Umar Farooq

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Umar Farooq is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Umar Farooq has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Water Science and Technology, 24 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 18 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Umar Farooq's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (38 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (16 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (10 papers). Umar Farooq is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (38 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (16 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (10 papers). Umar Farooq collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and China. Umar Farooq's co-authors include Makshoof Athar, Misbahul Ain Khan, Janusz A. Koziński, Muhammad Salman, Peter Myler, Maria Zaib, Muhammad Athar, Asma Saeed, Ayesha Ashraf and Khurshid Ayub and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Bioresource Technology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Umar Farooq

99 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Biosorption of heavy metal ions using wheat based biosorbents – A review of the recent literature

2010 713 citations Umar Farooq, Makshoof Athar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Umar Farooq Pakistan	24	1.2k	487	385	300	291	107	2.4k
Lucas Spessato Brazil	22	1.4k 1.1×	582 1.2×	485 1.3×	276 0.9×	286 1.0×	35	2.2k
Murat Yılmaz Türkiye	32	1.1k 0.9×	477 1.0×	432 1.1×	374 1.2×	277 1.0×	106	2.4k
Eliazer Bobby Naidoo South Africa	29	1.5k 1.2×	536 1.1×	476 1.2×	339 1.1×	174 0.6×	69	2.4k
G. Janet Joshiba India	12	1.1k 0.9×	341 0.7×	300 0.8×	345 1.1×	204 0.7×	16	1.9k
Arvind Kumar India	21	1.4k 1.1×	376 0.8×	379 1.0×	301 1.0×	318 1.1×	49	2.5k
Elvis Fosso‐Kankeu South Africa	25	1.0k 0.8×	496 1.0×	374 1.0×	260 0.9×	187 0.6×	128	2.3k
Zaharaddeen N. Garba Nigeria	26	1.3k 1.0×	588 1.2×	583 1.5×	213 0.7×	181 0.6×	66	2.4k
Tanweer Ahmad Malaysia	18	1.2k 0.9×	366 0.8×	339 0.9×	239 0.8×	286 1.0×	32	2.3k
Chukwunonso O. Aniagor Nigeria	27	1.6k 1.3×	498 1.0×	557 1.4×	384 1.3×	203 0.7×	70	2.6k
N. Selvaraju India	29	1.6k 1.3×	298 0.6×	491 1.3×	412 1.4×	213 0.7×	63	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Umar Farooq

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Qadir, Akeel, Zeeshan Haider, Umar Farooq, et al.. (2025). Advancements in acidic OER and HER electrocatalysts: Iridium, MOF-based, and ruthenium systems for sustainable hydrogen production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 152. 150188–150188. 6 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.

Ali, Wajid, et al.. (2025). Heavy metals contamination of roadside dust, risk assessment, and their spatial distribution along the M-1 motorway. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 141. 104183–104183.

Muhammad, Said, Tauseef Ahmed, Cem Tokatlı, et al.. (2025). Spatial distribution of hazard index via heavy metals consumption in water from the himalayan lacustrine ecosystems. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 138. 103858–103858. 8 indexed citations

Ali, Wajid, Said Muhammad, Mohammad Nafees, et al.. (2025). Spatial distribution, potential health risks, and sources of groundwater contamination in the semi-arid region. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 139. 103952–103952. 2 indexed citations

Shahida, Shabnam, Nasar Ahmed, Muhammad Imran Khan, et al.. (2025). Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy-based quantitative elemental analysis of nutritional and hazardous elements in Solanum nigrum. Results in Engineering. 27. 105804–105804.

Haider, Muhammad Wasim, Muhammad Tahir Akram, Umar Farooq, et al.. (2025). Assessment of salicylic acid and potassium nitrate to mitigate frost stress in autumn-sown potato crop cv. Sutlej. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 1942–1942. 1 indexed citations

EL‐Gawaad, N.S. Abd, et al.. (2025). First-Principles Investigation of Narrow Bandgap Halide Double Perovskites A2AgSbI6 (A = K, Rb). Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials. 35(10). 8429–8444. 2 indexed citations

Farooq, Umar, et al.. (2025). Elucidating the impact of photo-isomeric dithienylcyclopentene-based molecular switches for efficient nonlinear optics. Structural Chemistry. 37(2). 865–881.

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Farooq, Umar, Khalida Naseem, Mohammad Ehtisham Khan, et al.. (2024). Solar-driven Pt free hydrogen production and successive degradation of sulfasalazine using CuO/ZnO binary nanocomposites: Reaction kinetics and determination of reaction parameters using response surface methodology. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. 165. 105789–105789. 27 indexed citations

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Hussain, Sajjad, Muhammad Salman, Umar Farooq, et al.. (2024). Fabrication of carboxymethyl cellulose/graphene oxide/ZnO composite hydrogel for efficient removal of fuchsin dye from aqueous media. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 277(Pt 1). 134104–134104. 23 indexed citations

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Abbas, Ghulam, Arshad Ali, Muhammad Zubair, et al.. (2024). Identifying Appropriate Probability Density Function for Wind Speed Profiles of Two Coastal Cities in Pakistan for Better Wind Power Assessment. 1–5. 1 indexed citations

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Farooq, Umar, Ahmad Kaleem Qureshi, Hadia Noor, et al.. (2023). Plant Extract-Based Fabrication of Silver Nanoparticles and Their Effective Role in Antibacterial, Anticancer, and Water Treatment Applications. Plants. 12(12). 2337–2337. 51 indexed citations

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Qureshi, Ahmad Kaleem, Umar Farooq, Qaiser Shakeel, et al.. (2023). The Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Avena fatua Extract: Antifungal Activity against Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici. Pathogens. 12(10). 1247–1247. 29 indexed citations

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Mohammad, Abdul Wahab, et al.. (2023). Sorptive activity of potential native biosorbent for the elimination of lead and cadmium in one and two-component system: characterization, kinetic activity, and mechanism exploration. Desalination and Water Treatment. 290. 82–93. 1 indexed citations

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Sharif, Mehwish, et al.. (2022). Investigation and Discrimination of Ballpoint Pen Inks by Analytical Techniques and Chemometrics. International Journal of Analytical Chemistry. 2022. 1–13. 2 indexed citations

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Athar, Muhammad, et al.. (2019). Stability-indicating HPLC-PDA assay for simultaneous determination of paracetamol, thiamine and pyridoxal phosphate in tablet formulations. Acta Pharmaceutica. 69(2). 249–259. 6 indexed citations

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Durrani, Arjumand Iqbal, et al.. (2018). Efficacy of spent black tea for the removal of nitrobenzene from aqueous media. Journal of Environmental Management. 223. 771–778. 14 indexed citations

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Athar, Makshoof, et al.. (2014). Chemically Modified Biomass from Triticum aestivum for Eco-Friendly Detoxification of Cd(II)- and Sn(II)-Contaminated Waters. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 23(6). 2163–2174. 1 indexed citations

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Athar, Makshoof, Umar Farooq, & Muhammad Baqir Hussain. (2007). Azadirachata indicum (Neem): An Effective Biosorbent for the Removal of Lead (II) from Aqueous Solutions. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 79(3). 288–292. 10 indexed citations

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