A. Afaq

1.6k total citations
89 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

A. Afaq is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Afaq has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Materials Chemistry, 44 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 29 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in A. Afaq's work include Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties (34 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (15 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (14 papers). A. Afaq is often cited by papers focused on Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties (34 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (15 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (14 papers). A. Afaq collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and China. A. Afaq's co-authors include Iftikhar Ahmad, Abu Bakar, G. Murtaza, Muhammad Asif, Bakhtiar Ul Haq, B. Amin, Muhammad Maqbool, Imad Khan, H. A. Rahnamaye Aliabad and M. L. Du and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Construction and Building Materials and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

In The Last Decade

A. Afaq

83 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. Afaq Pakistan 21 916 617 586 283 100 89 1.3k
Alireza Akbarzadeh United States 14 927 1.0× 292 0.5× 415 0.7× 131 0.5× 101 1.0× 21 1.0k
Xin Guo China 20 798 0.9× 488 0.8× 193 0.3× 165 0.6× 69 0.7× 80 1.0k
I. Lucas Spain 16 382 0.4× 279 0.5× 289 0.5× 568 2.0× 211 2.1× 39 881
Heyan Liu China 22 1.1k 1.3× 332 0.5× 1.1k 1.8× 299 1.1× 86 0.9× 83 1.6k
Shinzo Yoshikado Japan 14 475 0.5× 372 0.6× 192 0.3× 109 0.4× 71 0.7× 149 755
Jianqun Yang China 14 598 0.7× 419 0.7× 218 0.4× 196 0.7× 56 0.6× 74 849
David Waroquiers Belgium 13 715 0.8× 302 0.5× 257 0.4× 142 0.5× 80 0.8× 18 873
Jingxuan Ding United States 14 1.0k 1.1× 508 0.8× 319 0.5× 71 0.3× 78 0.8× 21 1.1k
Guangsai Yang China 15 755 0.8× 198 0.3× 498 0.8× 115 0.4× 55 0.6× 33 1.1k
Francesco Ricci Belgium 18 1.6k 1.8× 591 1.0× 379 0.6× 224 0.8× 109 1.1× 29 1.8k

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All Works

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Ashraf, Muhammad Waqar, A. Afaq, & Abu Bakar. (2025). Band gap engineering and physical properties of half heusler alloy ScNiSb: A DFT insights. Physica B Condensed Matter. 720. 418005–418005.
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Afaq, A., et al.. (2025). Structural, electronic, phonon, thermodynamic and hydrogen storage properties of BeXH3(X = Si,Ge) Hydride Perovskites: A DFT approach. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 127. 127–136. 3 indexed citations
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Muhammad, Hafiz Ali, Abu Bakar, A. Afaq, Erik O. Shalenov, & H. Elhosiny Ali. (2025). First principles investigations on physical properties and phonon-mediated superconductivity in CsTaC. Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 238. 113178–113178.
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Bakar, Abu, et al.. (2025). ab-initio insights of BeXH 3 ( X = In , Sn , Sb ) hydrides for structural, phonon, electronic, thermodynamic and hydrogen storage properties. Journal of Energy Storage. 132. 117817–117817. 1 indexed citations
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Shahbaz, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Superconductivity in LaO: a density functional theory study with local, semilocal, and nonlocal exchange-correlation functionals. Physica Scripta. 99(11). 115953–115953. 1 indexed citations
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Afaq, A., et al.. (2024). Probing the Structural, Mechanical, Electronic and Optical Properties of TlGeX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) for Optoelectronic Applications. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials. 35(3). 1521–1534. 7 indexed citations
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Asif, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). Optical properties of strontium titanate (STO) thin films using transfer matrix method. Materials Today Communications. 37. 106966–106966. 11 indexed citations
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Bakar, Abu, et al.. (2023). Opto-electronic and thermoelectric properties of XMgY (X=Li, Na; Y=Al, Ga) alloys: GGA and SCAN based approaches. Materials Today Communications. 36. 106451–106451. 5 indexed citations
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Afaq, A., et al.. (2023). DFT study of $${{Ru}_{2}FeZ (Z=Si, Ge, Sn)}$$ for opto-electronic response calculations. MRS Communications. 13(6). 1180–1186. 1 indexed citations
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Bakar, Abu, Muhammad Shahbaz, & A. Afaq. (2023). Effects of nonlocal correlation functionals on electron-phonon interactions in NbC. Physica Scripta. 98(10). 105961–105961. 4 indexed citations
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Bakar, Abu, A. Afaq, Muhammad Shoaib, A. Dahshan, & Muhammad Asif. (2022). Ab-initio study for the elastic stability, mechanical, electronic and optical properties of RuCrX (X = Si, Ge, Sn) half Heusler alloys. Physica Scripta. 97(7). 75801–75801. 7 indexed citations
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Bakar, Abu, et al.. (2022). Effect of pressure on structural, elastic and mechanical properties of cubic perovskites XCoO3 (X = Nd, Pr) from first-principles investigations. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 19. 4233–4241. 67 indexed citations
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Afaq, A., et al.. (2020). Reststrahlen band studies in cubic perovskite materials SmXO3 (X = Al,Co) by computational investigations. International Journal of Modern Physics B. 34(21). 2050206–2050206. 9 indexed citations
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Afaq, A., Abu Bakar, Muhammad Shoaib, Rashid Ahmed, & Anila Asif. (2020). Structural, elasto-mechanical and phonon-related properties of MnCrP: A DFT Study. International Journal of Modern Physics B. 34(21). 2050200–2050200. 10 indexed citations
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Nazir, Ghazanfar, et al.. (2018). Under Pressure DFT Investigations on Optical and Electronic Properties of PbZrO3. Acta Physica Polonica A. 133(1). 105–113. 10 indexed citations

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