Imran Ali

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Imran Ali is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Imran Ali has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Pollution, 18 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 17 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Imran Ali's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (15 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (14 papers) and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (10 papers). Imran Ali is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (15 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (14 papers) and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (10 papers). Imran Ali collaborates with scholars based in China, Saudi Arabia and Australia. Imran Ali's co-authors include Changsheng Peng, Iffat Naz, Xiao Tan, Juying Li, Zhipeng Duan, Min Dai, Huibin Sun, Yinlan Ruan, Xing Shen and Jingfu Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Imran Ali

59 papers receiving 1.8k 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 critical review on the phytoremediation of heavy metals from environment: Performance and challenges

2021 232 citations Xing Shen, Min Dai et al. Chemosphere profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Imran Ali China	23	891	492	437	386	242	66	1.8k
Eun Hea Jho South Korea	24	876 1.0×	354 0.7×	299 0.7×	294 0.8×	118 0.5×	92	1.7k
Xiang Liu China	28	1.3k 1.4×	447 0.9×	341 0.8×	698 1.8×	328 1.4×	135	2.6k
Liwen Xiao Ireland	24	1.0k 1.1×	711 1.4×	358 0.8×	390 1.0×	168 0.7×	83	2.2k
Andreja Žgajnar Gotvajn Slovenia	22	1.0k 1.2×	706 1.4×	328 0.8×	536 1.4×	262 1.1×	72	1.8k
Agnieszka Tomczyk Poland	14	502 0.6×	469 1.0×	709 1.6×	782 2.0×	204 0.8×	20	2.4k
Fangjie Qi Australia	27	710 0.8×	365 0.7×	667 1.5×	761 2.0×	257 1.1×	53	2.6k
Zhongxin Tan China	26	580 0.7×	559 1.1×	647 1.5×	690 1.8×	190 0.8×	63	2.4k
Xiaoting Zhang China	23	999 1.1×	791 1.6×	317 0.7×	445 1.2×	282 1.2×	70	2.1k
Yong‐Xiang Ren China	29	1.3k 1.5×	632 1.3×	339 0.8×	678 1.8×	142 0.6×	92	2.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Imran Ali

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Imran Ali. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Imran Ali based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Imran Ali. Imran Ali is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ali, Imran, et al.. (2025). Advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning in capillary electrophoresis. Analytical Methods. 17(46). 9304–9318.

Ali, Imran, et al.. (2025). Robot-based materials for the remediation of plastic particles: Synthesis modulations, motion behaviors and influencing factors. Materials Today Chemistry. 48. 103002–103002.

Ali, Imran, Wei Li, Jiangang Han, Devendra Saroj, & Iffat Naz. (2025). Remediation of micro- and nanoplastics by robotic technology: Performance, critical factors and marketing barriers. Journal of Environmental Management. 394. 127257–127257.

Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono, G. Abdulkareem-Alsultan, Muhammad Imran Khan, et al.. (2025). Waste management market in Asia–Pacific region: Key insights into growth, competition and value chain dynamics. Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy. 43(12). 1935–1948.

Ali, Imran, Xiao Tan, Ghulam M. Mustafa, et al.. (2024). Removal of micro- and nanoplastics by filtration technology: Performance and obstructions to market penetrations. Journal of Cleaner Production. 470. 143305–143305. 24 indexed citations

Ali, Imran, Xiao Tan, Iffat Naz, et al.. (2024). Eco- and bio-corona-based microplastics and nanoplastics complexes in the environment: Modulations in the toxicological behavior of plastic particles and factors affecting. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 187. 356–375. 16 indexed citations

Tan, Xiao, Yue Xie, Xiaoge Wu, et al.. (2024). A new approach to explore and assess the sustainable remediation of chromium-contaminated wastewater by biochar based on 3E model. Chemosphere. 353. 141600–141600. 5 indexed citations

Ali, Imran, Peng Wan, Changsheng Peng, et al.. (2024). Integration of metal organic framework nanoparticles into sodium alginate biopolymer-based three-dimensional membrane capsules for the efficient removal of toxic metal cations from water and real sewage. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 266(Pt 2). 131312–131312. 11 indexed citations

Ali, Imran, Xiao Tan, Yue Xie, et al.. (2023). Recent innovations in microplastics and nanoplastics removal by coagulation technique: Implementations, knowledge gaps and prospects. Water Research. 245. 120617–120617. 49 indexed citations

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Jiang, Cuiling, et al.. (2023). Impacts and mechanism of biodegradable microplastics on lake sediment properties, bacterial dynamics, and greenhouse gasses emissions. The Science of The Total Environment. 900. 165727–165727. 46 indexed citations

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Duan, Zhipeng, Xiao Tan, Imran Ali, et al.. (2022). Comparison of organic matter (OM) pools in water, suspended particulate matter, and sediments in eutrophic Lake Taihu, China: Implication for dissolved OM tracking, assessment, and management. The Science of The Total Environment. 845. 157257–157257. 23 indexed citations

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Ali, Imran, Peng Wan, Saleem Raza, et al.. (2022). Development of novel MOF-mixed matrix three-dimensional membrane capsules for eradicating potentially toxic metals from water and real electroplating wastewater. Environmental Research. 215(Pt 2). 113945–113945. 18 indexed citations

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Deng, Yuying, et al.. (2022). Preparation of super-hydrophobic/super-oleophilic quartz sand filter for the application in oil-water separation. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 46. 102561–102561. 27 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yating, Min Dai, Fei Yang, et al.. (2022). Remediation of Chromium (VI) from Groundwater by Metal-Based Biochar under Anaerobic Conditions. Water. 14(6). 894–894. 21 indexed citations

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Tan, Xiao, Zhipeng Duan, Ningyuan Zhu, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of novel algal extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)-based hydrogels for the efficient removal and recovery of phosphorus from contaminated waters: Development, characterisation, and performance. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(1). 109044–109044. 15 indexed citations

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Ali, Imran, Tengda Ding, Yiguang Qian, et al.. (2021). Micro- and nanoplastics in the environment: Occurrence, detection, characterization and toxicity – A critical review. Journal of Cleaner Production. 313. 127863–127863. 114 indexed citations

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Fu, He, Min Dai, Fahid Riaz, et al.. (2021). Updates on Evaporation and Condensation Methods for the Performance Improvement of Solar Stills. Energies. 14(21). 7050–7050. 14 indexed citations

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Shen, Xing, Min Dai, Jiawei Yang, et al.. (2021). A critical review on the phytoremediation of heavy metals from environment: Performance and challenges. Chemosphere. 291(Pt 3). 132979–132979. 232 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hussain, Mubashir, et al.. (2019). Development of water jet cutting and study on different parameters. 5(3). 7 indexed citations

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Ali, Imran, et al.. (2014). Mathematical Models for in-Plane Moduli of Honeycomb Structures-A Review. Research Journal of Applied Sciences Engineering and Technology. 7(3). 581–592. 13 indexed citations

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