Publications

   Refereed Journals (with 5+ impact factor)
  1. Physical Resources Assessment in a Semi-arid Watershed: An Integrated Methodology for Sustainable Land use Planning, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.03.008 (Impact Factor: 11.77)  Full Text
  2. Detecting heat-inducing urban built-up surface material with multi remote sensing datasets using reflectance and emission spectroscopy. Remote Sensing of Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112591(Impact Factor: 13.85) Full Text 
  3. Epidemiology, Hot Spots, and Sociodemographic Risk Factors of Alcohol Consumption in Indian Men and Women: Analysis of National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16). Frontiers in Public Health 9:617311. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.617311 (Impact Factor: 6.46) Full Text
  4. Spatial epidemiology of acute respiratory infections in children under 5 years and associated risk factors in India: District-level analysis of health, household, and environmental datasets. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 906248. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.906248 (Impact Factor: 6.46) Full Text
  5. The Plastisphere: a morphometric genetic classification of plastic pollutants in the natural environment. Gondwana Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2021.07.004 (Impact Factor: 6.15 Full Text
  6. A Comprehensive Assessment of Climate Change and Coastal Inundation through Satellite-Derived Datasets: A Case Study of Sabang Island, Indonesia. Remote Sensing, 14(12), 2857. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14122857 (Impact Factor: 5.35) Full Text
  7. District-level epidemiology, hot spots and socio-demographic determinants of tobacco use in Indian men and women: Analysis of national family health survey-4 (2015–16). Public Health, 194, 127–134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.03.001 (Impact Factor: 5) Full Text
 Refereed Journals (with <5 impact factor)
  1. Spatiotemporal Epidemiology of Malaria in India from 2007 to 2022. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, tpmd230688. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.23-0688 (Impact Factor: 3.7) Full Text
  2. Tectono-climatic and depositional environmental controls on the Neolithic habitation sites, Vaigai River Basin, Southern India. Geological Journal. 59:1199–1218. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.4919 (Impact Factor: 2.1) Full Text
  3. Spatio-temporal epidemiology and associated indicators of COVID-19 (wave-I and II) in India. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-50363-2 (Impact Factor: 4.6) Full Text
  4. Epidemiology of scrub typhus and other rickettsial infections (2018–22) in the hyper-endemic setting of Mizoram, North-East India. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 17(11): e0011688. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011688 (Impact Factor: 4.8)  Full Text
  5. Physico-chemical Properties of the Vettar Estuarine Waters, Cauvery Basin, Southern India: Implications for Environmental Management. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-023-00564-3 (Impact Factor: 0.951) Full Text
  6. Malaria hotspots and climate change trends in the hyper-endemic malaria settings of Mizoram along the India–Bangladesh borders. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 4538. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31632-6 (Impact Factor: 4.996) Full Text
  7. An assessment of remotely sensed environmental variables on Dengue epidemiology in Central India. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(10), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010859 (Impact Factor: 4.71) Full Text 
  8. Seroprevalence of scrub typhus and other rickettsial diseases among the household rodents of Mizoram, North‐East India. Zoonoses and Public Health, 13025, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.13025 (Impact Factor: 2.95) Full Text
  9. Social and housing indicators of dengue and chikungunya in Indian adults aged 45 and above: Analysis of a nationally representative survey (2017-18). Archives of Public Health, 80, 125. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-022-00868-5 (Impact Factor: 2.74) Full Text
  10. A comprehensive study on preparedness, impacts, response and recovery from tropical severe cyclonic storm ‘GAJA’: Lessons for the future. Journal of Coastal Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11852-021-00842-3 (Impact Factor: 1.839) Full Text
  11. Revealing the socio-economic vulnerability and multi-hazard risks at micro-administrative units in the coastal plains of Tamil Nadu, India. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2021.1886183 (Impact Factor: 3.528)  Full Text
  12. Epidemiology, Hot Spots, and Sociodemographic Risk Factors of Alcohol Consumption in Indian Men and Women: Analysis of National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16). Frontiers in Public Health https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.617311(Impact Factor: 3.7097) . 
