Mukhtiar Ali

963 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 595 citations indexed

About

Mukhtiar Ali is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mukhtiar Ali has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 595 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Pollution, 12 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Mukhtiar Ali's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (9 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (8 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers). Mukhtiar Ali is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (9 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (8 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers). Mukhtiar Ali collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United Kingdom. Mukhtiar Ali's co-authors include Zhiwen Tang, Xin Song, Zhuanxia Zhang, Qing Wang, Da Ding, Xuan Yang, Dong Xu, Jiangyong Hu, Xin Liu and Meng Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Mukhtiar Ali

25 papers receiving 584 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.

Microplastics and PAHs mixed contamination: An in-depth review on the sources, co-occurrence, and fate in marine ecosystems

2024 68 citations Mukhtiar Ali, Dong Xu et al. Water Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mukhtiar Ali China	12	339	210	119	88	78	25	595
Leadin S. Khudur Australia	12	363 1.1×	234 1.1×	195 1.6×	93 1.1×	55 0.7×	37	742
Zhiwen Tang China	16	423 1.2×	359 1.7×	179 1.5×	74 0.8×	76 1.0×	38	822
Zhirui Qin China	15	281 0.8×	147 0.7×	60 0.5×	137 1.6×	100 1.3×	29	544
Heidi L. Gough United States	14	348 1.0×	196 0.9×	119 1.0×	191 2.2×	62 0.8×	35	686
Changchun Yan China	10	247 0.7×	110 0.5×	103 0.9×	107 1.2×	52 0.7×	18	503
Mark J. Krzmarzick United States	14	286 0.8×	178 0.8×	85 0.7×	182 2.1×	53 0.7×	31	646
Louisa Wessels Perelo Brazil	6	260 0.8×	119 0.6×	103 0.9×	98 1.1×	59 0.8×	10	559
Yiguang Qian China	12	427 1.3×	218 1.0×	73 0.6×	78 0.9×	110 1.4×	24	773
Inez J.T. Dinkla Netherlands	13	294 0.9×	164 0.8×	91 0.8×	113 1.3×	46 0.6×	22	609
Xingqing Zhao China	11	328 1.0×	219 1.0×	124 1.0×	201 2.3×	53 0.7×	18	702

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mukhtiar Ali

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

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Zhang, Meng, Qing Wang, Zebin Wei, et al.. (2025). Integrated thermal and biostimulant enhanced bioremediation of PAHs and arsenic co-contaminated soil by an indigenous microbial consortium: Performance, mechanisms and limitations. Environmental Pollution. 377. 126365–126365. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhuanxia, Mukhtiar Ali, Qing Wang, Frédéric Coulon, & Xin Song. (2025). Thermally enhanced biodegradation mechanisms of trichloroethene and benzene co-contaminants in groundwater: Insights into microbial functional gene enrichment and biogeochemistry. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 496. 139399–139399. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Wensheng, Fang Chen, Meixiang Li, et al.. (2025). Impacts of forest expansion on microbial diversity and community assembly in fragmented mountain ecosystems. Environmental Research. 270. 120956–120956. 2 indexed citations

Taha, Mohammed A., Hamdy Maamoun Abdel‐Ghafar, Sh. K. Amin, et al.. (2024). Development of low-cost ceramic membranes from industrial ceramic for enhanced wastewater treatment. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 22(7). 6005–6020. 4 indexed citations

Ding, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2024). The role of microplastics as carriers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and their fate in the environment. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 181. 118003–118003. 8 indexed citations

Coulon, Frédéric, Mukhtiar Ali, Zhiwen Tang, et al.. (2024). Understanding microplastic presence in different wastewater treatment processes: Removal efficiency and source identification. The Science of The Total Environment. 929. 172680–172680. 18 indexed citations

Ali, Mukhtiar, Qing Wang, Zhuanxia Zhang, et al.. (2024). Mechanisms of benzene and benzo[a]pyrene biodegradation in the individually and mixed contaminated soils. Environmental Pollution. 347. 123710–123710. 12 indexed citations

Li, Rui, Changlong Wei, Zhiwen Tang, et al.. (2024). An in situ reactive zone approach using calcium peroxide for the remediation of benzene and chlorobenzene in groundwater: A field study. Journal of Environmental Management. 373. 123899–123899. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhuanxia, Mukhtiar Ali, Zhiwen Tang, et al.. (2024). Unveiling complete natural reductive dechlorination mechanisms of chlorinated ethenes in groundwater: Insights from functional gene analysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 469. 134034–134034. 10 indexed citations

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Dong, Lei, et al.. (2024). Co-occurrence, toxicity, and biotransformation pathways of metformin and its intermediate product guanylurea: Current state and future prospects for enhanced biodegradation strategy. The Science of The Total Environment. 921. 171108–171108. 5 indexed citations

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Lv, Yiqing, Jian‐Yu Jiao, Zheng‐Han Lian, et al.. (2024). Multi-omics insights into the function and evolution of sodium benzoate biodegradation pathway in Benzoatithermus flavus gen. nov., sp. nov. from hot spring. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 476. 135017–135017. 5 indexed citations

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Ali, Mukhtiar, Dong Xu, Xuan Yang, & Jiangyong Hu. (2024). Microplastics and PAHs mixed contamination: An in-depth review on the sources, co-occurrence, and fate in marine ecosystems. Water Research. 257. 121622–121622. 68 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Chang, et al.. (2023). Bioaccumulation of PFASs in cabbage collected near a landfill site in China: Laboratory and field investigations. The Science of The Total Environment. 906. 167578–167578. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Shuai, Mukhtiar Ali, Zhiliang Lin, et al.. (2023). Capturing the microbial dark matter in desert soils using culturomics-based metagenomics and high-resolution analysis. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 9(1). 67–67. 47 indexed citations

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Wang, Qing, et al.. (2023). Co-occurrence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their composite impacts on microbial consortium in soil: A field study. Pedosphere. 34(4). 736–748. 13 indexed citations

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Ali, Mukhtiar, Xin Song, Qing Wang, et al.. (2023). Thermally enhanced biodegradation of benzo[a]pyrene and benzene co-contaminated soil: Bioavailability and generation of ROS. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 455. 131494–131494. 27 indexed citations

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Wang, Qing, Mukhtiar Ali, Xin Song, et al.. (2022). Thermally enhanced bioremediation: A review of the fundamentals and applications in soil and groundwater remediation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 433. 128749–128749. 67 indexed citations

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Ali, Mukhtiar, Xin Song, Qing Wang, et al.. (2022). Mechanisms of biostimulant-enhanced biodegradation of PAHs and BTEX mixed contaminants in soil by native microbial consortium. Environmental Pollution. 318. 120831–120831. 39 indexed citations

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Tang, Zhiwen, Xin Song, Minmin Xu, et al.. (2022). Effects of co-occurrence of PFASs and chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons on microbial communities in groundwater: A field study. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 435. 128969–128969. 49 indexed citations

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Hanif, Muhammad Asif, Haq Nawaz Bhatti, Mukhtiar Ali, Muhammad Asgher, & Ijaz Ahmad Bhatti. (2010). Heavy metals tolerance and biosorption potential of white rot fungi.. Asian Journal of Chemistry. 22(1). 335–345. 8 indexed citations

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