Jemal Fito

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Jemal Fito is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Jemal Fito has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Water Science and Technology, 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 12 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Jemal Fito's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (27 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (12 papers) and Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (10 papers). Jemal Fito is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (27 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (12 papers) and Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (10 papers). Jemal Fito collaborates with scholars based in Ethiopia, South Africa and United States. Jemal Fito's co-authors include Thabo T.I. Nkambule, Stijn Van Hulle, Kenatu Angassa, Nurelegne Tefera, Mikiyas Abewaa, Helmut Kloos, Ashagrie Mengistu, Kebede K. Kefeni, Welldone Moyo and Abera Demeke Ambaye and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Jemal Fito

50 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

  1. Adsorption of methylene blue from textile industrial wastewater using activated carbon developed from Rumex abyssinicus plant
    2023 187 citations Jemal Fito, Kenatu Angassa et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jemal Fito Ethiopia 22 1.1k 360 347 282 226 51 1.8k
G. Janet Joshiba India 12 1.1k 0.9× 377 1.0× 300 0.9× 345 1.2× 341 1.5× 16 1.9k
Nahúm Andrés Medellín-Castillo Mexico 21 1.3k 1.1× 292 0.8× 160 0.5× 324 1.1× 254 1.1× 100 2.0k
Maria Angélica Simões Dornellas de Barros Brazil 25 1.1k 0.9× 289 0.8× 285 0.8× 313 1.1× 280 1.2× 75 1.7k
Gabriela Carvalho Collazzo Brazil 21 947 0.8× 434 1.2× 267 0.8× 250 0.9× 435 1.9× 43 1.7k
Zoha Heidarinejad Iran 15 853 0.8× 340 0.9× 234 0.7× 225 0.8× 411 1.8× 33 1.9k
Mustafa Karataş Türkiye 14 1.3k 1.2× 243 0.7× 345 1.0× 394 1.4× 237 1.0× 28 1.8k
Hanan S. Ibrahim Egypt 24 1.1k 0.9× 267 0.7× 242 0.7× 359 1.3× 382 1.7× 71 1.9k
Qun Jiang China 20 1.0k 0.9× 550 1.5× 311 0.9× 360 1.3× 329 1.5× 49 1.9k
Qiya Sun China 10 927 0.8× 321 0.9× 240 0.7× 284 1.0× 327 1.4× 16 1.7k
Akshaya Kumar Verma India 14 1.3k 1.2× 424 1.2× 358 1.0× 425 1.5× 378 1.7× 28 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jemal Fito

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jemal Fito

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All Works

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Babaee, Saeideh, et al.. (2025). Synthesis and optimization of TiO2-biochar composite for degradation of Basic Blue 41 dye in textile wastewater using response surface methodology. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 174. 114078–114078. 6 indexed citations
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Babaee, Saeideh, et al.. (2025). The application of N-doped TiO2-biochar nanocomposite for photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin and Sulfamethoxazole in real wastewater. Materials Science and Engineering B. 323. 118735–118735.
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Babaee, Saeideh, et al.. (2025). Optimization of photocatalytic degradation of sulfamethoxazole from wastewater using developed N-doped TiO2/biochar. Results in Engineering. 26. 105170–105170. 1 indexed citations
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Babaee, Saeideh, et al.. (2025). Optimization of photocatalytic degradation of Eriochrome Black T from aqueous solution using TiO2-biochar composite. Results in Engineering. 25. 104036–104036. 12 indexed citations
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Abebe, Worku, et al.. (2025). The development of TiO2-biochar composite material for photodegradation of basic blue 41 and erichrome black T azo dyes from water. Surfaces and Interfaces. 62. 106156–106156. 3 indexed citations
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Fito, Jemal, et al.. (2024). The development of multifunctional biochar with NiFe2O4 for the adsorption of Cd (II) from water systems: The kinetics, thermodynamics, and regeneration. Journal of Environmental Management. 373. 123705–123705. 5 indexed citations
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Fito, Jemal, et al.. (2024). Adsorption of Toxic Metals Using Hydrous Ferric Oxide Nanoparticles Embedded in Hybrid Ion-Exchange Resins. Materials. 17(5). 1168–1168. 9 indexed citations
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Ambaye, Abera Demeke, et al.. (2024). The development of carbon nanostructured biosensors for glucose detection to enhance healthcare services: a review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 6 indexed citations
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Fito, Jemal, et al.. (2024). The development of zinc-doped nickel ferrite nano-adsorbent for the adsorption of chromium (VI) from wastewater. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 64. 105587–105587. 13 indexed citations
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Ambaye, Abera Demeke, Jemal Fito, Edward N. Nxumalo, & Thabo T.I. Nkambule. (2023). The challenges of micropollutants and their environmental detection through biochar-based nanostructured electrochemical sensors: a review. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 20(10). 11741–11762. 15 indexed citations
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Fito, Jemal & Thabo T.I. Nkambule. (2022). Synthesis of biochar-CoFe2O4 nanocomposite for adsorption of methylparaben from wastewater under full factorial experimental design. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 195(1). 241–241. 18 indexed citations
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Fito, Jemal, et al.. (2022). The Application of the Activated Carbon from Cordia africana Leaves for Adsorption of Chromium (III) from an Aqueous Solution. Journal of Chemistry. 2022. 1–11. 21 indexed citations
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Angassa, Kenatu, et al.. (2022). Characterization and production of briquettes fuel from brewery wastewater sludge and sawdust. Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy. 4(3). 243–256. 8 indexed citations
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Fito, Jemal, Kebede K. Kefeni, & Thabo T.I. Nkambule. (2022). The potential of biochar-photocatalytic nanocomposites for removal of organic micropollutants from wastewater. The Science of The Total Environment. 829. 154648–154648. 90 indexed citations
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Fito, Jemal, et al.. (2020). Adsorption of Methylene Blue from Textile Industrial Wastewater onto Activated Carbon of Parthenium hysterophorus. International Journal of Environmental Research. 14(5). 501–511. 121 indexed citations
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Fito, Jemal, Nurelegne Tefera, & Stijn Van Hulle. (2019). Sugarcane biorefineries wastewater: bioremediation technologies for environmental sustainability. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture. 6(1). 73 indexed citations
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Fito, Jemal, Geremew Bultosa, & Helmut Kloos. (2019). Correction to: Physicochemical and heavy metal constituents of the groundwater quality in Haramaya Woreda, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. International Journal of Energy and Water Resources. 3(2). 167–167. 2 indexed citations

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