Muhammad Adnan

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 692 citations indexed

About

Muhammad Adnan is a scholar working on Pollution, Artificial Intelligence and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Adnan has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 692 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Pollution, 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 4 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Adnan's work include Heavy metals in environment (5 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (4 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (3 papers). Muhammad Adnan is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (5 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (4 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (3 papers). Muhammad Adnan collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Australia. Muhammad Adnan's co-authors include Baohua Xiao, Peiwen Xiao, Peng Zhao, Haiyan Wang, Muhammad Ubaid Ali, Bingdong Zhu, Wei-Bao Kong, Inayat Ullah, Shiquan Niu and Ruolan Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and International Journal of Biological Macromolecules.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Adnan

22 papers receiving 679 citations

Hit Papers

Heavy metals pollution from smelting activities: A threat... 2024 2026 2025 2024 40 80 120
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.

  1. Heavy metals pollution from smelting activities: A threat to soil and groundwater
    2024 127 citations Muhammad Adnan, Baohua Xiao et al. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Muhammad Adnan China 12 212 159 73 71 68 26 692
Siavash Isazadeh Canada 13 384 1.8× 53 0.3× 159 2.2× 118 1.7× 131 1.9× 30 622
Hailin Yang China 18 239 1.1× 144 0.9× 244 3.3× 52 0.7× 47 0.7× 56 914
Keugtae Kim South Korea 15 181 0.9× 98 0.6× 70 1.0× 227 3.2× 208 3.1× 51 1.0k
Xudong Jiao China 15 371 1.8× 194 1.2× 161 2.2× 64 0.9× 29 0.4× 31 1.2k
Cyndee Gruden United States 14 180 0.8× 297 1.9× 161 2.2× 261 3.7× 37 0.5× 33 1.2k
Ashok Kumar Pandey India 15 163 0.8× 50 0.3× 94 1.3× 145 2.0× 65 1.0× 55 1.0k
Subarna Bhattacharyya India 17 179 0.8× 67 0.4× 98 1.3× 120 1.7× 27 0.4× 52 855
Lv Chen China 20 195 0.9× 114 0.7× 408 5.6× 27 0.4× 22 0.3× 58 1.1k
Akhilesh Kumar Yadav India 15 46 0.2× 58 0.4× 86 1.2× 50 0.7× 19 0.3× 70 618
Sarah E. Crawford Germany 16 418 2.0× 160 1.0× 382 5.2× 74 1.0× 116 1.7× 30 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Muhammad Adnan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Muhammad Adnan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Muhammad Adnan

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

All Works

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Adnan, Muhammad, Peng Zhao, Baohua Xiao, Muhammad Ubaid Ali, & Peiwen Xiao. (2025). Heavy metal pollution and source analysis of soils around abandoned Pb/Zn smelting sites: Environmental risks and fractionation analysis. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 38. 104084–104084. 10 indexed citations
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Gao, Peng & Muhammad Adnan. (2025). Overview of emerging electronics technologies for artificial intelligence: A review. 11. 100136–100136. 5 indexed citations
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Adnan, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Impacts of drilling on soil and groundwater heavy metal pollution: A comprehensive review. Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology. 8. 127–141.
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Arif, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Molecular mechanisms and breeding strategies for enhancing wheat resilience to environmental stresses: The role of heat shock proteins and implications for food security. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 308(Pt 3). 142468–142468. 4 indexed citations
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Adnan, Muhammad, Baohua Xiao, & Muhammad Ubaid Ali. (2025). Advances in groundwater contaminant transport modeling in abandoned mining and smelting sites in China towards artificial intelligence and real-time monitoring. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 40. 104636–104636.
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Shao, Mingyu, Zaihua Liu, Sibo Zeng, et al.. (2024). Carbon sinks associated with biological carbon pump in karst surface waters: Progress, challenges, and prospects. Environmental Research. 267. 120712–120712. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Yanling, et al.. (2024). Natural Factors of Microplastics Distribution and Migration in Water: A Review. Water. 16(11). 1595–1595. 28 indexed citations
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Adnan, Muhammad, Baohua Xiao, Peiwen Xiao, et al.. (2024). Known and Unknown Environmental Impacts Related to Climate Changes in Pakistan: An Under-Recognized Risk to Local Communities. Sustainability. 16(14). 6108–6108. 22 indexed citations
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Ali, Muhammad Zeeshan, et al.. (2024). High-resolution landslide mapping and susceptibility assessment: Landslide temporal variations and vegetation recovery. Advances in Space Research. 74(8). 3668–3690. 7 indexed citations
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Adnan, Muhammad, Baohua Xiao, Muhammad Ubaid Ali, et al.. (2024). Heavy metals pollution from smelting activities: A threat to soil and groundwater. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 274. 116189–116189. 127 indexed citations breakdown →
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Adnan, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Addressing current climate issues in Pakistan: An opportunity for a sustainable future. Environmental Challenges. 15. 100887–100887. 34 indexed citations
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Adnan, Muhammad, Baohua Xiao, Muhammad Ubaid Ali, et al.. (2024). Human inventions and its environmental challenges, especially artificial intelligence: New challenges require new thinking. Environmental Challenges. 16. 100976–100976. 16 indexed citations
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Keshtegar, Behrooz, Jamshid Piri, Rana Muhammad Adnan Ikram, et al.. (2023). Prediction of Sediment Yields Using a Data-Driven Radial M5 Tree Model. Water. 15(7). 1437–1437. 12 indexed citations
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Shao, Mingyu, Muhammad Adnan, Liankai Zhang, et al.. (2022). Carbonate Mineral Dissolution and Its Carbon Sink Effect in Chinese Loess. Land. 12(1). 133–133. 8 indexed citations
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Ullah, Inayat, et al.. (2021). In silico analysis of epitope-based vaccine candidate against tuberculosis using reverse vaccinology. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 1249–1249. 147 indexed citations
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Ali, Shaukat, Muhammad Adnan, & Nadia Rehman. (2018). Assessment of CMIP5 climate models over South Asia and climate change projections over Pakistan under representative concentration pathways. International Journal of Global Warming. 16(4). 381–381. 10 indexed citations

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