Research Papers (Internationational)
2023 - 2024

Tahir, M., Hanif, M., Khan, S., Radwan, A. E., & Ullah, S. (2024). Shale gas potential evaluation based on well-logs and basin modeling of the Cretaceous-Paleocene succession of the Kohat Plateau, Pakistan: implication for shale gas exploration. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 10(1), 126.

Khan, S., Ullah, S., Nisar, U. B., Ahmed, W., Mughal, M. R., Nawaz, S., & Rehman, N. U. (2024). Modeled and empirical approaches to evaluate rock petrophysics parameters: a case study of Dhodak Gas Field, Pakistan. Nafta-Gaz, 80.

Ullah, S., Rehman, N. U., Asif, A. R., Ullah, R., Ali, L., Rizwan, M., ... & Rehman, T. U. (2024). Engineering properties assessment and aggregate suitability of the jurassic and eocene limestone: a case study from the Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan. Carbonates and Evaporites, 39(4), 109.

Ullah, S., Sajid, M., Latif, K., Asif, A. R., Rizwan, M., Mussawar, U., & Ullah, S. (2025). Investigation of depositional fabric and its impact on the geomechanical behavior of limestones. Carbonates and Evaporites, 40(1), 1-21.

Rehman, N. U., Khan, M. A., Ullah, S., Siab, A., Islam, F., Elbeltagi, A., & Salem, A. (2025). Assessment of water quality and health hazards using water quality index and human health risk evaluation in district Talagang Pakistan. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 5191.

Ullah, Z., Khan, A., Li, H., Whattam, S.A., Tahir Shah, M., Ali, L., Faisal, S., Zafar, T., Farhan, M., Ullah, S. and Tanvir Shah, S., 2025. Petrological and Re-Os isotopic constraints on the origin of chromitites and peridotites of the late cretaceous Waziristan ophiolite, western Pakistan: implications for subduction initiation. International Geology Review, pp.1-30.

Rashid, Abdur, Muhammad Ayub, Jochen Bundschuh, Xubo Gao, Zahid Ullah, Liaqat Ali, Chengcheng Li et al. "Geochemical control, water quality indexing, source distribution, and potential health risk of fluoride and arsenic in groundwater: Occurrence, sources apportionment, and positive matrix factorization model." Journal of Hazardous Materials 460 (2023): 132443.

Rashid, A., Ayub, M., Gao, X., Khattak, S. A., Ali, Liaqat., Li, C., et al. Hydrogeochemical characteristics, stable isotopes, positive matrix factorization, source apportionment, and health risk of high fluoride groundwater in semiarid region, Journal of Hazardous Materials 2024 Vol. 469 Pages 134023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134023. W category with (IF: 12.2)

Jehan, S., Khattak, S.A., Waqas, M. Ali, Liaqat et al. Evaluation Health Risks and Sorption of Hexavalent Chromium (Cr (VI) by Biochar and Iron Doped Zinc Oxide Modified Biochar (Fe-ZnO@BC) Using Trifolium: A Green Synthesis Technique, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 2024 Vol. 112 Issue 4 Pages 54 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-024-03880-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-024-03880-3 W category with (IF: 3.4)

Ahmad, N., M. Shafique, M. L. Hussain, F. Islam, A. Tariq and W. Soufan (2024). "Characterization and Geomorphic Change Detection of Landslides Using UAV Multi- Temporal Imagery in the Himalayas, Pakistan." Land 13(7).

Ali, M. Z., Chen, K., Shafique. M., Adnan. M., Zheng. Z., Zhang. W., & Qing. Z. (2024). High-Resolution Landslide Mapping and Susceptibility Assessment: Landslide Temporal Variations and Vegetation Recovery. Advances in Space Research.

Ahmed, T., K. Rehman, M. Shafique and W. Ali . "Local-scale integrated seismic risk assessment using satellite data and field information in Northern Pakistan." Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment.

