Umer Shafique

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Umer Shafique is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Umer Shafique has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Water Science and Technology, 7 papers in Analytical Chemistry and 4 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Umer Shafique's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (9 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (7 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (4 papers). Umer Shafique is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (9 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (7 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (4 papers). Umer Shafique collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Spain and Germany. Umer Shafique's co-authors include Jamıl Anwar, Waheed Zaman, Muhammad Salman, Amara Dar, Amna Javaid, Rabia Rehman, Rukhsana Bajwa, Jesús Anzano, Nadia Jamil and Albrecht Paschke and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Bioresource Technology and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Umer Shafique

34 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Removal of Pb(II) and Cd(II) from water by adsorption on ... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Removal of Pb(II) and Cd(II) from water by adsorption on peels of banana
    2009 492 citations Jamıl Anwar, Umer Shafique et al. Bioresource Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Umer Shafique Pakistan 16 682 187 177 173 163 38 1.3k
J. C. Igwe Nigeria 17 624 0.9× 182 1.0× 106 0.6× 205 1.2× 115 0.7× 43 1.2k
Carlo Solisio Italy 18 668 1.0× 170 0.9× 111 0.6× 171 1.0× 207 1.3× 41 1.2k
Kátia da Boit Martinello Brazil 22 569 0.8× 215 1.1× 137 0.8× 232 1.3× 147 0.9× 44 1.3k
Hongxia Liu China 17 679 1.0× 140 0.7× 84 0.5× 226 1.3× 247 1.5× 31 1.1k
Paola S. Pauletto Brazil 14 538 0.8× 109 0.6× 197 1.1× 100 0.6× 108 0.7× 21 965
Xin Yu China 20 535 0.8× 188 1.0× 169 1.0× 288 1.7× 209 1.3× 66 1.1k
Abbas H. Sulaymon Iraq 19 884 1.3× 187 1.0× 99 0.6× 230 1.3× 308 1.9× 79 1.6k
Muhammad Salman Pakistan 20 932 1.4× 119 0.6× 78 0.4× 204 1.2× 171 1.0× 85 1.6k
Mile Klašnja Serbia 18 993 1.5× 188 1.0× 89 0.5× 223 1.3× 242 1.5× 31 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Umer Shafique

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Fields of papers citing papers by Umer Shafique

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Umer Shafique

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

All Works

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Sajid, Arfaa, Abid Ali, N. Zaheer Ahmed, et al.. (2025). Selective non-enzymatic electrochemical detection of dopamine using nickel molybdate nano-dots anchored on CNT fiber microelectrodes. RSC Advances. 15(43). 36596–36606.
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Muhammad, Gulzar, Muhammad Ajaz Hussain, Zahid Shafiq, et al.. (2024). Pharmacological and Therapeutic Potential of Berbamine: A Potent Alkaloid from Genus Berberis. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 25(8). 891–920. 2 indexed citations
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Shafique, Umer, et al.. (2023). An Audit of Preoperative Informed Consent in Surgical Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan. Cureus. 15(12). e50122–e50122. 2 indexed citations
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Salman, Muhammad, Umer Shafique, Waheed Zaman, et al.. (2019). A Rapid Method for Measurement of Nickel and Chromium at Trace Level in Aqueous Samples. Journal of the Mexican Chemical Society. 55(4). 2 indexed citations
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Shafique, Umer, et al.. (2016). Perfluoroalkyl acids in aqueous samples from Germany and Kenya. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(12). 11031–11043. 28 indexed citations
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Shafique, Umer, et al.. (2016). Gas chromatographic determination of perfluorocarboxylic acids in aqueous samples – A tutorial review. Analytica Chimica Acta. 949. 8–22. 52 indexed citations
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Rehman, Rabia, Umer Shafique, Jamıl Anwar, & Samina Ghafoor. (2013). Kinetic and Isothermal Biosorption Studies of Co(II), Cu(II) and Ni(II) Using Polyalthia longifolia Leaf Powder. Asian Journal of Chemistry. 25(15). 8285–8288. 9 indexed citations
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Salman, Muhammad, et al.. (2012). Comparative thermal and catalytic recycling of low density polyethylene into diesel-like oil using different commercial catalysts.. Electronic journal of environmental, agricultural and food chemistry. 11(2). 96–105. 7 indexed citations
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Rehman, Rabia, et al.. (2012). Comparative Removal of Congo Red Dye from Water by Adsorption on Grewia asiatica Leaves, Raphanus sativus Peels and Activated Charcoal. 12 indexed citations
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Rehman, Rabia, Qurat‐ul‐Ain, Muhammad Salman, et al.. (2011). Comparative study of Brilliant Green dye adsorption from water by radish peels, Jamun stem and coal.. Electronic journal of environmental, agricultural and food chemistry. 10(7). 2531–2543. 9 indexed citations
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Shafique, Umer, Jamıl Anwar, Muhammad Salman, et al.. (2011). Novel methods to determine sulfide in aqueous samples by quantification of lead sulfide spots. Journal of Sulfur Chemistry. 32(2). 151–157. 3 indexed citations
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Shafique, Umer, Waheed Zaman, Jamıl Anwar, et al.. (2011). A Rapid, Economical, and Eco-Friendly Method to Recycle Terephthalic Acid from Waste Poly (Ethylene Terphthalate) Bottles. International Journal of Polymeric Materials. 60(14). 1147–1151. 5 indexed citations
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Javaid, Amna, Rukhsana Bajwa, Umer Shafique, & Jamıl Anwar. (2011). Removal of heavy metals by adsorption on Pleurotus ostreatus. Biomass and Bioenergy. 35(5). 1675–1682. 144 indexed citations
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Anzano, Jesús, et al.. (2011). Determination of trace metals by voltamperometry in zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) employed as environmental bio-indicator. Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews. 4(3). 261–267. 8 indexed citations
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Shafique, Umer, et al.. (2010). Network risk management. International Conference on Communications. 141–145. 1 indexed citations
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Anwar, Jamıl, et al.. (2010). Micro-Determination of Iron in Pharmaceutical Preparations by Image Scanning and Computational Quantification. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 17(35). 4424–4426.
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Hussain, Zaib, et al.. (2010). COMPARATIVE STUDY FOR THE DETERMINATION OF METALS IN MILK SAMPLES USING FLAME-AAS AND EDTA COMPLEXOMETRIC TITRATION. 9 indexed citations
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Anwar, Jamıl, et al.. (2009). Removal of chromium (III) by using coal as adsorbent. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 171(1-3). 797–801. 65 indexed citations
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Anwar, Jamıl, et al.. (2009). Removal of Pb(II) and Cd(II) from water by adsorption on peels of banana. Bioresource Technology. 101(6). 1752–1755. 492 indexed citations breakdown →
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Anwar, Jamıl, et al.. (2009). Effect of Different Additives on Burning Efficiency of the Candles. 1 indexed citations

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