Zafar Iqbal

8.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
141 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Zafar Iqbal is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Plant Science and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zafar Iqbal has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Materials Chemistry, 27 papers in Plant Science and 19 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zafar Iqbal's work include Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (9 papers), Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications (8 papers) and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (7 papers). Zafar Iqbal is often cited by papers focused on Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (9 papers), Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications (8 papers) and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (7 papers). Zafar Iqbal collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, United States and Saudi Arabia. Zafar Iqbal's co-authors include Atıf Rahman, Ray H. Baughman, Changxing Cui, Anvar Zakhidov, Richard Harrington, Alberto Mazzoldi, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Gordon G. Wallace, Danilo De Rossi and O. Jaschinski and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zafar Iqbal

130 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

Carbon Nanotube Actuators

1999 1.9k citations Zafar Iqbal et al. profile →
Carbon Structures with Three-Dimensional Periodicity at Optical Wavelengths

1998 886 citations Zafar Iqbal et al. profile →
Impact of Maternal Depression on Infant Nutritional Status and Illness

2004 542 citations Zafar Iqbal et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zafar Iqbal Pakistan	29	2.6k	1.5k	1.1k	952	794	141	6.5k
David Clark United Kingdom	53	2.2k 0.8×	804 0.6×	2.2k 2.0×	567 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	449	11.1k
Paul Gellert Germany	31	6.1k 2.4×	3.8k 2.6×	3.0k 2.7×	287 0.3×	676 0.9×	142	11.5k
Dong‐Sik Kim South Korea	42	1.0k 0.4×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	419 0.4×	792 1.0×	304	6.0k
Ho‐Cheol Kim United States	38	3.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	127 0.1×	1.2k 1.6×	121	7.6k
Chih‐Hung Chang United States	45	2.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	2.5k 2.3×	323 0.3×	367 0.5×	211	6.5k
Simon Biggs United Kingdom	51	2.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	954 0.9×	120 0.1×	511 0.6×	215	8.5k
Mingliang Zhang China	44	3.1k 1.2×	2.5k 1.7×	2.3k 2.1×	125 0.1×	284 0.4×	254	7.5k
Robert A. Anderson United States	53	941 0.4×	1.8k 1.2×	876 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	416 0.5×	214	8.0k
Michael A. Brook Canada	51	2.7k 1.0×	3.1k 2.2×	878 0.8×	141 0.1×	1.1k 1.4×	351	10.3k
Michael Thompson Canada	47	690 0.3×	3.8k 2.6×	2.0k 1.8×	389 0.4×	455 0.6×	346	9.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Zafar Iqbal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zafar Iqbal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zafar Iqbal

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All Works

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Zarif, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Fabrication and Characterization of Tungsten-Based Hard Materials by Novel Mechanical Alloying and Spark Plasma Sintering Methods. 3(2). 53–64. 1 indexed citations

Al-zoreky, Najeeb S., et al.. (2025). CuO Nanoparticles-Driven Microstructure Evolution and Advanced Mechanical, Thermal, and Electrical Properties of Sn-10Zn Solder Alloys. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. 35(2). 2011–2020. 1 indexed citations

Eyduran, Şadiye Peral, Sezai Erċışlı, Gülçe Ilhan, et al.. (2024). Characterisation of wild red raspberry ecotypes in Northern Anatolia: Insights into sensory, biochemical and antioxidant properties. Folia Horticulturae. 36(2). 323–335.

Iqbal, Zafar, Muhammad Zarif, Sule Erten‐Ela, et al.. (2024). Tribological investigation of ceramic incorporated novel compositionally graded multilayer tungsten alloys. Ceramics International. 50(16). 28186–28195. 2 indexed citations

Iftikhar, Tayyaba, Zafar Iqbal, Yasar Shah, et al.. (2024). Impact of fresh grape juice on the pharmacokinetics of omeprazole: results of a food–drug interaction study. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 15. 1467805–1467805.

Assouguem, Amine, Sezai Erċışlı, Gülçe Ilhan, et al.. (2024). Molecular characterisation of cornelian cherry ( Cornus mas L.) genotypes. Folia Horticulturae. 36(2). 211–219.

Aamir, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). Multi-disciplinary optimization of hybrid composite radomes for enhanced performance. Results in Engineering. 20. 101547–101547. 14 indexed citations

Iqbal, Zafar, et al.. (2023). Tamoxifen-Loaded Eudragit Nanoparticles: Quality by Design Approach for Optimization of Nanoparticles as Delivery System. Pharmaceutics. 15(10). 2373–2373. 3 indexed citations

Twohig, Helen, et al.. (2023). Applying the consolidated framework for implementation research to evaluate the community rapid intervention service. BMC Health Services Research. 23(1). 844–844. 1 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Zafar, M. Shafiq, Muhammad Asghar, et al.. (2022). Study of the Role of Titanium and Iron Cathodic Cages on Plasma-Nitrided AISI 430 Ferritic Stainless Steel. Micromachines. 13(10). 1739–1739. 2 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Zafar, et al.. (2021). First inventory survey of dominant families (Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Rosaceae, and Lamiaceae) of Lower Tanawal, Pakistan. CyberLeninK (CyberLeninka). 11(1). 87–93. 1 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Zafar, et al.. (2021). Perception about Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education. 17(3). 419–420. 1 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Zafar, et al.. (2021). Evaluating the Clinical Risk Factors Associated With Miscarriages in Women in Karachi, Pakistan. Cureus. 13(10). e19057–e19057. 5 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Zafar, Imran Pasha, Muhammad Hanif, et al.. (2015). Effect of specialty flours on physical and sensorial attributes of cookies.. The Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 52(4). 1091–1098. 2 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Zafar, et al.. (2015). Protein concentration, composition and distribution in wheat flour mill streams.. 16(1). 104–114. 7 indexed citations

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Sohail, Sohail, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Afzal, et al.. (2014). In vitro antibacterial study of Taraxacum officinale leaves extracts against different bacterial pathogenic strains. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 3(2). 15–17. 15 indexed citations

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Din, Zia‐ud, et al.. (2013). SOCIO- DEMOGRAPHIC AND DIETARY DETERMINANTS OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN MALE PAKISTANI ADULTS. European Scientific Journal ESJ. 9(33). 4 indexed citations

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Mukhtar, Irum, et al.. (2012). ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF CUSCUTA REFLEXA ROXB.. Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology. 24(2). 163–166.

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Ahmad, Farooq, et al.. (2011). Leaf epidermal anatomy as an aid to the identification of genus Setaria weeds, tribe paniceae (Poaceae), from the salt range of Pakistan. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. 5(15). 3500–3506. 6 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Zafar, et al.. (2010). Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) R. Wight an important medicinal plant occurring in sand dunes of Karak, N.W.F.P., Pakistan.. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 42(1). 537–547. 4 indexed citations

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