  13. Socio-economic and household determinants of malaria in adults aged 45 and above: Analysis of longitudinal ageing survey in India, 2017–2018. Malaria Journal, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03840-w (Impact Factor: 2.979)  Full Text
  14. Mangrove floristics, forest structure and mapping of Neil Island (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India) with emphasis on the diversity of Rhizophora species and the significance of small island mangroves. Botanica Marina, In Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2020-0075 (Impact Factor: 1.38)    Full Text
  15. Seroprevalence and risk factors of Brucellosis in livestock in the wild life and livestock interface area of Similipal Biosphere Reserve, India. Veterinary World, https://doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2020.465-470 (Impact Factor: 0.95)  Full Text
  16. Malaria in North-East India: Importance and Implications in the Era of Elimination. Microorganisms, https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7120673 (Impact Factor: 4.128)  Full Text
  17. Discovery of buried historical structures in the Kaveri-Kollidam interfluve, South India. Archaeological Prospection, https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1724 (Impact Factor: 2.569)  Full Text
  18. Tectono-morphological evolution of the Cauvery, Vaigai and Thamirabarani river basins: Implications on timing, stratigraphic markers, relative roles of intrinsic and extrinsic factors and transience of southern Indian landscape. Geological Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.3520 (Impact Factor: 2.489)  Full Text 
  19. Urban disease ecology and its spatial variation of Chikungunya in Madurai City, Tamilnadu, India: A geo-medical study. GeoJournal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-020-10192-6 (Impact Factor: 0.92) Full Text
  20. GIS-based spatial multi-criteria approach for characterization and prioritization of micro-watersheds: a case study of semi-arid watershed, South India. Applied Geomatics (Springer),  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12518-019-00261-y  (Impact Factor: 0.92) Full Text
  21. Estimation of Soil Erosion in a Semi-arid Watershed of Tamil Nadu (India) using Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) Model through GIS. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-015-0015-4  (Impact Factor: 0.54) Full Text 
  22. Application of Geospatial Technology and Information Value Technique in Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping: A Case Study of Giri Valley, Himachal Pradesh, Disaster Advances (Impact Factor: 0.692) Full Text
Refereed Journals (indexed)
  1. Assessment of shoreline changes and associated erosion and accretion pattern in coastal watersheds of Tamil Nadu, India, Natural Hazard Research, In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nhres.2023.09.008 Full Text
  2. Estimating built-up risk from multi-natural hazards: A case study of Northern coastal plains of Tamil Nadu. Natural Hazards Research, In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nhres.2023.01.001  Full Text 
  3. Multi-criteria decision analysis-based irrigation water quality index for the Noyyal river basin, Tamil Nadu. Transactions of the Institute of Indian Geographers, 44(2), 167–186 Full Text
  4. A Multi-Data Geospatial Approach for Understanding Flood Risk in the Coastal Plains of Tamil Nadu, India. Earth 3(1): 383-400. https://doi.org/10.3390/earth3010023
  5. Episodic habitation and abandonment of Neolithic civilization sites in the Vaigai River Basin, Southern India. Geosystems and Geoenvironment (Elsevier). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geogeo.2021.10.002 Full Text
  6. Neolithic cultural sites and extreme climate related channel avulsion: Evidence from the Vaigai River Basin, southern India. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (Elsevier). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103204 Full Text
  7. Effect of climate change and deforestation on vector borne diseases in the North-Eastern Indian state of Mizoram bordering Myanmar. The Journal of Climate Change and Health (Elsevier), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2021.100015 Full Text
  8. Integrated Assessment of Groundwater Resources in a Semi-arid Watershed of South India: Implications for Irrigated Agriculture. GeoJournal (Springer), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-019-10050-0 Full Text
  9. Multi-Hazard Zonation for Effective Management of Disasters in Tamil Nadu. GEOSFERA Indonesia, https://doi.org/10.19184/geosi.v5i1.16710 Full Text
  10. Evaluation of Groundwater Resources in Aiyar Basin: A GIS Approach for Agricultural Planning and Development. GEOSFERA Indonesia https://doi.org/10.19184/geosi.v4i3.14954 Full Text
 Refereed Proceedings/Archives
