Akil Ahmad

8.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
163 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Akil Ahmad is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Akil Ahmad has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 29 papers in Water Science and Technology and 27 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Akil Ahmad's work include Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (30 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (22 papers) and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (19 papers). Akil Ahmad is often cited by papers focused on Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (30 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (22 papers) and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (19 papers). Akil Ahmad collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and India. Akil Ahmad's co-authors include Mohd Rafatullah, Mohamad Nasir Mohamad Ibrahim, Asim Ali Yaqoob, Siti Hamidah Mohd‐Setapar, Asma Khatoon, Sing Chuong Chuo, Waseem A. Wani, Khalid Umar, Rajeev Kumar and Mohammed B. Alshammari and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Akil Ahmad

158 papers receiving 5.9k citations

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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.

Recent advances in new generation dye removal technologies: novel search for approaches to reprocess wastewater

2015 921 citations Akil Ahmad, Siti Hamidah Mohd‐Setapar et al. RSC Advances profile →
Recent Advances in Metal Decorated Nanomaterials and Their Various Biological Applications: A Review

2020 473 citations Asim Ali Yaqoob, Hilal Ahmad et al. profile →
Essential Oils: Extraction Techniques, Pharmaceutical And Therapeutic Potential - A Review

2018 313 citations Akil Ahmad, Siti Hamidah Mohd Setapar et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akil Ahmad Saudi Arabia	40	1.4k	1.4k	1.1k	1.0k	966	163	6.0k
Khalid Umar Malaysia	36	927 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	968 0.9×	441 0.5×	85	5.3k
Mohamad Nasir Mohamad Ibrahim Malaysia	49	1.1k 0.8×	2.3k 1.7×	2.0k 1.8×	2.6k 2.5×	666 0.7×	241	8.4k
Rijuta Ganesh Saratale South Korea	34	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	569 0.5×	2.0k 1.9×	601 0.6×	69	6.5k
K. Rambabu United Arab Emirates	47	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	596 0.5×	2.0k 1.9×	610 0.6×	132	6.8k
Dandan Zhou China	47	1.6k 1.2×	2.0k 1.5×	2.1k 1.9×	1.1k 1.0×	332 0.3×	254	8.3k
Lili Ding China	43	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	720 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	268 0.3×	134	7.0k
Balendu Shekher Giri India	42	1.8k 1.3×	927 0.7×	468 0.4×	1.4k 1.4×	536 0.6×	127	6.1k
Javed Alam Saudi Arabia	37	1.3k 0.9×	964 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	355 0.4×	129	4.4k
Muhammad Nadeem Zafar Pakistan	43	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	698 0.7×	873 0.9×	174	5.0k
S. Jeevanantham India	33	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	544 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	428 0.4×	44	4.8k

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Din, Israf Ud, Abdulrahman I. Alharthi, Tooba Saeed, et al.. (2025). Photocatalytic Degradation of Organophosphates Using Nanocrystalline ZnO Synthesized by Modified Sonochemical Method. Catalysts. 15(9). 820–820.

Ali, Dilawar, Iqra Muneer, D. A. Zatsepin, et al.. (2024). Influence of molarity on the structural, optical, photocatalytic and electrochemical properties of CoMn₂O₄ thin films fabricated by spray pyrolysis. Surfaces and Interfaces. 56. 105648–105648. 4 indexed citations

Mahesha, Mahesha, et al.. (2024). Structural and computational exploration of zwitterionic and quinoidal forms in Schiff base compound. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1319. 139289–139289. 1 indexed citations

Oyekanmi, Adeleke Abdulrahman, et al.. (2024). A novel oyster shell biocomposite for the efficient adsorptive removal of cadmium and lead from aqueous solution: Synthesis, process optimization, modelling and mechanism studies. PLoS ONE. 19(2). e0294286–e0294286. 7 indexed citations

