Muhammad Sultan

7.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
232 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Muhammad Sultan is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Sultan has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 50 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 30 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Sultan's work include Adsorption and Cooling Systems (68 papers), Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies (44 papers) and Heat Transfer and Optimization (30 papers). Muhammad Sultan is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and Cooling Systems (68 papers), Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies (44 papers) and Heat Transfer and Optimization (30 papers). Muhammad Sultan collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and China. Muhammad Sultan's co-authors include Takahiko Miyazaki, Shigeru Koyama, Muhammad H. Mahmood, Uzair Sajjad, Bidyut Baran Saha, Redmond R. Shamshiri, Imran Ali, Muhammad Farooq, Zahid Mahmood Khan and Changsheng Peng and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Sultan

216 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Agriculture-Food Supply Chain Management Based on Blockchain and IoT: A Narrative on Enterprise Blockchain Interoperability

2021 188 citations Showkat Ahmad Bhat, Muhammad Sultan et al. profile →
Renewable energy as an alternative source for energy management in agriculture

2023 163 citations Muhammad Sultan et al. Energy Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Muhammad Sultan Pakistan	38	2.1k	1.1k	609	591	582	232	5.0k
Brent R. Young New Zealand	44	1.3k 0.6×	606 0.5×	835 1.4×	799 1.4×	1.4k 2.4×	279	6.8k
M.A. Alghoul Malaysia	44	1.9k 0.9×	2.3k 2.0×	428 0.7×	930 1.6×	752 1.3×	132	5.8k
Pradeep Kumar Singh India	40	1.6k 0.8×	565 0.5×	249 0.4×	162 0.3×	551 0.9×	418	5.5k
Anil Kumar India	50	2.9k 1.4×	2.9k 2.6×	348 0.6×	701 1.2×	913 1.6×	288	8.2k
B. Deepanraj India	38	909 0.4×	788 0.7×	728 1.2×	570 1.0×	1.9k 3.2×	210	4.8k
Shams Forruque Ahmed Bangladesh	44	975 0.5×	1.6k 1.4×	725 1.2×	490 0.8×	1.8k 3.0×	142	6.9k
Yaodong Wang United Kingdom	40	2.2k 1.0×	688 0.6×	146 0.2×	503 0.9×	1.6k 2.8×	242	5.6k
Varun India	41	3.0k 1.4×	1.4k 1.3×	301 0.5×	612 1.0×	1.0k 1.8×	102	6.2k
S. Devotta India	37	1.2k 0.6×	472 0.4×	799 1.3×	319 0.5×	577 1.0×	153	4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Muhammad Sultan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Muhammad Sultan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Muhammad Sultan

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sultan, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Radiative cooling enhanced performance of adsorption desalination–cooling system. Energy. 322. 135444–135444. 2 indexed citations

Zafar, Fahmina, et al.. (2025). Carbon Nanotubes as Multifunctional Tools Advancing Batteries and Catalysis for Sustainable Solutions. 13(1). 190–202.

Kalsoom, Saima, Ali Hasnain, Muhammad Sultan, et al.. (2025). Analysis of Synthetic Food Colors and FoodPreservatives Inducing Genotoxicity in Garlic(Allium sativum L.) Root Tip Cells. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies.

Mahmood, Muhammad H., Muhammad Sultan, Uzair Sajjad, et al.. (2025). Experimental study of an air-conditioned tractor cabin using CFD analysis for primary and secondary tillage operations in Pakistan. Results in Engineering. 26. 104540–104540. 1 indexed citations

Hussain, Imtiyaz, Uzair Sajjad, Showkat Ahmad Bhat, et al.. (2024). Potential evaluation of AI-based surrogate models to find the robust and optimal method for thermal performance assessment of desiccant air-conditioning systems. Energy Conversion and Management X. 25. 100782–100782. 2 indexed citations

Khan, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Sultan, et al.. (2024). Recent developments and challenges in biomass cookstove. Energy Reports. 12. 2193–2208. 6 indexed citations

Yan, Wei‐Mon, Imtiyaz Hussain, Muhammad Sultan, et al.. (2024). Physics and correlations informed deep learning to foresee various regimes of the pool boiling curve. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 136. 108867–108867. 12 indexed citations

Bibi, Farzana, Imtiyaz Hussain, Naseem Abbas, et al.. (2024). Machine learning enabled assessment of the vacuum freeze-drying of the kiwifruit. Information Processing in Agriculture. 12(2). 245–259. 6 indexed citations

Imran, Shahid, Muhammad Asad Javed, Ihsanullah Sohoo, et al.. (2024). Structural and thermal investigation of lignocellulosic biomass conversion for enhancing sustainable imperative in progressive organic refinery paradigm for waste-to-energy applications. Environmental Research. 246. 118129–118129. 12 indexed citations

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Raza, Waseem, et al.. (2024). On the prediction and optimization of the flow boiling heat transfer in mini and micro channel heat sinks. Progress in Nuclear Energy. 177. 105466–105466. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhaoli, et al.. (2024). Heat transfer performance of copper foam/paraffin composite phase change material under different centrifugal forces-A visual experimental study. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 226. 125475–125475. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Nan, et al.. (2024). Carbonated balsa-based shape-stable phase change materials with photothermal conversion and application in greenhouse. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 266. 112699–112699. 14 indexed citations

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Sultan, Muhammad, Muhammad Farooq, Sobhy M. Ibrahim, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the emerging adsorbents for performance improvement of adsorption desalination cum cooling system. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 142. 106661–106661. 12 indexed citations

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Ahamed, Md Shamim, Muhammad Sultan, Danielle Monfet, et al.. (2023). A critical review on efficient thermal environment controls in indoor vertical farming. Journal of Cleaner Production. 425. 138923–138923. 35 indexed citations

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Hussain, Saddam, et al.. (2023). On Degree-Based Topological Indices of Petersen Subdivision Graph. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 20–20. 4 indexed citations

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Aleem, Muhammad, Muhammad Sultan, Muhammad Farooq, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the emerging adsorbents for water production potential and thermodynamic limits of adsorption-based atmospheric water harvesting systems. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 145. 106863–106863. 16 indexed citations

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Zakir-Hassan, Ghulam, et al.. (2023). Water budget study for groundwater recharge in Indus River Basin, Punjab (Pakistan). H2Open Journal. 6(3). 449–462. 5 indexed citations

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Sultan, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). A comprehensive investigation of r32 adsorption kinetics onto MSC30 activated carbon powder. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 149. 107148–107148. 3 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Riaz, Yuguang Zhou, Chao Liang, et al.. (2022). Comparative evaluation of thermal and emission performances for improved commercial coal-fired stoves in China. RSC Advances. 12(32). 20886–20896. 17 indexed citations

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Farooq, Muhammad, Muhammad Amjad, Fahid Riaz, et al.. (2021). Thermal Analysis and Energy Efficiency Improvements in Tunnel Kiln for Sustainable Environment. Processes. 9(9). 1629–1629. 8 indexed citations

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