Ahmad Irfan

13.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
468 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Ahmad Irfan is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ahmad Irfan has authored 468 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 206 papers in Organic Chemistry, 143 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 133 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Ahmad Irfan's work include Nonlinear Optical Materials Research (101 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (73 papers) and Synthesis and biological activity (64 papers). Ahmad Irfan is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Optical Materials Research (101 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (73 papers) and Synthesis and biological activity (64 papers). Ahmad Irfan collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and China. Ahmad Irfan's co-authors include Abdullah G. Al‐Sehemi, Zahoor H. Farooqi, Robina Begum, Asif Mahmood, Aijaz Rasool Chaudhry, Shabbir Muhammad, Khalida Naseem, Weitai Wu, Jin‐Liang Wang and S. Muthu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ahmad Irfan

437 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Electrochemical Sensors for Heavy Metal Ion Detection in Aqueous Medium: A Systematic Review

2024 88 citations Ahmad Irfan et al. profile →
Impact of A-Cations Modified on the Structural, Electronic, Optical, Mechanical, and Solar Cell Performance of Inorganic Novel A₃NCl₃ (A = Ba, Sr, and Ca) Perovskites

2024 86 citations Md. Ferdous Rahman, Latha Marasamy et al. profile →
Investigating of novel inorganic cubic perovskites of A3BX3 (A=Ca, Sr, B P, As, X=I, Br) and their photovoltaic performance with efficiency over 28%

2024 80 citations Avijit Ghosh, Md. Ferdous Rahman et al. Journal of Alloys and Compounds profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ahmad Irfan Saudi Arabia	53	4.3k	4.1k	3.1k	2.9k	1.5k	468	10.9k
Muhammad Imran Pakistan	52	2.1k 0.5×	3.2k 0.8×	3.3k 1.1×	3.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	475	9.2k
Muhammad Usman Khan Pakistan	61	3.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	3.3k 1.1×	2.9k 1.0×	525 0.3×	271	9.8k
Mojtaba Shamsipur Iran	83	3.2k 0.7×	6.5k 1.6×	9.7k 3.1×	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	917	30.1k
Cristina Freire Portugal	57	2.4k 0.6×	4.8k 1.2×	2.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	2.1k 1.4×	305	10.9k
Francis Verpoort China	67	6.9k 1.6×	6.7k 1.6×	3.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	3.2k 2.1×	500	19.1k
Jun He China	54	2.4k 0.6×	4.2k 1.0×	2.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	993 0.7×	319	9.0k
Ali Alsalme Saudi Arabia	44	1.7k 0.4×	3.7k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	295	7.9k
Ernst J. R. Sudhölter Netherlands	50	2.2k 0.5×	2.8k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.4×	210 0.1×	265	8.8k
Ayman Nafady Saudi Arabia	55	1.9k 0.4×	5.3k 1.3×	2.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	2.6k 1.7×	378	10.3k
Moamen S. Refat Saudi Arabia	39	3.1k 0.7×	2.2k 0.5×	921 0.3×	1.9k 0.7×	297 0.2×	524	7.7k

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Bhattarai, Sagar, et al.. (2025). Introducing a sustainable strontium-based double perovskite solar cell exceeding 32 % efficiency for advanced solar technology. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 200. 112582–112582. 6 indexed citations

Feng, Yali, Feng Wen, Ahmad Irfan, et al.. (2025). Does exercise training combined with blood flow restriction improve muscle mass, lower extremity function, and walking capacity in hemiplegic patients? A randomized clinical trial. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. 32(8). 800–809. 2 indexed citations

Hossain, Faruk, et al.. (2025). Next-generation dual absorber solar cell design with Ca ₃ AsI ₃ and Sr ₃ PBr ₃ perovskites and MoO ₃ HTL achieves superior efficiency above 29%. Energy Advances. 4(11). 1383–1400.

Hsu, Chou‐Yi, et al.. (2025). Nanomagnetic nickel complex based on salicylamide and l-proline ligands as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for synthesis of tetrazoles. Nanoscale Advances. 7(9). 2663–2676.

