David Alam

882 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 696 citations indexed

About

David Alam is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biotechnology and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Alam has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 696 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 4 papers in Biotechnology and 4 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in David Alam's work include Plasma Applications and Diagnostics (8 papers), Microbial Inactivation Methods (3 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (3 papers). David Alam is often cited by papers focused on Plasma Applications and Diagnostics (8 papers), Microbial Inactivation Methods (3 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (3 papers). David Alam collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United Kingdom. David Alam's co-authors include Patrick J. Cullen, Renwu Zhou, Tianqi Zhang, Hassan Masood, Rose Amal, Anne Mai‐Prochnow, Jing Sun, Rouhollah Jalili, Rahman Daiyan and Kostya Ostrikov and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy & Environmental Science, The Science of The Total Environment and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

David Alam

14 papers receiving 684 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.

A hybrid plasma electrocatalytic process for sustainable ammonia production

2021 281 citations Jing Sun, David Alam et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Alam Australia	10	302	254	203	201	166	14	696
Angjian Wu China	13	67 0.2×	248 1.0×	179 0.9×	168 0.8×	76 0.5×	22	477
Bhaskar Patil Netherlands	13	733 2.4×	712 2.8×	187 0.9×	642 3.2×	368 2.2×	16	1.2k
A. Renken Switzerland	14	80 0.3×	164 0.6×	69 0.3×	206 1.0×	99 0.6×	32	564
Sk. Mahammadunnisa India	7	136 0.5×	141 0.6×	59 0.3×	234 1.2×	70 0.4×	8	385
Yan Shao China	11	61 0.2×	261 1.0×	111 0.5×	312 1.6×	30 0.2×	30	461
Evangelos Delikonstantis Belgium	18	410 1.4×	314 1.2×	121 0.6×	426 2.1×	257 1.5×	30	911
Maria Hatzisymeon Greece	7	174 0.6×	221 0.9×	90 0.4×	287 1.4×	63 0.4×	8	516
Xiaoqing Dang China	19	505 1.7×	151 0.6×	122 0.6×	704 3.5×	479 2.9×	46	948
Yonghe Zhao China	6	126 0.4×	62 0.2×	71 0.3×	227 1.1×	114 0.7×	7	342
Kelin Li China	12	48 0.2×	89 0.4×	44 0.2×	125 0.6×	104 0.6×	34	315

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Alam

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14 of 14 papers shown

Hoque, M. Mozammel, Binbin Xia, David Alam, et al.. (2025). Transcriptional signatures associated with the survival of Escherichia coli biofilm during treatment with plasma-activated water. Biofilm. 9. 100266–100266. 8 indexed citations

Alam, David, Samiuela Lee, Jungmi Hong, et al.. (2024). Influence of bubble size on perfluorooctanesulfonic acid degradation in a pilot scale non-thermal plasma treatment reactor. Chemical Engineering Journal. 489. 151349–151349. 15 indexed citations

Zhou, Rusen, Peiyu Wang, Tianqi Zhang, et al.. (2023). Hexavalent chromium reduction by atmospheric plasma bubbles. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(5). 111018–111018. 4 indexed citations

Xia, Binbin, David Alam, Stuart A. Rice, et al.. (2023). Plasma activated water as a pre-treatment strategy in the context of biofilm-infected chronic wounds. Biofilm. 6. 100154–100154. 13 indexed citations

Alam, David, Samiuela Lee, Jungmi Hong, et al.. (2023). Experimental investigations of Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) degradation by non-thermal plasma in aqueous solutions. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(6). 111588–111588. 34 indexed citations

Ding, Jia, et al.. (2022). Interfacially-confined polyetherimide tubular membranes for H2, CO2 and N2 separations. Journal of Membrane Science. 655. 120596–120596. 16 indexed citations

Alam, David, Matthew Y. Lui, Alexander K. L. Yuen, et al.. (2022). Substituted Aromatic Aldehyde Decomposition under Hydrothermal Conditions. Energy & Fuels. 36(10). 5375–5383. 5 indexed citations

Masood, Hassan, Renwu Zhou, David Alam, et al.. (2021). Efficacy optimization of plasma-activated water for food sanitization through two reactor design configurations. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies. 74. 102867–102867. 24 indexed citations

Alam, David, Dee Carter, Robyn McConchie, et al.. (2021). The antimicrobial efficacy of plasma-activated water against Listeria and E. coli is modulated by reactor design and water composition. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 132(4). 2490–2500. 37 indexed citations

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Sun, Jing, David Alam, Rahman Daiyan, et al.. (2021). A hybrid plasma electrocatalytic process for sustainable ammonia production. Energy & Environmental Science. 14(2). 865–872. 281 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Renwu, Tianqi Zhang, Rusen Zhou, et al.. (2020). Underwater microplasma bubbles for efficient and simultaneous degradation of mixed dye pollutants. The Science of The Total Environment. 750. 142295–142295. 99 indexed citations

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Zhou, Renwu, David Alam, Tianqi Zhang, et al.. (2020). Plasmacatalytic bubbles using CeO2 for organic pollutant degradation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 403. 126413–126413. 116 indexed citations

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Mai‐Prochnow, Anne, David Alam, Renwu Zhou, et al.. (2020). Microbial decontamination of chicken using atmospheric plasma bubbles. Plasma Processes and Polymers. 18(1). 35 indexed citations

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Alam, David, Matthew Y. Lui, Alexander K. L. Yuen, et al.. (2018). Reaction Analysis of Diaryl Ether Decomposition under Hydrothermal Conditions. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 57(6). 2014–2022. 9 indexed citations

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