Kamal Ahmed

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
70 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Kamal Ahmed is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kamal Ahmed has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 21 papers in Atmospheric Science and 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Kamal Ahmed's work include Climate variability and models (45 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (42 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (19 papers). Kamal Ahmed is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (45 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (42 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (19 papers). Kamal Ahmed collaborates with scholars based in Malaysia, Pakistan and China. Kamal Ahmed's co-authors include Shamsuddin Shahid, Nadeem Nawaz, Najeebullah Khan, Tarmizi Ismail, ‪Eun‐Sung Chung, D. A. Sachindra, Xiaojun Wang, Zafar Iqbal, Sobri Harun and S. M. Shirazi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Kamal Ahmed

66 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Weighting Methods and their Effects on Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model Outcomes in Water Resources Management

2014 335 citations Noorul Hassan Zardari, Kamal Ahmed et al. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven) profile →
Evaluation of CMIP6 GCM rainfall in mainland Southeast Asia

2021 143 citations Zafar Iqbal, Shamsuddin Shahid et al. Atmospheric Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kamal Ahmed Malaysia	37	3.1k	1.5k	998	856	589	70	4.3k
Subhankar Karmakar India	38	2.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	818 1.0×	244 0.4×	123	4.2k
Manish Kumar Goyal India	39	2.4k 0.8×	975 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	352 0.6×	144	4.3k
Hyun‐Han Kwon South Korea	35	2.5k 0.8×	916 0.6×	1.6k 1.6×	741 0.9×	298 0.5×	238	3.7k
Steven M. Quiring United States	41	3.5k 1.1×	2.1k 1.4×	901 0.9×	1.5k 1.7×	641 1.1×	133	6.0k
Subimal Ghosh India	46	5.2k 1.6×	3.0k 2.0×	1.7k 1.7×	1.4k 1.6×	638 1.1×	168	6.6k
Alex J. Cannon Canada	42	5.0k 1.6×	3.2k 2.2×	2.4k 2.4×	1.4k 1.6×	556 0.9×	152	7.5k
T. A. Buishand Netherlands	32	3.6k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	467 0.5×	386 0.7×	64	4.6k
Mojtaba Sadegh United States	37	3.0k 1.0×	976 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	987 1.2×	372 0.6×	113	5.2k
C. Adam Schlosser United States	32	2.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	174 0.3×	85	5.0k
Ercan Kahya Türkiye	34	4.0k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	2.3k 2.3×	1.7k 2.0×	407 0.7×	88	5.3k

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Khan, Najeebullah, Shamsuddin Shahid, Kamal Ahmed, & Zaher Mundher Yaseen‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬. (2025). Modeling spatial PM2.5 risk dynamics and projecting disease burden in Pakistan. Environmental Pollution. 373. 126060–126060. 4 indexed citations

Sa’adi, Zulfaqar, et al.. (2025). A hybrid machine learning-based past performance and envelope approach for rainfall projection in Sarawak, Malaysia. Urban Climate. 61. 102442–102442.

Sa’adi, Zulfaqar, et al.. (2024). Comparative assessment of empirical random forest family's model in simulating future streamflow in different basin of Sarawak, Malaysia. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 265. 106381–106381. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Sungwon, et al.. (2024). Decadal Climate and Landform Variables Analysis in Iraq Using Remote Sensing Datasets. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 2 indexed citations

Ahmed, Kamal, et al.. (2020). Divergence of potential evapotranspiration trends over Pakistan during 1967–2016. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 141(1-2). 215–227. 19 indexed citations

Ahmed, Kamal, D. A. Sachindra, Shamsuddin Shahid, Mehmet Cüneyd Demirel, & ‪Eun‐Sung Chung. (2019). Selection of multi-model ensemble of general circulation models for the simulation of precipitation and maximum and minimum temperature based on spatial assessment metrics. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 23(11). 4803–4824. 214 indexed citations

Shiru, Mohammed Sanusi, Mohamed Salem Nashwan, Rawshan Ali, et al.. (2019). Spatio-Temporal Pattern in the Changes in Availability and Sustainability of Water Resources in Afghanistan. Sustainability. 11(20). 5836–5836. 54 indexed citations

Ahmed, Kamal, et al.. (2019). Selection of multi-model ensemble of GCMs for the simulation ofprecipitation based on spatial assessment metrics. Istanbul Technical University Academic Open Archive (Istanbul Technical University). 9 indexed citations

Ahmed, Kamal, Shamsuddin Shahid, Xiaojun Wang, Nadeem Nawaz, & Najeebullah Khan. (2019). Spatiotemporal changes in aridity of Pakistan during 1901–2016. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 23(7). 3081–3096. 78 indexed citations

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Sachindra, D. A., Kamal Ahmed, Md. Mamunur Rashid, et al.. (2019). Pros and cons of using wavelets in conjunction with genetic programming and generalised linear models in statistical downscaling of precipitation. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 138(1-2). 617–638. 20 indexed citations

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Khan, Najeebullah, Shamsuddin Shahid, Kamal Ahmed, et al.. (2019). Selection of GCMs for the projection of spatial distribution of heat waves in Pakistan. Atmospheric Research. 233. 104688–104688. 72 indexed citations

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Khan, Najeebullah, Shamsuddin Shahid, Mohammed Sanusi Shiru, et al.. (2019). Assessment of changing pattern of crop water stress in Bangladesh. Environment Development and Sustainability. 22(5). 4619–4637. 32 indexed citations

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Noor, Muhammad, Tarmizi Ismail, Shahid Ullah, et al.. (2019). A non-local model output statistics approach for the downscaling of CMIP5 GCMs for the projection of rainfall in Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Water and Climate Change. 11(4). 944–955. 15 indexed citations

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Sachindra, D. A., Kamal Ahmed, Md. Mamunur Rashid, Shamsuddin Shahid, & B. J. C. Perera. (2018). Statistical downscaling of precipitation using machine learning techniques. Atmospheric Research. 212. 240–258. 235 indexed citations

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Ismail, Tarmizi, et al.. (2018). BIVARIATE FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS USING GUMBEL COPULA. 30(2). 6 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Kamal, Shamsuddin Shahid, Tarmizi Ismail, Nadeem Nawaz, & Xiaojun Wang. (2018). Absolute homogeneity assessment of precipitation time series in an arid region of Pakistan. Atmósfera. 31(3). 301–316. 41 indexed citations

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Khan, Najeebullah, Shamsuddin Shahid, Kamal Ahmed, et al.. (2018). Performance Assessment of General Circulation Model in Simulating Daily Precipitation and Temperature Using Multiple Gridded Datasets. Water. 10(12). 1793–1793. 142 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Kamal, ‪Eun‐Sung Chung, Jae Yeol Song, & Shamsuddin Shahid. (2017). Effective Design and Planning Specification of Low Impact Development Practices Using Water Management Analysis Module (WMAM): Case of Malaysia. Water. 9(3). 173–173. 38 indexed citations

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Zardari, Noorul Hassan, Kamal Ahmed, S. M. Shirazi, & Zulkifli Yusop. (2014). Weighting Methods and their Effects on Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model Outcomes in Water Resources Management. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 335 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ahmed, Kamal, Hussain Al-Ahmad, & Patrick Gaydecki. (2012). Robust image watermarking using two dimensional Walsh coding. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 222–222. 3 indexed citations

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