Atif Mustafa

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Atif Mustafa is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Atif Mustafa has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 6 papers in Pollution and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Atif Mustafa's work include Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (14 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (6 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (5 papers). Atif Mustafa is often cited by papers focused on Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (14 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (6 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (5 papers). Atif Mustafa collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, United Kingdom and China. Atif Mustafa's co-authors include Miklas Scholz, Birol Kayranlı, Åsa Hedmark, Rory Harrington, Paul Carroll, Liang Zhang, Fabrice Gouriveau, Kate V. Heal, M. Kamran Azim and Oliver Hofmann and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Water Research and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Atif Mustafa

24 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Carbon Storage and Fluxes within Freshwater Wetlands: a Critical Review

2009 490 citations Birol Kayranlı, Miklas Scholz et al. Wetlands profile →

Peers

Atif Mustafa

ECOLO

IME

GPC

WST

Chunguang He China

Kuno Kasak Estonia

Martin Maddison Estonia

Julie K. Cronk United States

Peter van Puijenbroek Netherlands

Forrest E. Dierberg United States

Anna‐Kaisa Ronkanen Finland

Paul Davison United Kingdom

Michael R. Burchell United States

Suhad Almuktar United Kingdom

Chunguang He China

Atif Mustafa

439 ×0.8

ECOLO

328 ×0.8

IME

240 ×1.4

GPC

96 ×0.6

169 ×1.4

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Citations per year, relative to Atif Mustafa Atif Mustafa (= 1×) peers Chunguang He

Countries citing papers authored by Atif Mustafa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Atif Mustafa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Atif Mustafa

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ali, Mehmood, et al.. (2025). Urban photobioreactor for CO2 sequestration and microalgal biomass production. La Granja. 41(1). 100–117.

Saleem, Mubbshir, et al.. (2025). Enhanced removal of organics and ammonia from municipal wastewater using an activated carbon/zeolite coupled atmospheric plasma system. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(2). 115459–115459. 3 indexed citations

Mustafa, Atif, et al.. (2024). Hybrid constructed wetlands and filamentous fungi for treatment of mixed sewage and industrial effluents. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(31). 44230–44243. 4 indexed citations

Mustafa, Atif, et al.. (2022). Towards a Carbon Neutral and Sustainable Campus: Case Study of NED University of Engineering and Technology. Sustainability. 14(2). 794–794. 25 indexed citations

Memon, Abdul Ghaffar, et al.. (2021). Impact of effluent discharge on recreational beach water quality: a case study of Karachi-Pakistan. Journal of Coastal Conservation. 25(3). 9 indexed citations

Mustafa, Atif, et al.. (2019). Appraisal of process safety management practices in refining sector of Pakistan. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 128. 36–40. 8 indexed citations

Azim, M. Kamran, et al.. (2019). Metagenomic profiling of fresh water lakes at different altitudes in Pakistan. Ecological Informatics. 51. 73–81. 14 indexed citations

Saleem, Faizan, et al.. (2018). Metagenomic Characterization of Bacterial Communities in Drinking Water Supply System of a Mega City. Microbial Ecology. 76(4). 899–910. 25 indexed citations

Mustafa, Atif & Mehmood Ali. (2018). WASTE MATERIALS AS SUBSTRATES IN VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS TREATING DOMESTIC WASTEWATER. WIT transactions on ecology and the environment. 1. 339–346. 1 indexed citations

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Ali, Mehmood, Atif Mustafa, & Muhammad Saleem. (2018). Comparative Study between Indigenous Natural Coagulants and Alum for Microalgae Harvesting. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. 44(7). 6453–6463. 15 indexed citations

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Mustafa, Atif, et al.. (2017). BTEX removal in a modified free water surface wetland. Chemical Engineering Journal. 333. 451–455. 13 indexed citations

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Mustafa, Atif & Miklas Scholz. (2010). Nutrient Accumulation in Typha latifolia L. and Sediment of a Representative Integrated Constructed Wetland. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 219(1-4). 329–341. 14 indexed citations

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Mustafa, Atif, Miklas Scholz, Rory Harrington, & Paul Carroll. (2009). Long-term performance of a representative integrated constructed wetland treating farmyard runoff. Ecological Engineering. 35(5). 779–790. 51 indexed citations

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Kayranlı, Birol, Miklas Scholz, Atif Mustafa, & Åsa Hedmark. (2009). Carbon Storage and Fluxes within Freshwater Wetlands: a Critical Review. Wetlands. 30(1). 111–124. 490 indexed citations breakdown →

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Scholz, Miklas, Rory Harrington, Paul Carroll, & Atif Mustafa. (2009). Monitoring of nutrient removal within integrated constructed wetlands (ICW). Desalination. 250(1). 356–360. 8 indexed citations

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Kayranlı, Birol, Miklas Scholz, Atif Mustafa, Oliver Hofmann, & Rory Harrington. (2009). Performance Evaluation of Integrated Constructed Wetlands Treating Domestic Wastewater. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 210(1-4). 435–451. 33 indexed citations

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Zhang, Liang, Miklas Scholz, Atif Mustafa, & Rory Harrington. (2008). Application of the self-organizing map as a prediction tool for an integrated constructed wetland agroecosystem treating agricultural runoff. Bioresource Technology. 100(2). 559–565. 17 indexed citations

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Scholz, Miklas, et al.. (2008). The universal design, operation and maintenance guidelines for farm constructed wetlands (FCW) in temperate climates. Bioresource Technology. 99(15). 6780–6792. 75 indexed citations

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Zhang, Liang, Miklas Scholz, Atif Mustafa, & Rory Harrington. (2008). Assessment of the nutrient removal performance in integrated constructed wetlands with the self-organizing map. Water Research. 42(13). 3519–3527. 43 indexed citations

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Scholz, Miklas, Rory Harrington, Paul Carroll, & Atif Mustafa. (2007). The Integrated Constructed Wetlands (ICW) concept. Wetlands. 27(2). 337–354. 108 indexed citations

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