Ghosh, Avijit, Md. Ferdous Rahman, Abdul Kuddus, et al.. (2024). Investigating of novel inorganic cubic perovskites of A3BX3 (A=Ca, Sr, B P, As, X=I, Br) and their photovoltaic performance with efficiency over 28%. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 986. 174097–174097. 80 indexed citations breakdown →

Saadh, Mohamed J., Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa, Pooja Bansal, et al.. (2024). Investigating the ability of BC2N nanotube to removal Eriochrome blue black from wastewater: A computational approach. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 163. 112311–112311.

Zhou, Shuiqin, et al.. (2024). Recent developments in chitosan based microgels and their hybrids. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 260(Pt 1). 129409–129409. 12 indexed citations

Begum, Robina, et al.. (2024). Microgel stabilized palladium nanostructures for catalytic applications. Molecular Catalysis. 559. 114061–114061. 5 indexed citations

Sharma, Pragati, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive review on technical lignin, lignin hydrogels, properties, preparation, applications & challenges in lab to market transition. Industrial Crops and Products. 211. 118262–118262. 16 indexed citations

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Irfan, Ahmad, et al.. (2024). Investigating the structural, electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of the novel perovskite Mg3NX3 (X = F, Cl, Br, I) to harness solar brilliance. Optics & Laser Technology. 181. 112023–112023. 12 indexed citations

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Altalbawy, Farag M. A., Harpreet Kaur, Vivek Saraswat, et al.. (2024). Novel iridium-BTB MOF as potent bioactive nanocomposite candidate. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 172. 113616–113616.

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Irfan, Ahmad, et al.. (2024). Fabrication and analysis of ZnO nanoflower and nanorod structures to improve superhydrophobicity using myristic acid. Results in Physics. 67. 108051–108051. 4 indexed citations

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Kapoor, Ashish, et al.. (2024). Nanostructured transition metal dichalcogenides‐based colorimetric sensors: Synthesis, characterization, and emerging applications. Luminescence. 39(7). e4833–e4833. 3 indexed citations

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Khan, Shoaib, Hayat Ullah, Ahmad Irfan, et al.. (2023). Synthesis, in vitro α-glucosidase, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal activities and in silico molecular docking studies of benzohydrazide derivatives. Chemical Data Collections. 48. 101088–101088.

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Balaji, G., et al.. (2023). Effect of green solvents, molecular structure and topological studies on 4-amino-1-β-d-ribofuranosyl-1,3,5 triazin-2(1H)-one - anti-blood cancer agent. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society. 100(2). 100912–100912. 5 indexed citations

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Rahman, Md. Atikur, et al.. (2023). First-principles calculations to investigate elastic, electronic, optical, and thermodynamic properties of intermetallic elements Pt3T (T = Nb, Ru, Rh, Pd, and Ag). Solid State Communications. 376. 115362–115362. 4 indexed citations

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Rajesh, P., et al.. (2023). Importance of solvent roles in molecular, electronic and dynamical properties, thermodynamic quantities, Mulliken charges, reactive analysis and molecular docking of 2-Bromo-1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarbonitrile. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 388. 122744–122744. 7 indexed citations

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Shehzad, Hamza, Zhirong Liu, Zahoor H. Farooqi, et al.. (2023). Insights into electro-assisted and selective adsorption of U(VI) using hierarchical porous and activated biocarbon from lotus pods/2D-MoS2/polypyrrole composites through capacitive deionization. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 181. 354–366. 12 indexed citations

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Pooventhiran, T., et al.. (2021). Vibrational Spectral Studies, Quantum Mechanical Properties, and Biological Activity Prediction and Inclusion Molecular Self-Assembly Formation of N-N’-Dimethylethylene Urea. Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry. 12(3). 3996–4017. 25 indexed citations

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Sumrra, Sajjad Hussain, Mohammed A. Assiri, Muhammad Usman, et al.. (2021). Digera muricata (L.) Mart. mediated synthesis of antimicrobial and enzymatic inhibitory zinc oxide bionanoparticles. Green Processing and Synthesis. 10(1). 476–484. 8 indexed citations

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