Zahra Montazer

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Zahra Montazer is a scholar working on Pollution, Biomaterials and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zahra Montazer has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Pollution, 5 papers in Biomaterials and 4 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zahra Montazer's work include biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (5 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (5 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (4 papers). Zahra Montazer is often cited by papers focused on biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (5 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (5 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (4 papers). Zahra Montazer collaborates with scholars based in Canada and Iran. Zahra Montazer's co-authors include David B. Levin, M B Habibi Najafi, M. Nisha, Parveen Sharma and Mehrdad Niakousari and has published in prestigious journals such as Frontiers in Microbiology, Polymers and Canadian Journal of Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Zahra Montazer

6 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Microbial and Enzymatic Degradation of Synthetic Plastics

2020 672 citations M. Nisha, Zahra Montazer et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zahra Montazer Canada	5	1.1k	695	580	164	73	6	1.2k
Aneta K. Urbanek Poland	9	717 0.7×	491 0.7×	321 0.6×	92 0.6×	53 0.7×	13	880
Dominik Danso Germany	7	870 0.8×	622 0.9×	460 0.8×	133 0.8×	55 0.8×	9	1.0k
Ana Paço Portugal	11	1.0k 1.0×	404 0.6×	757 1.3×	180 1.1×	118 1.6×	17	1.2k
Maurizio Tosin Italy	19	935 0.9×	877 1.3×	425 0.7×	130 0.8×	37 0.5×	26	1.2k
Bo-Yu Peng China	20	1.0k 1.0×	414 0.6×	484 0.8×	262 1.6×	189 2.6×	36	1.5k
Ambika Arkatkar India	11	655 0.6×	433 0.6×	365 0.6×	90 0.5×	40 0.5×	14	980
Johannes Then Germany	9	1.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.5×	546 0.9×	183 1.1×	46 0.6×	9	1.3k
Katrin Julia Greimel Austria	10	860 0.8×	834 1.2×	323 0.6×	193 1.2×	48 0.7×	13	1.1k
José-Edmundo Nava-Saucedo France	7	644 0.6×	640 0.9×	274 0.5×	173 1.1×	47 0.6×	8	1.2k
M. Nisha India	14	637 0.6×	461 0.7×	319 0.6×	172 1.0×	49 0.7×	19	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zahra Montazer

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Nisha, M., Zahra Montazer, Parveen Sharma, & David B. Levin. (2020). Microbial and Enzymatic Degradation of Synthetic Plastics. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 580709–580709. 672 indexed citations breakdown →

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Montazer, Zahra, M B Habibi Najafi, & David B. Levin. (2020). Challenges with Verifying Microbial Degradation of Polyethylene. Polymers. 12(1). 123–123. 259 indexed citations

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Montazer, Zahra, M B Habibi Najafi, & David B. Levin. (2020). In vitro degradation of low-density polyethylene by new bacteria from larvae of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 67(3). 249–258. 35 indexed citations

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Montazer, Zahra, et al.. (2018). Microbial Degradation of UV-Pretreated Low-Density Polyethylene Films by Novel Polyethylene-Degrading Bacteria Isolated from Plastic-Dump Soil. Journal of Polymers and the Environment. 26(9). 3613–3625. 138 indexed citations

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Montazer, Zahra, M B Habibi Najafi, & David B. Levin. (2018). Microbial degradation of low-density polyethylene and synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoate polymers. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 65(3). 224–234. 114 indexed citations

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Montazer, Zahra & Mehrdad Niakousari. (2013). EVALUATION OF COLOR CHANGE OF SOUR ORANGE JUICE (FROM DIFFERENT STAGES OF PROCESSING LINE) DURING STORAGE. 9(37). 109–121. 1 indexed citations

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