Zhang, Y., Cen, W., Huang, W., Chai K., Huang, Z., Latif, K., Cui, X. 2024. Sequence stratigraphic analysis and distribution features of Lower Carboniferous organic-rich shales in northern Guangxi. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 162, Article # 106727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.106727. (Published: 24 January 2024) Category W (Impact Factor 4.2)

Tanveer Ahmed, Khaista Rehman, Muhammad Shafique, Nisar Ali Shah, Muhammad Waqar Azeem, 2024. Proxy‑based Vs30 modelling of the Muzaffarabad, northern Pakistan, Environmental Earth Sciences (Category W, IF: 2.8); https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-024-11502-8

Tanveer Ahmed, Khaista Rehman, Muhammad Shafique, Wajid Ali, Nisar Ali Shah, 2024. Local‑scale integrated seismic risk assessment using satellite data and field information in Northern Pakistan, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (Category W, IF: 4.2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-024-02661-y

Asif, Abdul Rahim, Muhammad Sajid, Waqas Ahmed, and Abid Nawaz. "Weathering effects on granitic rocks in North Pakistan: petrographic insights, strength classifications, and construction suitability." Environmental Earth Sciences 83, no. 11 (2024): 351. (W)

Khan Jehanzeb, Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Waseem, Syed Tanvir Shah, Sarfraz Khan, Qasim ur Rehman, Ihtisham Islam, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, and George Kontakiotis. "Deterministic seismic hazard assessment of a long mountainous road tunnel: a case study of Lowari Tunnel, Pakistan." Environmental Earth Sciences 83, no. 10 (2024): 303. (W)

Islam, Ihtisham, Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Rizwan, Sami Ullah, Azmat Ullah Orakzai, and Petros Petrounias. "Investigating the role of geochemistry and geotechnical properties in landslide characterization and triggering mechanisms: A case study from Dir Upper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan." Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 135 (2024): 103636. (W)

Nouman, M., Hanif, M., Ullah, S., and Shafiq, M. 2024. Evaluating ASTER data and field spectrometry for lithological discrimation in semi-arid region, Northeast Kohat Plateau, Pakistan. Environmental Earth Sciences 83, 254. (HJRS W category)

Din, I.U., Muhammad, S*., Faisal, S., Rehman, I., Ali, W., 2024. Heavy metal(loid)s contamination and ecotoxicological hazards in coal, dust, and soil adjacent to coal mining operations, Northwest Pakistan. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Netherlands. 256, 107332. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2023.107332. IF 3.9.

Din, I.U., Ali, W., Muhammad, S*., Shaik, M.R., Shaik, B., Rehman, I., Tokatli, C., 2024. Spatial distribution and potential health risk assessment for fluoride and nitrate via water consumption in Pakistan. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Netherlands. 259, 107413. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2024.107413. IF 3.9.

Ullah, R., Muhammad, S*., Ali, W., Amin, S., Khan, S., Rasool, A., Hesham, A. E-L., Umar, M., Ahmad, A., Ali, S., Iqbal, S., 2024. Evaluation of irrigation, drinking, and risk indices for water quality parameters of alpine lakes, Northern Pakistan. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Netherlands. 46:175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653- 024-01950-3. IF 4.90.

Muhammad, S*., Zeb, A., Shaik, M.R., Assel, M.E., 2024. Spatial distribution of drinking, irrigation water quality, and health risk indices of high-altitude lakes. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, :103665. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2024.103655. IF 3.7.