  1. Mapping a Landslide Event on Puthumala, Kerala, India using SAR Interferometry. 2023 International Conference on Machine Intelligence for GeoAnalytics and Remote Sensing (MIGARS), 1–4. IEEE, https://doi.org/10.1109/MIGARS57353.2023.10064499 
  2. GIS based solid waste management - A case study of Nagercoil municipality, Tamil Nadu, in Proceedings of the 4th International Electronic Conference on Geosciences, 1–15 December 2022, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland, 69. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECG2022-14144
  3. Assessment of Watershed Resources for Sustainable Agricultural Development: A Case of Developing an Operational Methodology Under Indian Conditions Through Geospatial Technologies, The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-W11-9-2020, 2020  
  4. Forest Fire Susceptibility Mapping through Fuzzy Integration of Remote Sensing Indices, Climate Datasets and Historical Records. In proceedings of 41st Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS 2020) Deqing, China, 9-11 November 2020, 1, pp. 471- 480  https://a-a-r-s.org/proceeding/ACRS2020/dxg8ct.pdf
  5. Comparison and Evaluation of Dimensionality Reduction Techniques for Hyperspectral Data Analysis. In: Proceedings of 2nd International Electronic Conference on Geosciences. MDPI Proceedings https://doi.org/10.3390/IECG2019-06209
  6. Assessment on the potential of multispectral and hyperspectral datasets for Land Use / Land Cover classification, In: Proceedings of 2nd International Electronic Conference on Geosciences. MDPI Proceedings https://doi.org/10.3390/IECG2019-06211
  7. Spatio-temporal analysis of natural human habitability environment along the coastal taluks of Tamil Nadu, India, ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-5-439-2018
  8. Land use/land cover changes in semi-arid mountain landscape in southern India: A geoinformatics based markov chain approach, The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences  https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-1-W1-231-2017

 

Chapters in Refereed Books
  1. Detection of Shoreline Changes in the Highly Vulnerable Coastal Watersheds of Tamil Nadu Using DSAS. In S. A. Babu, Fifth World Congress on Disaster Management: Volume V (1st ed., pp. 129–137). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003342090-13
  2. Examining Land Surface Temperature from Agglomerative Spectra Using Hyperspectral Dataset. In: Sustainable Climate Action and Water Management (Eds. Mishra R.K., Singh R.B., Dubey A.). Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8237-0_17
  3. Habitat risk assessment along coastal Tamil Nadu, India—An integrated methodology for mitigating coastal hazards. Coastal Zone Management: Global Perspectives, Regional Processes, Local Issues, Elsevier, Amsterdam, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814350-6.00023-9
  4. Interlinking of rivers as a strategy to mitigate coeval floods and droughts: India in focus with perspectives on coastal zone management. Coastal Zone Management: Global Perspectives, Regional Processes, Local Issues, Elsevier, Amsterdam, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814350-6.00019-7
  5. Spatio-temporal Analysis of Rainfall Distribution and Variability in the Twentieth Century, Over the Cauvery Basin, South India, Environmental Management of River Basin Ecosystem, Springer Earth System Sciences, Switzerland, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13425-3_2
National Journals
  1. Geoinformatics - Catalyst for Preparation of District Disaster Risk Management Plan: A Case of Karur District, Tamil Nadu, The Indian Geographical Journal, Vol. 94(1), 1-17
  2. A Spatial Analysis of Crop-land Suitability for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Aiyar Basin, Tamil Nadu. Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International  https://doi.org/10.9734/JGEESI/2018/46109
  3. Estimation of Soil Moisture using Multi-Polarisation Risat-1 Data: A Case Study of Kongu Uplands, Tamil Nadu, India. Indian Journal of Spatial Science, Vol. 9.0(1), pp. 1-5. 
  4. Comparative Analysis of CARTOSAT, ASTER and SRTM Digital Elevation Models of Different Terrains for Extraction of Watershed Parameters, The Konkan Geographer, Vol. 17, 143-152
  5. GIS-Based Service Area Analysis for Optimal Planning Strategies: A Case Study of Fire Service Stations in Madurai City, Geographic Analysis, Vol. 5 (2), pp.11-18
  6. NDVI and SPI based Drought Assessment of Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India, The Indian Geographical Journal, Vol. 90(1), pp. 62-74. http://igschennai.org/IGJ/IGJ-Volume-90_2015.pdf
  7. A GIS-based Morphometric Analysis of Vaippar Basin, Tamil Nadu, The Indian Geographical Journal, Vol. 89(1), pp. 30-37. http://igschennai.org/IGJ/IGJ-Vol_89_2014.pdf
  8. Assessing Vegetative Drought From Satellite Data: A Case Study of Cauvery Basin, South India, The Konkan Geographer, Vol. 8, pp. 12-18
  9. A GIS-based Morphometric Analysis of Vaippar Basin, Tamil Nadu, The Indian Geographical Journal, Vol. 89(1), pp. 30-37.
