Ali El‐Naggar

6.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
48 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Ali El‐Naggar is a scholar working on Pollution, Biomaterials and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ali El‐Naggar has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Pollution, 15 papers in Biomaterials and 12 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ali El‐Naggar's work include Heavy metals in environment (22 papers), Clay minerals and soil interactions (12 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers). Ali El‐Naggar is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (22 papers), Clay minerals and soil interactions (12 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers). Ali El‐Naggar collaborates with scholars based in Egypt, China and Canada. Ali El‐Naggar's co-authors include Jörg Rinklebe, Yong Sik Ok, Sabry M. Shaheen, Scott X. Chang, Daniel C.W. Tsang, Sang Soo Lee, Hocheol Song, Ajit K. Sarmah, Mahtab Ahmad and Andrew R. Zimmerman and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Ali El‐Naggar

48 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Biochar application to low fertility soils: A review of current status, and future prospects

2018 701 citations Ali El‐Naggar, Sang Soo Lee et al. Geoderma profile →
Biochar composition-dependent impacts on soil nutrient release, carbon mineralization, and potential environmental risk: A review

2019 321 citations Ali El‐Naggar, Ahmed H. El-Naggar et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →
Antimony contamination and its risk management in complex environmental settings: A review

2021 224 citations Ali El‐Naggar, Binoy Sarkar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ali El‐Naggar Egypt	33	1.9k	1.1k	919	686	664	48	4.4k
Lanfang Han China	41	2.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	898 1.3×	798 1.2×	108	5.0k
Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya China	25	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	762 0.8×	790 1.2×	555 0.8×	41	5.0k
Jae E. Yang South Korea	34	2.2k 1.2×	862 0.8×	1.5k 1.6×	592 0.9×	764 1.2×	127	5.1k
Liqiang Cui China	31	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	1.0k 1.5×	782 1.2×	83	5.1k
Xing Yang China	30	2.3k 1.2×	619 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	810 1.2×	427 0.6×	60	4.0k
Hongqing Hu China	41	2.2k 1.2×	697 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	729 1.1×	397 0.6×	157	4.5k
Girish Choppala Australia	29	2.5k 1.3×	631 0.6×	906 1.0×	561 0.8×	483 0.7×	58	4.2k
Jun Meng China	40	1.5k 0.8×	2.0k 1.9×	817 0.9×	734 1.1×	587 0.9×	141	5.1k
Mingxin Guo United States	26	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	519 0.8×	1.2k 1.8×	76	5.7k
Tom Sizmur United Kingdom	23	1.6k 0.9×	828 0.8×	757 0.8×	410 0.6×	398 0.6×	72	3.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Amina, Amina, Habib Ullah, Qumber Abbas, et al.. (2025). Synergistic interactions and mechanism of calcium peroxide-driven radicals-based advanced oxidative degradation of antibiotics. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 70. 106994–106994. 2 indexed citations

Palansooriya, Kumuduni Niroshika, Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake, Ali El‐Naggar, et al.. (2025). Biochar-based controlled-release fertilizers for enhancing plant growth and environmental sustainability: a review. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 61(4). 701–715. 8 indexed citations

Irshad, Muhammad, Jong Cheol Lee, Muhammad Aqeel, et al.. (2024). Efficacy of Fe-Mg-bimetallic biochar in stabilization of multiple heavy metals-contaminated soil and attenuation of toxicity in spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.). Chemosphere. 364. 143184–143184. 11 indexed citations

Mortada, Wael I., Ali El‐Naggar, Ahmed Mosa, et al.. (2023). Biogeochemical behaviour and toxicology of chromium in the soil-water-human nexus: A review. Chemosphere. 331. 138804–138804. 57 indexed citations

Tang, Ronggui, Yongming Luo, Ali El‐Naggar, et al.. (2023). Microplastic pollution destabilized the osmoregulatory metabolism but did not affect intestinal microbial biodiversity of earthworms in soil. Environmental Pollution. 320. 121020–121020. 30 indexed citations

