Muhammad Zareef

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Muhammad Zareef is a scholar working on Analytical Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Zareef has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Analytical Chemistry, 48 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 36 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Zareef's work include Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses (44 papers), Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (30 papers) and Biosensors and Analytical Detection (21 papers). Muhammad Zareef is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses (44 papers), Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (30 papers) and Biosensors and Analytical Detection (21 papers). Muhammad Zareef collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Hong Kong. Muhammad Zareef's co-authors include Quansheng Chen, Md Mehedi Hassan, Huanhuan Li, Qin Ouyang, Muhammad Arslan, Waqas Ahmad, Viswadevarayalu Annavaram, Shujat Ali, Felix Y.H. Kutsanedzie and Yi Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Food Chemistry and Trends in Food Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Zareef

105 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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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.

Recent Advances in Food Safety Detection: Split Aptamer-Based Biosensors Development and Potential Applications

2025 19 citations Muhammad Shoaib, Huanhuan Li et al. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Muhammad Zareef	1.3k	1.3k	775	471	430	112	3.0k
Qun Zhou	565 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	687 0.9×	539 1.1×	380 0.9×	163	3.4k
Yiqun Huang	704 0.6×	599 0.5×	702 0.9×	367 0.8×	724 1.7×	58	2.2k
Waqas Ahmad	1.1k 0.9×	710 0.6×	916 1.2×	300 0.6×	467 1.1×	83	2.5k
Xingyi Huang	1.9k 1.5×	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	307 0.7×	88 0.2×	125	3.8k
Md Mehedi Hassan	2.1k 1.6×	1.3k 1.0×	1.7k 2.2×	660 1.4×	1.1k 2.6×	99	4.3k
Keqiang Lai	801 0.6×	419 0.3×	1.1k 1.4×	280 0.6×	881 2.0×	94	2.6k
Tianhui Jiao	1.1k 0.9×	491 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	274 0.6×	466 1.1×	100	2.5k
Felix Y.H. Kutsanedzie	865 0.7×	853 0.7×	476 0.6×	331 0.7×	391 0.9×	45	1.7k
Haq Nawaz	552 0.4×	899 0.7×	675 0.9×	1.2k 2.6×	250 0.6×	140	2.6k
Qingyi Wei	2.0k 1.6×	959 0.8×	2.2k 2.8×	423 0.9×	1.4k 3.4×	83	5.5k

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Arslan, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Near-infrared, mid-infrared and Raman spectral feature information fusion strategy for multivariate quantitative analysis of polyphenols in Pakistani rice. Food Control. 181. 111771–111771. 1 indexed citations

Hassan, Md Mehedi, Yi Xu, Muhammad Zareef, et al.. (2025). Trends in smart surface-enhanced Raman scattering sensors for food hazards. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 163. 105199–105199.

Zareef, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Integration of mid and near-infrared spectroscopy for determining TPC and TFC in wheat varieties via multivariate analysis. Food Control. 179. 111588–111588.

Ahmad, Waqas, Muhammad Zareef, Min Chen, et al.. (2025). Surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection of antibiotics. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 191. 118352–118352. 7 indexed citations

Hassan, Md. Mehedi, Yi Xu, Muhammad Zareef, et al.. (2025). Chemometrics-powered spectroscopic techniques for the measurement of food-derived phenolics and vitamins in foods: A review. Food Chemistry. 473. 142722–142722. 6 indexed citations

Zareef, Muhammad, Haroon Elrasheid Tahir, Halah Aalim, et al.. (2025). Recent Advances in Traceability, Authentication, and Bioactive Profiling of Fruit and Fruit‐Based Products Using Analytical Techniques Combined With Chemometrics. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 24(5). e70278–e70278. 2 indexed citations

Shoaib, Muhammad, Huanhuan Li, Muhammad Zareef, et al.. (2025). Recent Advances in Food Safety Detection: Split Aptamer-Based Biosensors Development and Potential Applications. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(8). 4397–4424. 19 indexed citations breakdown →

Hassan, Md Mehedi, Yi Xu, Muhammad Zareef, et al.. (2024). Progress of machine learning-based biosensors for the monitoring of food safety: A review. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 267. 116782–116782. 29 indexed citations

Hassan, Md Mehedi, Wei Sheng, Yi Xu, et al.. (2024). Ascorbate functionalized Au@AgNPs SERS sensor combined random frog-partial least squares for the prediction of chloramphenicol in milk. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 129. 106106–106106. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Huanhuan, Md Mehedi Hassan, Murugavelu Marimuthu, et al.. (2024). A Cu2+-modulated UCNPs@RBD sensor for sensitive detection of tetracyclines in food based on the spirolactam open-loop reaction. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 133. 106374–106374. 8 indexed citations

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Zareef, Muhammad, Muhammad Arslan, Md Mehedi Hassan, et al.. (2023). Fusion-based strategy of CSA and mobile NIR for the quantification of free fatty acid in wheat varieties coupled with chemometrics. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 298. 122798–122798. 11 indexed citations

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Zareef, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). Monitoring of carotenoids changes during the matcha drying process using a portable developed spectral analytical system. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 125. 105849–105849. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuxin, et al.. (2023). Application of colorimetric sensor array coupled with chemometric methods for monitoring the freshness of snakehead fillets. Food Chemistry. 439. 138172–138172. 31 indexed citations

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Hassan, Md Mehedi, Yi Xu, Muhammad Zareef, Huanhuan Li, & Quansheng Chen. (2023). Recent advancements of optical, electrochemical, and photoelectrochemical transducer-based microfluidic devices for pesticide and mycotoxins in food and water. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 142. 104230–104230. 59 indexed citations

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Li, Huanhuan, et al.. (2023). Au-Ag OHCs-based SERS sensor coupled with deep learning CNN algorithm to quantify thiram and pymetrozine in tea. Food Chemistry. 428. 136798–136798. 61 indexed citations

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Wu, Jizhong, Wenya Wei, Muhammad Zareef, et al.. (2023). Simple design of upconversion nanoparticles-based aptasensor integrated microfluidic chip for ultra-sensitive detection of bisphenol A in aquatic products. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 390. 134017–134017. 11 indexed citations

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Zareef, Muhammad, Muhammad Arslan, Md Mehedi Hassan, Waqas Ahmad, & Quansheng Chen. (2023). Comparison of Si‐GA‐PLS and Si‐CARS‐PLS build algorithms for quantitation of total polyphenols in black tea using the spectral analytical system. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 103(15). 7914–7920. 5 indexed citations

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Zareef, Muhammad, Quansheng Chen, Md Mehedi Hassan, et al.. (2020). An Overview on the Applications of Typical Non-linear Algorithms Coupled With NIR Spectroscopy in Food Analysis. Food Engineering Reviews. 12(2). 173–190. 164 indexed citations

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Arslan, Muhammad, Xiaobo Zou, Haroon Elrasheid Tahir, et al.. (2019). NIR Spectroscopy Coupled Chemometric Algorithms for Rapid Antioxidants Activity Assessment of Chinese Dates ( Zizyphus Jujuba Mill .). International Journal of Food Engineering. 15(3-4). 22 indexed citations

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Awan, I. U., M. A. Khan, Muhammad Zareef, & Ejaz Ahmad Khan. (2009). Weed management in sunflower with allelopathic water extract and reduced doses of a herbicide.. JOURNAL OF WEED SCIENCE RESEARCH. 15(1). 19–30. 9 indexed citations

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