Umair Bin Nisar, Muhammad Rizwan Mughal, Amir Shahzad, Gulraiz Akhter, Sarfraz Khan, Ali Wahid & Siddique Akhtar Ehsan. Evaluating the paleo-depositional environment of productive reservoir sand of Lower Goru Formation: an integrated stratigraphic and diagenetic study. Environ Earth Sci 83, 5 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-11309-z (W)\

Tariq, M., Mehmood, A., Abbas, Y., Rukh, S., Shah, F. A., Hassan, A., Gurmani, A.R., Ahmed, Z and Yun, S. (2024). Digestate quality and biogas enhancement with laterite mineral and biochar: Performance and mechanism in anaerobic digestion. Renew. Energy, 220, 119703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.119703 (IF 8.7)

Ullah, R., Muhammad, S., Ali, W., Amin, S., Khan, S., Rasool, A., ... & Ahmad, A. (2024). Evaluation of irrigation, drinking, and risk indices for water quality parameters of alpine lakes. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 46(5), 175. (IF 3.2)

Ahmed, T., Rehman, K., Shafique, M. et al. Proxy-based Vs30 modelling of the Muzaffarabad, northern Pakistan. Environ Earth Sci 83, 188 (2024). (IF 2.8) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-024-11502-8

ur Rehman, N., Ali, W., Muhammad, S., & Tepe, Y. (2024). Evaluation of drinking and irrigation water quality, and potential risks indices in the Dera Ismail Khan district, Pakistan. Kuwait Journal of Science, 51(1), 100150. (IF 1.2)

Ahmad, M. S., Lisa, M., & Khan, S. (2024). Assessment and mapping of landslides in steep mountainous terrain using PS-InSAR: A case study of Karimabad Valley in Chitral. Kuwait Journal of Science, 51(1), 100137. (Category W, IF 0.948)

Gul, R., Khan, S., Baig, S. U., & Bibi, S. (2024). Spatio-temporal Change in the Glaciers of Astore Basin (North-Western Himalaya), between 2016 and 2021 using Sentinel-2 Satellite Data. Journal of Geological Society of India, 100(6), 873–886. https://doi.org/10.17491/jgsi/2024/173918 (Category W, IF 1.3)

Khattak, S. A., Hanif, M., Ahmad, S., Islam, I., Kontakiotis, G., Besiou, E. and Antonarakou, A. 2024. Sedimentalogy and reservoir characterization of Upper Cretaceous Kawagarh Formation, Upper Indus Basin, Lesser Himalayas, Pakistan: inferences from petrography, SEM-EDS and petrophysics. Carbonates and Evaporites 39, 72. (HJRS X category)

Khan Tariq, Wahid Sohail, Rahman Zahid & Ali Turab, Syed., Development of stress-induced fracture patterns and accessing reservoir potential of the exposed formations of Panoba Anticline. March 2024 Carbonates and Evaporites 39(2), DOI: 10.1007/s13146-024-00964-3 (X)

Sarwar, A., Ali, M., Israr, M., Gulzar, S., Khan, M. I., Ali, M. A. S., Majid, A., Rukh, S., (2024): Mapping Annual Soil Loss in the Southeast of Peshawar Basin, Pakistan, using RUSLE Model with Geospatial Approach. Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes (in Press) DOI: 10.1080/24749508.2024.2373493 (HEC X-category)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24749508.2023.2256550 (HEC X-category). Satti, S. Z., Siddiqui, S., Shahzad, A., & Shah, W. (2024). Accelerated anti-oxidant enzymes and phytochemical potential of Taxus wallichiana (Himalayan yew) under moist temperate forest of Himalayan, Pakistan. Journal of Water and Climate Change, 15(2), 669-685

Raza, Mohsin, Waqas Ahmed, Sufyan Qazi, Shahid Azam, and Muhammad Sajid. "Characterization of Buner marble from Pakistan for construction purposes." International Journal of Mining and Geo-Engineering (2024). (Y)

Khan, Jehanzeb, Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Waseem, Wajid Ali, Inayat ur Rehman, Ihtisham Islam, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, George Kontakiotis, George D. Bathrellos, and Hariklia D. Skilodimou. "Lowari Tunnel Water Quality Evaluation: Implications for Tunnel Support, Potable Water Supply, and Irrigation in Northwestern Himalayas, Pakistan." Applied Sciences 13, no. 15 (2023): 8895. (Y).

