Samina Irshad

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 842 citations indexed

About

Samina Irshad is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Samina Irshad has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 842 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Pollution, 7 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 6 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Samina Irshad's work include Heavy metals in environment (10 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (4 papers) and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (3 papers). Samina Irshad is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (10 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (4 papers) and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (3 papers). Samina Irshad collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and United Kingdom. Samina Irshad's co-authors include Balal Yousaf, Guijian Liu, Rafay Ahmed, Abdul Rehman, Mudassar Hussain, Muhammad Ubaid Ali, Muhammad Arif, Qumber Abbas, Muhammad Rashid and Aniqa Ashraf and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Samina Irshad

24 papers receiving 825 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.

A comprehensive review of climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation on environmental and natural calamities in Pakistan

2019 205 citations Mudassar Hussain, Rafay Ahmed et al. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment profile →

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Samina Irshad

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B. S. Choudri Oman

Nasreen Islam Khan Australia

Aihua Wang China

Abudu Ballu Duwiejuah Ghana

Nothando Dunjana Zimbabwe

Nasiman Sapari Malaysia

Audil Rashid Pakistan

Md. Shafiquzzaman Saudi Arabia

Cindy Rianti Priadi Indonesia

Chidozie Charles Nnaji Nigeria

B. S. Choudri Oman

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87 ×0.5

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199 ×2.5

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Countries citing papers authored by Samina Irshad

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Fields of papers citing papers by Samina Irshad

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samina Irshad

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

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Abbas, Qumber, Muhammad Arif, Tahir Fazal, et al.. (2025). Carbon capture through alkaline solvents coupled with conversion into bioplastics via microalgae: Towards a sustainable bioconversion pathway. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 223. 115999–115999. 2 indexed citations

Irshad, Samina, Yu Xie, Zhiyong Zhang, et al.. (2025). Mo-Nitrogen nexus: Nanotechnology enhanced Mo-based nitrogen fixation towards environmental sustainability. Chemical Engineering Journal. 523. 168358–168358.

Geng, Jian, Long Zhao, Wenjia Wang, et al.. (2025). Influence of soil properties and residence time on the toxicity of exogenous arsenic to soil-dwelling Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 25(3). 897–911. 1 indexed citations

Irshad, Samina, Xingxin Liu, Ziqi Zhang, et al.. (2025). Combined interactions and ecotoxicological effects of micro/nanoplastics and organic pollutants in soil–plant systems: a critical overview. Environmental Science Advances. 4(8). 1166–1180. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Yi, et al.. (2024). Nano-enabled strategies for greenhouse gases emission mitigation: a comprehensive review. Nano Today. 57. 102378–102378. 14 indexed citations

Xie, Yu, et al.. (2024). Microplastic-mediated environmental behavior of metal contaminants: mechanism and implication. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(31). 43524–43539. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Guijian, Balal Yousaf, Aniqa Ashraf, et al.. (2023). Influence of biochar produced from negative pressure-induced carbonization on transformation of potentially toxic metal(loid)s concerning plant physiological characteristics in industrially contaminated soil. Journal of Environmental Management. 347. 119018–119018. 6 indexed citations

Rehman, Abdul, Guijian Liu, Balal Yousaf, et al.. (2023). Spectroscopic fingerprinting, pollution characterization, and health risk assessment of potentially toxic metals from urban particulate matter. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(40). 92842–92858. 7 indexed citations

Irshad, Samina, Guijian Liu, Balal Yousaf, et al.. (2021). Geochemical fractionation and spectroscopic fingerprinting for evaluation of the environmental transformation of potentially toxic metal(oid)s in surface–subsurface soils. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 43(10). 4329–4343. 7 indexed citations

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Munir, Mehr Ahmed Mujtaba, Samina Irshad, Balal Yousaf, et al.. (2021). Interactive assessment of lignite and bamboo-biochar for geochemical speciation, modulation and uptake of Cu and other heavy metals in the copper mine tailing. The Science of The Total Environment. 779. 146536–146536. 37 indexed citations

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Ashraf, Aniqa, Guijian Liu, Balal Yousaf, et al.. (2021). Recent trends in advanced oxidation process-based degradation of erythromycin: Pollution status, eco-toxicity and degradation mechanism in aquatic ecosystems. The Science of The Total Environment. 772. 145389–145389. 55 indexed citations

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Mahfooz, Yusra, et al.. (2020). Critical risk analysis of metals toxicity in wastewater irrigated soil and crops: a study of a semi-arid developing region. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 12845–12845. 54 indexed citations

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Irshad, Samina, Guijian Liu, Balal Yousaf, et al.. (2019). Estimating the pollution characteristics and health risks of potentially toxic metal(loid)s in urban-industrial soils in the Indus basin, Pakistan. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 191(12). 748–748. 16 indexed citations

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Mahfooz, Yusra, Abdullah Yasar, Muhammad Tayyab Sohail, et al.. (2019). Investigating the drinking and surface water quality and associated health risks in a semi-arid multi-industrial metropolis (Faisalabad), Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26(20). 20853–20865. 43 indexed citations

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Hussain, Mudassar, et al.. (2019). A comprehensive review of climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation on environmental and natural calamities in Pakistan. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 192(1). 48–48. 205 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sohail, Muhammad Tayyab, et al.. (2019). Estimation of water quality, management and risk assessment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Desalination and Water Treatment. 171. 105–114. 26 indexed citations

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Ali, Muhammad Ubaid, Guijian Liu, Balal Yousaf, et al.. (2018). Evaluation of floor-wise pollution status and deposition behavior of potentially toxic elements and nanoparticles in air conditioner dust during urbanistic development. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 365. 186–195. 31 indexed citations

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Ali, Muhammad Ubaid, Guijian Liu, Balal Yousaf, et al.. (2018). Biomonitoring and health risks assessment of trace elements in various age- and gender-groups exposed to road dust in habitable urban-industrial areas of Hefei, China. Environmental Pollution. 244. 809–817. 27 indexed citations

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Ullah, Habib, Guijian Liu, Balal Yousaf, et al.. (2018). A comprehensive review on environmental transformation of selenium: recent advances and research perspectives. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 41(2). 1003–1035. 112 indexed citations

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Irshad, Samina. (2013). Mining, River Pollution and Disaster Risk Reduction: an Institutional Analysis. Environment and Ecology Research. 1(3). 142–149. 1 indexed citations

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