Ali Akhtar

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ali Akhtar is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Ali Akhtar has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 4 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 3 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Ali Akhtar's work include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (4 papers), Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance (3 papers) and Concrete and Cement Materials Research (3 papers). Ali Akhtar is often cited by papers focused on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (4 papers), Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance (3 papers) and Concrete and Cement Materials Research (3 papers). Ali Akhtar collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Czechia and Pakistan. Ali Akhtar's co-authors include Ajit K. Sarmah, V. Krepl, Tatiana Ivanova, Abbas Mehrabadi, Ebtisam Mirza, Nadeem Ehsan, Zhangwei Yu, Hao Chen, Shafahat Ali and Qiang Ling and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Energy & Fuels.

In The Last Decade

Ali Akhtar

11 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Construction and demolition waste generation and properti... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Construction and demolition waste generation and properties of recycled aggregate concrete: A global perspective
    2018 864 citations Ali Akhtar, Ajit K. Sarmah Journal of Cleaner Production profile →

Peers

Ali Akhtar
Bogdan Cazacliu France
Властимир Радоњанин Serbia
Fabiano Raupp‐Pereira Brazil
Mirjana Malešev Serbia
Halenur Kurmus Australia
P. Muñoz Spain
Jan Fořt Czechia
Youcef Bouzidi France
Salmabanu Luhar India
Rahul V. Ralegaonkar India
Bogdan Cazacliu France
Ali Akhtar
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Countries citing papers authored by Ali Akhtar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ali Akhtar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ali Akhtar. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ali Akhtar. The network helps show where Ali Akhtar may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ali Akhtar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ali Akhtar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ali Akhtar 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 Akhtar. Ali Akhtar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Elahi, Ayub, et al.. (2026). Performance of hybrid sugarcane and polypropylene fibres in concrete. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Construction Materials. 179(2). 125–138.
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Akhtar, Ali, et al.. (2024). Enhancing sustainability: co-pyrolysis of date palm branches and wastewater microalgae for tailored biochar production. Biofuels. 15(7). 837–847. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Hao, Qiang Ling, Ali Akhtar, et al.. (2024). Respiratory rate monitoring based on all-fiber strain-induced humidity sensor. Optics & Laser Technology. 181. 111840–111840. 11 indexed citations
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Akhtar, Ali, et al.. (2019). Carbon conversion and stabilisation of date palm and high rate algal pond (microalgae) biomass through slow pyrolysis. International Journal of Energy Research. 43(9). 4403–4416. 19 indexed citations
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Akhtar, Ali, et al.. (2019). Detailed characterization of waste from date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) branches for energy production: Comparative evaluation of heavy metals concentration. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 11(1). 12 indexed citations
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Akhtar, Ali & Ajit K. Sarmah. (2018). Construction and demolition waste generation and properties of recycled aggregate concrete: A global perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production. 186. 262–281. 864 indexed citations breakdown →
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Akhtar, Ali & Ajit K. Sarmah. (2018). Strength improvement of recycled aggregate concrete through silicon rich char derived from organic waste. Journal of Cleaner Production. 196. 411–423. 60 indexed citations
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Akhtar, Ali, V. Krepl, & Tatiana Ivanova. (2018). A Combined Overview of Combustion, Pyrolysis, and Gasification of Biomass. Energy & Fuels. 32(7). 7294–7318. 170 indexed citations
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Akhtar, Ali & Ajit K. Sarmah. (2017). Novel biochar-concrete composites: Manufacturing, characterization and evaluation of the mechanical properties. The Science of The Total Environment. 616-617. 408–416. 250 indexed citations
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Ehsan, Nadeem, et al.. (2010). EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR ERP SOLUTION IN PAKISTANI ENTERPRISES. 108(4). 1451–1456. 1 indexed citations
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Ehsan, Nadeem, et al.. (2010). Comparative analysis of teams' growth in offshore and onshore software development projects. 1163–1167. 5 indexed citations

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