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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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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17 of 17 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Spatiotemporal assessment and trend analysis of meteorological drought in Afghanistan (1974–2023) using SPI and SPEI indices 2025 ·Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies ·Abdur Rashid, Ghani Rahman, Fazlullah Akhtar, (unknown), Hyun‐Han Kwon	2
2	Quantifying Groundwater Risk Associated with Physical and Anthropogenic Vulnerabilities Across Coastal Aquifer of the Mekong Delta Using Data-driven Approach 2025 ·Earth Systems and Environment ·Arfan Arshad, (unknown), Thanh‐Nhan Tran, Fazlullah Akhtar, Md Masudur Rahman, Dang An Tran, Md. Tajuddin Khan, (unknown)	1
3	Assessing long-term water storage dynamics in Afghanistan: An integrated approach using machine learning, hydrological models, and remote sensing 2024 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·(unknown), Fazlullah Akhtar, Bernhard Tischbein, (unknown), Qiuyu Wang	7
4	Analysing and evaluating environmental flows through hydrological methods in the regulated Indus River Basin 2024 ·Ecohydrology ·(unknown), Bernhard Tischbein, Rashid Mahmood, Christian Borgemeister, Martina Flörke, Fazlullah Akhtar	8
5	Machine learning-based estimation of fractional snow cover in the Hindukush Mountains using MODIS and Landsat data 2024 ·Journal of Hydrology ·(unknown), Fazlullah Akhtar, Jürgen Kusche, Bernhard Tischbein, Christian Borgemeister, (unknown)	9
6	Assessing terrestrial water storage variations in Afghanistan using GRACE and FLDAS-Central Asia data breakdown → 2024 ·Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies ·(unknown), Fazlullah Akhtar, (unknown), (unknown), Thanh‐Nhan‐Duc Tran, (unknown), V. Lakshmi	39
7	Phytoremediation of Cu and Mn from Industrially Polluted Soil: An Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Approach 2023 ·Water ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Amin Ullah, (unknown), Tehreem Ayaz, Fazlullah Akhtar, Abdel‐Rhman Z. Gaafar, S. Selvam, Sadia Butt	8
8	Special Issue in ACS ES&T Water: Water Challenges and Solution Opportunities in South Asia, a Rapidly Developing Region of the World 2023 ·ACS ES&T Water ·Raju Kumar Gupta, Fazlullah Akhtar, K.B.S.N. Jinadasa, Shukra Raj Paudel, M. Feisal Rahman	2
9	Metrics Assessment and Streamflow Modeling under Changing Climate in a Data-Scarce Heterogeneous Region: A Case Study of the Kabul River Basin 2022 ·Water ·Fazlullah Akhtar, Christian Borgemeister, Bernhard Tischbein, Usman Khalid Awan	9
10	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 2022 ·Computers and Electronics in Agriculture ·(unknown), Wanchang Zhang, Fazlullah Akhtar, (unknown), Ahmed Elbeltagi	23
11	Analysis of spatiotemporal variation in the snow cover in Western Hindukush-Himalaya region 2021 ·Geocarto International ·(unknown), Fazlullah Akhtar	14
12	Coupling Remote Sensing and Hydrological Model for Evaluating the Impacts of Climate Change on Streamflow in Data-Scarce Environment 2021 ·Sustainability ·Fazlullah Akhtar, Usman Khalid Awan, Christian Borgemeister, Bernhard Tischbein	18
13	Evaluation of GRACE derived groundwater storage changes in different agro-ecological zones of the Indus Basin 2021 ·Journal of Hydrology ·Fazlullah Akhtar, Rana Ali Nawaz, Mohsin Hafeez, Usman Khalid Awan, Christian Borgemeister, Bernhard Tischbein	50
14	Evaluation of the AquaCrop model for winter wheat under different irrigation optimization strategies at the downstream Kabul River Basin of Afghanistan 2020 ·Agricultural Water Management ·(unknown), Fazlullah Akhtar, Usman Khalid Awan	22
15	Assessment of Irrigation Performance in Large River Basins under Data Scarce Environment—A Case of Kabul River Basin, Afghanistan 2018 ·Remote Sensing ·Fazlullah Akhtar, Usman Khalid Awan, Bernhard Tischbein, Umar Waqas Liaqat	24
16	A phenology based geo-informatics approach to map land use and land cover (2003–2013) by spatial segregation of large heterogenic river basins 2017 ·Applied Geography ·Fazlullah Akhtar, Usman Khalid Awan, Bernhard Tischbein, Umar Waqas Liaqat	27
17	Optimizing Deficit Irrigation Scheduling Under Shallow Groundwater Conditions in Lower Reaches of Amu Darya River Basin 2013 ·Water Resources Management ·Fazlullah Akhtar, Bernhard Tischbein, Usman Khalid Awan	43

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