Muhammad Imran Din

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Muhammad Imran Din is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Water Science and Technology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Imran Din has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Materials Chemistry, 38 papers in Water Science and Technology and 35 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Imran Din's work include Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (33 papers), Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (32 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (26 papers). Muhammad Imran Din is often cited by papers focused on Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (33 papers), Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (32 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (26 papers). Muhammad Imran Din collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and China. Muhammad Imran Din's co-authors include Zaib Hussain, Rida Khalid, Jawayria Najeeb, Rida Rehan, Maria Mukhtar, Azeem Intisar, Muhammad Latif Mirza, Ejaz Ahmed, Farhan Arshad and Muhammad Farooq Warsi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of The Electrochemical Society and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Imran Din

138 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Fundamentals and photocatalysis of methylene blue dye usi... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300
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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. Fundamentals and photocatalysis of methylene blue dye using various nanocatalytic assemblies- a critical review
    2021 315 citations Muhammad Imran Din, Rida Khalid 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
Muhammad Imran Din Pakistan 31 1.6k 835 726 690 646 147 3.4k
Shivani B. Mishra South Africa 30 971 0.6× 657 0.8× 833 1.1× 965 1.4× 665 1.0× 103 3.1k
Muneer M. Ba‐Abbad Malaysia 28 1.5k 0.9× 1.2k 1.4× 445 0.6× 934 1.4× 695 1.1× 79 3.3k
Is Fatimah Indonesia 36 2.0k 1.2× 1.2k 1.5× 586 0.8× 664 1.0× 1.2k 1.9× 242 4.1k
Van Thuan Le Vietnam 33 1.5k 0.9× 990 1.2× 540 0.7× 721 1.0× 691 1.1× 113 3.1k
Nahit Aktaş Türkiye 40 1.7k 1.1× 638 0.8× 1.4k 1.9× 856 1.2× 892 1.4× 134 4.8k
Nasser S. Awwad Saudi Arabia 31 1.2k 0.7× 719 0.9× 389 0.5× 739 1.1× 448 0.7× 154 3.3k
Khalida Naseem Pakistan 32 1.5k 0.9× 796 1.0× 1.6k 2.2× 696 1.0× 666 1.0× 85 3.2k
Lincheng Zhou China 37 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 770 1.1× 1.8k 2.7× 792 1.2× 93 3.8k
Zuqiang Huang China 35 1.2k 0.7× 862 1.0× 412 0.6× 798 1.2× 1.1k 1.6× 156 3.8k
Amal M. Al‐Mohaimeed Saudi Arabia 29 1.3k 0.8× 661 0.8× 420 0.6× 544 0.8× 510 0.8× 156 3.5k

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All Works

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Alsafari, Ibrahim A., Imed Boukhris, Muhammad Imran Din, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of transition metal and rare earth metal doped nanocrystalline CdAl2O4: An outstanding approach for photodegradation of harmful organic contaminants. Desalination and Water Treatment. 323. 101353–101353. 1 indexed citations
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Hussain, Zaib, et al.. (2025). A critical review on pyrolysis of maize biomass for bio-oil and biochar production with its potential outcomes. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering. 23(5). 541–554.
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Yousaf, Kanwal, Sobhy M. Ibrahim, Muhammad Imran Din, et al.. (2025). A dual-action catalyst: Iron dopped-GQDs/ZIF-8 embedded chitosan for energy and environmental sustainability. Surfaces and Interfaces. 68. 106729–106729. 4 indexed citations
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Majeed, Hamid, Inas A. Ahmed, Muhammad Imran Din, et al.. (2025). In Situ Growth of NiFe‐LDH/ZIF‐7 Composite With Boosted Photocatalytic Efficiency for Methyl Orange Removal. ChemistrySelect. 10(46).
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Hussain, Tajamal, et al.. (2024). Expanded polystyrene waste with Lead-Organic frameworks for adsorptive desulfurization of gasoline. Materials Letters. 359. 135910–135910. 1 indexed citations
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Alsaiari, Norah Salem, et al.. (2024). Holmium doped La2O3 and its composite with graphitic carbon nitride for the removal of atrazine and chlorpyrifos from wastewater. Desalination and Water Treatment. 320. 100813–100813. 5 indexed citations
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Saeed, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Excellent catalytic performance over reduced graphene-boosted novel nanoparticles for oxidative desulfurization of fuel oil. Nanotechnology Reviews. 13(1). 4 indexed citations
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Shaheen, Nusrat, Muhammad Farooq Warsi, Sonia Zulfiqar, et al.. (2023). La-doped WO3@gCN Nanocomposite for Efficient degradation of cationic dyes. Ceramics International. 49(10). 15507–15526. 27 indexed citations
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Alfryyan, Nada, Alina Manzoor, Akmal Jamil, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of Cd-substituted NiCoPrFe2O4@CNTs via sol-gel method: Investigating the structural and photocatalytic properties. Physica B Condensed Matter. 660. 414885–414885. 6 indexed citations
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Din, Muhammad Imran, Mahmood Ahmed, Muhammad Ahmad, et al.. (2023). Novel and Facile Synthesis of Carbon Quantum Dots from Chicken Feathers and Their Application as a Photocatalyst to Degrade Methylene Blue Dye. Journal of Chemistry. 2023. 1–11. 19 indexed citations
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Din, Muhammad Imran, Mahmood Ahmed, Muhammad Ahmad, et al.. (2023). Investigating the Activity of Carbon Fiber Electrode for Electricity Generation from Waste Potatoes in a Single-Chambered Microbial Fuel Cell. Journal of Chemistry. 2023. 1–8. 14 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Muhammad, Mahmood Ahmed, Shabbir Hussain, et al.. (2022). Polyelectrolyte multilayers coating of aliphatic polyamide anion-exchange membranes to increase monovalent/divalent anions selectivity in electrodialysis. Desalination. 545. 116159–116159. 25 indexed citations
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Intisar, Azeem, et al.. (2022). Occurrence, toxic effects, and mitigation of pesticides as emerging environmental pollutants using robust nanomaterials – A review. Chemosphere. 293. 133538–133538. 109 indexed citations
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Nadeem, Muhammad, Azeem Intisar, Muhammad Imran Din, et al.. (2020). Essential oil composition and antibacterial activity of Canarium strictum Roxb. resin. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 155(6). 1198–1202. 6 indexed citations
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Nadeem, Muhammad, et al.. (2020). Constituents and antibacterial activity of leaf essential oil of Plectranthus scutellarioides. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 155(6). 1247–1252. 20 indexed citations
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Shehzad, Hamza, Ejaz Ahmed, Ahsan Sharif, et al.. (2019). Amino-carbamate moiety grafted calcium alginate hydrogel beads for effective biosorption of Ag(I) from aqueous solution: Economically-competitive recovery. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 144. 362–372. 43 indexed citations
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Din, Muhammad Imran, Khalida Naseem, Muhammad Latif Mirza, & Madeeha Batool. (2018). Evaluation of Saccharum bengalense as a Non-Conventional Biomaterial for Biosorption of Mn (II) Ions from Aqueous Solutions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8 indexed citations
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Din, Muhammad Imran & Rahib Hussain. (1992). Adsorption of lead from aqueous solutions by poly (methyl methacrylate). 4(2). 143–145. 4 indexed citations

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