Zahir Qamar

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Zahir Qamar is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Analytical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zahir Qamar has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Pollution, 8 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 3 papers in Analytical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zahir Qamar's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (6 papers), Heavy metals in environment (6 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (5 papers). Zahir Qamar is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (6 papers), Heavy metals in environment (6 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (5 papers). Zahir Qamar collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, China and Cambodia. Zahir Qamar's co-authors include Sardar Khan, Anwarzeb Khan, Muhammad Waqas, Muhammad Amjad Khan, Muhammad Aamir, Javed Nawab, Isha Shamshad, Chao Cai, Brian J. Reid and Muhammad Waqas and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Pollution and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Zahir Qamar

11 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

The uptake and bioaccumulation of heavy metals by food plants, their effects on plants nutrients, and associated health risk: a review

2015 665 citations Anwarzeb Khan, Sardar Khan et al. Environmental Science and Pollution Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zahir Qamar Pakistan	10	718	413	285	215	144	11	1.2k
Prabhat Kumar India	5	803 1.1×	389 0.9×	299 1.0×	303 1.4×	223 1.5×	14	1.5k
Jiao-Feng Gu China	13	721 1.0×	257 0.6×	314 1.1×	214 1.0×	101 0.7×	26	998
Wendan Xiao China	20	786 1.1×	383 0.9×	338 1.2×	169 0.8×	286 2.0×	43	1.3k
Dongpu Wei China	16	888 1.2×	359 0.9×	194 0.7×	164 0.8×	114 0.8×	26	1.1k
Muhammad Sohail Pakistan	19	574 0.8×	216 0.5×	403 1.4×	145 0.7×	115 0.8×	51	1.1k
Ioannis Massas Greece	19	566 0.8×	229 0.6×	230 0.8×	135 0.6×	199 1.4×	56	1.3k
T. A. Arowolo Nigeria	17	525 0.7×	297 0.7×	156 0.5×	297 1.4×	250 1.7×	77	1.3k
Jiani Liang China	15	527 0.7×	239 0.6×	288 1.0×	109 0.5×	133 0.9×	22	927
Yann Foucault France	13	725 1.0×	388 0.9×	358 1.3×	241 1.1×	56 0.4×	14	1.1k
Wentao Yang China	18	1.1k 1.6×	387 0.9×	350 1.2×	283 1.3×	145 1.0×	45	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Zahir Qamar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zahir Qamar

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

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11 of 11 papers shown

Khan, Sardar, et al.. (2023). Genotoxic effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) present in vehicle-wash wastewater on grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) and freshwater mussels (Anodonta cygnea). Environmental Pollution. 327. 121513–121513. 11 indexed citations

Nawab, Javed, Sardar Khan, Xiaoping Wang, et al.. (2017). Spatial distribution of toxic metals in drinking water sources and their associated health risk in district buner, Northern Pakistan. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal. 24(3). 615–626. 26 indexed citations

Qamar, Zahir, Sardar Khan, Anwarzeb Khan, et al.. (2017). Appraisement, source apportionment and health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in vehicle-wash wastewater, Pakistan. The Science of The Total Environment. 605-606. 106–113. 43 indexed citations

Aamir, Muhammad, Sardar Khan, Mengling Tang, et al.. (2016). Congener-specific evaluation of biota-sediment accumulation factor model for HCHs and DDTs under small-scale in situ riverine condition. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 17(2). 525–535. 5 indexed citations

Khan, Anwarzeb, Sardar Khan, Muhammad Amjad Khan, Zahir Qamar, & Muhammad Waqas. (2015). The uptake and bioaccumulation of heavy metals by food plants, their effects on plants nutrients, and associated health risk: a review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(18). 13772–13799. 665 indexed citations breakdown →

Khan, Anwarzeb, Sardar Khan, Mehboob Alam, et al.. (2015). Toxic metal interactions affect the bioaccumulation and dietary intake of macro- and micro-nutrients. Chemosphere. 146. 121–128. 100 indexed citations

Nawab, Javed, Sardar Khan, Muhammad Aamir, et al.. (2015). Organic amendments impact the availability of heavy metal(loid)s in mine-impacted soil and their phytoremediation by Penisitum americanum and Sorghum bicolor. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(3). 2381–2390. 59 indexed citations

Nawab, Javed, Sardar Khan, Mohammad Tahir Shah, et al.. (2015). Contamination of soil, medicinal, and fodder plants with lead and cadmium present in mine-affected areas, Northern Pakistan. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 187(9). 605–605. 35 indexed citations

Aamir, Muhammad, et al.. (2015). Tissue distribution of HCH and DDT congeners and human health risk associated with consumption of fish collected from Kabul River, Pakistan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 125. 128–134. 51 indexed citations

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Waqas, Muhammad, Sardar Khan, Isha Shamshad, et al.. (2015). Application of sewage sludge and sewage sludge biochar to reduce polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and potentially toxic elements (PTE) accumulation in tomato. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(16). 12114–12123. 100 indexed citations

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Waqas, Muhammad, Sardar Khan, Chao Cai, et al.. (2014). Quantification of PAHs and health risk via ingestion of vegetable in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. The Science of The Total Environment. 497-498. 448–458. 62 indexed citations

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