Muhammad Riaz Ahmad

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Muhammad Riaz Ahmad is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Riaz Ahmad has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 41 papers in Materials Chemistry and 31 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Riaz Ahmad's work include Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications (41 papers), Concrete and Cement Materials Research (34 papers) and Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production (20 papers). Muhammad Riaz Ahmad is often cited by papers focused on Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications (41 papers), Concrete and Cement Materials Research (34 papers) and Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production (20 papers). Muhammad Riaz Ahmad collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Pakistan. Muhammad Riaz Ahmad's co-authors include Bing Chen, Syed Farasat Ali Shah, Sajjad Yousefi Oderji, M. Aminul Haque, Yu Jiang, Jian‐Guo Dai, Muhammad Junaid Munir, Syed Minhaj Saleem Kazmi, Jian-Cong Lao and Mehran Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Riaz Ahmad

75 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Fresh and hardened properties of one-part fly ash-based geopolymer binders cured at room temperature: Effect of slag and alkali activators
    2019 288 citations Bing Chen, Muhammad Riaz Ahmad et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Muhammad Riaz Ahmad China 35 2.3k 1.6k 1.4k 208 188 80 3.4k
Yanshuai Wang China 32 2.4k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 133 0.6× 285 1.5× 92 3.1k
Ze Liu China 31 1.4k 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 196 0.9× 298 1.6× 108 2.7k
Yuli Wang China 28 1.9k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 588 0.4× 123 0.6× 218 1.2× 116 2.7k
Qingjun Ding China 26 1.9k 0.8× 605 0.4× 769 0.6× 91 0.4× 139 0.7× 150 2.3k
Shunbo Zhao China 25 1.3k 0.6× 718 0.5× 516 0.4× 452 2.2× 187 1.0× 149 2.2k
Syed Minhaj Saleem Kazmi Australia 37 3.2k 1.4× 3.2k 2.0× 386 0.3× 73 0.4× 122 0.6× 89 4.0k
Muhammad Junaid Munir Australia 36 3.1k 1.3× 3.2k 2.0× 369 0.3× 68 0.3× 121 0.6× 87 4.0k
H. El-Didamony Egypt 26 1.3k 0.6× 621 0.4× 722 0.5× 98 0.5× 175 0.9× 72 2.0k
Eduardus Koenders Germany 30 2.5k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 481 0.3× 94 0.5× 485 2.6× 203 3.4k
Jinxiang Hong China 26 2.0k 0.8× 429 0.3× 461 0.3× 82 0.4× 150 0.8× 102 2.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Khan, Mehran, Jian-Cong Lao, Muhammad Riaz Ahmad, & Jian‐Guo Dai. (2025). Enhancing mechanical and thermal performance of ultra-high-performance calcium aluminate cement concrete (UHP-CACC) using hybrid steel-basalt fibers. Construction and Building Materials. 476. 141313–141313. 3 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Muhammad Riaz, et al.. (2025). Utilizing carbide slag to improve the hydration kinetics and microstructure of limestone calcined clay cement systems. Construction and Building Materials. 501. 144305–144305.
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Duque-Redondo, Eduardo, Ming-Feng Kai, Hegoi Manzano, et al.. (2025). Desorption of water from aqueous solution confined in C-S-H gel pore: A molecular dynamics study. Construction and Building Materials. 490. 142602–142602. 1 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Muhammad Riaz, et al.. (2024). Characterization of cost-effective green engineered magnesium oxysulfide cement-based composites (MOSC-ECC) prepared by replacing MgO in magnesium oxysulfate cement with slag. Construction and Building Materials. 438. 137217–137217. 11 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Muhammad Riaz, Satya Medepalli, Tiao Wang, et al.. (2024). Effect of alkali-hydroxide on hydration kinetics and microstructure of high-volume fly ash blended cement pastes. Cement and Concrete Research. 185. 107641–107641. 16 indexed citations
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Liu, Yunlin, et al.. (2023). Production and performance of CO2 modified foam concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 389. 131671–131671. 25 indexed citations