  10. Classification of Satellite Images using Multi-spectral Indices: A Decision Tree Approach. The Indian Geographical Journal, Vol. 88(1), pp. 1-11. http://igschennai.org/IGJ/IGJ-Vol_88_2013.pdf
  11. Geospatial Technologies in Watershed Management, Journal of Water and Land-Use Management, Vol. 13 (2), pp.67-72
  12. Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones using Geospatial Techniques: A Case Study of Upper Vaigai Basin, Tamil Nadu, Journal of Water and Land-Use Management, Vol. 11 (1&2), pp.13-24.
  13. Application of Lidar Remote sensing in Land Degradation Management, Eco-Chronicle, Vol.4 (3), pp.179-184.
Books / Edited Volumes
  1. Sulochana Shekhar, Balasubramani, K., Venkatesham, E., Arun Prasad, K. (Eds.) 2024. Advancements in Sustainable Geography: Emerging Research Perspectives, The Publication Cell, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, pp.1-147. (ISBN: 978-81-961610-9-5). https://cutn.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Advancements-in-Sustainable-Geography-Emerging-Research-Perspectives-2024.pdf
  2. Kumaraswamy, K., Balasubramani, K., Jegankumar, R. and Masilamani, P. (Eds.) 2018. Sustainable Development of Natural Resources, (ISSN: 978-93-82847-243), RK Books, New Delhi, pp. 1-681.
Chapters in National Books 
  1. Drought Risk Assessment in Coastal Plains of Tamil Nadu, In Advancements in Sustainable Geography: Emerging Research Perspectives (Shekhar et al. Eds.), The Publication Cell, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, pp.24-37.
  2. Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment Through Public Perception Survey – A Case of Coastal Plains of Tamil Nadu, In Advancements in Sustainable Geography: Emerging Research Perspectives (Shekhar et al. Eds.), The Publication Cell, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, pp.70-84. 
  3. Spatio-temporal analysis of groundwater level in Aiyar Basin, Central Tamil Nadu. In Sustainable Development of Natural Resources (Eds. Kumaraswamy et al.), RK Books, New Delhi, pp. 168-180.
  4. Rainfall - Runoff Modelling using Soil Conservation Service – Curve Number (SCS-CN) Method – A Case Study of Ungauged Andipatti Watershed, Tamil Nadu, India, Geospatial Technologies for Resources Evaluation and Management (Ed. Saravanabavan, V.), Jayalakshmi Publications, Madurai, pp. 59-67
  5. Application of Geospatial Technologies in Watershed Management: A Case study of Study of Andipatti Watershed, Landuse/Land Cover Changes and Its Impact: Spatial Challenges and Geospatial Technologies (Ed. Manonmani, I.K.),Shanlax Publications, Madurai,pp. 62-70
  6. Application of Geospatial Technologies in Preparation of Slope and Landuse Map for Land Degradation Assessment: A Case Study of Upper Arjuna Nadi Watershed, Managing Our Resources - Perspectives and Planning (Ed. Sharma, D.D. and Thakur, B.R.), Bharti Publications, New Delhi,pp. 31-39
  7. Remote Sensing for Environmental Pollution and Monitoring, Geospatial Technologies and Applications (Eds. Kumaraperumal, R., et al.), Department of Remote Sensing and GIS, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, pp. 215-223.
Proceedings/Workshop Manuals/Course Materials
  1. Open Source Geospatial Technologies as Catalysts in Micro level Resource Planning: An Exercise using QGIS Software, Proceedings of the National Workshop on Village Level Information Management System for Local Planning, Department of Geography, Government Arts College (Autonomous), Karur, pp. 92-107.
  2. A Comparison of Approaches for Automated Watershed Delineation: A Case study of NagalAr Watershed, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Geospatial Technology for Resource Evaluation and Management, Department of Geography, Madurai Kamaraj University, pp. 200-208.
  3. Lidar Application in Geomorphology and Hydrology: A Comprehensive Overview, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Trends in Geospatial Data Analysis for Resource and Environmental Management, Department of Geography, Madurai Kamaraj University, pp. 8-16.
  4. Geographical Analysis of Urban Influence of Land use change in Virahanur- Madurai Metropolitan Area, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Environment and Development, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Kerala,pp. 228-231.
  5. Lidar Applications in Land Degradation Management, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Environment and Development, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Kerala, pp. 232-238.
Articles in Magazines
  1. Bharat maps enabled GIS-mapping of mangroves in Neil Island, the Addamans.  Seshaiyana. Vol.28(4), pp. 1-3. ISSN: 0971-8656 
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