Ghafar Ali

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Ghafar Ali is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Ghafar Ali has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Materials Chemistry, 43 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 32 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Ghafar Ali's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (24 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (17 papers) and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (15 papers). Ghafar Ali is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (24 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (17 papers) and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (15 papers). Ghafar Ali collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, South Korea and United States. Ghafar Ali's co-authors include Sung Oh Cho, Seung Hwa Yoo, Yi Xie, Maaz Khan, Jong Min Kum, Shafqat Karim, Chong Chen, Muhammad Maqbool, J.I. Akhter and Muhammad Maqbool and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Ghafar Ali

103 papers receiving 2.5k 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 of Metal Sulfide Nanostructures and their Applications

2023 157 citations Sawaira Moeen, Junaid Haider et al. ACS Applied Nano Materials profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ghafar Ali Pakistan	27	1.6k	1.0k	966	409	272	111	2.6k
Ru Qiao China	28	1.2k 0.8×	775 0.8×	682 0.7×	310 0.8×	449 1.7×	64	2.1k
Guangqing Xu China	30	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	177 0.4×	330 1.2×	112	2.5k
S.K. Poznyak Belarus	26	2.9k 1.8×	750 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	332 0.8×	204 0.8×	106	3.8k
Lian Ma China	23	797 0.5×	693 0.7×	847 0.9×	220 0.5×	465 1.7×	101	1.8k
Fen Qiao China	33	1.4k 0.9×	889 0.9×	1.9k 1.9×	362 0.9×	613 2.3×	157	3.2k
Ivan Khalakhan Czechia	29	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	439 1.1×	219 0.8×	123	2.5k
Fucong Lyu China	23	763 0.5×	942 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	263 0.6×	391 1.4×	53	2.2k
Qiran Cai Australia	26	2.8k 1.7×	1.3k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	630 1.5×	473 1.7×	51	4.3k
Nicolas D. Boscher Luxembourg	28	1.1k 0.7×	433 0.4×	1.0k 1.1×	472 1.2×	148 0.5×	88	2.4k
Zumin Wang China	29	1.3k 0.8×	905 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	228 0.6×	377 1.4×	99	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ghafar Ali

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Ullah, Habib, Ziaur Rehman, Maaz Khan, et al.. (2025). Effect of various parameters on the morphology of anodic WO ₃ nanostructure: transition from nanoflowers to nanosheets. RSC Advances. 15(33). 27238–27245.

Ahmad, Muhammad, Ali Haider, Iram Shahzadi, et al.. (2025). Optimized PEG/eudragit-Zn4V2O9 nanostructures for effective catalytic and antibacterial activity with computational insights. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 465. 116365–116365. 2 indexed citations

Danish, Muhammad, Jawad Ahmad, Pir Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Anodic NiO nanoparticles as high-performance asymmetric supercapacitor devices in hybrid electrolytes. RSC Advances. 15(53). 45665–45677.

Javed, Fatima, Sawaira Moeen, Muhammad Ikram, et al.. (2025). Multifunctional barium/carbon spheres-lanthanum oxide for water splitting and supercapacitor applications. Journal of Power Sources. 650. 237529–237529.

Ikram, Muhammad, Sawaira Moeen, Anwar Ul‐Hamid, et al.. (2025). Enhanced oxygen evolution reaction activity of optimized strontium/chitosan-magnesium ferrite heterostructure: Combined experimental and theoretical insights. Journal of Power Sources. 657. 238131–238131.

Azam, Ashraful, Muhammad Ikram, Anum Shahzadi, et al.. (2025). Starch and polyacrylic acid doped tin ferrite nanocubes for catalytic, water oxidation, and antimicrobial activities inhibiting DNA gyrase with molecular docking. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 317(Pt 1). 144657–144657. 1 indexed citations

Fatima, Areej, Misbah Naz, Iram Shahzadi, et al.. (2025). DFT, molecular docking, antimicrobial activity, dye degradation, and oxygen evolution reaction of functionalized chitosan integrated eudragit-stannous selenide nanostructures. Surfaces and Interfaces. 58. 105907–105907. 6 indexed citations

Ikram, Muhammad, Sawaira Moeen, Muhammad Imran, et al.. (2025). Enhanced electrocatalytic OER performance of Ba/CS-CoFe2O4 ternary heterostructure catalyst: Experimental and theoretical insights. Chemosphere. 382. 144490–144490. 1 indexed citations

Anwar, Shahzad, et al.. (2024). High degree simplification and tunable absorption features of terahertz metamaterial absorber. Wave Motion. 133. 103450–103450. 1 indexed citations

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Ikram, Muhammad, Iram Shahzadi, Sawaira Moeen, et al.. (2024). Doping dependency of chitosan and PAA controlled CdSe quantum dots for catalytic and bactericidal behavior by inhibiting DNA gyrase and DHFR through molecular docking. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 288. 138690–138690.

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Aslam, Asma, Muhammad Ikram, Ali Haider, et al.. (2024). Antibacterial potential and dye decolorization with graphitic carbon nitride and eudragit doped CdTe nanostructures evidential molecular docking analysis. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 454. 115738–115738. 3 indexed citations

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Ali, Ghafar, Muhammad Asim Rasheed, Maaz Khan, et al.. (2024). Multifunctional tunable Cu₂O and CuInS₂ quantum dots on TiO₂ nanotubes for efficient chemical oxidation of cholesterol and ibuprofen. Nanoscale. 16(25). 12207–12227. 3 indexed citations

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Ikram, Muhammad, Ali Haider, Anwar Ul‐Hamid, et al.. (2024). Experimental and computational approach of zirconium and chitosan doped NiCo2O4 nanorods served as dye degrader and bactericidal action. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 272(Pt 1). 132810–132810. 2 indexed citations

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Anwar, Shahzad, Qasim Khan, Ghafar Ali, Maaz Khan, & Muhammad Maqbool. (2023). Triple-band terahertz metamaterial absorber with enhanced sensing capabilities. The European Physical Journal D. 77(4). 8 indexed citations

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Moeen, Sawaira, Junaid Haider, Walid Nabgan, et al.. (2023). Review of Metal Sulfide Nanostructures and their Applications. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 6(9). 7077–7106. 157 indexed citations breakdown →

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Safeen, Akif, Kashif Safeen, Muhammad Shafique, et al.. (2022). The effect of Mn and Co dual-doping on the structural, optical, dielectric and magnetic properties of ZnO nanostructures. RSC Advances. 12(19). 11923–11932. 84 indexed citations

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Khan, Maaz, A. Mashiatullah, Talha Javed, et al.. (2020). MAGNETIC BEHAVIOR OF NICKEL FERRITE NANOPARTICLES PREPARED BY CO-PRECIPITATION ROUTE. The Nucleus. 45(3-4). 101–106.

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Ali, Ghafar, et al.. (2018). A novel route to the formation of 3D nanoflower-like hierarchical iron oxide nanostructure. Nanotechnology. 30(9). 95601–95601. 20 indexed citations

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Ali, Ghafar, et al.. (2015). Enhanced Photocatalytic Properties of ZnO Nanoparticles for the Degradation of Rhodamine B. The Nucleus. 52(4). 176–179. 1 indexed citations

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Ali, Ghafar, Hyun Jin Kim, Jae Joon Kim, & Sung Oh Cho. (2014). Controlled fabrication of porous double-walled TiO₂nanotubes via ultraviolet-assisted anodization. Nanoscale. 6(7). 3632–3637. 29 indexed citations

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