Zafar Mahmood

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Zafar Mahmood is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zafar Mahmood has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 72 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 55 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Zafar Mahmood's work include Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer (89 papers), Heat Transfer Mechanisms (67 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (42 papers). Zafar Mahmood is often cited by papers focused on Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer (89 papers), Heat Transfer Mechanisms (67 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (42 papers). Zafar Mahmood collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and China. Zafar Mahmood's co-authors include Umar Khan, Khadija Rafique, Umar Khan, Sayed M. Eldin, Adnan Abbasi, Bilal Ali, Sidra Jubair, Mutasem Z. Bani‐Fwaz, Basim M. Makhdoum and Bandar M. Fadhl and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.

In The Last Decade

Zafar Mahmood

87 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Numerical analysis of MHD tri-hybrid nanofluid over a nonlinear stretching/shrinking sheet with heat generation/absorption and slip conditions
    2023 116 citations Zafar Mahmood, Sayed M. Eldin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zafar Mahmood Pakistan 30 2.1k 1.6k 1.3k 189 113 93 2.2k
Abdullah Dawar Pakistan 35 2.5k 1.2× 2.0k 1.2× 1.8k 1.4× 120 0.6× 162 1.4× 87 2.6k
Najiyah Safwa Khashi’ie Malaysia 30 2.6k 1.3× 2.2k 1.3× 1.7k 1.3× 168 0.9× 120 1.1× 111 2.7k
Thirupathi Thumma India 28 2.0k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 130 0.7× 147 1.3× 66 2.1k
Iskandar Waini Malaysia 36 3.8k 1.8× 3.2k 1.9× 2.5k 2.0× 221 1.2× 161 1.4× 137 3.9k
Himanshu Upreti India 25 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 105 0.6× 111 1.0× 60 1.7k
P. M. Patil India 35 2.6k 1.2× 1.8k 1.1× 2.0k 1.6× 133 0.7× 191 1.7× 115 2.6k
J. K. Madhukesh India 32 2.7k 1.3× 2.1k 1.3× 1.7k 1.4× 233 1.2× 154 1.4× 122 2.9k
Taher Armaghani Iran 31 2.9k 1.4× 2.4k 1.5× 1.9k 1.5× 306 1.6× 89 0.8× 74 3.1k
Khursheed Muhammad Pakistan 30 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 979 0.8× 112 0.6× 164 1.5× 64 1.8k
R. Kandasamy Malaysia 25 2.0k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 78 0.4× 101 0.9× 94 2.1k

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All Works

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Rafique, Khadija, et al.. (2025). Thermal and flow characteristics of tetra-hybrid nanofluid over a stretching/shrinking inclined cylinder: Influence of heat absorption and quadratic radiation. Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences. 18(2). 101513–101513. 2 indexed citations
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Rafique, Khadija, Zafar Mahmood, Ioan‐Lucian Popa, Talha Anwar, & Abhinav Kumar. (2025). Double diffusive convection in non-newtonian fluid flow with quadratic radiation and variable viscosity: Heat generation effects in lower stagnation point of solid sphere. Results in Engineering. 27. 106820–106820. 1 indexed citations
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Mahmood, Zafar, Umar Khan, Taseer Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Lie scaling transformations for the analysis of MHD flow with radiation, Soret, and Dufour effects as well as viscous dissipation across a convective surface during triple diffusion. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 108. 109465–109465. 9 indexed citations
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Mahmood, Zafar, et al.. (2024). Joule heating effects on triple diffusive free convective MHD flow over a convective surface: A Lie-group transformation analysis. Modern Physics Letters B. 39(3). 5 indexed citations
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Abbasi, Adnan, et al.. (2024). Thermal behavior of radiated tetra-nanofluid flow with different parameters. AIP Advances. 14(8). 6 indexed citations
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Rafique, Khadija, Zafar Mahmood, Usman Usman, et al.. (2024). Numerical study of MHD flow over stretching cylinder with variable Prandtl number and viscous dissipation in ternary hybrid nanofluids with velocity and thermal slip conditions. Modern Physics Letters B. 39(11). 25 indexed citations
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Fahad, Shah, et al.. (2024). Nonlinear thermal analysis for flow of polymer-based nanofluid over vertical deformable surface. Modern Physics Letters B. 39(10). 4 indexed citations
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Mahmood, Zafar, et al.. (2024). Deep learning investigation of water-based tetra hybrid nanofluid across a shrinking cylinder for variable electrical conductivity with thermal radiation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 18(1). 101213–101213. 13 indexed citations
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Jubair, Sidra, Bilal Ali, Mushtaq Ahmad Ansari, et al.. (2024). Numerical study of fluid flow and entropy optimization subject to second order slip condition across a permeable curved surface. Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences. 17(4). 101108–101108. 23 indexed citations
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Mahmood, Zafar, Magda Abd El‐Rahman, Umar Khan, Ahmed M. Hassan, & Hamiden Abd El‐Wahed Khalifa. (2023). Entropy generation due to nanofluid flow in porous media over radiative permeable exponentially surface with nanoparticle aggregation effect. Tribology International. 188. 108852–108852. 42 indexed citations
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Mahmood, Zafar, et al.. (2023). Nanoparticle aggregation effect over MHD oblique stagnation point flow of the convective surface of nanoliquids. 239(3-4). 315–333. 9 indexed citations
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Mahmood, Zafar, et al.. (2023). Double-diffusive stagnation point flow over a vertical surface with thermal radiation: Assisting and opposing flows. Science Progress. 106(1). 322120294–322120294. 26 indexed citations
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Ali, Bilal, et al.. (2023). MHD flow of nanofluid over moving slender needle with nanoparticles aggregation and viscous dissipation effects. Science Progress. 106(2). 332146647–332146647. 45 indexed citations
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Mahmood, Zafar, et al.. (2023). Impact of an effective Prandtl number model on the flow of nanofluids past an oblique stagnation point on a convective surface. Heliyon. 9(2). e13224–e13224. 34 indexed citations
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Guedri, Kamel, Zafar Mahmood, Bandar M. Fadhl, et al.. (2023). Mathematical analysis of nonlinear thermal radiation and nanoparticle aggregation on unsteady MHD flow of micropolar nanofluid over shrinking sheet. Heliyon. 9(3). e14248–e14248. 48 indexed citations
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Ali, Bilal, Sidra Jubair, Laila A. Al‐Essa, et al.. (2023). Boundary layer and heat transfer analysis of mixed convective nanofluid flow capturing the aspects of nanoparticles over a needle. Materials Today Communications. 35. 106253–106253. 36 indexed citations

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