Shafiqul Islam

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Shafiqul Islam is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Civil and Structural Engineering and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Shafiqul Islam has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 7 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 6 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Shafiqul Islam's work include Textile materials and evaluations (8 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (4 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (3 papers). Shafiqul Islam is often cited by papers focused on Textile materials and evaluations (8 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (4 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (3 papers). Shafiqul Islam collaborates with scholars based in Bangladesh, United States and Australia. Shafiqul Islam's co-authors include M. A. Rahman Bhuiyan, Md. Nurul Islam, Gajanan Bhat, Partha Sikdar, Avik Kumar Dhar, Md. Saiful Hoque, Mohammad Zakaria, Tanvir Mahady Dip, Mashud Ahmed and Md Mozammel Hoque and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Environmental Management and RSC Advances.

In The Last Decade

Shafiqul Islam

26 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.

Chitin and Chitosan: Structure, Properties and Applications in Biomedical Engineering

2016 522 citations Shafiqul Islam, M. A. Rahman Bhuiyan et al. Journal of environmental polymer degradation profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shafiqul Islam Bangladesh	11	425	311	302	232	138	26	1.3k
Mohsen Miraftab United Kingdom	21	617 1.5×	373 1.2×	470 1.6×	143 0.6×	283 2.1×	46	1.5k
M. A. Rahman Bhuiyan Bangladesh	19	729 1.7×	470 1.5×	318 1.1×	332 1.4×	50 0.4×	39	1.9k
Pornnapa Kasemsiri Thailand	27	474 1.1×	359 1.2×	534 1.8×	199 0.9×	155 1.1×	85	1.8k
José Luis Rivera‐Armenta Mexico	19	483 1.1×	252 0.8×	517 1.7×	110 0.5×	174 1.3×	80	1.3k
Maria M.C. Forte Brazil	20	509 1.2×	510 1.6×	764 2.5×	119 0.5×	112 0.8×	41	1.7k
Vagner Roberto Botaro Brazil	21	992 2.3×	624 2.0×	506 1.7×	116 0.5×	58 0.4×	78	2.0k
Jianfei Zhang China	27	610 1.4×	776 2.5×	320 1.1×	431 1.9×	40 0.3×	97	2.2k
Javier Nakamatsu Peru	17	299 0.7×	202 0.6×	225 0.7×	401 1.7×	437 3.2×	41	1.2k
Jixian Gong China	27	466 1.1×	772 2.5×	247 0.8×	397 1.7×	29 0.2×	100	2.1k
Prakash A. Mahanwar India	25	532 1.3×	591 1.9×	824 2.7×	135 0.6×	133 1.0×	99	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shafiqul Islam

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

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Bhuiyan, M. A. Rahman, et al.. (2025). Mechanically robust and thermally insulating natural cotton fiber-reinforced biocomposite panels for structural applications. RSC Advances. 15(12). 9534–9545. 4 indexed citations

Bhuiyan, M. A. Rahman, et al.. (2024). Jute-reinforced hybrid biocomposite incorporated with low thermal conductive silica aerogel for improved resistance to conductive and radiative heat. Industrial Crops and Products. 222. 119773–119773. 4 indexed citations

Islam, Shafiqul, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of environmental impacts of cotton polo shirt production in Bangladesh using life cycle assessment. The Science of The Total Environment. 926. 172097–172097. 13 indexed citations

Islam, Shafiqul, Gajanan Bhat, & Sudhagar Mani. (2024). Life cycle assessment of thermal insulation materials produced from waste textiles. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management. 26(2). 1071–1085. 8 indexed citations

Shahid, Md. Abdus, et al.. (2024). Prospects and challenges of recycling and reusing post-consumer garments: A review. Cleaner Engineering and Technology. 19. 100744–100744. 23 indexed citations

Islam, Shafiqul, Gajanan Bhat, & Partha Sikdar. (2023). Thermal and acoustic performance evaluation of 3D-Printable PLA materials. Journal of Building Engineering. 67. 105979–105979. 27 indexed citations

Islam, Shafiqul, Mohammad Shariful Islam, Tausif E Elahi, & Abdul Jabbar Khan. (2023). Creep Response of Untreated and Additive Treated Jute Geotextiles in Isothermal Condition. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 41(7). 4095–4118. 1 indexed citations

Sikdar, Partha, Shafiqul Islam, Avik Kumar Dhar, et al.. (2022). Barrier and mechanical properties of water-based polyurethane-coated hydroentangled cotton nonwovens. Journal of Coatings Technology and Research. 19(4). 1255–1267. 8 indexed citations

Sikdar, Partha, et al.. (2021). Recent advances in the synthesis of smart hydrogels. Materials Advances. 2(14). 4532–4573. 172 indexed citations

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Sikdar, Partha, Gajanan Bhat, Doug J. Hinchliffe, Shafiqul Islam, & Brian Condon. (2021). Microstructure and physical properties of composite nonwovens produced by incorporating cotton fibers in elastic spunbond and meltblown webs for medical textiles. Journal of Industrial Textiles. 51(4_suppl). 6028S–6050S. 9 indexed citations

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Islam, Shafiqul & Gajanan Bhat. (2021). Progress and challenges in self-healing composite materials. Materials Advances. 2(6). 1896–1926. 90 indexed citations

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Lyu, Jewon & Shafiqul Islam. (2020). A Mixed Pedagogical Approach to Promote Undergraduate Students' Active Learning in the Retail Planning and Buying Course. 1 indexed citations

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Islam, Shafiqul & Gajanan Bhat. (2019). Environmentally-friendly thermal and acoustic insulation materials from recycled textiles. Journal of Environmental Management. 251. 109536–109536. 183 indexed citations

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Islam, Shafiqul, et al.. (2019). Use of Fineness Modulus in Predicting Density of Clean Sand. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 4(1). 51–66. 1 indexed citations

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Bhuiyan, M. A. Rahman, et al.. (2017). Improving dyeability and antibacterial activity of Lawsonia inermis L on jute fabrics by chitosan pretreatment. 3(1). 44 indexed citations

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Islam, Shafiqul, et al.. (2016). Bangla Character Recognition for Android Devices. International Journal of Computer Applications. 136(11). 13–19. 3 indexed citations

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Islam, Shafiqul, M. A. Rahman Bhuiyan, & Md. Nurul Islam. (2016). Chitin and Chitosan: Structure, Properties and Applications in Biomedical Engineering. Journal of environmental polymer degradation. 25(3). 854–866. 522 indexed citations breakdown →

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Afroz, Farhana, et al.. (2014). COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, TPI, HAIRINESS AND EVENNESS OF CONVENTIONAL RING AND MODERN ROTOR SPUN YARN. 10(33). 3 indexed citations

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Islam, Shafiqul, Asadul Haque, & Sasha Wilson. (2013). Effects of Curing Environment on the Strength and Mineralogy of Lime-GGBS–Treated Acid Sulphate Soils. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 26(5). 1003–1008. 19 indexed citations

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Islam, Shafiqul. (1973). Limit design of reinforced concrete slabs : openings and slab-column connections. University of Canterbury Research Repository (University of Canterbury). 2 indexed citations

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