PUBLICATIONS OVERVIEW
Introduction
NUST researchers actively contribute to the publication of their research work in various forms including journal papers / articles, conference papers, monographs, book chapters, and books. These scholarly publications appear in the volumes of reputed publishers worldwide and in collaboration with national and international experts as well as industry professionals.
The overall output, quality, and citations of NUST publications has progressively grown which has led to greater impact, visibility, and also contributed in rankings. In 2019, there were over 1600 publications of which over 1200 were journal publications and around 1000 were ‘impact factor’ journal publications. The average ‘impact factor’ of NUST publications have also grown year-on-year for the last several years indicating the success of NUST faculty and students to have their research works featured in venues of greater citations / visibility.
Conference & Journal Papers (2001-2023)
Journal Papers (2001-2023)
Joint Research Publications with Collaborating Countries
Top Publications Perfomers
Top Highly Cited NUST Publication - Scopus (2024)
| S.No | Title of Paper | Publication Year | Name of Faculty Member | Institution | Citation |
|
1 |
Boundary-layer flow of a nanofluid past a stretching sheet |
2010 |
Dr. Waqar Ahmad Khan |
PNEC |
1972 |
|
2 |
ICDAR 2015 competition on Robust Reading |
2015 |
Dr. Faisal Shafait |
SEECS |
1254 |
|
3 |
Action MACH: A spatio-temporal maximum average correlation height filter for action recognition |
2008 |
Dr. Javed Ahmed |
MCS |
1035 |
|
4 |
Bacterial biofilm and associated infections |
2018 |
Dr. Saadia Andleeb |
ASAB |
1020 |
|
5 |
Recent developments in phase change materials for energy storage applications: A review |
2019 |
Dr. Mariah Batool |
USPCAS-E |
981 |
|
6 |
Strategies of making TiO2 and ZnO visible light active |
2009 |
Dr. Shama Rehman |
SEECS |
794 |
|
7 |
Effect of thermal radiation on magnetohydrodynamics nanofluid flow and heat transfer by means of two phase model |
2015 |
Dr. Muhammad Javed Younus |
CEME |
772 |
|
8 |
Internet of things (IoT) for next-generation smart systems: A review of current challenges, future trends and prospects for emerging 5G-IoT Scenarios |
2020 |
Dr. Muhammad Mustaqim |
PNEC |
759 |
|
9 |
Photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes with manganese-doped ZnO nanoparticles |
2008 |
Dr. Ruh Ullah |
SEECS |
756 |
|
10 |
Zinc and iron oxide nanoparticles improved the plant growth and reduced the oxidative stress and cadmium concentration in wheat | 2019 | Dr. Muhammad Arshad | IESE-SCEE | 583 |
Top H-Index Scopus (2024)
| S.No | Name of Faculty Member | Institution | H-Index | No. of Documents |
| 1 | Dr. Muhammad Imran | 65 | 367 | |
| 2 | Dr. Noreen Sher Akbar | CEME | 57 | 342 |
| 3 | Dr. Rizwan Ul Haq | SNS | 56 | 163 |
| 4 | Dr. Muhammad Imran | 51 | 393 | |
| 5 | Dr. Mubashir Jamil | SNS | 50 | 188 |
| 6 | Dr. Meraj Mustafa Hashmi | SNS | 47 | 174 |
| 7 | Dr. Muhammad Usman Akram | CEME | 45 | 503 |
| 8 | Dr. Salman Raza Naqvi | SCME | 44 | 194 |
| 9 | Dr. Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah | SNS | 44 | 135 |
| 10 | Dr. Faisal Shafait | SEECS | 43 | 221 |