Ahmad, Akil. (2024). An innovative step to fabricate biomass-derived reduced graphene oxide electrodes to boost energy efficiency with metal removal using an electrochemical approach. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 15(4). 5997–6012. 5 indexed citations

Ahmad, Waseem, Akil Ahmad, & Mohammad Shameem. (2024). Solar light-driven heterogeneous photocatalytic removal of 2,4 dichlorophenoxy acetic acid from aqueous solution by bio-fabricated SnO2 nanostructure. Research on Chemical Intermediates. 51(1). 59–81. 1 indexed citations

Alshammari, Mohammed B., et al.. (2023). Recent synthetic strategies of spiro-azetidin-2-one, -pyrrolidine, -indol(one) and -pyran derivatives-a review. RSC Advances. 13(46). 32786–32823. 5 indexed citations

Bakht, Md. Afroz, et al.. (2023). Interaction of serotonin and histamine with water and ethanol: Evidence from theoretical investigations. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. 1228. 114299–114299. 11 indexed citations

Aleid, Ghada Mohamed, et al.. (2023). Biomass and domestic waste: a potential resource combination for bioenergy generation and water treatment via benthic microbial fuel cell. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 5 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Akil, Mohammed B. Alshammari, & Mohamad Nasir Mohamad Ibrahim. (2023). Impact of Self-Fabricated Graphene–Metal Oxide Composite Anodes on Metal Degradation and Energy Generation via a Microbial Fuel Cell. Processes. 11(1). 163–163. 11 indexed citations

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Kirthi, Arivarasan Vishnu, Gaurav Kumar, Gaurav Pant, et al.. (2022). Toxicity of Nanoscaled Zero-Valent Iron Particles on Tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus. ACS Omega. 7(51). 47869–47879. 7 indexed citations

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Ali, Syed Ghazanfar, Mohammad Jalal, Hilal Ahmad, et al.. (2022). Biosynthesis of Gold Nanoparticles and Its Effect against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Molecules. 27(24). 8685–8685. 11 indexed citations

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Ali, Syed Ahmad, Mohammad Jalal, Hilal Ahmad, et al.. (2022). Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Camellia sinensis and Its Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Effect against Clinical Isolates. Materials. 15(19). 6978–6978. 29 indexed citations

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Ibrahim, Mohamad Nasir Mohamad, Akil Ahmad, Claudia Guerrero–Barajas, et al.. (2022). Degradation of Hydroquinone Coupled with Energy Generation through Microbial Fuel Cells Energized by Organic Waste. Processes. 10(10). 2099–2099. 16 indexed citations

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Yaqoob, Asim Ali, Mohamad Nasir Mohamad Ibrahim, Khalid Umar, et al.. (2021). A glimpse into the microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment with energy generation. Desalination and Water Treatment. 214. 379–389. 58 indexed citations

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Salehabadi, Ali, Mohammad Faisal Umar, Akil Ahmad, et al.. (2020). Carbon‐based nanocomposites in solid‐state hydrogen storage technology: An overview. International Journal of Energy Research. 44(14). 11044–11058. 73 indexed citations

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Chuo, Sing Chuong, Hasmida Mohd Nasir, Siti Hamidah Mohd‐Setapar, et al.. (2020). A Glimpse into the Extraction Methods of Active Compounds from Plants. Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry. 52(4). 667–696. 84 indexed citations

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Ali, Salamat, et al.. (2016). Application of Herbal extract and its medicinal value. Der pharmacia lettre. 8(9). 161–167. 3 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Akil, et al.. (2015). Pre-treatment Methods for Seawater Desalination and Industrial Wastewater Treatment: A Brief review. International Journal of Scientific Research in Science Engineering and Technology. 1(2). 422–428. 12 indexed citations

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Said, Muhammad, Akil Ahmad, & Abdul Wahab Mohammad. (2013). Removal of phenol during ultrafiltration of Palm oil mill effluent (POME): Effect of pH, ionic strength, pressure and temperature. Der pharma chemica. 5(3). 190–196. 17 indexed citations

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