Fazlullah Akhtar

476 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 306 citations indexed

About

Fazlullah Akhtar is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Fazlullah Akhtar has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 306 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 7 papers in Water Science and Technology and 4 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Fazlullah Akhtar's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (6 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (3 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (3 papers). Fazlullah Akhtar is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (6 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (3 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (3 papers). Fazlullah Akhtar collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Pakistan. Fazlullah Akhtar's co-authors include Usman Khalid Awan, Bernhard Tischbein, Christian Borgemeister, Umar Waqas Liaqat, Rana Ali Nawaz, Mohsin Hafeez, Thanh‐Nhan‐Duc Tran, V. Lakshmi, Ahmed Elbeltagi and Wanchang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Environmental Management and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Fazlullah Akhtar

17 papers receiving 297 citations

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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.

Assessing terrestrial water storage variations in Afghanistan using GRACE and FLDAS-Central Asia data

2024 39 citations Fazlullah Akhtar, Thanh‐Nhan‐Duc Tran et al. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fazlullah Akhtar Germany	10	142	112	64	58	52	17	306
Tim Hessels Netherlands	11	240 1.7×	137 1.2×	53 0.8×	47 0.8×	13 0.3×	15	334
Stefanie Kagone United States	8	206 1.5×	126 1.1×	33 0.5×	46 0.8×	13 0.3×	17	259
Fenta Nigate Ethiopia	9	92 0.6×	95 0.8×	52 0.8×	140 2.4×	12 0.2×	18	277
Kurt Solander United States	10	218 1.5×	131 1.2×	14 0.2×	43 0.7×	27 0.5×	23	314
Youngjoo Kwak Japan	12	246 1.7×	128 1.1×	24 0.4×	65 1.1×	13 0.3×	33	331
Hossein Ahani Iran	10	346 2.4×	132 1.2×	35 0.5×	84 1.4×	13 0.3×	15	428
E. P. Rao India	11	286 2.0×	158 1.4×	48 0.8×	63 1.1×	32 0.6×	19	401
Cleiton da Silva Silveira Brazil	11	179 1.3×	219 2.0×	29 0.5×	47 0.8×	10 0.2×	49	342
MacKenzie Friedrichs United States	8	338 2.4×	227 2.0×	68 1.1×	78 1.3×	14 0.3×	14	417
Robert Dessouassi France	5	218 1.5×	189 1.7×	52 0.8×	61 1.1×	24 0.5×	5	300

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17 of 17 papers shown

Rashid, Abdur, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal assessment and trend analysis of meteorological drought in Afghanistan (1974–2023) using SPI and SPEI indices. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 61. 102711–102711. 2 indexed citations

Arshad, Arfan, Thanh‐Nhan Tran, Fazlullah Akhtar, et al.. (2025). Quantifying Groundwater Risk Associated with Physical and Anthropogenic Vulnerabilities Across Coastal Aquifer of the Mekong Delta Using Data-driven Approach. Earth Systems and Environment. 1 indexed citations

Akhtar, Fazlullah, et al.. (2024). Assessing long-term water storage dynamics in Afghanistan: An integrated approach using machine learning, hydrological models, and remote sensing. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122901–122901. 7 indexed citations

Tischbein, Bernhard, et al.. (2024). Analysing and evaluating environmental flows through hydrological methods in the regulated Indus River Basin. Ecohydrology. 17(4). 8 indexed citations

Akhtar, Fazlullah, et al.. (2024). Machine learning-based estimation of fractional snow cover in the Hindukush Mountains using MODIS and Landsat data. Journal of Hydrology. 638. 131579–131579. 9 indexed citations

Akhtar, Fazlullah, et al.. (2024). Assessing terrestrial water storage variations in Afghanistan using GRACE and FLDAS-Central Asia data. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 55. 101906–101906. 39 indexed citations breakdown →

Ullah, Amin, Tehreem Ayaz, Fazlullah Akhtar, et al.. (2023). Phytoremediation of Cu and Mn from Industrially Polluted Soil: An Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Approach. Water. 15(19). 3439–3439. 8 indexed citations

Gupta, Raju Kumar, Fazlullah Akhtar, K.B.S.N. Jinadasa, Shukra Raj Paudel, & M. Feisal Rahman. (2023). Special Issue in ACS ES&T Water: Water Challenges and Solution Opportunities in South Asia, a Rapidly Developing Region of the World. ACS ES&T Water. 3(6). 1422–1424. 2 indexed citations

Akhtar, Fazlullah, Christian Borgemeister, Bernhard Tischbein, & Usman Khalid Awan. (2022). Metrics Assessment and Streamflow Modeling under Changing Climate in a Data-Scarce Heterogeneous Region: A Case Study of the Kabul River Basin. Water. 14(11). 1697–1697. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wanchang, et al.. (2022). Estimation of green and blue water evapotranspiration using machine learning algorithms with limited meteorological data: A case study in Amu Darya River Basin, Central Asia. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 202. 107403–107403. 23 indexed citations

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Akhtar, Fazlullah, et al.. (2021). Analysis of spatiotemporal variation in the snow cover in Western Hindukush-Himalaya region. Geocarto International. 37(22). 6602–6624. 14 indexed citations

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Akhtar, Fazlullah, Usman Khalid Awan, Christian Borgemeister, & Bernhard Tischbein. (2021). Coupling Remote Sensing and Hydrological Model for Evaluating the Impacts of Climate Change on Streamflow in Data-Scarce Environment. Sustainability. 13(24). 14025–14025. 18 indexed citations

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Akhtar, Fazlullah, Rana Ali Nawaz, Mohsin Hafeez, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of GRACE derived groundwater storage changes in different agro-ecological zones of the Indus Basin. Journal of Hydrology. 605. 127369–127369. 50 indexed citations

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Akhtar, Fazlullah, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of the AquaCrop model for winter wheat under different irrigation optimization strategies at the downstream Kabul River Basin of Afghanistan. Agricultural Water Management. 240. 106321–106321. 22 indexed citations

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Akhtar, Fazlullah, Usman Khalid Awan, Bernhard Tischbein, & Umar Waqas Liaqat. (2018). Assessment of Irrigation Performance in Large River Basins under Data Scarce Environment—A Case of Kabul River Basin, Afghanistan. Remote Sensing. 10(6). 972–972. 24 indexed citations

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Akhtar, Fazlullah, Usman Khalid Awan, Bernhard Tischbein, & Umar Waqas Liaqat. (2017). A phenology based geo-informatics approach to map land use and land cover (2003–2013) by spatial segregation of large heterogenic river basins. Applied Geography. 88. 48–61. 27 indexed citations

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Akhtar, Fazlullah, Bernhard Tischbein, & Usman Khalid Awan. (2013). Optimizing Deficit Irrigation Scheduling Under Shallow Groundwater Conditions in Lower Reaches of Amu Darya River Basin. Water Resources Management. 27(8). 3165–3178. 43 indexed citations

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