Research

Research metrics: 18 journal publications | Cumulative impact factor: 88.3 | Average impact factor: 6.79 (calculated for 13 journals with an assigned impact factor) | Highest impact factor: 10.6 | Citations: 666 | h-index: 14 | i10-index: 18

Publications

2026

1. Islam, N.*, Barman, P., Roy, K., Dutta, M., Hazarika, A., Sarmah, D., Attry, B., et al. (2026). Chemical composition and toxicological profiles of atmospheric particulate matter: Evidence from in vitro and in vivo preclinical models. Science of the Total Environment, 1020, 181553.

2025

2. Islam, N.*, Bora, D., Bora, M., Sarmah, D., Attry, B., Saha, B., Gupta, T., & Saikia, B. K. (2025). Upcycling ambient particulate matter pollutants into high-performance carbon nanomaterials for electrochemical energy storage and oxygen evolution catalysis. Surfaces and Interfaces, 61, 106116.

2024

3. Qadri, A., Singh, G., Srivastava, V., Rabha, S., Islam, N., & Saikia, B. K. (2024). Deconvoluting the sources of PM₂.₅ at a COALESCE site in the Brahmaputra Valley Region using conventional and dispersion-normalized PMF. Atmospheric Environment, 327, 120501.

4. Islam, N., Roy, K., Barman, P., Rabha, S., Bora, H. K., Khare, P., Konwar, R., & Saikia, B. K. (2024). Chemical and toxicological studies on black crust formed over historical monuments as a probable health hazard. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 464, 132939.

2023

5. Saikia, B. K., Saikia, M., Bhuyan, N., Islam, N., & Hower, J. C. (2023). Geochemical and mineralogical evaluations of coal, shale, and mine-waste overburden from the Makum Coalfield of Northeast India. International Journal of Coal Science & Technology.

6. Islam, N., Bora, M., Saikia, M., Baruah, A., Roy, K., Konwar, R., & Saikia, B. K. (2023). Environmental evaluation of carbon dots and fullerene formations in atmospheric particulate matter (PM₁₀): Observations from their free-radical scavenging and electrochemical studies. Environmental Science: Nano, 10, 311–324.

7. Rabha, S., Islam, N., Saikia, B. K., Singh, G. K., Qadri, A. M., Srivastava, V., & Gupta, T. (2023). Year-long evaluation of aerosol chemistry and meteorological implications of PM₂.₅ in an urban area of the Brahmaputra Valley, India. Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 3(1), 196–206.

8. Vishwakarma, P., Rajeev, P., Rabha, S., Islam, N., Saikia, B. K., & Gupta, T. (2023). Wintertime trends of particulate-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) at a northeastern site in India: Chemical characterization and source identification. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 80(4), 251–269.

2022

9. Qadri, A. M., Singh, G. K., Paul, D., Gupta, T., Rabha, S., Islam, N., & Saikia, B. K. (2022). Variabilities of δ¹³C and carbonaceous components in ambient PM₂.₅ in Northeast India: Insights into sources and atmospheric processes. Environmental Research, 214, 113801.

10. Islam, N., & Saikia, B. K. (2022). An overview of atmospheric carbonaceous particulate matter and its transformation into carbon nanomaterials: A new approach for air-pollution mitigation. Chemosphere, 303, 135027.

2021

11. Islam, N., Rabha, S., Subramanyam, K. S. V., & Saikia, B. K. (2021). Geochemistry and mineralogy of coal-mine overburden (waste): A study toward understanding its environmental implications. Chemosphere, 274, 129736.

12. Saikia, B. K., Hower, J. C., Islam, N., Sharma, A., & Das, P. (2021). Geochemistry and petrology of coal and coal fly ash from a thermal power plant in India. Fuel, 291, 120122.

13. Akinyemi, S. A., Bohórquez, F., Islam, N., Saikia, B. K., Sampaio, C. H., Crissien, T. J., & Silva, L. F. O. (2021). Petrography and geochemistry of exported Colombian coals: Implications from correlation and regression analyses. Energy Geoscience, 2(3), 201–210.

2020

14. Dutta, M., Islam, N., Rabha, S., Narzary, B., Bordoloi, M., Saikia, D., Silva, L. F. O., & Saikia, B. K. (2020). Acid mine drainage in an Indian high-sulfur coal-mining area: Cytotoxicity assay and remediation study. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 389, 121851.

15. Islam, N., Dihingia, A., Khare, P., & Saikia, B. K. (2020). Atmospheric particulate matter in an Indian urban area: Health implications from potentially hazardous elements, cytotoxicity, and genotoxicity studies. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 384, 121472.

16. Islam, N., & Saikia, B. K. (2020). Atmospheric particulate matter and potentially hazardous compounds around residential and roadside soils in an urban area. Chemosphere, 259, 127453.

2019

17. Islam, N., Dihingia, A., Manna, P., Das, T., Kalita, J., Dekaboruah, H. P., & Saikia, B. K. (2019). Environmental and toxicological assessment of nanodiamond-like materials derived from carbonaceous aerosols. Science of the Total Environment, 679, 209–220.

18. Islam, N., Rabha, S., Silva, L. F. O., & Saikia, B. K. (2019). Air quality and PM₁₀-associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons around a railway-traffic area: Statistical and air-mass trajectory approaches. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 41, 2039–2053.

Book Chapter

Islam, N., Borah, P., & Mahanta, M. C. (Year). A comparative study on antidiabetic plants used by the Mishing tribe of Majuli District: Management and drug formulation for the promotion of human health. In [Book title]. Mohan Chandra Mahanta Adhyayan Gobexona Kendra, Cinnamara College. ISBN: 978-93-95124-34-8.

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Research metrics: 18 journal publications | Cumulative impact factor: 88.3 | Average impact factor: 6.79 (calculated for 13 journals with an assigned impact factor) | Highest impact factor: 10.6 | Citations: 666 | h-index: 14 | i10-index: 18
Source: Google Scholar; metrics should include an “as of” date because they change over time.