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Qian, Lan-Ping, Muhammad Riaz Ahmad, Jian-Cong Lao, & Jian‐Guo Dai. (2023). Recycling of red mud and flue gas residues in geopolymer aggregates (GPA) for sustainable concrete. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 191. 106893–106893. 39 indexed citations
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Khan, Mehran, Jian-Cong Lao, Muhammad Riaz Ahmad, Ming-Feng Kai, & Jian‐Guo Dai. (2023). The role of calcium aluminate cement in developing an efficient ultra-high performance concrete resistant to explosive spalling under high temperatures. Construction and Building Materials. 384. 131469–131469. 77 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Muhammad Riaz, Chandra Sekhar Das, Mehran Khan, & Jian‐Guo Dai. (2023). Development of low-carbon alkali-activated materials solely activated by flue gas residues (FGR) waste from incineration plants. Journal of Cleaner Production. 397. 136597–136597. 49 indexed citations
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Khan, Mehran, Ming-Feng Kai, Muhammad Riaz Ahmad, Jian-Cong Lao, & Jian‐Guo Dai. (2023). Fire Performance of Fiber-reinforced Ultra-High-Performance Concrete: A state-of-the-art review. 9(1). 65–102. 2 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Muhammad Riaz, Mehran Khan, Aiguo Wang, Zuhua Zhang, & Jian‐Guo Dai. (2023). Alkali-activated materials partially activated using flue gas residues: An insight into reaction products. Construction and Building Materials. 371. 130760–130760. 47 indexed citations
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Munir, Muhammad Junaid, Syed Minhaj Saleem Kazmi, Yu‐Fei Wu, Xiaoshan Lin, & Muhammad Riaz Ahmad. (2022). Development of a novel compressive strength design equation for natural and recycled aggregate concrete through advanced computational modeling. Journal of Building Engineering. 55. 104690–104690. 51 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Muhammad Riaz, Lan-Ping Qian, Yi Fang, Aiguo Wang, & Jian‐Guo Dai. (2022). A multiscale study on gel composition of hybrid alkali-activated materials partially utilizing air pollution control residue as an activator. Cement and Concrete Composites. 136. 104856–104856. 33 indexed citations
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Dong, Peng, Muhammad Riaz Ahmad, Bing Chen, Muhammad Junaid Munir, & Syed Minhaj Saleem Kazmi. (2021). A study on magnesium phosphate cement mortars reinforced by polyvinyl alcohol fibers. Construction and Building Materials. 302. 124154–124154. 48 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Muhammad Riaz, et al.. (2020). Identification of the factors associated with hirsutism in Lahore. Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatology. 30(1). 167–174.
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Shah, Syed Farasat Ali, Bing Chen, Muhammad Riaz Ahmad, & M. Aminul Haque. (2020). Development of Cleaner One-part geopolymer from lithium slag. Journal of Cleaner Production. 291. 125241–125241. 120 indexed citations
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Haque, M. Aminul, Bing Chen, Yuantao Liu, Syed Farasat Ali Shah, & Muhammad Riaz Ahmad. (2020). Improvement of physico-mechanical and microstructural properties of magnesium phosphate cement composites comprising with Phosphogypsum. Journal of Cleaner Production. 261. 121268–121268. 53 indexed citations
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Noor‐ul‐Amin, Muhammad, et al.. (2018). Identification of the risk factors of the thyroid cancer by using logit model in Lahore.. PubMed. 31(6). 2391–2396. 2 indexed citations
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Mir, Showkat Ahmad, Sajad Mohd Wani, Touseef Ahmed Wani, et al.. (2016). Comparative evaluation of the proximate composition and antioxidant properties of processed products of quince (Cydonia oblonga Miller).. International Food Research Journal. 23(2). 816–821. 14 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Pervaiz, & Muhammad Aleem. (2015). A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION (A CASE OF GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY, LAHORE). European Scientific Journal ESJ. 11(7). 3 indexed citations

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