Muhammad Usman

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 975 citations indexed

About

Muhammad Usman is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Usman has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 975 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 38 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 33 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Usman's work include GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (64 papers), Ga2O3 and related materials (38 papers) and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (32 papers). Muhammad Usman is often cited by papers focused on GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (64 papers), Ga2O3 and related materials (38 papers) and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (32 papers). Muhammad Usman collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Japan and South Korea. Muhammad Usman's co-authors include Abdur‐Rehman Anwar, Nazeer Muhammad, Tariq Jamil, Muhammad Ali Johar, S. P. Łepkowski, Carlos A. Hernández‐Gutiérrez, Muhammad T. Sajjad, Dong‐Pyo Han, Habibullah Jamal and M. Ajmal Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Applied Physics and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Usman

77 papers receiving 936 citations

Hit Papers

Recent Progress in Micro‐LED‐Based Display Technologies 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150
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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. Recent Progress in Micro‐LED‐Based Display Technologies
    2022 192 citations Abdur‐Rehman Anwar, Muhammad Usman 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 Usman Pakistan 18 607 348 299 294 279 96 975
Yanjun Han China 20 423 0.7× 164 0.5× 250 0.8× 453 1.5× 570 2.0× 65 1.1k
Xugao Cui China 20 547 0.9× 220 0.6× 262 0.9× 594 2.0× 263 0.9× 72 1.0k
Changmin Lee United States 19 885 1.5× 213 0.6× 334 1.1× 1.1k 3.9× 262 0.9× 52 1.6k
R. Muralidharan India 23 653 1.1× 956 2.7× 887 3.0× 800 2.7× 166 0.6× 113 1.8k
Pingjuan Niu China 17 198 0.3× 296 0.9× 551 1.8× 524 1.8× 196 0.7× 138 1.2k
Johannes Herrnsdorf United Kingdom 22 445 0.7× 122 0.4× 339 1.1× 1.1k 3.6× 314 1.1× 76 1.5k
Wei Jia China 23 127 0.2× 455 1.3× 277 0.9× 576 2.0× 498 1.8× 101 1.3k
Shizhong Zhou China 16 592 1.0× 313 0.9× 410 1.4× 264 0.9× 172 0.6× 39 865
A. Rezzouk Morocco 21 146 0.2× 526 1.5× 628 2.1× 318 1.1× 55 0.2× 104 1.2k
Scott Watson United Kingdom 18 683 1.1× 116 0.3× 229 0.8× 1.8k 6.0× 240 0.9× 67 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Muhammad Usman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Muhammad Usman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Muhammad Usman

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Usman, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Recycling Technologies for Extracting Gallium from Light-Emitting Diodes. Photonics. 12(8). 808–808.
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Nicolai, Hendrik, Muhammad Usman, Lukas Berger, et al.. (2024). Modeling homogeneous ignition processes of clustering solid particle clouds in isotropic turbulence. Fuel. 371. 132054–132054. 1 indexed citations
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Usman, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Exploring the impact of AlGaN barrier thickness and temperature on normally-on GaN HEMT performance. Engineering Research Express. 6(2). 25307–25307. 3 indexed citations
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Usman, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Effect of optimized quaternary waveguides on the performance of deep ultraviolet laser diodes. Journal of Luminescence. 269. 120441–120441.
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Rahman, Mujeeb ur, et al.. (2024). Impact of carbon electrode layer on the series resistance and fill factor of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cell. Physica Scripta. 99(10). 105974–105974. 1 indexed citations
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Usman, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Epitaxial analysis of GaInP/AlGaInP red light-emitting diodes with ternary AlGaP quantum barriers for quantum efficiency enhancement. Physica Scripta. 99(6). 0659b1–0659b1. 1 indexed citations
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Usman, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). High performance near-infrared III-Arsenide laser diodes with p-AlGaAs barriers. Optical Materials. 139. 113809–113809. 3 indexed citations
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Usman, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). Graded Cladding Layers in Infrared III-Arsenide Separate Confinement Heterostructure Laser Diodes. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. 12(5). 57009–57009. 1 indexed citations
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Usman, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). A high strength and flexible multilayered thin film laser induced graphene heater for thermal applications. Thin Solid Films. 780. 139979–139979. 8 indexed citations
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Usman, Muhammad, et al.. (2022). Compositionally graded quaternary electron blocking layer for efficient deep ultraviolet AlGaN-based light-emitting diodes. Optical Review. 29(6). 498–503. 2 indexed citations
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Usman, Muhammad, et al.. (2022). High radiative recombination in GaN-based yellow light-emitting diodes. International Journal of Modern Physics B. 36(22). 2 indexed citations
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Usman, Muhammad, et al.. (2022). Improved Ultraviolet-B Light-Emitting Diodes with Graded All Quaternary Layers in the Active Region. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. 11(7). 76004–76004. 2 indexed citations
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Usman, Muhammad, et al.. (2021). Review—White Light-Emitting Diodes: Past, Present, and Future. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. 10(10). 106004–106004. 25 indexed citations
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Usman, Muhammad, et al.. (2021). Suppressing the efficiency droop in AlGaN-based UVB LEDs. Nanotechnology. 32(21). 215703–215703. 40 indexed citations
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Usman, Muhammad, et al.. (2020). AlGaN‐based ultraviolet light‐emitting diodes: challenges and opportunities. Luminescence. 36(2). 294–305. 38 indexed citations
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Abo‐Dahab, S. M., et al.. (2018). Propagation phenomena in a visco-thermo-micropolar elastic medium under the effect of micro-temperature. Results in Physics. 8. 793–798. 11 indexed citations

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