Mahtab Ahmad

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Mahtab Ahmad is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Pollution and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mahtab Ahmad has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Water Science and Technology, 13 papers in Pollution and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mahtab Ahmad's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (17 papers), Heavy metals in environment (9 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (6 papers). Mahtab Ahmad is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (17 papers), Heavy metals in environment (9 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (6 papers). Mahtab Ahmad collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, China and Sri Lanka. Mahtab Ahmad's co-authors include Meththika Vithanage, Yong Sik Ok, Mohammad I. Al‐Wabel, Sajid Iqbal, Thilakshani Atugoda, Binoy Sarkar, Basit Ahmed Khan, Nanthi Bolan, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha and Saima Batool and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Pollution and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Mahtab Ahmad

33 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Soil acidification and the liming potential of biochar

2022 174 citations Nanthi Bolan, Ajit K. Sarmah et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mahtab Ahmad Pakistan	16	635	292	230	228	185	38	1.3k
Guangcai Yin China	19	731 1.2×	404 1.4×	264 1.1×	248 1.1×	161 0.9×	31	1.4k
Zulqarnain Haider Khan China	23	665 1.0×	456 1.6×	231 1.0×	251 1.1×	185 1.0×	35	1.5k
Elsayed A. Elkhatib Egypt	24	581 0.9×	461 1.6×	223 1.0×	264 1.2×	172 0.9×	61	1.5k
Jingpeng Song China	14	559 0.9×	196 0.7×	260 1.1×	259 1.1×	124 0.7×	18	1.0k
Yizhong Lv China	14	567 0.9×	229 0.8×	270 1.2×	158 0.7×	106 0.6×	29	1.1k
Abhishek Kumar India	16	416 0.7×	297 1.0×	217 0.9×	167 0.7×	121 0.7×	35	1.2k
Yingying Qian China	10	432 0.7×	377 1.3×	227 1.0×	161 0.7×	116 0.6×	17	1.1k
Bo Cao China	20	741 1.2×	486 1.7×	262 1.1×	346 1.5×	262 1.4×	38	1.5k
Hongyan Nan China	18	596 0.9×	337 1.2×	408 1.8×	414 1.8×	172 0.9×	35	1.5k
Yining Sun China	5	701 1.1×	320 1.1×	426 1.9×	273 1.2×	173 0.9×	10	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mahtab Ahmad

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mahtab Ahmad. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mahtab Ahmad 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 Mahtab Ahmad. Mahtab Ahmad is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Khan, Aqib Hassan Ali, et al.. (2025). Biochar for Sustainable Restoration of Heavy Metals Contaminated Soil: Performance, Assessment, and Mechanisms. Advanced Sustainable Systems. 9(12).

Sajjad, Asif, et al.. (2025). Assessing Recharge Zones for Groundwater Potential in Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan): A GIS-Based Analytical Hierarchy Process Approach. Water. 17(11). 1586–1586. 3 indexed citations

Rashid, Jamshaid, et al.. (2024). Uptake, translocation, and nutrient efficiency of nano-bonechar as a plant growth regulator in hydroponics and soil systems. Environmental Research. 251(Pt 2). 118695–118695. 3 indexed citations

Khan, Aqib Hassan Ali, et al.. (2024). Synergistic biochar and Serratia marcescens tackle toxic metal contamination: A multifaceted machine learning approach. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122575–122575. 8 indexed citations

Khan, Basit Ahmed, et al.. (2024). Uncovering nano-bonechar for attenuating fluoride in naturally contaminated soil. Chemosphere. 353. 141490–141490. 2 indexed citations

Ahmad, Mahtab, et al.. (2024). Investigating the potential of nanobonechar toward climate-smart agriculture. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 46(4). 128–128.

Ekanayake, Anusha, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Mahtab Ahmad, & Meththika Vithanage. (2023). Enhanced Adsorption of Hexavalent Chromium from Aqueous Solution by Citric Acid-Modified Biochar from Invasive Plant Biomass. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 234(7). 13 indexed citations

Khan, Basit Ahmed, Mahtab Ahmad, Nanthi Bolan, et al.. (2023). A mechanistic approach to arsenic adsorption and immobilization in aqueous solution, groundwater, and contaminated paddy soil using pine-cone magnetic biochar. Environmental Research. 245. 117922–117922. 13 indexed citations

Bolan, Nanthi, Ajit K. Sarmah, Sanandam Bordoloi, et al.. (2022). Soil acidification and the liming potential of biochar. Environmental Pollution. 317. 120632–120632. 174 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Ming, Kun‐Yi Andrew Lin, Yuchi Zhong, et al.. (2022). Functionalizing biochar by Co-pyrolysis shaddock peel with red mud for removing acid orange 7 from water. Environmental Pollution. 299. 118893–118893. 41 indexed citations

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Abdelhafez, Ahmed A., Xu Zhang, Li Zhou, et al.. (2021). Eco-friendly production of biochar via conventional pyrolysis: Application of biochar and liquefied smoke for plant productivity and seed germination. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 22. 101540–101540. 27 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Mahtab, Jochen Bundschuh, Yohey Hashimoto, et al.. (2021). A remediation approach to chromium-contaminated water and soil using engineered biochar derived from peanut shell. Environmental Research. 204(Pt B). 112125–112125. 84 indexed citations

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Fatima, Iqra, Mahtab Ahmad, Meththika Vithanage, & Sajid Iqbal. (2021). Abstraction of nitrates and phosphates from water by sawdust- and rice husk-derived biochars: Their potential as N- and P-loaded fertilizer for plant productivity in nutrient deficient soil. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 155. 105073–105073. 29 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Mahtab, et al.. (2020). Evaluate the gene expression of TPT1, EDN3, and ANO7 in prostate cancer tissues and their relation with age, tumor stage and family history. Meta Gene. 24. 100671–100671. 3 indexed citations

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Rashid, Jamshaid, et al.. (2019). Sulfonated polyether sulfone reinforced multiwall carbon nanotubes composite for the removal of lead in wastewater. Applied Nanoscience. 9(8). 1695–1705. 18 indexed citations

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Batool, Saima, Muhammad Idrees, Mohammad I. Al‐Wabel, et al.. (2018). Sorption of Cr(III) from aqueous media via naturally functionalized microporous biochar: Mechanistic study. Microchemical Journal. 144. 242–253. 62 indexed citations

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Vithanage, Meththika, Mihiri Seneviratne, Mahtab Ahmad, Binoy Sarkar, & Yong Sik Ok. (2017). Contrasting effects of engineered carbon nanotubes on plants: a review. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 39(6). 1421–1439. 74 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Munir, Mahtab Ahmad, Adel R. A. Usman, et al.. (2017). Date palm waste-derived biochar composites with silica and zeolite: synthesis, characterization and implication for carbon stability and recalcitrant potential. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 41(4). 1687–1704. 108 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ming, Mahtab Ahmad, Mohammad I. Al‐Wabel, et al.. (2015). Adsorptive Removal of Trichloroethylene in Water by Crop Residue Biochars Pyrolyzed at Contrasting Temperatures: Continuous Fixed‐Bed Experiments. Journal of Chemistry. 2015(1). 13 indexed citations

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Rauf, Muhammad, Manzoor Ikram, & Mahtab Ahmad. (2002). SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC STUDIES OF TERNARY COMPLEXES OF VANADYL, MANGANESE, AND IRON WITHo-PHENANTHROLINE AND EOSIN. 20(2). 171–180. 8 indexed citations

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