 

Sajid, Muhammad, Liaqat Ali, Muhammad Younis Khan, Majid Khan, and SM Talha Qadri. "Integrated Geophysical and Geochemical Analyses for Assessment of Potential Coal Prospects in Tirah Area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan." Energies 16, no. 18 (2023): 6541

Ali, Neelum, Kalsoom, Sardar Khan, Gang Li, Muhammad Ali, Shahla Nazneen, Liaqat Ali, Yaying Li, Samiullah, and Ihsanullah. "Exposure to multiple pesticides in drinking water and potential health risks: a case study of selected districts from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan." Environmental Earth Sciences 82, no. 20 (2023): 460

Rehman, K., W. Ali, M. Shafique, A. Ali, A. Barkat, W. Ahmed and M. W. Azeem (2023). "Variations of b-value and the ω-upper bound magnitude of GIII distribution of the Pamir–Hindu Kush region." Arabian Journal of Geosciences 16(11): 615.

Shah, N. A., M. Shafique, M. Ishfaq, K. Faisal and M. Van der Meijde (2023). "Integrated Approach for Landslide Risk Assessment Using Geoinformation Tools and Field Data in Hindukush Mountain Ranges, Northern Pakistan." Sustainability 15(4): 3102.

Bibi, S., M. Shafique, N. Ali, S. Nazneen, L. Ali, S. U. Baig and R. Gul (2023). "Estimation of glacier mass balance using remote sensing and GIS technology in the Hindu Kush region of northern Pakistan." Earth Science Informatics 16(1): 193-203.

Li, L., Xiao, E., Wei, X., Qiu, N., Latif, K., Guo J., Sun, B. 2023. Crustal Imaging across the Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica from 2D Gravity and Magnetic Inversions. Remote Sensing, 15, Article # 5523. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14030496. (Published: 27 November 2023). Category W (Impact Factor 4.2)

Mei, MX, Riaz, M., Latif, K., Ziliang, L., Ahmed, M.S., Fathy, D. 2023. Biohermal complex dominated by microbial carbonates from the early Miaolingian (lower Cambrian) Maozhuang Formation, North China. Facies, 69,17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-023-00673-8. (Published: 14 September 2023) Category W (Impact Factor 1.8)

Zhang, Y., Cen, W., Huang, W., Latif, K., Wang, L. 2023. Sequence stratigraphic analysis of Devonian organic-rich shales in northern Guangxi. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 156, Article # 106450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106450. (Published: 8 August 2023) Category W (Impact Factor 4.2)

Zahid Rahman and Khaista Rehman, 2023, Seismic b value analysis of north Pakistan: an appraisal, Environmental Earth Sciences (Category W, IF: 2.8), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-11306-2

Rehman, Qasim Ur, Muhammad Waseem, Waqas Ahmed, Ihtisham Islam, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, and George Kontakiotis. "Ground motion hazard of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) routes in Pakistan." Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 10, no. 1 (2023): 27. (W)

Rashid, Mehboob ur, Waqas Ahmed, Ihtisham Islam, Petros Petrounias, Panagiota P. Giannakopoulou, and Nikolaos Koukouzas. "Impact of Climate change on the stability of the Miacher Slope, Upper Hunza, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan." Climate 11, no. 5 (2023):102. (W)

Shahzad, A., Khan, J., Hanif, M., Baumgartner-Mora, C., Sarfraz, Y., Ahmed, K. S., Riaz, M. T., Baumgartner, P. O., ul Hassan Munir, M., & Wazir, A. 2023. Eocene nannofossils and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Kuldana Formation in Yadgar area, Muzaffarabad, northern Pakistan. Palaeoworld. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2023.01.003 (HJRS W category)

Rahman, M. U., Jiang, T. Sarim, M., Hanif, M. Barrows, T.T., Yipan Hu, Y. 2023. Late Pleistocene chronostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of Mentelle Basin and its implications for global correlation, Marine Geology, 457. (HJRS W category)

Rauf, Z., Zarif, N., Khan, A., Siddiqui, S., Fatima, S., Iqbal, W., ... & Rauf, M. T. (2023). The Western Himalayan fir tree ring record of soil moisture in Pakistan since 1855. International Journal of Biometeorology, 67(9), 1477-1492.