Zhou, Rong, Zhe Chen, Ali El‐Naggar, et al.. (2023). Contrasting effects of rice husk and its biochar on N2O emissions and nitrogen leaching from Lei bamboo soils under subtropical conditions. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 59(7). 803–817. 15 indexed citations

El‐Naggar, Ali, et al.. (2023). Biochar and soil properties affect remediation of Zn contamination by biochar: A global meta-analysis. Chemosphere. 349. 140983–140983. 8 indexed citations

El‐Naggar, Ali, et al.. (2022). Rice Husk and Its Biochar Have Contrasting Effects on Water-Soluble Organic Matter and the Microbial Community in a Bamboo Forest Soil. Land. 11(12). 2265–2265. 6 indexed citations

El‐Naggar, Ali, Ahmed Mosa, Nabeel Khan Niazi, et al.. (2022). Modified and pristine biochars for remediation of chromium contamination in soil and aquatic systems. Chemosphere. 303(Pt 1). 134942–134942. 48 indexed citations

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Tang, Ronggui, Dong Zhu, Yongming Luo, et al.. (2022). Nanoplastics induce molecular toxicity in earthworm: Integrated multi-omics, morphological, and intestinal microorganism analyses. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 442. 130034–130034. 60 indexed citations

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Hasnain, Maria, Neelma Munir, Zainul Abideen, et al.. (2022). Biochar-plant interaction and detoxification strategies under abiotic stresses for achieving agricultural resilience: A critical review. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 249. 114408–114408. 73 indexed citations

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El‐Naggar, Ali, Sabry M. Shaheen, Scott X. Chang, et al.. (2021). Biochar Surface Functionality Plays a Vital Role in (Im)Mobilization and Phytoavailability of Soil Vanadium. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(19). 6864–6874. 42 indexed citations

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Liu, Xingwang, Xiulan Yan, Tao Liang, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of potential ecological risks in potential toxic elements contaminated agricultural soils: Correlations between soil contamination and polymetallic mining activity. Journal of Environmental Management. 300. 113679–113679. 49 indexed citations

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Chen, Keyi, Ronggui Tang, Yongming Luo, et al.. (2021). Transcriptomic and metabolic responses of earthworms to contaminated soil with polypropylene and polyethylene microplastics at environmentally relevant concentrations. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 427. 128176–128176. 95 indexed citations

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Rinklebe, Jörg, et al.. (2021). (Im)mobilization of arsenic, chromium, and nickel in soils via biochar: A meta-analysis. Environmental Pollution. 286. 117199–117199. 52 indexed citations

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El‐Naggar, Ali, Ahmed H. El-Naggar, Sabry M. Shaheen, et al.. (2019). Biochar composition-dependent impacts on soil nutrient release, carbon mineralization, and potential environmental risk: A review. Journal of Environmental Management. 241. 458–467. 321 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shaheen, Sabry M., Ali El‐Naggar, Vasileios Antoniadis, et al.. (2019). Release of toxic elements in fishpond sediments under dynamic redox conditions: Assessing the potential environmental risk for a safe management of fisheries systems and degraded waterlogged sediments. Journal of Environmental Management. 255. 109778–109778. 36 indexed citations

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El‐Naggar, Ali, Sang Soo Lee, Yasser M. Awad, et al.. (2018). Influence of soil properties and feedstocks on biochar potential for carbon mineralization and improvement of infertile soils. Geoderma. 332. 100–108. 242 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiao, Hyungseok Nam, Jin Hur, et al.. (2018). Effect of gasification biochar application on soil quality: Trace metal behavior, microbial community, and soil dissolved organic matter. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 365. 684–694. 174 indexed citations

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El‐Naggar, Ali, Yasser M. Awad, Xiangyu Tang, et al.. (2018). Biochar influences soil carbon pools and facilitates interactions with soil: A field investigation. Land Degradation and Development. 29(7). 2162–2171. 101 indexed citations

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