Ali Afzal

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 849 citations indexed

About

Ali Afzal is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Building and Construction and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ali Afzal has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 849 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 13 papers in Building and Construction and 12 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Ali Afzal's work include Textile materials and evaluations (25 papers), Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers (13 papers) and Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites (7 papers). Ali Afzal is often cited by papers focused on Textile materials and evaluations (25 papers), Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers (13 papers) and Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites (7 papers). Ali Afzal collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, China and Saudi Arabia. Ali Afzal's co-authors include Sheraz Ahmad, Abher Rasheed, Faheem Ahmad, Muhammad Mohsin, Zubair Khaliq, Muhammad Bilal Qadir, Tanveer Hussain, Yasir Nawab, Muhammad Babar Khawar and Muhammad Sohail Zafar and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Frontiers in Immunology and Journal of Materials Science.

In The Last Decade

Ali Afzal

52 papers receiving 807 citations

Hit Papers

Unraveling the harmful effect of oxidative stress on male... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75
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.

  1. Unraveling the harmful effect of oxidative stress on male fertility: A mechanistic insight
    2023 75 citations Ali Afzal et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ali Afzal Pakistan 18 337 160 133 117 98 54 849
Ee Meng Cheng Malaysia 19 163 0.5× 313 2.0× 278 2.1× 37 0.3× 142 1.4× 137 1.0k
Kai Yang United Kingdom 24 369 1.1× 1.0k 6.4× 66 0.5× 25 0.2× 102 1.0× 97 1.9k
Liqun Chen China 16 103 0.3× 213 1.3× 219 1.6× 40 0.3× 19 0.2× 47 913
Weiye Zhang China 19 182 0.5× 166 1.0× 98 0.7× 66 0.6× 224 2.3× 84 1.2k
Kunal Singha India 14 238 0.7× 213 1.3× 129 1.0× 117 1.0× 44 0.4× 33 939
Xiaoqing Guo China 15 233 0.7× 338 2.1× 146 1.1× 52 0.4× 144 1.5× 48 967
Sezgin Ersoy Türkiye 11 169 0.5× 353 2.2× 100 0.8× 54 0.5× 8 0.1× 53 686
Liang Yang China 21 214 0.6× 549 3.4× 98 0.7× 18 0.2× 55 0.6× 79 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ali Afzal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ali Afzal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ali Afzal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ali Afzal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ali Afzal based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ali Afzal. Ali Afzal is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Afzal, Ali, et al.. (2025). Current Trends in Messenger RNA Technology for Cancer Therapeutics. Biomaterials Research. 29. 178–178. 3 indexed citations
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Afzal, Ali & Muhammad Babar Khawar. (2024). CAR T Therapies: Game Changer or Culprit in Cancer Treatment?. 2024(1). 1–1. 3 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Sadia, et al.. (2024). Can tissue-specific PD-1/PD-L1 targeting combined with other immune checkpoint blockades enhance immune clearance?. Medical Hypotheses. 192. 111491–111491. 1 indexed citations
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Qadir, Muhammad Bilal, Mabkhoot Alsaiari, Ali Afzal, et al.. (2024). Conversion of sugarcane biomass into sustainable fabrics: softening of fibers using alkali and silicone softener treatment. Materials Research Express. 11(2). 25103–25103. 2 indexed citations
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Khawar, Muhammad Babar, Ali Afzal, Yue Si, & Haibo Sun. (2024). Steering the course of CAR T cell therapy with lipid nanoparticles. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 22(1). 380–380. 23 indexed citations
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Afzal, Ali, Sadia Ahmad, Muhammad Imran, et al.. (2024). Current insights and advances in long noncoding RNA dysregulation in diabetes and its complications. 4(2). 4000–4000.
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Khawar, Muhammad Babar, Ali Afzal, Muddasir Hassan Abbasi, Nadeem Sheikh, & Haibo Sun. (2023). Nano-immunoengineering of CAR-T cell therapy against tumor microenvironment: The way forward in combating cancer. OpenNano. 10. 100124–100124. 8 indexed citations
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Khawar, Muhammad Babar, et al.. (2023). Mini-organs with big impact: Organoids in liver cancer studies. Oncology Research Featuring Preclinical and Clinical Cancer Therapeutics. 31(5). 677–688. 6 indexed citations
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Khawar, Muhammad Babar, Fei Ge, Ali Afzal, & Haibo Sun. (2023). From barriers to novel strategies: smarter CAR T therapy hits hard to tumors. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1203230–1203230. 8 indexed citations
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Afzal, Ali, Mohammed Jalalah, Zubair Khaliq, et al.. (2023). Development and Characterization of Drug Loaded PVA/PCL Fibres for Wound Dressing Applications. Polymers. 15(6). 1355–1355. 20 indexed citations
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Masood, Rashid, Ali Afzal, Zulfiqar Ali Raza, et al.. (2022). Development of zinc, silver, and hyaluronic acid mediated wet spun alginate fibers for potential wound care applications. Journal of Industrial Textiles. 51(2_suppl). 1916S–1930S. 7 indexed citations
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Jalalah, Mohammed, Zubair Khaliq, Zulfiqar Ali, et al.. (2022). Preliminary Studies on Conversion of Sugarcane Bagasse into Sustainable Fibers for Apparel Textiles. Sustainability. 14(24). 16450–16450. 4 indexed citations
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Afzal, Ali, Rashid Masood, Zubair Khaliq, et al.. (2022). Dressings for burn wound: a review. Journal of Materials Science. 57(12). 6536–6572. 38 indexed citations
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Afzal, Ali. (2021). A study on the Fatigue behavior of Heat Treated Aluminium Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites(Al6061-SiC-Gr). Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT). 12(10). 254–264. 2 indexed citations
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Afzal, Ali, et al.. (2021). Development and characterization of biodegradable composite film. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 23. 101664–101664. 19 indexed citations
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Qadir, Muhammad Bilal, Zulfiqar Ali, Ali Afzal, et al.. (2020). Effect of Elastane Parameters on the Dimensional and Mechanical Properties of Stretchable Denim Fabrics. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal. 40(2). 139–153. 4 indexed citations
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Tariq, Asra, Muhammad Faheem, Muhammad Shafiq, et al.. (2019). Stealth technology: Methods and composite materials—A review. Polymer Composites. 40(12). 4457–4472. 112 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Mehboob, et al.. (2018). Characterization and antibacterial property of Kapok fibers treated with chitosan/AgCl–TiO2 colloid. Journal of the Textile Institute. 110(1). 100–104. 8 indexed citations
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Afzal, Ali, Tanveer Hussain, Muhammad Mohsin, Abher Rasheed, & Sheraz Ahmad. (2014). Statistical models for predicting the thermal resistance of polyester/cotton blended interlock knitted fabrics. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 85. 40–46. 20 indexed citations

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