Niaz, Abrar, Umair Bin Nisar, Sarfraz Khan, Rashida Faiz, Asim Javed, Jawad Niaz, Muhammad Aaqib, Mohsin Raza, and Bikram Bhusal. 2023. “Flood Modelling and Its Impacts on Groundwater Vulnerability in Sub-Himalayan Region of Pakistan: Integration between HEC-RAS and Geophysical Techniques.” Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk 14 (1). doi:10.1080/19475705.2023.2257360 (w)

Nawaz, Muhammad, Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Yasir, Ihtisham Islam, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, George Kontakiotis, Assimina Antonarakou, and Christina Stouraiti. "Petrographic and Geotechnical Features of Dir Volcanics as Dimension Stone, Upper Dir, North Pakistan." Geosciences 13, no. 8 (2023): 224.

Syed Samran Ali, Abdul Rahim Asif, Waqas Ahmed, Ihtisham Islam, Muhammad Waseem, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, and George Kontakiotis. "Determination of Dynamic Properties of Fine-Grained Soils at High Cyclic Strains." Geosciences 13, no. 7 (2023): 204.

Ali, W., & Muhammad, S. (2023). Compositional data analysis of heavy metal contamination and eco-environmental risks in Himalayan agricultural soils, northern Pakistan. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 255, 107323. (IF 3.9).

Ullah, A., Ali, W., Muhammad, S., Ijaz, J., Amir, F., & Iqbal, S. (2023). Comprehensive evaluation of hydro-chemical processes, suitability, health risks, and sources of groundwater contamination using compositional data analysis, Nizampur basin, Pakistan. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 23, 101021. (IF 5.9)

Khan, J., Ahmed, W., Waseem, M., Ali, W., Rehman, I. U., Islam, I., ... & Skilodimou,

H. D. (2023). Lowari Tunnel Water Quality Evaluation: Implications for Tunnel Support, Potable Water Supply, and Irrigation in Northwestern Himalayas, Pakistan. Applied Sciences, 13(15), 8895. (IF 2.5)

Khan, A., Ali, M., Khan, S., Ullah, Z., Faisal, S., Ahmad, L., (2023): An integrated approach for rapid exploration of carbonatites and related mineral resources. Resource Geology, 2023;73:e12321, DOI: 10.1111/rge.12321.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/rge.12321 (HEC X-category)

Suliman, M., Ali, M., Faisal, S., (2023): Lithological mapping of northern Kohat Plateau’s limestone outcrops using integrated remote sensing and reflectance spectroscopy techniques. Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, DOI: 10.1080/24749508.2023.2256550.

Ijaz, J., Ali, W., Muhammad, S., Ullah, H., Ather, D., & Ud Din, I. (2023). Annual effective dose estimation of radon in drinking water sources of Nizampur basin, North Western Pakistan. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 59(4-6), 539-553. (IF 1.81)

Ullah, H., Ali, W., Muhammad, S., Ather, D., Ijaz, J., ur Rehman, I., & Ud Din, I. (2023). Heavy Metal (Loid) s Contamination of Groundwater in Khyber District, Pakistan: Spatial Dependence, Source Apportionment, and Human Exposure. Environmental Forensics, 1-15. (IF 2.0)

Shah, N. A., M. Shafique, M. Ishfaq, K. Faisal and M. Van der Meijde (2023). "Integrated Approach for Landslide Risk Assessment Using Geoinformation Tools and Field Data in Hindukush Mountain Ranges, Northern Pakistan." Sustainability 15(4): 3102. W

Qadri, S.M.T.; Mirza, M.Q.; Raja, A.; Yaghmaei-Sabegh, S.; Hakimi, M.H.; Ali, S.H.; Khan, M.Y. Application of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment to Understand the Earthquake Hazard in Attock City, Pakistan: A Step towards Linking Hazards and Sustainability. Sustainability 2023, 15, 1023. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021023 W

Muhammad, S*., Evaluation of heavy metals in water and sediments, pollution, and risk indices of Naltar Lakes, Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Germany. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24160-9. Accepted (W category, IF 5.19.)

