Muzafar Zaman

524 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 272 citations indexed

About

Muzafar Zaman is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Muzafar Zaman has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 272 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Ecology, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Muzafar Zaman's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (3 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (2 papers). Muzafar Zaman is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (3 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (2 papers). Muzafar Zaman collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Malaysia. Muzafar Zaman's co-authors include R. Z. Sayyed, Tahir Ahmad Sheikh, Hesham Ali El Enshasy, Abdul Gafur, Ni Luh Suriani, Zahoor Ahmad Baba, Sabah Fatima, M. S. Reddy, Basharat Hamid and Mohammad Muslim and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Marine Pollution Bulletin and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Muzafar Zaman

10 papers receiving 265 citations

Hit Papers

Bacterial Plant Biostimulants: A Sustainable Way towards ... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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.

  1. Bacterial Plant Biostimulants: A Sustainable Way towards Improving Growth, Productivity, and Health of Crops
    2021 175 citations Basharat Hamid, Muzafar Zaman et al. Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Muzafar Zaman India 5 161 38 37 34 28 13 272
K. Persson Sweden 8 220 1.4× 30 0.8× 11 0.3× 4 0.1× 8 0.3× 16 285
Jun Tian China 8 70 0.4× 22 0.6× 9 0.2× 86 2.5× 22 0.8× 19 358
Deepika Sharma India 10 314 2.0× 73 1.9× 24 0.6× 17 0.5× 28 1.0× 21 427
José Félix Aguirre‐Garrido Mexico 11 73 0.5× 88 2.3× 39 1.1× 34 1.0× 85 3.0× 28 288
С. А. Голубев Russia 10 118 0.7× 51 1.3× 29 0.8× 183 5.4× 36 1.3× 26 346
Sunita Agarwal India 7 125 0.8× 18 0.5× 210 5.7× 34 1.0× 11 0.4× 14 372
Marisa Freitas Portugal 13 40 0.2× 25 0.7× 5 0.1× 23 0.7× 95 3.4× 18 504
Raghvendra Saxena India 7 154 1.0× 48 1.3× 25 0.7× 62 1.8× 39 1.4× 14 277
Danilo Fusini Italy 7 183 1.1× 41 1.1× 24 0.6× 56 1.6× 25 0.9× 11 278
Somnath S. Pokhare India 11 216 1.3× 45 1.2× 46 1.2× 48 1.4× 31 1.1× 26 328

Countries citing papers authored by Muzafar Zaman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Muzafar Zaman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Muzafar Zaman. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Muzafar Zaman. The network helps show where Muzafar Zaman may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Muzafar Zaman

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Hassan, Shahnawaz, Bikram Singh Bali, Sheikh Nawaz Ali, et al.. (2025). Apportioning and modeling the anthropogenic fingerprints in a Himalayan freshwater lake over the last ∼ 3.7 ka: Insights into pollution chronology and future policy implications. Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology. 7. 547–564. 1 indexed citations
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Zaman, Muzafar & Amal K. Mitra. (2024). Dengue in Bangladesh and neighboring countries: an overview of epidemiology, transmission, control, and prevention. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1–11. 1 indexed citations
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Hassan, Shahnawaz, et al.. (2024). Microbial oases in the ice: A state-of-the-art review on cryoconite holes as diversity hotspots and their scientific connotations. Environmental Research. 252(Pt 2). 118963–118963. 3 indexed citations
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Hassan, Shahnawaz, Bikram Singh Bali, Bashir Ahmad Ganai, et al.. (2022). A Critical Assessment of the Congruency between Environmental DNA and Palaeoecology for the Biodiversity Monitoring and Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(15). 9445–9445. 11 indexed citations
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Zaman, Muzafar, Mohammad Muslim, & Arshid Jehangir. (2022). Environmental noise-induced cardiovascular, metabolic and mental health disorders: a brief review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(51). 76485–76500. 46 indexed citations
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Hamid, Basharat, Muzafar Zaman, Sabah Fatima, et al.. (2021). Bacterial Plant Biostimulants: A Sustainable Way towards Improving Growth, Productivity, and Health of Crops. Sustainability. 13(5). 2856–2856. 175 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zaman, Muzafar, et al.. (1998). Growth Responses of Radish Plants to Soil Cadmium and Lead Contamination. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 61(1). 44–50. 23 indexed citations
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Zaman, Muzafar, et al.. (1997). Physical and motor development in male and female rat offspring prenatally exposed to gamma radiation. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B. 32(2). 313–325. 1 indexed citations
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Zaman, Muzafar, et al.. (1993). Locomotion and physical development in rats treated with ionizing radiation in utero. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B. 28(1). 105–125. 2 indexed citations
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Zaman, Muzafar, et al.. (1992). Brain myelination in rats treated with ionizing radiation in utero. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B. 27(5). 621–638. 3 indexed citations

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