Muhammad U. Afzal

15.9k total citations
112 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Muhammad U. Afzal is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad U. Afzal has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 53 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 46 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Muhammad U. Afzal's work include Antenna Design and Analysis (100 papers), Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (92 papers) and Microwave Engineering and Waveguides (47 papers). Muhammad U. Afzal is often cited by papers focused on Antenna Design and Analysis (100 papers), Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (92 papers) and Microwave Engineering and Waveguides (47 papers). Muhammad U. Afzal collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Pakistan and United Kingdom. Muhammad U. Afzal's co-authors include Karu P. Esselle, Ali Lalbakhsh, Stephanie L. Smith, Basit A. Zeb, Touseef Hayat, Khushboo Singh, Foez Ahmed, Dushmantha N. Thalakotuna, Kaushik Mandal and Tauseef Tauqeer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Scientific Reports and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad U. Afzal

106 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Muhammad U. Afzal Australia 23 1.7k 941 719 94 76 112 1.9k
Adaildo G. D’Assunção Brazil 18 1.1k 0.7× 608 0.6× 358 0.5× 97 1.0× 77 1.0× 182 1.4k
Sean V. Hum Canada 30 3.0k 1.8× 1.4k 1.5× 1.3k 1.8× 118 1.3× 113 1.5× 143 3.3k
Guohui Yang China 17 746 0.4× 643 0.7× 482 0.7× 261 2.8× 133 1.8× 125 1.2k
Tao Hong China 20 1.0k 0.6× 532 0.6× 480 0.7× 49 0.5× 79 1.0× 87 1.2k
Symon K. Podilchak United Kingdom 26 1.8k 1.1× 1.7k 1.8× 173 0.2× 222 2.4× 121 1.6× 192 2.1k
S.H. Zainud-Deen Egypt 20 1.3k 0.8× 949 1.0× 365 0.5× 198 2.1× 105 1.4× 200 1.6k
Philippe Pouliguen France 17 1.0k 0.6× 633 0.7× 372 0.5× 129 1.4× 266 3.5× 121 1.3k
Shaoqiu Xiao China 28 2.6k 1.5× 1.5k 1.6× 1.1k 1.5× 497 5.3× 98 1.3× 138 3.0k
Qunsheng Cao China 24 1.6k 1.0× 742 0.8× 907 1.3× 91 1.0× 191 2.5× 215 1.9k
Amir I. Zaghloul United States 17 801 0.5× 736 0.8× 179 0.2× 72 0.8× 43 0.6× 178 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Muhammad U. Afzal

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Afzal, Muhammad U., et al.. (2024). Dual-Band Printed Near-Field Metasurface With Independent Phase Transformation for Enhanced Antenna Gain. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 23(8). 2401–2405. 2 indexed citations
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Singh, Khushboo, et al.. (2024). Dual-Band Passive Beam Steering Antenna Technologies for Satellite Communication and Modern Wireless Systems: A Review. Sensors. 24(18). 6144–6144. 5 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Foez, Muhammad U. Afzal, Karu P. Esselle, & Dushmantha N. Thalakotuna. (2024). Novel Dual-Band Phase-Gradient Metascreen and Dual-Band Near-Field Meta-Steering Antennas. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 72(3). 2202–2216. 6 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Foez, Muhammad U. Afzal, Dushmantha N. Thalakotuna, & Karu P. Esselle. (2023). Novel Dual-Band Metascreen for Dual-Band Near-Field Phase Correction. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 71(7). 5591–5604. 4 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Foez, Muhammad U. Afzal, Touseef Hayat, Karu P. Esselle, & Dushmantha N. Thalakotuna. (2022). Self-Sustained Rigid Fully Metallic Metasurfaces to Enhance Gain of Shortened Horn Antennas. IEEE Access. 10. 79644–79654. 15 indexed citations
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Afzal, Muhammad U., et al.. (2022). Increasing the Gain of Beam-Tilted Circularly Polarized Radial Line Slot Array Antennas. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 70(6). 4392–4403. 12 indexed citations
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Lalbakhsh, Ali, Muhammad U. Afzal, Karu P. Esselle, & Stephanie L. Smith. (2022). All-Metal Wideband Frequency-Selective Surface Bandpass Filter for TE and TM Polarizations. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 70(4). 2790–2800. 83 indexed citations
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Afzal, Muhammad U., Ali Lalbakhsh, & Karu P. Esselle. (2021). Method to Enhance Directional Propagation of Circularly Polarized Antennas by Making Near-Electric Field Phase More Uniform. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 69(8). 4447–4456. 10 indexed citations
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Singh, Khushboo, Muhammad U. Afzal, & Karu P. Esselle. (2021). Designing Efficient Phase-Gradient Metasurfaces for Near-Field Meta-Steering Systems. IEEE Access. 9. 109080–109093. 27 indexed citations
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Afzal, Muhammad U., et al.. (2020). An All-Metal High-Gain Radial-Line Slot-Array Antenna for Low-Cost Satellite Communication Systems. IEEE Access. 8. 139422–139432. 18 indexed citations
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Afzal, Muhammad U., Ladislau Matekovits, Karu P. Esselle, & Ali Lalbakhsh. (2020). Beam-Scanning Antenna Based on Near-Electric Field Phase Transformation and Refraction of Electromagnetic Wave Through Dielectric Structures. IEEE Access. 8. 199242–199253. 47 indexed citations
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Lalbakhsh, Ali, Muhammad U. Afzal, Karu P. Esselle, Stephanie L. Smith, & Basit A. Zeb. (2019). Single-Dielectric Wideband Partially Reflecting Surface With Variable Reflection Components for Realization of a Compact High-Gain Resonant Cavity Antenna. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 67(3). 1916–1921. 78 indexed citations
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Singh, Khushboo, et al.. (2019). Towards Decreasing Side Lobes Produced by Near-Field Phase Gradient Metasurfaces. 1207–1208. 3 indexed citations
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Afzal, Muhammad U., et al.. (2019). A Radial Line Slot Array Antenna with Improved Radiation Patterns for Satellite Communication. European Conference on Antennas and Propagation. 1–2. 3 indexed citations
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Afzal, Muhammad U., Ali Lalbakhsh, & Karu P. Esselle. (2018). Electromagnetic-wave beam-scanning antenna using near-field rotatable graded-dielectric plates. Journal of Applied Physics. 124(23). 47 indexed citations
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Lalbakhsh, Ali, Muhammad U. Afzal, Karu P. Esselle, & Basit A. Zeb. (2015). Multi-objective particle swarm optimization for the realization of a low profile bandpass frequency selective surface. International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation. 1–4. 34 indexed citations
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Afzal, Muhammad U., et al.. (2014). Characteristics of Sea Surface Temperature of the Arabian Sea Coast of Pakistan and Impact of Tropical Cyclones on SST. 11(21). 10 indexed citations
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Qureshi, Akbar Ali, et al.. (2011). Performance analysis of FR-4 substrate for high frequency microstrip antennas. 159–162. 20 indexed citations

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