Riaz, M., Jafarian, A., Koeshidayatullah, A., Frontalini, F., Jiang, L., Latif, K., Zafar, T. 2023. Tracking depositional and geochemical variations in the Cambrian North China Platform: Insights from sedimentology, geochemistry, and C-O isotopic records. Sedimentary Geology,  443, 106301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2022.106301. (Published: 25 November 2022) (Category W, IF 2.665).

Muhammad Bilal Adeel, Zubair Ahmed Nizamani, Muhammad Aaqib, Sarfraz Khan, Jawad Ur Rehman, Bikram Bhusal & Duhee Park (2023) Estimation of VS30 using shallow depth time-averaged shear wave velocity of Rawalpindi–Islamabad, Pakistan, Geomatics,Natural Hazards and Risk, 14:1,1-21,DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2022.2161953 (W category, IF 4.14)

 Khan, M.Y., Saralioglu, E., Turab, S.A., Muhammad, S., 2023. Tracking surface and subsurface deformation associated with groundwater dynamics following the 2019 Mirpur earthquake. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 14 (1), 2195966. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2023.2195966. (impact factor = 3.922)

Turab, S.A., Stüwe, K., Stuart, F.M., Cogne, N., Chew, D., Robl, J., 2023. A two phase Escarpment Evolution of the Red S 1 ea Margin of Southwestern Saudi Arabia. Insights from Low-Temperature Apatite Thermochronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 603, 117990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.117990. (impact factor = 5.785)

Saba, S.B., Ali, M., Turab, S.A., Waseem, M., Faisal, S. Comparison of pixel, sub- pixel and object-based image analysis techniques for co-seismic landslides detection in seismically active area in Lesser Himalaya, Pakistan. Natural Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05642-y. (impact factor = 3.158)

Riaz, M., Banerjee, S., Latif, K., Liu, Z., Ahmed M.S., Fathy, D. 2023. Understanding the origin of ancient carbonate ooids: recent findings. International Geology Review, (Article ID: 2220390). https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2023.2220390. W

Wang, H., Xiao, E., Latif, K. 2023. A Case Study on the Co-Occurrence of Oncoids and Ooids in the Cambrian Miaolingian Series, North China Platform. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-022-07589-5. (Published: 04 January 2023) Category W

Asad Kamran, Liaqat Ali, Waqas Ahmed, Sobia Zoreen, Shah Jehan, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, Charalampos Vasilatos and George Kontakiotis. Aggregate Evaluation and Geochemical Investigation of Limestone for Construction Industries in Pakistan: An Approach for Sustainable Economic Development. Sustainability. (Impact factor 3.25) W

Tanveer Ahmed, Khaista Rehman, Muhammad Shafique & Wajid Ali. GIS-based earthquake potential analysis in Northwest Himalayan, Pakistan. Environmental Earth Sciences (W)

Haq, A. U., Muhammad, S*., 2023. Spatial distribution of drinking and irrigation water quality indices of Ghizer River Basin, northern Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Germany. 30, 20020-20030. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022- 23478-8. IF 5.8. W

Ali, W., Muhammad, S*., 2023. Spatial distribution, eco-environmental risks, and source characterization of heavy metals using compositional data analysis in riverine sediments of a Himalayan river, Northern Pakistan. Journal of Soils and Sediments, Germany. 23, 2244–2257. DOI: 10.1007/s11368-023-03484-0. Accepted IF 3.54. W

Muhammad, S*., 2023. Evaluation of heavy metals in water and sediments, pollution, and risk indices of Naltar Lakes, Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Germany. 30:28217–28226. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24160-9. IF 5.9. W

