Ali M. Nikbakht

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Ali M. Nikbakht is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ali M. Nikbakht has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Ali M. Nikbakht's work include Biodiesel Production and Applications (11 papers), Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (8 papers) and Heat Transfer Mechanisms (7 papers). Ali M. Nikbakht is often cited by papers focused on Biodiesel Production and Applications (11 papers), Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (8 papers) and Heat Transfer Mechanisms (7 papers). Ali M. Nikbakht collaborates with scholars based in Iran, Australia and Spain. Ali M. Nikbakht's co-authors include Barat Ghobadian, Gholamhassan Najafi, H. Rahimi, Talal Yusaf, Meisam Tabatabaei, Khalil Farhadi, Pouya Mohammadi, Mostafa Kiani Deh Kiani, T. Tavakoli and Yaghoub Mansourpanah and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, ACS Catalysis and Energy Conversion and Management.

In The Last Decade

Ali M. Nikbakht

44 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Diesel engine performance and exhaust emission analysis u... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Diesel engine performance and exhaust emission analysis using waste cooking biodiesel fuel with an artificial neural network
    2008 426 citations Barat Ghobadian, Ali M. Nikbakht et al. profile →

Peers

Ali M. Nikbakht
F. Zannikos Greece
Ahmad Taghizadeh-Alisaraei Iran
Seyed Mohammad Safieddin Ardebili Iran
Esmail Khalife Iran
S.S. Hoseini Iran
Makame Mbarawa South Africa
S. Pinzi Spain
Ertan Alptekin Türkiye
B. Durga Prasad India
B.M. Masum Malaysia
F. Zannikos Greece
Ali M. Nikbakht
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ali M. Nikbakht

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nikbakht, Ali M., et al.. (2024). A Comprehensive Review of the Thermohydraulic Improvement Potentials in Solar Air Heaters through an Energy and Exergy Analysis. Energies. 17(7). 1526–1526. 6 indexed citations
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Hosainpour, Adel, et al.. (2024). Analysis of energy and exergy of lavender extract powder in spray dryer. Heat Transfer. 53(8). 4608–4624. 2 indexed citations
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Nikbakht, Ali M. & Hossein Ahmadikia. (2023). Designing suitable shoes to prevent foot frostbite through optimization of the geometric dimensions of the shoe and sock model. Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering. 27(6). 775–784. 1 indexed citations
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Nikbakht, Ali M., et al.. (2023). Assessment of thermal and environmental benchmarking of a solar dryer as a pilot zero-emission drying technology. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 48. 103084–103084. 8 indexed citations
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Nikbakht, Ali M., et al.. (2021). Fuzzy-based modeling of thermohydraulic aspect of solar air heater roughened with inclined broken roughness. Neural Computing and Applications. 34(3). 2393–2412. 6 indexed citations
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Zheng, Jun, Ali M. Nikbakht, & Bernhard Breit. (2021). Dual Palladium/Photoredox-Catalyzed Enantioselective and Regioselective Decarboxylative Hydroaminoalkylation of Allenes. ACS Catalysis. 11(6). 3343–3350. 39 indexed citations
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Balalaie, Saeed, et al.. (2018). Efficient Synthesis of Indole Derivatives Containing the Tetrazole Moeity Utilizing an Ugi-Azide Post-Transformation Strategy. Synlett. 29(14). 1892–1896. 8 indexed citations
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Nikbakht, Ali M., et al.. (2017). A novel stochastic energy analysis of a solar air heater: case study in solar radiation uncertainty. Energy Systems. 10(1). 141–161. 1 indexed citations
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Nikbakht, Ali M., et al.. (2017). Intelligent modeling of thermohydraulic behavior in solar air heaters with artificial neural networks. Neural Computing and Applications. 31(8). 3279–3293. 11 indexed citations
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Goli, Sayed Amir Hossein, et al.. (2016). The reuse of waste cooking oil and spent bleaching earth to produce biodiesel. Energy Sources Part A Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects. 38(7). 942–950. 15 indexed citations
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Nikbakht, Ali M., et al.. (2015). A CFD Study of the Effects of Feed Diameter on the Pressure Drop in Acyclone Separator. International Journal of Food Engineering. 11(1). 71–77. 19 indexed citations
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Mohammadi, Pouya, et al.. (2014). Improvement of the cold flow characteristics of biodiesel containing dissolved polymer wastes using acetone. Biofuel Research Journal. 1(1). 26–29. 36 indexed citations
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Motevali, Ali, et al.. (2012). Investigation of some pretreatments on energy and specific energy consumption drying of black mulberry. Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly. 19(1). 89–105. 16 indexed citations
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Nikbakht, Ali M., et al.. (2011). A novel three-point hitch dynamometer to measure the draft requirement of mounted implements. Research in Agricultural Engineering. 57(4). 128–136. 23 indexed citations
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Ghobadian, Barat, et al.. (2007). Evaluation of vibration in Power Tiller on the asphalt surface.. 2 indexed citations

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