Kafeel Ahmad

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Kafeel Ahmad is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Kafeel Ahmad has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 18 papers in Pollution and 17 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Kafeel Ahmad's work include Heavy metals in environment (17 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (11 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (10 papers). Kafeel Ahmad is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (17 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (11 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (10 papers). Kafeel Ahmad collaborates with scholars based in India, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Kafeel Ahmad's co-authors include Tarique Ahmad, R.C. Trivedi, Gauhar Mahmood, Mehtab Alam, Adil Masood, K. K. Chaudhry, Mukesh Khare, Momina Momina, R. D. Gupta and Raju Vaishya and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Kafeel Ahmad

75 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Municipal solid waste management in Indian cities – A review

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kafeel Ahmad India	25	1.2k	629	582	493	482	82	3.1k
Anne Hollander Netherlands	17	816 0.7×	1.3k 2.1×	466 0.8×	349 0.7×	277 0.6×	30	3.9k
Evangelos Gidarakos Greece	37	1.5k 1.3×	281 0.4×	757 1.3×	352 0.7×	920 1.9×	76	4.1k
Sukha Ranjan Samadder India	28	1.6k 1.4×	301 0.5×	619 1.1×	211 0.4×	808 1.7×	60	3.7k
Jianguo Liu China	36	1.1k 0.9×	394 0.6×	1.2k 2.1×	258 0.5×	472 1.0×	101	3.5k
Rubén Aldaco Spain	38	1.0k 0.8×	613 1.0×	338 0.6×	103 0.2×	590 1.2×	128	3.8k
Michiel C. Zijp Netherlands	18	877 0.7×	1.4k 2.2×	503 0.9×	395 0.8×	297 0.6×	25	4.0k
Qiyong Xu China	34	1.3k 1.1×	402 0.6×	756 1.3×	135 0.3×	433 0.9×	155	3.1k
Zainura Zainon Noor Malaysia	26	870 0.7×	438 0.7×	475 0.8×	193 0.4×	834 1.7×	104	3.2k
Jinglan Hong China	44	1.8k 1.5×	2.1k 3.3×	900 1.5×	386 0.8×	705 1.5×	149	5.9k
Patryk Kot United Kingdom	34	942 0.8×	330 0.5×	396 0.7×	168 0.3×	1.4k 2.9×	82	3.4k

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Khan, Zafar Iqbal, Asma Ashfaq, Kafeel Ahmad, et al.. (2025). Assessing heavy metal bioaccumulation in radish and soil under wastewater and canal water irrigation. Annals of Agricultural Sciences. 70(1). 100388–100388.

Hussain, Muhammad Iftikhar, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Kafeel Ahmad, et al.. (2025). Wastewater irrigation elevates chromium uptake in cereal crops: Bioaccumulation dynamics and carcinogenic risk assessment in a semi-arid agroecosystems. Agricultural Water Management. 321. 109906–109906.

Khan, Zafar Iqbal, Kafeel Ahmad, Asma Ashfaq, et al.. (2025). Assessment of cadmium toxicity in buffaloes grazing on forages cultivated in diverse irrigated soils: a comprehensive analysis. Plant Soil and Environment. 71(3). 202–212.

Hussain, Muhammad Iftikhar, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Kafeel Ahmad, et al.. (2024). Toxicity and bioassimilation of lead and nickel in farm ruminants fed on diversified forage crops grown on contaminated soil. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 283. 116812–116812. 8 indexed citations

Alam, Pervez, Mohd. Aamir Mazhar, & Kafeel Ahmad. (2024). Validation of Road Traffic Noise Prediction Model (Stop and Go) for Road Traffic Conditions of Delhi, India. Transportation in Developing Economies. 10(2). 1 indexed citations

Khan, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Nadeem, Kafeel Ahmad, et al.. (2024). Accumulation and translocation of lead in vegetables through intensive use of organic manure and mineral fertilizers with wastewater. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 12641–12641. 6 indexed citations

Hussain, Muhammad Iftikhar, Humayun Bashir, Zafar Iqbal Khan, et al.. (2023). Potential of sewage irrigation for heavy metal contamination in soil–wheat grain system: Ecological risk and environmental fate. Agricultural Water Management. 278. 108144–108144. 26 indexed citations

Hussain, Muhammad Iftikhar, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Fahad M.A. Al‐Hemaid, et al.. (2022). Potential of Organic Amendments for Heavy Metal Contamination in Soil–Coriander System: Environmental Fate and Associated Ecological Risk. Sustainability. 14(18). 11374–11374. 8 indexed citations

Hussain, Muhammad Iftikhar, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Muhammad Nadeem, et al.. (2022). Cadmium (Cd) and Copper (Cu) Exposure and Bioaccumulation Arrays in Farm Ruminants: Impact of Forage Ecotypes, Ecological Sites and Body Organs. Sustainability. 14(19). 12595–12595. 4 indexed citations

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Hussain, Muhammad Iftikhar, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Kafeel Ahmad, et al.. (2022). Bubalus bubalis Blood as Biological Tool to Track Impacts from Cobalt: Bioaccumulation and Health Risks Perspectives from a Water-Soil-Forage-Livestock Ecosystem. Biological Trace Element Research. 201(2). 706–719. 2 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Kafeel, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Tasneem Ahmad, et al.. (2020). Assessment of Trace Metal Contents of Indigenous and Improved Pastures and Their Implications for Livestock in Terms of Seasonal Variations. Revista de Chimie. 71(7). 347–364. 17 indexed citations

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Alam, Pervez, et al.. (2020). Analysis and Evaluation of Traffic Noise in Different Zones of Delhi, India. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Khan, Abid Ali, et al.. (2020). Options for Enhanced Anaerobic Digestion of Waste and Biomass—a Review. Journal of Biosystems Engineering. 45(1). 1–15. 21 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Kafeel, et al.. (2020). Physico-chemical characterization of stabilized MSW of an Okhla landfill. Materials Today Proceedings. 44. 4287–4292. 10 indexed citations

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Ayub, Muhammad, Mohammad Zuber, Muhammad Yousaf, et al.. (2017). Cobalt methionine complex as feed additive in buffaloes in selected districts of Punjab, Pakistan.. Fresenius environmental bulletin. 26(12). 7243–7254. 1 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Tarique, et al.. (2016). Characterization of water treatment sludge and its reuse as coagulant. Journal of Environmental Management. 182. 606–611. 122 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Kafeel, et al.. (2014). ISOLATION OF APORPHINE ALKALOID FROM THE LEAVES OF Alseodaphne corneri Kosterm. 1 indexed citations

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Khan, Zafar Iqbal, Kafeel Ahmad, A.R. Bayat, Muḥammad Mukhtār, & Muhammad Sher. (2013). Evaluation of Lead Concentration in Pasture and Milk: A Possible Risk for Livestock and Public Health. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 45(1). 79–84. 12 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Kafeel, et al.. (2008). Effects of Climatic Conditions on Rice Grain Quality in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. 237–237.

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Ahmad, Kafeel, Mukesh Khare, & K. K. Chaudhry. (2002). Model vehicle movement system in wind tunnels for exhaust dispersion studies under various urban street configurations. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 90(9). 1051–1064. 31 indexed citations

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