Din, I. U., Muhammad, S*., Faisal, S., Rehman, I., Ali, W., 2023. Heavy metal(loid)s contamination and potential risk assessment via groundwater consumption in the district of Hangu, Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Germany. 30:33808–33818. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24562-9. IF 5.8. W

Ahmad, S. M., Lisa. M., & Khan, S., 2023. Comparative analysis of analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and frequency ratio (FR) models for landslide susceptibility mapping in Reshun, NW Pakistan, Kuwait Journal of Science, Volume 50, Issue 3, Pages 387-398, (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kjs.2023.01.004) (IF. 1.4, W-Category)

Sabba, M., Hanif, M., Mohibullah, M., Ullah, S., Ishaq, M., & Ghani, M. (2023). Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and palaeobiogeography of the Albian– Turonian succession from the Sulaiman Range, Pakistan. Geological Journal, 58(3), 1293-1323.

Ullah, S., Hanif, M., Radwan, A. E., Luo, C., Rehman, N. U., Ahmad, S., ... & Ashraf,

U. (2023). Depositional and diagenetic modeling of the Margala Hill Limestone, Hazara area (Pakistan): Implications for reservoir characterization using outcrop analogues. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 224, 211584.

Rizwan, M., Hanif, M., Ullah, S., & Ishaq, M. (2023). Detailed diagenetic investigation and their impact on the reservoir potential of Upper Cretaceous mixed carbonate-siliciclastic succession, Rakhi Nala Section, Eastern Sulaiman Range, Pakistan. Carbonates and Evaporites, 38(2), 50.

Ahmed Waqas, Niaz Ahmad, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, Ihtisham Islam, Muhammad Sajid, and George Kontakiotis. 2023. "The Evaluation of Non-Destructive Tests for the Strength and Physical Properties of Granite, Marble, and Sandstone: A Case Study from North Pakistan" Quaternary 6, no. 1: 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat6010004 (X)

Amjad, A., Riaz, M. S., Shakir, U., Khan, M. Y., and Shah, M. A. (2023). Evolution of Coulomb failure stress in Sulaiman Lobe, Pakistan, and its implications for seismic hazard assessment. Earth Planet. Phys., 7(2), 282–294. doi: 10.26464/epp2023034

Ullah, U., Hanif, M., Radwan, A.E., Luo, L., Rehman, N.U., Ahmad, S., Latif, K., Ali, N., Thanh, H.V., Asim, M., Ashraf, U. 2023. Depositional and diagenetic modeling of the Margala Hill Limestone, Hazara area (Pakistan): Implications for reservoir characterization using outcrop analogs. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 224, Article # 211584, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2023.211584

Ali, M. A. S., Sarwar, A., Ali, M., Gulzar, S., Majid, A., Khan, M. I., Ahmad, A., Jabir Nazir, J., (2023) Application of Morphometric Ranking Approach using Geospatial Techniques for Flash Flood Susceptibility Modelling in District Shangla, Pakistan. Proceeding of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: Part B (Life and Environmental Sciences), 60(2), 243-255. DOI: https://doi.org/10.53560/PPASB(60-2)830 (X Category)

Khan, M.Y.; Zaina, F.; Muhammad, S.; Tapete, D. Integrating Copernicus Satellite Products and Ground-Truthing for Documenting and Monitoring the Impact of the 2022 Extreme Floods in Pakistan on Cultural Heritage. Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 2518. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15102518 Y

Qadri, S. M. Talha, M. Qasim Mirza, Afia Raja, Saman Yaghmaei-Sabegh, Mohammed Hail Hakimi, Syed Haroon Ali, and Mohammad Younis Khan. 2023. "Application of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment to Understand the Earthquake Hazard in Attock  City,  Pakistan:  A  Step  towards  Linking  Hazards  and Sustainability" Sustainability 15, no. 2: 1023. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021023.