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D-Index
51
Citations
9342
World Ranking
13945
National Ranking
22

Afzal Shah publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Afzal Shah sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 297 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Afzal Shah D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Afzal Shah sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Afzal Shah is affiliated with Quaid-i-Azam University in Pakistan and has a significant research presence in engineering and chemistry. Their work primarily focuses on the intersections of electrochemical analysis, sensor technologies, and materials science.

The main fields of study covered by their publications are:

  • Engineering
  • Chemistry

Within these fields, Shah's research spans several subfields, including:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Electrochemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

The primary topics of their research include:

  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques

Afzal Shah's frequent coauthors include:

  • Jan Nisar
  • Muhammad Naeem Ashiq
  • Faiza Jan Iftikhar
  • Iltaf Shah
  • Abdul Haleem

Publications by Shah are often found in venues such as:

  • RSC Advances
  • ACS Omega
  • Nanomaterials
  • Energies
  • Fuel

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Afzal Shah include:

  • "Nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery," Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 2021
  • "A Novel Electrochemical Nanosensor for the Simultaneous Sensing of Two Toxic Food Dyes," ACS Omega, 2020

Best Publications

  • Polymeric micelles as drug delivery vehicles

    Zaheer Ahmad;Afzal Shah;Afzal Shah;Muhammad Siddiq;Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz

  • Enhanced biodiesel production from Jatropha oil using calcined waste animal bones as catalyst

    Jan Nisar;Rameez Razaq;Muhammad Farooq;Munawar Iqbal;Munawar Iqbal

  • Metal nanoparticles fabricated by green chemistry using natural extracts: biosynthesis, mechanisms, and applications

    Hesham R. El-Seedi;Rehan M. El-Shabasy;Rehan M. El-Shabasy;Shaden A. M. Khalifa;Shaden A. M. Khalifa;Aamer Saeed

  • Nanomedicine: An effective tool in cancer therapy

    Saima Aftab;Afzal Shah;Afzal Shah;Akhtar Nadhman;Sevinc Kurbanoglu

  • Micelles as Soil and Water Decontamination Agents.

    Afzal Shah;Suniya Shahzad;Azeema Munir;Mallikarjuna N. Nadagouda

  • Simpler spectrophotometric assay of paracetamol in tablets and urine samples

    Sirajuddin;Abdul Rauf Khaskheli;Afzal Shah;Muhammad Iqbal Bhanger

  • Comparative Study of Heavy Metals in Soil and Selected Medicinal Plants

    Afzal Shah;Abdul Niaz;Nazeef Ullah;Ali Rehman

  • Synthesis, characterization, biological screenings and interaction with calf thymus DNA as well as electrochemical studies of adducts formed by azomethine [2-((3,5-dimethylphenylimino)methyl)phenol] and organotin(IV) chlorides

    Muhammad Sirajuddin;Saqib Ali;Ali Haider;Naseer Ali Shah

  • Chemistry of DNA minor groove binding agents.

    Gul Shahzada Khan;Afzal Shah;Zia-ur-Rehman;David Barker

  • Synthesis of air stable copper nanoparticles and their use in catalysis

    Razium Ali Soomro;Syed Tufail Hussain Sherazi Sirajuddin;Najma Memon;Mohammad Raza Shah

  • Electron transfer in peptides

    Afzal Shah;Afzal Shah;Bimalendu Adhikari;Sanela Martic;Azeema Munir

  • Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) combined with nanomaterials as electrochemical sensing applications for environmental pollutants

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  • Broccoli-like porous carbon nitride from ZIF-8 and melamine for high performance supercapacitors

    Chenglong Cai;Yongjin Zou;Yongjin Zou;Cuili Xiang;Hailiang Chu

  • Fuel production from waste polystyrene via pyrolysis: Kinetics and products distribution.

    Jan Nisar;Ghulam Ali;Afzal Shah;Munawar Iqbal

  • Stimuli-responsive peptide-based biomaterials as drug delivery systems

    Afzal Shah;Maria Saleem Malik;Gul Shahzada Khan;Erum Nosheen

  • Diorganotin(IV) derivatives of ONO tridentate Schiff base: Synthesis, crystal structure, in vitro antimicrobial, anti-leishmanial and DNA binding studies

    Shaukat Shujha;Afzal Shah;[No Value] Zia-ur-Rehman;Niaz Muhammad

  • Zinc-telluride nanospheres as an efficient water oxidation electrocatalyst displaying a low overpotential for oxygen evolution

    Maira Sadaqat;Laraib Nisar;Noor-Ul-Ain Babar;Fayyaz Hussain

  • Anticancer activity of organotin(IV) carboxylates

    Muhammad Kashif Amir;Shahanzeb Khan;Shahanzeb Khan;Zia-ur-Rehman;Afzal Shah

  • Redox behavior of anticancer chalcone on a glassy carbon electrode and evaluation of its interaction parameters with DNA.

    Afzal Shah;Asad M. Khan;Rumana Qureshi;Farzana L. Ansari

  • Voltammetric and spectroscopic investigations of 4-nitrophenylferrocene interacting with DNA.

    Afzal Shah;Muhammad Zaheer;Rumana Qureshi;Zareen Akhter

  • Highly Efficient Visible Light Active Doped ZnO Photocatalysts for the Treatment of Wastewater Contaminated with Dyes and Pathogens of Emerging Concern

    Unknown

  • Comprehensive assessment of carbon-, biomaterial- and inorganic-based adsorbents for the removal of the most hazardous heavy metal ions from wastewater

    Unknown

  • Self-assembly of guanosine and deoxy-guanosine into hydrogels: monovalent cation guided modulation of gelation, morphology and self-healing properties.

    Bimalendu Adhikari;Afzal Shah;Afzal Shah;Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz

  • Visible light driven doped CeO2 for the treatment of pharmaceuticals in wastewater: A review

    Unknown

  • A Novel Electrochemical Nanosensor for the Simultaneous Sensing of Two Toxic Food Dyes

    Afzal Shah;Afzal Shah

Frequent Co-Authors

Amin Badshah
Amin Badshah Quaid-i-Azam University
Muhammad Naeem Ashiq
Muhammad Naeem Ashiq Bahauddin Zakariya University
Hidayat Hussain
Hidayat Hussain Leibniz Association
Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz
Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz University of Toronto
Munawar Iqbal
Munawar Iqbal University of Tabuk
Sibel A. Ozkan
Sibel A. Ozkan Ankara University
Sher Bahadar Khan
Sher Bahadar Khan King Abdulaziz University
Auke Meetsma
Auke Meetsma University of Groningen
Dionysios D. Dionysiou
Dionysios D. Dionysiou University of Cincinnati
Zahoor H. Farooqi
Zahoor H. Farooqi University of the Punjab

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