Umar Farooq

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Umar Farooq is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Umar Farooq has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Materials Chemistry, 35 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Umar Farooq's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (20 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (20 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (16 papers). Umar Farooq is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (20 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (20 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (16 papers). Umar Farooq collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Umar Farooq's co-authors include Hui Deng, Haisheng Song, Jiang Tang, Xiaokun Yang, Jahangeer Khan, Muhammad Ishaq, Ying Yang, Jian Zhang, Shengjie Yuan and Muhammad Azam and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, ACS Nano and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Umar Farooq

57 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

High Quantum Yield Blue Emission from Lead-Free Inorganic Antimony Halide Perovskite Colloidal Quantum Dots

2017 501 citations Hui Deng, Umar Farooq et al. profile →
Removal of organic pollutants through hydroxyl radical-based advanced oxidation processes

2023 130 citations Zia Ul Haq Khan, Sana Sabahat et al. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Umar Farooq China	21	1.4k	1.4k	312	190	146	65	2.0k
Muhammad Aamir Pakistan	20	723 0.5×	695 0.5×	288 0.9×	162 0.9×	72 0.5×	71	1.1k
Xin Yao China	18	860 0.6×	666 0.5×	621 2.0×	137 0.7×	50 0.3×	35	1.2k
Haibin Wang Japan	19	963 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	303 1.0×	245 1.3×	92 0.6×	46	1.5k
Abdullah S. Alshammari Saudi Arabia	17	709 0.5×	741 0.5×	112 0.4×	182 1.0×	98 0.7×	62	1.2k
Sirikanjana Thongmee Thailand	19	803 0.6×	490 0.3×	209 0.7×	121 0.6×	53 0.4×	83	1.2k
Vassilios Dracopoulos Greece	27	860 0.6×	759 0.5×	867 2.8×	332 1.7×	68 0.5×	48	1.7k
Qiang Cheng China	23	788 0.5×	353 0.2×	714 2.3×	55 0.3×	123 0.8×	77	1.4k
Dong Hyun Kim South Korea	22	855 0.6×	503 0.3×	1.5k 4.7×	80 0.4×	127 0.9×	46	2.0k
G. Sivakumar India	19	782 0.5×	628 0.4×	182 0.6×	98 0.5×	33 0.2×	74	1.1k
Piyasiri Ekanayake Brunei	24	714 0.5×	497 0.3×	900 2.9×	361 1.9×	84 0.6×	63	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Umar Farooq

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Mehmood, Yasir, et al.. (2025). Design and fabrication of a mesoporous silica scaffold for oral delivery of peptides. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 29520–29520. 1 indexed citations

Farooq, Umar, Mohammad Ehtisham Khan, Akbar Mohammad, et al.. (2025). Sustainable Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles: Data-Driven Photocatalysis, Pt-Free Hydrogen Production, and Antibacterial Assessment. Catalysts. 15(12). 1163–1163.

Farooq, Umar, Boyang Han, Usman Ali Shah, et al.. (2025). Solvent Engineering‐Enabled Surface Defect Passivation in Cu ₂ ZnSn(S,Se) ₄ Solar Cells with Low Open‐Circuit Voltage Losses and Improved Carrier Lifetime. ChemSusChem. 18(9). e202402391–e202402391.

Imran, Muhammad, Mohsin Raza, Hadia Noor, et al.. (2024). Insight into mechanism of excellent visible-light photocatalytic activity of CuO/MgO/ZnO nanocomposite for advanced solution of environmental remediation. Chemosphere. 359. 142224–142224. 37 indexed citations

Khan, Zulfiqar Ali, et al.. (2024). Biomass-derived carbon materials for batteries: Navigating challenges, structural diversities, and future perspective. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. 100450–100450. 7 indexed citations

Khan, Zulfiqar Ali, et al.. (2024). Bioinspired materials for batteries: Structural design, challenges and future perspective. Results in Chemistry. 13. 101997–101997. 1 indexed citations

Khan, Zulfiqar Ali, et al.. (2024). Preparation of interconnected tin oxide nanoparticles on multi-layered MXene for lithium storage anodes. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 25107–25107. 10 indexed citations

Farooq, Umar, et al.. (2024). Designing Magnetic Coupler of Static Wireless Power Transfer System for Thermal Reduction by Using Silicon-Cobalt Wafer. Progress In Electromagnetics Research M. 128. 61–69. 2 indexed citations

Saeed, Asma, et al.. (2024). Investigation of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from cyanobacteria/blue green algae and their interaction with heavy metal ions: Insights from excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy. Biologia. 79(11). 3461–3473. 6 indexed citations

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Riaz, Ayesha, et al.. (2024). Fabrication and characterization of colon targeted ibuprofen nanoparticles. 8.2.2024(Vol 8, (2) 2024). 96–106.

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Farooq, Umar, Mohsin Raza, Salman Khan, et al.. (2024). Fabrication and characterization of binary composite MgO/CuO nanostructures for the efficient photocatalytic ability to eliminate organic contaminants: A detailed spectroscopic analysis. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 315. 124264–124264. 35 indexed citations

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Khan, Zia Ul Haq, Sana Sabahat, Jingyu Sun, et al.. (2023). Removal of organic pollutants through hydroxyl radical-based advanced oxidation processes. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 267. 115564–115564. 130 indexed citations breakdown →

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Farooq, Umar, et al.. (2023). Bismuth-Nanoparticles-Embedded Porous Carbon Derived from Seed Husks as High-Performance for Anode Energy Electrode. Materials. 16(20). 6628–6628. 1 indexed citations

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Asif, Misbah, Hasnain Sajid, Naveen Kosar, et al.. (2023). Sensing Performance of Heptazine-Based C3N4 Quantum Dot Toward Highly Toxic Environmental Pollutants, Amides, and Acetyl Derivatives. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials. 34(1). 79–92. 7 indexed citations

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Bibi, Afsha, et al.. (2023). ASSOCIATION OF INFECTION CONTROL KNOWLEDGE WITH DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES AMONG NURSING STUDENTS AT PRIVATE INSTITUTE IN KARACHI. 1 indexed citations

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Hashmi, Muhammad Zaffar, et al.. (2022). Chemical remediation and advanced oxidation process of polychlorinated biphenyls in contaminated soils: a review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(16). 22930–22945. 16 indexed citations

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Ishaq, Muhammad, Shuo Chen, Umar Farooq, et al.. (2020). High Open‐Circuit Voltage in Full‐Inorganic Sb₂S₃ Solar Cell via Modified Zn‐Doped TiO₂ Electron Transport Layer. Solar RRL. 4(12). 33 indexed citations

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Azam, Muhammad, Abbas Ahmad Khan, Guangxing Liang, et al.. (2020). Examining the Interfacial Defect Passivation with Chlorinated Organic Salt for Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells. Solar RRL. 4(11). 23 indexed citations

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Riaz, Nadia, Maria Siddique, Qaisar Mahmood, et al.. (2019). Photocatalytic degradation and kinetic modeling of azo dye using bimetallic photocatalysts: effect of synthesis and operational parameters. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(3). 2992–3006. 60 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jian, Xiaokun Yang, Hui Deng, et al.. (2017). Low-Dimensional Halide Perovskites and Their Advanced Optoelectronic Applications. Nano-Micro Letters. 9(3). 36–36. 85 indexed citations

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