Nubla Mahmood

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Nubla Mahmood is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nubla Mahmood has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 6 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 6 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Nubla Mahmood's work include Lignin and Wood Chemistry (14 papers), Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (6 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (6 papers). Nubla Mahmood is often cited by papers focused on Lignin and Wood Chemistry (14 papers), Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (6 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (6 papers). Nubla Mahmood collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Pakistan and Malaysia. Nubla Mahmood's co-authors include Chunbao Xu, Zhongshun Yuan, John A. Schmidt, Matthew Tymchyshyn, Yongsheng Zhang, Luana Dessbesell, Yuyang Wang, Bing Li, Mathew Leitch and Reino Pulkki and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Bioresource Technology and Green Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Nubla Mahmood

19 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Depolymerization of lignins and their applications for the preparation of polyols and rigid polyurethane foams: A review

2016 363 citations Nubla Mahmood, Zhongshun Yuan et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nubla Mahmood Canada	15	1.0k	488	235	230	213	19	1.3k
Stéphanie Laurichesse France	5	1.5k 1.5×	690 1.4×	382 1.6×	613 2.7×	319 1.5×	5	1.9k
Apri Heri Iswanto Indonesia	18	744 0.7×	796 1.6×	230 1.0×	481 2.1×	84 0.4×	93	1.4k
Tefu Qin China	16	732 0.7×	257 0.5×	242 1.0×	271 1.2×	111 0.5×	42	992
Yanming Han China	19	873 0.9×	326 0.7×	340 1.4×	543 2.4×	140 0.7×	33	1.3k
Hendrikus W. G. van Herwijnen Austria	16	773 0.8×	402 0.8×	140 0.6×	316 1.4×	91 0.4×	59	1.1k
Jiewang Ye China	13	682 0.7×	410 0.8×	78 0.3×	181 0.8×	57 0.3×	18	976
Zhigang Wu China	20	763 0.7×	585 1.2×	144 0.6×	536 2.3×	51 0.2×	94	1.3k
Shuna Cheng Canada	11	1.0k 1.0×	214 0.4×	227 1.0×	202 0.9×	175 0.8×	12	1.3k
Saeid Nikafshar United States	17	543 0.5×	677 1.4×	88 0.4×	207 0.9×	113 0.5×	25	1.3k
Edita Jasiukaitytė‐Grojzdek Slovenia	16	690 0.7×	171 0.4×	153 0.7×	185 0.8×	94 0.4×	28	839

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Aslam, Zaheer, et al.. (2025). Advances and challenges in photocatalytic water splitting: recent developments and trends. Fuel. 404. 136280–136280. 3 indexed citations

Aslam, Zaheer, et al.. (2020). Adsorption of carbon dioxide onto activated carbon prepared from lawn grass. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 12(8). 3121–3131. 10 indexed citations

Zia‐ur‐Rehman, Muhammad, Zaheer Aslam, Reyad Shawabkeh, Ibnelwaleed A. Hussein, & Nubla Mahmood. (2020). Concurrent adsorption of cationic and anionic dyes from environmental water on amine functionalized carbon. Water Science & Technology. 81(3). 466–478. 23 indexed citations

Mahmood, Nubla, et al.. (2018). Effects of Process Parameters on Hydrolytic Treatment of Black Liquor for the Production of Low-Molecular-Weight Depolymerized Kraft Lignin. Molecules. 23(10). 2464–2464. 15 indexed citations

Mahmood, Nubla, Zhongshun Yuan, Luana Dessbesell, et al.. (2017). Sustainable Bio-Based Phenol-Formaldehyde Resoles Using Hydrolytically Depolymerized Kraft Lignin. Molecules. 22(11). 1850–1850. 30 indexed citations

Li, Bing, Yuyang Wang, Nubla Mahmood, et al.. (2017). Preparation of bio-based phenol formaldehyde foams using depolymerized hydrolysis lignin. Industrial Crops and Products. 97. 409–416. 66 indexed citations

Li, Hongwei, Nubla Mahmood, Zhen Ma, et al.. (2017). Preparation and characterization of bio-polyol and bio-based flexible polyurethane foams from fast pyrolysis of wheat straw. Industrial Crops and Products. 103. 64–72. 59 indexed citations

Mahmood, Nubla, et al.. (2017). Electricity generation from palm oil tree empty fruit bunch (EFB) using dual chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC). IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering. 206. 12025–12025. 3 indexed citations

Mahmood, Nubla, et al.. (2017). Reductive de-polymerization of kraft lignin with formic acid at low temperatures using inexpensive supported Ni-based catalysts. Fuel. 209. 579–586. 47 indexed citations

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Yang, Linxi, Nubla Mahmood, Kenneth Corscadden, Chunbao Xu, & Quan He. (2016). Production of crude bio-oil via direct liquefaction of spent K-Cups. Biomass and Bioenergy. 95. 354–363. 23 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Nubla, Zhongshun Yuan, John A. Schmidt, Matthew Tymchyshyn, & Chunbao Xu. (2016). Hydrolytic liquefaction of hydrolysis lignin for the preparation of bio-based rigid polyurethane foam. Green Chemistry. 18(8). 2385–2398. 94 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Nubla, Zhongshun Yuan, John A. Schmidt, & Chunbao Xu. (2016). Depolymerization of lignins and their applications for the preparation of polyols and rigid polyurethane foams: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 60. 317–329. 363 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dessbesell, Luana, Chunbao Xu, Reino Pulkki, Mathew Leitch, & Nubla Mahmood. (2016). Forest biomass supply chain optimization for a biorefinery aiming to produce high-value bio-based materials and chemicals from lignin and forestry residues: a review of literature. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 47(3). 277–288. 44 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yongsheng, et al.. (2015). Sustainable bio-phenol-hydroxymethylfurfural resins using phenolated de-polymerized hydrolysis lignin and their application in bio-composites. Industrial Crops and Products. 79. 84–90. 60 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Nubla, Zhongshun Yuan, John A. Schmidt, & Chunbao Xu. (2015). Hydrolytic depolymerization of hydrolysis lignin: Effects of catalysts and solvents. Bioresource Technology. 190. 416–419. 85 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Nubla, Zhongshun Yuan, John A. Schmidt, & Chunbao Xu. (2015). Preparation of bio-based rigid polyurethane foam using hydrolytically depolymerized Kraft lignin via direct replacement or oxypropylation. European Polymer Journal. 68. 1–9. 98 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Nubla, et al.. (2014). Reductive de-polymerization of kraft lignin for chemicals and fuels using formic acid as an in-situ hydrogen source. Bioresource Technology. 171. 95–102. 96 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Nubla. (2014). Hydrolytic Depolymerization of Lignin for the Preparation of Polyols and Rigid Polyurethane Foams. Scholarship@Western (Western University). 1 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Nubla, Zhongshun Yuan, John A. Schmidt, & Chunbao Xu. (2013). Production of polyols via direct hydrolysis of kraft lignin: Effect of process parameters. Bioresource Technology. 139. 13–20. 137 indexed citations

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