Said Muhammad

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
128 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Said Muhammad is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Said Muhammad has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Pollution, 45 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 42 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Said Muhammad's work include Heavy metals in environment (80 papers), Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (37 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (35 papers). Said Muhammad is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (80 papers), Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (37 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (35 papers). Said Muhammad collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, China and Türkiye. Said Muhammad's co-authors include Sardar Khan, M. Tahir Shah, Riffat Naseem Malik, Wajid Ali, Muhammad Usman Khan, Cem Tokatlı, Ishtiaq A. K. Jadoon, Inayat ur Rehman, Imran Ud Din and Rahim Ullah and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Pollution, Chemosphere and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Said Muhammad

123 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Health risk assessment of heavy metals and their source apportionment in drinking water of Kohistan region, northern Pakistan

2011 586 citations Said Muhammad, Sardar Khan et al. profile →
Appraisal of metallic accumulation in the surface sediment of a fish breeding dam in Türkiye: A stochastical approach to ecotoxicological risk assessment

2024 88 citations Cem Tokatlı, Said Muhammad et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Said Muhammad Pakistan	38	2.9k	1.8k	1.4k	783	746	128	4.6k
Jinsheng Wang China	34	2.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	741 1.0×	161	5.1k
Chunye Lin China	44	3.5k 1.2×	921 0.5×	2.5k 1.8×	519 0.7×	578 0.8×	155	5.5k
Zhongfang Yang China	34	2.8k 1.0×	501 0.3×	1.3k 0.9×	563 0.7×	1.1k 1.5×	150	4.2k
Md. Kawser Ahmed Bangladesh	42	4.9k 1.7×	1.9k 1.1×	3.2k 2.2×	365 0.5×	856 1.1×	143	6.9k
Vasileios Antoniadis Greece	37	3.2k 1.1×	943 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	588 0.8×	400 0.5×	113	5.3k
Munir H. Shah Pakistan	39	2.0k 0.7×	850 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	295 0.4×	556 0.7×	116	3.9k
Fikret Ustaoğlu Türkiye	36	2.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	517 0.7×	729 1.0×	73	3.5k
Memet Varol Türkiye	39	3.1k 1.0×	2.5k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	868 1.1×	937 1.3×	88	5.0k
Wenyou Hu China	39	3.2k 1.1×	548 0.3×	1.8k 1.2×	238 0.3×	979 1.3×	119	5.1k
A. Sahuquillo Spain	21	3.6k 1.2×	638 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	782 1.0×	885 1.2×	58	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Said Muhammad

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Said Muhammad

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ali, Wajid, Said Muhammad, Mohammad Nafees, et al.. (2025). Contamination, Ecotoxicological Risks, and Sources of Potentially Toxic Elements in Roadside Dust Along Lahore–Islamabad Motorway (M-2), Pakistan. Urban Science. 9(6). 225–225. 1 indexed citations

Muhammad, Said, et al.. (2025). Water quality, risk assessment indices, and source apportionment across spatial patterns. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 141. 104151–104151.

Tokatlı, Cem, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal variation of organic contaminants and their ecotoxicological risk in the Uluabat lake basin, Türkiye: A Ramsar living wetland. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 138. 103851–103851. 5 indexed citations

Muhammad, Said, et al.. (2024). Spatial distribution of groundwater quality and risk indices evaluation via consumption. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 136. 103789–103789. 4 indexed citations

Muhammad, Said, et al.. (2024). Spatial distribution of drinking, irrigation water quality, and health risk indices of high-altitude lakes. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 134. 103597–103597. 17 indexed citations

Muhammad, Said, et al.. (2024). Spatial distribution of potentially toxic elements pollution and ecotoxicological risk of sediments in the high-altitude lakes ecosystem. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 135. 103655–103655. 20 indexed citations

Tokatlı, Cem, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam, & Said Muhammad. (2024). Temporal variation of water quality parameters in the lacustrine of the Thrace Region, Northwest Türkiye. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(8). 11832–11841. 7 indexed citations

Ali, Wajid, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive evaluation of hydro-chemical processes, suitability, health risks, and sources of groundwater contamination using compositional data analysis, Nizampur basin, Pakistan. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 23. 101021–101021. 10 indexed citations

Muhammad, Said, et al.. (2023). Spatial distribution of radon concentration and risk evaluation through consumption of groundwater in the District of Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Kuwait Journal of Science. 51(1). 100152–100152. 7 indexed citations

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Ali, Wajid, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of drinking and irrigation water quality, and potential risks indices in the Dera Ismail Khan district, Pakistan. Kuwait Journal of Science. 51(1). 100150–100150. 26 indexed citations

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Muhammad, Said, et al.. (2022). Spatial distribution of radon concentrations in groundwater and annual exposure doses in Mirpur District Pakistan. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 17. 100734–100734. 26 indexed citations

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Muhammad, Said, et al.. (2022). Spatial distribution of drinking and irrigation water quality indices of Ghizer River Basin, northern Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(8). 20020–20030. 30 indexed citations

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Din, Imran Ud, Said Muhammad, Shah Faisal, Inayat ur Rehman, & Wajid Ali. (2022). Heavy metal(loid)s contamination and potential risk assessment via groundwater consumption in the district of Hangu, Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(12). 33808–33818. 29 indexed citations

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Khan, Sardar, et al.. (2022). Heavy metal bioavailability in the earthworm-assisted soils of different land types of Pakistan. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 15(2). 4 indexed citations

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Ullah, Fazal, Said Muhammad, & Wajid Ali. (2021). Radon concentration and potential risks assessment through hot springs water consumption in the Gilgit and Chitral, Northern Pakistan. Chemosphere. 287(Pt 3). 132323–132323. 24 indexed citations

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Khan, Sardar, et al.. (2021). Arsenic speciation, mechanisms, and factors affecting rice uptake and potential human health risk: A systematic review. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 22. 101392–101392. 43 indexed citations

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Muhammad, Said, Wajid Ali, & Inayat ur Rehman. (2021). Potentially Harmful Elements Accumulation and Health Risk Assessment of Edible Fish Tissues Caught from the Phander Valley, Northern Pakistan. Biological Trace Element Research. 200(11). 4837–4845. 16 indexed citations

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Muhammad, Said, et al.. (2020). Radon concentration in drinking water and soil after the September 24, 2019, Mw 5.8 earthquake, Mirpur, Azad Jammu, and Kashmir: an evaluation for potential risk. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(26). 32628–32636. 19 indexed citations

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Muhammad, Said, et al.. (2018). Adsorptive Bleaching of Crude Palm Oil Using Activated Plantain (Musa Paradisiacal) Peel Ash. International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Research. 6(7). 74–78. 1 indexed citations

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Shah, Mohammad Tahir, et al.. (2014). QUANTIFICATION OF THE HEAVY METALS IN THE AGRICULTURAL SOILS OF MARDAN DISTRICT, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN. 2(4). 158–162. 6 indexed citations

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