Babar Azeem

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Babar Azeem is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Pollution and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Babar Azeem has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 9 papers in Pollution and 8 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Babar Azeem's work include Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements (19 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (8 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (6 papers). Babar Azeem is often cited by papers focused on Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements (19 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (8 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (6 papers). Babar Azeem collaborates with scholars based in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Babar Azeem's co-authors include KuZilati KuShaari, Zakaria Man, Thanh H. Trinh, Abdul Basit, Sayed Ameenuddin Irfan, Nurlidia Mansor, Radzuan Razali, Ashlee N. Ford Versypt, Lukman Ismail and Kok Keong Lau and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemosphere, Journal of Controlled Release and Chemical Engineering Science.

In The Last Decade

Babar Azeem

33 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Review on materials & methods to produce controlled release coated urea fertilizer

2014 748 citations Babar Azeem, KuZilati KuShaari et al. Journal of Controlled Release profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Babar Azeem Malaysia	13	1.0k	353	332	313	273	35	1.4k
KuZilati KuShaari Malaysia	13	940 0.9×	310 0.9×	314 0.9×	280 0.9×	259 0.9×	30	1.3k
Thanh H. Trinh Malaysia	16	913 0.9×	278 0.8×	277 0.8×	235 0.8×	237 0.9×	34	1.2k
Shugang Zhang China	18	741 0.7×	259 0.7×	295 0.9×	315 1.0×	152 0.6×	43	1.1k
Abdul Basit Malaysia	14	681 0.7×	220 0.6×	233 0.7×	207 0.7×	216 0.8×	35	1.1k
Dongdong Cheng China	17	624 0.6×	123 0.3×	233 0.7×	260 0.8×	165 0.6×	38	998
Jiazhuo Xie China	20	565 0.6×	277 0.8×	182 0.5×	558 1.8×	123 0.5×	40	1.2k
Nurlidia Mansor Malaysia	19	581 0.6×	188 0.5×	138 0.4×	202 0.6×	86 0.3×	59	1.0k
Gelton Geraldo Fernandes Guimarães Brazil	17	425 0.4×	133 0.4×	259 0.8×	161 0.5×	134 0.5×	36	872
Chenhao Zhao China	25	485 0.5×	142 0.4×	120 0.4×	122 0.4×	57 0.2×	108	1.9k
Bilal Beig Pakistan	11	475 0.5×	95 0.3×	179 0.5×	102 0.3×	83 0.3×	13	681

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Azeem, Babar. (2025). Effect of process parameters on coating mass variability and nitrogen-release kinetics of controlled-release urea granules produced in a Wurster fluidized-bed. Particuology. 98. 67–82. 1 indexed citations

Lau, Kok Keong, et al.. (2025). Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer as a Coating Material for Urea Encapsulation: Characterization, DEM Simulation and Validation. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. 50(24). 20915–20929.

Kazmi, Bilal, Syed Ali Ammar Taqvi, Umer Zahid, & Babar Azeem. (2025). 4E’s (Energy, Exergy, Environment, and Economic) evaluation of biogas purification integrated with CHP using amine & ionic liquids. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 199. 107282–107282. 1 indexed citations

Azeem, Babar, et al.. (2025). Structural, Electronic, Optical, mechanical and hydrogen storage properties of K-based hydride perovskites KXH3 (X = S, Se) for hydrogen storage applications. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 179. 114803–114803. 4 indexed citations

Ali, Arshid Mahmood, et al.. (2023). Optimization of Fluidized-Bed Process Parameters for Coating Uniformity and Nutrient-Release Characteristics of Controlled-Release Urea Produced by Modified Lignocellulosic Coating Material. Agronomy. 13(3). 725–725. 5 indexed citations

Jamil, Asif, et al.. (2022). Current status and future perspectives of proton exchange membranes for hydrogen fuel cells. Chemosphere. 303(Pt 3). 135204–135204. 67 indexed citations

Azeem, Babar, Noureddine Elboughdiri, KuZilati KuShaari, et al.. (2021). Valorization of almond shells’ lignocellulosic microparticles for controlled release urea production: interactive effect of process parameters on longevity and kinetics of nutrient release. Journal of Coatings Technology and Research. 19(2). 643–660. 6 indexed citations

Danish, Mohd, Mohammed K. Al Mesfer, Khursheed B. Ansari, et al.. (2021). Predicting Conduction Heat Flux through Macrolayer in Nucleate Pool Boiling. Energies. 14(13). 3893–3893. 2 indexed citations

Elboughdiri, Noureddine, Babar Azeem, Djamel Ghernaout, Saad Ghareba, & Karim Kriaa. (2021). Steam-activated sawdust efficiency in treating wastewater contaminated by heavy metals and phenolic compounds. Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination. 11(3). 391–409. 11 indexed citations

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Azeem, Babar, et al.. (2020). Rapid production of biodiesel in a microchannel reactor at room temperature by enhancement of mixing behaviour in methanol phase using volume of fluid model. Chemical Engineering Science. 219. 115532–115532. 24 indexed citations

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Azeem, Babar, KuZilati KuShaari, Muhammad Naqvi, et al.. (2020). Production and Characterization of Controlled Release Urea Using Biopolymer and Geopolymer as Coating Materials. Polymers. 12(2). 400–400. 74 indexed citations

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Shariff, Azmi Mohd, et al.. (2020). Study of dry ice formation during blowdown of CO₂-CH₄ from cryogenic distillation column. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. 64. 104073–104073. 9 indexed citations

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Lau, Kok Keong, et al.. (2019). Effect of Biodegradable Binder Properties and Operating Conditions on Growth of Urea Particles in a Fluidized Bed Granulator. Materials. 12(14). 2320–2320. 10 indexed citations

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Shariff, Azmi Mohd, et al.. (2019). A review on modeling and simulation of blowdown from pressurized vessels and pipelines. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 133. 104–123. 18 indexed citations

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Azeem, Babar, KuZilati KuShaari, Zakaria Man, & Sayed Ameenuddin Irfan. (2018). Parametric study of tumbling fluidized bed to evaluate nitrogen release characteristics of biopolymer-coated controlled release urea. Chemical Engineering Communications. 205(10). 1397–1414. 24 indexed citations

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Irfan, Sayed Ameenuddin, et al.. (2017). A review of mathematical modeling and simulation of controlled-release fertilizers. Journal of Controlled Release. 271. 45–54. 146 indexed citations

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Azeem, Babar, KuZilati KuShaari, Zakaria Man, & Thanh H. Trinh. (2016). Nutrient release characteristics and coating homogeneity of biopolymer coated urea as a function of fluidized bed process variables. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 95(5). 849–862. 20 indexed citations

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Azeem, Babar, KuZilati KuShaari, Zakaria Man, Abdul Basit, & Thanh H. Trinh. (2014). Review on materials & methods to produce controlled release coated urea fertilizer. Journal of Controlled Release. 181. 11–21. 748 indexed citations breakdown →

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Trinh, Thanh H., Ku Zilati Ku Shaari, Abdul Basit, & Babar Azeem. (2014). Effect of Particle Size and Coating Thickness on the Release of Urea Using Multi-Diffusion Model. International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications. 5(1). 58–63. 12 indexed citations

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Trinh, Thanh H., et al.. (2014). Use of Multi-diffusion Model to Study the Release of Urea from Urea Fertilizer Coated with Polyurethane-like Coating (PULC). APCBEE Procedia. 8. 146–150. 18 indexed citations

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