Akif Safeen

1.1k total citations
56 papers, 793 citations indexed

About

Akif Safeen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Akif Safeen has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 793 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Materials Chemistry, 29 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 24 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Akif Safeen's work include ZnO doping and properties (17 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (11 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (11 papers). Akif Safeen is often cited by papers focused on ZnO doping and properties (17 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (11 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (11 papers). Akif Safeen collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and China. Akif Safeen's co-authors include Kashif Safeen, Rajwali Khan, Wiqar Hussain Shah, Khaled Althubeiti, Sattam Al Otaibi, Ghulam Asghar, Aurangzeb Khan, Attaullah Shah, Nasir Rahman and Sherzod Abdullaev and has published in prestigious journals such as Nano Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Akif Safeen

50 papers receiving 764 citations

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Akif Safeen Pakistan 16 596 304 220 205 78 56 793
Kashif Safeen Pakistan 15 498 0.8× 285 0.9× 239 1.1× 177 0.9× 75 1.0× 48 684
Junfei Ding China 9 410 0.7× 199 0.7× 135 0.6× 143 0.7× 53 0.7× 16 546
Junhong Duan China 13 528 0.9× 453 1.5× 183 0.8× 125 0.6× 140 1.8× 46 754
James M. Hodges United States 15 844 1.4× 455 1.5× 171 0.8× 205 1.0× 56 0.7× 18 1.0k
Yiming Sun China 16 514 0.9× 426 1.4× 180 0.8× 157 0.8× 54 0.7× 33 732
Nirmalya Sankar Das India 15 407 0.7× 298 1.0× 113 0.5× 188 0.9× 88 1.1× 33 626
A. B. Kadam India 15 546 0.9× 258 0.8× 101 0.5× 472 2.3× 49 0.6× 31 672
Zhongzhong Luo China 14 495 0.8× 335 1.1× 101 0.5× 117 0.6× 41 0.5× 37 682
Xinru Li China 14 590 1.0× 289 1.0× 285 1.3× 95 0.5× 30 0.4× 33 738
Koushik Majhi Israel 14 511 0.9× 268 0.9× 87 0.4× 126 0.6× 66 0.8× 24 640

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All Works

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Khan, Anish, Kashif Safeen, Khalid M. Alotaibi, et al.. (2025). Synergistic integration of VSe2 and CuS nanostructures for advanced energy storage applications. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 19761–19761. 3 indexed citations
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Kiani, Sajad, Rajwali Khan, Kashif Safeen, et al.. (2025). Defect-induced optical and thermoelectric properties of cobalt doped ZnO nanostructures prepared through hydrothermal route. Scientific Reports. 16(1). 1726–1726.
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Khan, Anish, Kashif Safeen, Basit Ali, et al.. (2025). Superior electrochemical performance of CuS/FeSe2 for advanced asymmetric supercapacitor applications. Electrochemistry Communications. 175. 107915–107915. 6 indexed citations
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Asghar, Ghulam, Akif Safeen, Muhammad Iftikhar, et al.. (2025). Structural, magnetic and impedance spectroscopy of M−type hexaferrites synthesized with WOWS sol gel method. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 178. 114648–114648. 3 indexed citations
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Asghar, Ghulam, et al.. (2025). Synergistic Enhancement of Coercivity and Dielectric Performance in Al-Sm Co-Doped SrFe12O19 for High-Frequency Applications. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. 14(10). 103001–103001. 1 indexed citations
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Shah, Wiqar Hussain, et al.. (2025). Defect-induced enhancements of optical and thermoelectric properties in hydrothermally synthesized Fe-doped ZnO nanostructures. Modern Physics Letters B. 39(31). 1 indexed citations
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Alotaibi, Khalid M., et al.. (2025). Improved Asymmetric Supercapacitors Using a Novel Synthesis of Organized FeS/SnS2 Nanostructure Effective Cathode Material. Journal of Electronic Materials. 54(3). 1972–1984. 3 indexed citations
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Safeen, Kashif, Khalid M. Alotaibi, Akif Safeen, et al.. (2025). ZnO/CuS nanocomposites for efficient visible light-driven degradation of methylene blue: mechanisms and performance evaluation. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics. 36(16). 1 indexed citations
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Quraishi, A.M., Akif Safeen, Vineet Tirth, et al.. (2024). Structural, electronic and thermoelectric properties of boron phosphorous nitride B2PN via first principles study. RSC Advances. 14(40). 29526–29534.
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Ullah, Hayat, Kashif Safeen, Zeinhom M. El‐Bahy, et al.. (2024). First principle study of scandium-based novel ternary half Heusler ScXGe (X = Mn and Fe) alloys: insight into the spin-polarized structural, electronic, and magnetic properties. RSC Advances. 14(19). 13605–13617. 14 indexed citations
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Al‐Shomar, Shereen M., A.M. Quraishi, Ghazanfar Nazir, et al.. (2024). Unveiling elevated curie temperature and exceptional perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in chlorinated monolayer CrI3. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 328. 129994–129994.
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Safeen, Kashif, Akif Safeen, Wiqar Hussain Shah, et al.. (2023). ZnO/CuSe composite-mediated bandgap modulation for enhanced photocatalytic performance against methyl blue dye. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 19580–19580. 18 indexed citations
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Shah, Wiqar Hussain, et al.. (2023). Tuning of the band gap and dielectric loss factor by Mn doping of Zn1-xMnxO nanoparticles. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 8646–8646. 29 indexed citations
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Elboughdiri, Noureddine, Shahid Iqbal, Sherzod Abdullaev, et al.. (2023). Enhanced electrical and magnetic properties of (Co, Yb) co-doped ZnO memristor for neuromorphic computing. RSC Advances. 13(51). 35993–36008. 19 indexed citations
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Rahman, Nasir, Kashif Safeen, Saleh D. Mekkey, et al.. (2023). Structure phase-induced photodegradation properties of cobalt-sulfur co-doped TiO2 nanoparticles synthesized by hydrothermal route. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 26. 8048–8060. 33 indexed citations
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Safeen, Akif, Kashif Safeen, Muhammad Shafique, et al.. (2022). The effect of Mn and Co dual-doping on the structural, optical, dielectric and magnetic properties of ZnO nanostructures. RSC Advances. 12(19). 11923–11932. 84 indexed citations

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