Ishfaq Ahmad

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Ishfaq Ahmad is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ishfaq Ahmad has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Materials Chemistry, 15 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ishfaq Ahmad's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (15 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (11 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (8 papers). Ishfaq Ahmad is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (15 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (11 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (8 papers). Ishfaq Ahmad collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, China and Pakistan. Ishfaq Ahmad's co-authors include Jong‐Beom Baek, Feng Li, Javeed Mahmood, Seok‐Jin Kim, Hu Young Jeong, Sun‐Min Jung, Mahmut Sait Okyay, Noejung Park, Hyuk‐Jun Noh and Gao‐Feng Han and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ishfaq Ahmad

39 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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An efficient and pH-universal ruthenium-based catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction

2017 1.5k citations Javeed Mahmood, Feng Li et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ishfaq Ahmad South Korea	19	2.3k	1.6k	1.0k	301	298	39	2.8k
Shoufu Cao China	29	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	987 1.0×	366 1.2×	197 0.7×	72	2.3k
Arun Karmakar India	32	2.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	964 0.9×	184 0.6×	453 1.5×	99	3.1k
Jinhui Hao China	28	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	279 0.9×	339 1.1×	74	2.7k
Yimin Jiang China	33	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	817 0.8×	485 1.6×	428 1.4×	92	3.0k
Yamei Sun China	16	1.4k 0.6×	909 0.6×	619 0.6×	284 0.9×	215 0.7×	31	1.8k
Hangjia Shen China	23	1.7k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	706 0.7×	122 0.4×	224 0.8×	52	2.5k
Junye Zhang China	31	2.0k 0.9×	2.2k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	261 0.9×	397 1.3×	68	3.3k
Yao Wang China	37	3.5k 1.5×	2.4k 1.5×	1.7k 1.6×	504 1.7×	524 1.8×	91	4.4k
Yuchen Qin China	24	1.2k 0.5×	661 0.4×	925 0.9×	345 1.1×	142 0.5×	54	1.9k
Jiangwei Chang China	20	1.2k 0.5×	951 0.6×	596 0.6×	190 0.6×	236 0.8×	37	1.7k

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Moharam, M. M., et al.. (2025). Structural, magnetic and dielectric features of Cu, Al substituted Ca-hexaferrites for magnetic and energy applications. Indian Journal of Physics. 99(8). 2917–2928. 5 indexed citations

Saqib, Qazi Muhammad, Ishfaq Ahmad, Swapnil R. Patil, et al.. (2025). Fe/Fe ₃ C Embedded Pyrazine‐Based Porous Organic Network for Superior Tribo‐Charge and Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitance. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(8). 1 indexed citations

Albalawi, Karma, Najam Ul Hassan, Ahmad M. Saeedi, et al.. (2024). Tailoring the physical and magnetic properties in chromium-substituted calcium-zinc (1:1) hexaferrites. Materials Science and Engineering B. 308. 117584–117584. 4 indexed citations

Ibrahim, Fatma A., et al.. (2024). Insights into the structure and magnetic characteristics of Ho substituted Ca-Cu based Ca0.5Cu0.5Fe12-xHoxO19 hexaferrites nanoparticles. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 171. 113576–113576. 8 indexed citations

Li, Feng, Gao‐Feng Han, Wei Che, et al.. (2023). Directly transforming graphite into iron single atom catalyst for the acidic oxygen reduction reaction. Nano Energy. 114. 108647–108647. 13 indexed citations

Asif, Sana Ullah, Fahim Ahmed, Ishfaq Ahmad, et al.. (2023). Impact of Ferromagnetic Ni Substitution on Structural and Magnetic Parameters of Ba0.8In0.2Fe12−xNixO19 (x = 0.00–2.00) Hexaferrites. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials. 33(9). 2721–2731. 8 indexed citations

Ahmad, Ishfaq, Dongwook Kim, Soo‐Young Yu, et al.. (2021). Synthesis of Saddle-Shape Octaaminotetraphenylene Octahydrochloride. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 86(21). 14398–14403. 3 indexed citations

Mahmood, Iram, Ishfaq Ahmad, Ishaq Ahmad, & Tingkai Zhao. (2021). Photodegradation of Melamine Using Magnetic Silicon Quantum Dots. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 27(2). 127–132. 1 indexed citations

Mahmood, Javeed, Ishfaq Ahmad, Minbok Jung, et al.. (2020). Two-dimensional amine and hydroxy functionalized fused aromatic covalent organic framework. Communications Chemistry. 3(1). 31–31. 46 indexed citations

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Li, Feng, Yunfei Bu, Gao‐Feng Han, et al.. (2019). Identifying the structure of Zn-N2 active sites and structural activation. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2623–2623. 120 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Iram, et al.. (2019). Development of an HPLC Method for Formic Acid Analysis through Peak Exclusion Approach. Sains Malaysiana. 48(5). 1011–1018. 5 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Javeed, Seok‐Jin Kim, Hyuk‐Jun Noh, et al.. (2018). A Robust 3D Cage‐like Ultramicroporous Network Structure with High Gas‐Uptake Capacity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(13). 3415–3420. 47 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Javeed, Mohsin Ali Raza Anjum, Sun‐Hee Shin, et al.. (2018). Encapsulating Iridium Nanoparticles Inside a 3D Cage‐Like Organic Network as an Efficient and Durable Catalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Materials. 30(52). e1805606–e1805606. 124 indexed citations

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Idrees, Muhammad, Haji Muhammad Shoaib Khan, Hina Fazal, et al.. (2018). Spectral lights trigger biomass accumulation and production of antioxidant secondary metabolites in adventitious root cultures of Stevia rebaudiana (Bert.). Comptes Rendus Biologies. 341(6). 334–342. 24 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Javeed, Mohsin Ali Raza Anjum, Sun‐Hee Shin, et al.. (2018). Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Encapsulating Iridium Nanoparticles Inside a 3D Cage‐Like Organic Network as an Efficient and Durable Catalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (Adv. Mater. 52/2018). Advanced Materials. 30(52). 3 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Javeed, Feng Li, Sun‐Min Jung, et al.. (2017). An efficient and pH-universal ruthenium-based catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Nature Nanotechnology. 12(5). 441–446. 1472 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Feng, Xianglong Zhao, Javeed Mahmood, et al.. (2017). Macroporous Inverse Opal-like Mo_xC with Incorporated Mo Vacancies for Significantly Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution. ACS Nano. 11(7). 7527–7533. 111 indexed citations

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Li, Feng, Yunfei Bu, Zijian Lv, et al.. (2017). Electrocatalysis: Porous Cobalt Phosphide Polyhedrons with Iron Doping as an Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalyst (Small 40/2017). Small. 13(40). 1 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Ishfaq & Sanjay Ranka. (2016). Handbook of Energy-Aware and Green Computing - Two Volume Set. 23 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Iram, Ishfaq Ahmad, Guo Chen, & Huizhou Liu. (2013). A surfactant-coated lipase immobilized in magnetic nanoparticles for multicycle ethyl isovalerate enzymatic production. Biochemical Engineering Journal. 73. 72–79. 42 indexed citations

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