghosh and P. Bhattacharyya (2004) Arsenate sorption by reduced and reoxidised rice soils under the influence of some organic matter amendments. Environmental Geology. 45: 1010-1016. (SCI; IF= 1.078)

92. A.K. Ghosh, P. Bhattacharyya, R. Pal (2004). Effect of arsenic contamination on microbial biomass and its activities in arsenic contaminated soils of Gangetic West Bengal, India. Environment International. 30: 491-499. (SCI; IF= 9.621)

93. A.K. Ghosh, D. Sarkar, D.C. Nayak, P. Bhattacharyya (2004). Assessment of a sequential extraction procedure for fractionation of soil arsenic in contaminated soils. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 50: 583-591. (SCI; IF= 3.092)

94. N. Sinha, K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborty, P. Bhattacharyya (2004). Influence of soil properties on urease activity of soils from different agro-ecosystems. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 50: 477-483. (SCI; IF= 3.092)

95. A.K. Ghosh, D. Sarkar, D. Dutta, P. Bhattacharyya (2004). Spatial variability and concentration of arsenic in the groundwater of a region in Nadia District, West Bengal, India. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 50: 521-527. (SCI; IF= 3.092)

96. Suman Mukherjee, Swati Mukherjee, P. Bhattacharyya, A.K. Duttagupta (2004). Heavy metal levels and esterase variations between metal-exposed and unexposed duckweed Lemna minor : field and laboratory studies. Environment International. 30: 811-814. (SCI; IF= 9.621)

97. P. Bhattacharyya, R. Pal, K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborty (2004). Effect of composting on extractability and relative availability of heavy metals present in Calcutta municipal solid waste. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 50: 181-187. (SCI; IF= 3.092)

98. P. Bhattacharyya, A.K. Ghosh, A. Chakraborty, K.Chakrabarti, S. Tripathy, M.A. Powell (2003). Arsenic uptake by rice and accumulation in soil amended with municipal solid waste compost. Communication in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 34: 2779-2790. (SCI; IF= 1.327)

99. P. Bhattacharyya, A. Chakraborty, K. Chakrabarti (2003). Residual effect of municipal solid waste compost on microbial biomass and activities in mustard growing soil. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 49: 585-592. (SCI; IF= 3.092)

100. P. Bhattacharyya, A. Chakraborty, B. Bhattacharya, K. Chakrabarti (2003). Evaluation of municipal solid waste compost as a component of integrated nutrient management in rain fed wetland rice. Compost Science & Utilization. 11: 343-350. (SCI; IF= 1.149)

101. R. Pal and P. Bhattacharyya (2003). Effect of municipal solid waste compost on seed germination of rice, wheat and cucumber. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 49: 407-414. (SCI; IF= 3.092)

102. P. Bhattacharyya, K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborty (2003). Effect of municipal solid waste compost on microbiological and biochemical soil quality indicators. Compost Science & Utilization. 11: 220-227. (SCI; IF= 1.149)

103. A. Mitra, P. Bhattacharyya, D.J. Chattopadhyay, A. Chakraborty, K. Chakrabarti (2003). Physico-chemical properties, heavy metals and their relations in cultivated landfill soils dumped with municipal solid wastes. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 49: 163-170. (SCI; IF= 3.092)

104. P. Bhattacharyya, A. Chakraborty, K. Chakrabarti (2003). Assessing compost quality by stability and maturity parameters. Science & Culture. 69: 262-265.

105. P. Bhattacharyya, A. Chakraborty, B. Bhattacharya, K. Chakrabarti (2002). Evaluation of municipal solid waste compost for wetland rice (Oryza sativa) production. Indian Agriculturist. 46: 225-230.

106. P. Bhattacharyya, R. Pal, A. Chakraborty, K. Chakrabarti (2001). Microbial biomass and its activities of a laterite soil amended with municipal solid waste compost. Journal of Agronomy & Crop Science. 187: 207-211. (SCI; IF= 3.473)

107. P. Bhattacharyya, K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborty, B. Bhattacharya (2001). Characterization of municipal solid waste compost in relation to maturity, stability and heavy metals content. Indian Journal of Agricultural Science. 71: 791-793.

108. P. Bhattacharyya, K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborty, B. Bhattacharya (2001). Microbial biomass and activities of soils amended with municipal solid waste compost. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science. 49: 98-104.

109. P. Bhattacharyya, K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborty, B. Bhattacharyya (2001). Effect of Calcutta municipal solid waste compost on microbial biomass and activities in an alluvial soil. Proceedings of National conference on Environment - 1999. Paschim Banga Vigyan Mancha, 12, BBD Bag, Calcutta-700001. pp. 154-159.

110. P. Bhattacharyya, Anumita Mitra, K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborty (2000). Evaluation of soil quality parameters of different ecosystems in a Bihar plateau region. Indian Agriculturist. 44: 35-42.

111. Suniti Das, P. Bhattacharyya, Anumita Mitra, K. Chakrabarti (2000). Rapid determination of Cation exchange capacity of soil. Indian Agriculturist. 44: 97-99.

112. K. Chakrabarti, P. Bhattacharyya, A. Chakraborty, P. Banik, D.K. Bagchi (1998).  Microbial biomass-C and urease activity: influence of soil properties. Indian Agriculturist. 42: 27-36.