Alejandro Molina

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Alejandro Molina is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Analytical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Molina has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 16 papers in Computational Mechanics and 12 papers in Analytical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Molina's work include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (22 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (11 papers) and Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (9 papers). Alejandro Molina is often cited by papers focused on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (22 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (11 papers) and Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (9 papers). Alejandro Molina collaborates with scholars based in Colombia, United States and Australia. Alejandro Molina's co-authors include Christopher R. Shaddix, Fanor Mondragón, Brian S. Haynes, Ethan Hecht, Manfred Geier, Eric G. Eddings, David W. Hahn, Daniel Díaz, Adel F. Sarofim and D.W. Pershing and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Carbon.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Molina

61 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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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.

Ignition and devolatilization of pulverized bituminous coal particles during oxygen/carbon dioxide coal combustion

2006 370 citations Alejandro Molina, Christopher R. Shaddix Proceedings of the Combustion Institute profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alejandro Molina Colombia	22	1.6k	1.0k	579	436	391	62	2.5k
Stephen Niksa United States	29	1.9k 1.1×	823 0.8×	578 1.0×	354 0.8×	726 1.9×	110	2.9k
Eric G. Eddings United States	31	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	828 1.4×	1.1k 2.5×	437 1.1×	98	2.9k
Christopher R. Shaddix United States	32	2.1k 1.3×	2.5k 2.4×	679 1.2×	1.4k 3.3×	432 1.1×	86	4.2k
Li Qiao United States	27	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	557 1.0×	702 1.6×	343 0.9×	77	2.7k
Michael A. Serio United States	23	2.4k 1.5×	481 0.5×	698 1.2×	184 0.4×	770 2.0×	70	3.1k
Martin Schiemann Germany	27	1.2k 0.8×	808 0.8×	314 0.5×	179 0.4×	332 0.8×	91	1.8k
Yuxin Wu China	32	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.4×	463 0.8×	336 0.8×	831 2.1×	165	2.9k
Reginald E. Mitchell United States	30	1.1k 0.7×	953 0.9×	723 1.2×	411 0.9×	296 0.8×	63	2.3k
Xi Jiang United Kingdom	30	597 0.4×	1.6k 1.5×	335 0.6×	899 2.1×	758 1.9×	177	3.8k
Roman Weber Germany	34	1.6k 1.0×	2.3k 2.3×	235 0.4×	832 1.9×	597 1.5×	104	3.4k

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Ortíz, Andrés, Sebastián López, Jethro Akroyd, et al.. (2025). Small-scale pyrometallurgical plant for recycling spent lead acid batteries: CFD analysis of a submerged lance furnace, environmental and economic assessment, and multiobjective optimization. Journal of Cleaner Production. 489. 144654–144654.

Molina, Alejandro, et al.. (2021). From 3D to 1D: Capturing the effect of particle clusters in downers in the fluid catalytic cracking of gasoil. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 170. 366–379. 2 indexed citations

Díaz, Daniel, Alejandro Molina, & David W. Hahn. (2019). Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Principal Component Analysis for the Classification of Spectra from Gold-Bearing Ores. Applied Spectroscopy. 74(1). 42–54. 38 indexed citations

Molina, Alejandro, et al.. (2019). Analysis of the Particle Clustering Phenomenon in the Fluid Catalytic Cracking of Gasoil in a Downer Reactor. Chemical Engineering & Technology. 42(6). 1293–1303. 5 indexed citations

Díaz, Daniel, Alejandro Molina, & David W. Hahn. (2018). Effect of laser irradiance and wavelength on the analysis of gold- and silver-bearing minerals with laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy. 145. 86–95. 28 indexed citations

Osorio, Andrés F., et al.. (2017). A model for the weathering of Colombian crude oils in the Colombian Caribbean Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 125(1-2). 367–377. 2 indexed citations

Mejía, Juan M., Amsini Sadiki, Farid Chejne, & Alejandro Molina. (2016). Transport and Mixing in Liquid Phase Using Large Eddy Simulation: A Review. InTech eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Mejía, Juan M., et al.. (2014). Large Eddy Simulation of the Mixing of a Passive Scalar in a High-Schmidt Turbulent Jet. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 137(3). 18 indexed citations

Botero, María L. & Alejandro Molina. (2013). Simulation of the evaporation of drops from palm and castor oil biodiesels based on physical properties. Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia. 40–48. 1 indexed citations

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Pareja, Jhon, et al.. (2013). Laser ablation–laser induced breakdown spectroscopy for the measurement of total elemental concentration in soils. Applied Optics. 52(11). 2470–2470. 26 indexed citations

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Hecht, Ethan, Christopher R. Shaddix, Manfred Geier, Alejandro Molina, & Brian S. Haynes. (2012). Effect of CO2 and steam gasification reactions on the oxy-combustion of pulverized coal char. Combustion and Flame. 159(11). 3437–3447. 211 indexed citations

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Romero-Anaya, A.J., et al.. (2010). Phosphoric acid activation of recalcitrant biomass originated in ethanol production from banana plants. Biomass and Bioenergy. 35(3). 1196–1204. 22 indexed citations

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Díaz, Daniel, David W. Hahn, & Alejandro Molina. (2009). IDENTIFICACIÓN DE POLÍMEROS MEDIANTE ESPECTROSCOPIA DE EMISIÓN DE PLASMAS PRODUCIDOS POR LÁSER (LIBS). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations

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Díaz, Daniel, David W. Hahn, & Alejandro Molina. (2009). POLYMER IDENTIFICATION USING LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS). 76(160). 217–228. 3 indexed citations

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Shaddix, Christopher R. & Alejandro Molina. (2008). Particle imaging of ignition and devolatilization of pulverized coal during oxy-fuel combustion. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 32(2). 2091–2098. 310 indexed citations

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Shaddix, Christopher R. & Alejandro Molina. (2008). Effect of O2 and High CO2 Concentrations on PC Char Burning Rates during Oxy-Fuel Combustion.. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 13 indexed citations

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Molina, Alejandro, Peter M. Walsh, Christopher R. Shaddix, Shane M. Sickafoose, & Linda Gail Blevins. (2006). Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of alkali metals in high-temperature gas. Applied Optics. 45(18). 4411–4411. 22 indexed citations

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Molina, Alejandro & Christopher R. Shaddix. (2005). Effect of O2/CO2-firing on coal particle ignition. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 7(11). 1411–29. 3 indexed citations

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Molina, Alejandro, et al.. (2002). Factors Influencing the Time-Resolved Evolution of NO, HCN, and N₂O during Char Oxidation at Fluidized Bed Conditions. Energy & Fuels. 16(4). 823–830. 10 indexed citations

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Molina, Alejandro, Alejandro Montoya, & Fanor Mondragón. (1999). CO2 strong chemisorption as an estimate of coal char gasification reactivity. Fuel. 78(8). 971–977. 29 indexed citations

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