Ali Saghafinia

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 862 citations indexed

About

Ali Saghafinia is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Strategy and Management and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ali Saghafinia has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 862 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 10 papers in Strategy and Management and 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ali Saghafinia's work include Multi-Criteria Decision Making (10 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (10 papers) and Sensorless Control of Electric Motors (8 papers). Ali Saghafinia is often cited by papers focused on Multi-Criteria Decision Making (10 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (10 papers) and Sensorless Control of Electric Motors (8 papers). Ali Saghafinia collaborates with scholars based in Malaysia, Iran and Canada. Ali Saghafinia's co-authors include Atefeh Amindoust, Shamsuddin Ahmed, Ardeshir Bahreininejad, Hew Wooi Ping, M. Nasir Uddin, Khalaf S. Gaeid, W.P. Hew, Solmaz Kahourzade, Amin Mahmoudi and M.F. Rahman and has published in prestigious journals such as Sensors, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications and Applied Soft Computing.

In The Last Decade

Ali Saghafinia

25 papers receiving 818 citations

Hit Papers

Sustainable supplier selection: A ranking model based on ... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 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. Sustainable supplier selection: A ranking model based on fuzzy inference system
    2012 464 citations Atefeh Amindoust, Shamsuddin Ahmed et al. Applied Soft Computing profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ali Saghafinia Malaysia 11 442 377 236 190 162 26 862
Nitin Kumar Sahu India 17 321 0.7× 244 0.6× 65 0.3× 188 1.0× 53 0.3× 40 637
Ehsan Shekarian Iran 17 596 1.3× 166 0.4× 121 0.5× 454 2.4× 47 0.3× 26 907
Udo Buscher Germany 23 376 0.9× 174 0.5× 138 0.6× 435 2.3× 49 0.3× 59 1.6k
Atefeh Amindoust Iran 12 601 1.4× 480 1.3× 66 0.3× 268 1.4× 26 0.2× 35 971
Hadi Gholizadeh Iran 14 437 1.0× 112 0.3× 92 0.4× 263 1.4× 44 0.3× 29 741
Aijun Liu China 15 290 0.7× 188 0.5× 46 0.2× 143 0.8× 58 0.4× 48 700
Hadı Gökċen Türkiye 22 332 0.8× 314 0.8× 84 0.4× 133 0.7× 26 0.2× 52 1.7k
Atul Kumar Sahu India 16 431 1.0× 169 0.4× 35 0.1× 216 1.1× 54 0.3× 53 751
Mehdi Soltani Iran 8 285 0.6× 163 0.4× 84 0.4× 144 0.8× 52 0.3× 11 758
Arianna Alfieri Italy 20 162 0.4× 206 0.5× 58 0.2× 286 1.5× 63 0.4× 83 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ali Saghafinia

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All Works

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Saghafinia, Ali, et al.. (2022). A Fuzzy Analysis Approach to Green-Resilient Supplier Selection in Electronic Manufacturing Systems. Cybernetics & Systems. 54(5). 577–603. 14 indexed citations
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Saghafinia, Ali. (2018). MATLAB - Professional Applications in Power System. InTech eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Saghafinia, Ali. (2017). Recent Developments on Power Inverters. InTech eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Amindoust, Atefeh & Ali Saghafinia. (2016). Textile supplier selection in sustainable supply chain using a modular fuzzy inference system model. Journal of the Textile Institute. 1–9. 51 indexed citations
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Saghafinia, Ali, Hew Wooi Ping, & Atefeh Amindoust. (2015). SELECTION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES USING DEA (CASE STUDY: IRAN). 5(1). 8–12. 2 indexed citations
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Amindoust, Atefeh, Shamsuddin Ahmed, & Ali Saghafinia. (2014). Learning Improvement of DEA Technique in Decision Making for Manufacturing Applications Using DEA Excel-Solver. Advanced materials research. 903. 425–430. 1 indexed citations
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Amindoust, Atefeh, Shamsuddin Ahmed, & Ali Saghafinia. (2013). Supplier Selection and Order Allocation Scenarios in Supply Chain: A Review. 2(3). 7 indexed citations
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Saghafinia, Ali, Hew Wooi Ping, M. Nasir Uddin, & Atefeh Amindoust. (2013). Teaching of Simulation an Adjustable Speed Drive of Induction Motor Using MATLAB/Simulink in Advanced Electrical Machine Laboratory. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 103. 912–921. 9 indexed citations
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Amindoust, Atefeh, Shamsuddin Ahmed, & Ali Saghafinia. (2013). Supplier Selection and Quota Allocation Decisions Under Uncertainty: Review and Future Research Directions. 2 indexed citations
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Saghafinia, Ali, et al.. (2013). Sensored Field Oriented Control of a Robust Induction Motor Drive Using a Novel Boundary Layer Fuzzy Controller. Sensors. 13(12). 17025–17056. 10 indexed citations
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Saghafinia, Ali, Solmaz Kahourzade, Amin Mahmoudi, W.P. Hew, & M. Nasir Uddin. (2012). Broken rotor bar fault detection of 3-phase induction motor using online adaptive continuous wavelet transform and fuzzy logic. International Review of Electrical Engineering (IREE). 7(3). 4383–4394. 2 indexed citations
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Amindoust, Atefeh, Shamsuddin Ahmed, & Ali Saghafinia. (2012). LOCATION DECISION OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE AUTO MOTIVE INDUSTRY. 20(4). 681–3. 7 indexed citations
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Amindoust, Atefeh, Shamsuddin Ahmed, & Ali Saghafinia. (2012). Using Data Envelopment Analysis for Green Supplier Selection in Manufacturing under Vague Environment. Advanced materials research. 622-623. 1682–1685. 12 indexed citations
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Amindoust, Atefeh, Shamsuddin Ahmed, Ali Saghafinia, & Ardeshir Bahreininejad. (2012). Sustainable supplier selection: A ranking model based on fuzzy inference system. Applied Soft Computing. 12(6). 1668–1677. 464 indexed citations breakdown →
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Amindoust, Atefeh, Shamsuddin Ahmed, & Ali Saghafinia. (2012). Supplier Selection in Electrical and Electronic Industry from a Sustainable Point of View. 903–903. 1 indexed citations
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Saghafinia, Ali, Solmaz Kahourzade, Amin Mahmoudi, W.P. Hew, & M. Nasir Uddin. (2012). On line trained fuzzy logic and adaptive continuous wavelet transform based high precision fault detection of IM with broken rotor bars. 1–8. 18 indexed citations
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Gaeid, Khalaf S., Hew Wooi Ping, Mustafa K. Masood, & Ali Saghafinia. (2011). Induction motor fault tolerant control with wavelet indicator. 949–953. 6 indexed citations
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Saghafinia, Ali, et al.. (2010). High Performance Induction Motor Drive Using Hybrid Fuzzy-PI and PI Controllers: a Review. The University of Malaya Research Repository (University of Malaya). 12 indexed citations

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