Agustín Valera-Medina

11.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
209 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Agustín Valera-Medina is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Agustín Valera-Medina has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Computational Mechanics, 132 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and 61 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Agustín Valera-Medina's work include Combustion and flame dynamics (136 papers), Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (132 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (58 papers). Agustín Valera-Medina is often cited by papers focused on Combustion and flame dynamics (136 papers), Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (132 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (58 papers). Agustín Valera-Medina collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Malaysia. Agustín Valera-Medina's co-authors include Hua Xiao, Phil Bowen, William I. F. David, D. Pugh, Syed Mashruk, Philip John Bowen, Richard Marsh, Jon Runyon, Cheng Tung Chong and Anthony Giles and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Agustín Valera-Medina

184 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

Ammonia for power 2016 2026 2019 2022 2018 2021 2016 2021 2017 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Ammonia for power
    2018 1.9k citations Agustín Valera-Medina, Hua Xiao et al. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science profile →
  2. Review on Ammonia as a Potential Fuel: From Synthesis to Economics
    2021 721 citations Agustín Valera-Medina, Syed Mashruk et al. Energy & Fuels profile →
  3. Ammonia–methane combustion in tangential swirl burners for gas turbine power generation
    2016 372 citations Agustín Valera-Medina, D. Pugh et al. profile →
  4. Advancements of combustion technologies in the ammonia-fuelled engines
    2021 367 citations Cheng Tung Chong, Jo-Han Ng et al. profile →
  5. Preliminary study on lean premixed combustion of ammonia-hydrogen for swirling gas turbine combustors
    2017 240 citations Agustín Valera-Medina, D. Pugh et al. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy profile →
  6. Premixed ammonia/hydrogen swirl combustion under rich fuel conditions for gas turbines operation
    2019 239 citations Agustín Valera-Medina, Hua Xiao et al. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy profile →
  7. Evolution of N2O production at lean combustion condition in NH3/H2/air premixed swirling flames
    2022 108 citations Syed Mashruk, Ali Alnasif et al. Combustion and Flame profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Agustín Valera-Medina United Kingdom 40 5.2k 4.4k 3.8k 1.6k 1.4k 209 8.6k
Akihiro Hayakawa Japan 35 6.6k 1.3× 5.7k 1.3× 3.6k 0.9× 737 0.5× 1.9k 1.4× 113 8.5k
Francesco Contino Belgium 35 3.0k 0.6× 2.3k 0.5× 1.6k 0.4× 481 0.3× 928 0.7× 167 5.3k
Shijin Shuai China 50 5.5k 1.1× 2.8k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 392 0.2× 753 0.5× 286 8.0k
E. Ranzi Italy 68 8.2k 1.6× 7.8k 1.8× 3.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 2.0k 1.5× 238 14.4k
Hua Xiao China 22 2.3k 0.4× 1.7k 0.4× 2.1k 0.6× 973 0.6× 625 0.5× 47 4.4k
Tiziano Faravelli Italy 68 9.6k 1.8× 8.8k 2.0× 3.6k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 2.4k 1.8× 313 15.7k
Alessio Frassoldati Italy 55 6.4k 1.2× 6.1k 1.4× 2.0k 0.5× 569 0.4× 1.5k 1.1× 207 10.5k
Phil Bowen United Kingdom 20 2.3k 0.4× 2.2k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 723 0.5× 870 0.6× 69 4.0k
Alberto Cuoci Italy 46 5.0k 1.0× 5.1k 1.2× 1.5k 0.4× 545 0.3× 1.2k 0.9× 173 8.2k
Mingfa Yao China 57 10.5k 2.0× 6.0k 1.4× 3.5k 0.9× 543 0.3× 1.5k 1.1× 367 12.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lamioni, Rachele, et al.. (2026). Combustion Characteristics and Emissions of 99% Cracked Ammonia Blends in a Gas Turbine Representative Swirl. Energy & Fuels. 40(7). 3806–3816.
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Bhaduri, Debajyoti, et al.. (2025). A proposed method for enhancing the thermal characteristics of bio-inspired microtextured surfaces for energy sector applications. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.
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Alnajideen, Mohammad, et al.. (2025). Economic Feasibility of Using Municipal Solid Waste and Date Palm Waste for Clean Energy Production in Qatar. Energies. 18(4). 988–988. 1 indexed citations
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Shahsavari, Mohammad, Nilanjan Chakraborty, Alexander A. Konnov, et al.. (2025). A comparative analysis of plasma and hydrogen effects on premixed ammonia combustion. Combustion and Flame. 279. 114300–114300.
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Zhang, Junqing, Jun Li, Xing Li, et al.. (2025). Experimental and numerical study on the laminar burning velocities of n-dodecane/ammonia/air mixtures. Energy. 326. 136303–136303.
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Shi, Hao, Syed Mashruk, Mohammad Alnajideen, et al.. (2025). Modeling and optimization of ammonia/hydrogen/air premixed swirling flames for NOx emission control: A hybrid machine learning strategy. Energy. 330. 136735–136735. 2 indexed citations
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Meloni, Roberto, et al.. (2024). Numerical investigation of the NOX emissions of a perfectly premixed NH3-H2 flame at moderate pressure levels. Fuel. 385. 134128–134128. 5 indexed citations
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Göktepe, Burak, et al.. (2024). Large Eddy Simulations for the Prediction of Fuel-Bound NOx Emissions: Application to NH3 and NH3-CH4 Blends at Different Operating Conditions. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 3 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xuren, J. Davies, Domenico Borello, et al.. (2024). Assessing the potential of a chemiluminescence and machine learning-based method for the sensing of premixed ammonia–hydrogen–air turbulent flames. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 100. 945–954. 5 indexed citations
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Davies, J., et al.. (2024). Experimental and Numerical Investigation of NH3/H2/N2 Combustion in a Premixed/Stratified Swirl Burner. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Siqi, et al.. (2024). Revealing the NO Formation Kinetics for NH3/CH4 Blends Under Dual-Flame and Premixed Swirl Flame Configurations. Energies. 17(23). 6090–6090. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Chunkan, Sven Eckart, D. Markus, et al.. (2023). Investigation of spark ignition processes of laminar strained premixed stoichiometric NH3-H2-air flames. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. 83. 105043–105043. 12 indexed citations
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Shahsavari, Mohammad, Alexander A. Konnov, Xue‐Song Bai, et al.. (2023). Synergistic effects of nanosecond plasma discharge and hydrogen on ammonia combustion. Fuel. 348. 128475–128475. 27 indexed citations
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Göktepe, Burak, Rachele Lamioni, Chiara Galletti, et al.. (2023). Modelling Ammonia-Hydrogen-Air Combustion and Emission Characteristics of a Generic Swirl Burner. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University).
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Andreini, Antonio, et al.. (2023). Numerical Modelling of Swirl Stabilised Lean-Premixed H2-CH4 Flames With the Artificially Thickened Flame Model. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 2 indexed citations
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Vigueras-Zúñiga, Marco Osvaldo, et al.. (2020). Numerical Predictions of a Swirl Combustor Using Complex Chemistry Fueled with Ammonia/Hydrogen Blends. Energies. 13(2). 288–288. 40 indexed citations
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Valera-Medina, Agustín, et al.. (2018). Ammonia for power. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science. 69. 63–102. 1859 indexed citations breakdown →

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