Alireza Pendashteh

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Alireza Pendashteh is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alireza Pendashteh has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Water Science and Technology, 13 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alireza Pendashteh's work include Advanced oxidation water treatment (17 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (13 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (8 papers). Alireza Pendashteh is often cited by papers focused on Advanced oxidation water treatment (17 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (13 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (8 papers). Alireza Pendashteh collaborates with scholars based in Iran, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. Alireza Pendashteh's co-authors include A. Fakhru’l‐Razi, Luqman Chuah Abdullah, Zurina Zainal Abidin, S.S. Madaeni, Dayang Radiah Awang Biak, S.S.E.H. Elnashaie, Reza Zolfaghari, Naz Chaibakhsh, Behrooz Abbasi Souraki and Seyyedeh Cobra Azimi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Alireza Pendashteh

50 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Review of technologies for oil and gas produced water treatment

2009 1.8k citations A. Fakhru’l‐Razi, Alireza Pendashteh et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →
Demulsification techniques of water-in-oil and oil-in-water emulsions in petroleum industry

2016 542 citations A. Fakhru’l‐Razi, Luqman Chuah Abdullah et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alireza Pendashteh Iran	23	1.8k	778	694	657	540	50	3.7k
Dong Zhang China	37	904 0.5×	599 0.8×	303 0.4×	1.6k 2.5×	463 0.9×	208	4.6k
Madhumita B. Ray Canada	40	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	240 0.3×	509 0.8×	1.3k 2.5×	131	5.2k
Mehmet Sabri Çelik Türkiye	42	3.1k 1.8×	1.2k 1.5×	387 0.6×	295 0.4×	629 1.2×	163	5.5k
Chunhui Zhang China	36	1.0k 0.6×	876 1.1×	148 0.2×	520 0.8×	530 1.0×	222	3.6k
Hazim Qiblawey Qatar	37	2.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.6×	179 0.3×	655 1.0×	831 1.5×	115	4.1k
Mutai Bao China	40	767 0.4×	875 1.1×	650 0.9×	848 1.3×	1.2k 2.2×	196	5.2k
Reyad Shawabkeh Saudi Arabia	30	982 0.6×	480 0.6×	497 0.7×	141 0.2×	238 0.4×	102	3.3k
Amedeo Lancia Italy	42	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	207 0.3×	801 1.2×	277 0.5×	163	4.9k
Haiqing Chang China	38	2.8k 1.6×	1.4k 1.8×	170 0.2×	532 0.8×	706 1.3×	125	3.9k
Marjorie Valix Australia	33	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	509 0.7×	308 0.5×	97 0.2×	75	3.6k

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Farhadian, Mehrdad, et al.. (2025). Design and fabrication of continuous flow fixed-bed photoreactor to photocatalytic degradation of oil-well produced water using conductive photocatalytic fibers. Chemical Engineering Journal. 515. 163659–163659. 2 indexed citations

Farhadian, Mehrdad, et al.. (2025). Oil well–produced water pollutant adsorption and photodegradation using an innovative double Z-scheme ternary heterostructure of MIL-101(Cr)/Fe3O4-SiO2/nanorod-graphitic carbon nitride: adsorption isotherm and degradation kinetic study. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 32(10). 6244–6272. 2 indexed citations

Farhadian, Mehrdad, et al.. (2025). Fabrication of porous and conductive polystyrene/polyaniline fibers via electrospinning method: Adsorption and selectivity of oil. Journal of Polymer Research. 32(3). 1 indexed citations

Amin, Javad Sayyad, et al.. (2024). Adsorptive removal of recalcitrant organic compounds of compost leachate by epichlorohydrin cross‐linked cyclodextrin copolymer. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 102(9). 3088–3102. 1 indexed citations

Souraki, Behrooz Abbasi, et al.. (2023). Saline wastewater treatment by bioelectrochemical process (BEC) based on Al-electrocoagulation and halophilic bacteria: optimization using ANN with new approach. Environmental Technology. 45(21). 4419–4439. 1 indexed citations

Farhadian, Mehrdad, et al.. (2022). Adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of oilfield produced water by visible-light driven superhydrophobic composite of MIL-101(Cr)/Fe3O4-SiO2: Synthesis, characterization and optimization. Applied Surface Science. 613. 155972–155972. 37 indexed citations

Azimi, Seyyedeh Cobra, Farhad Shirini, & Alireza Pendashteh. (2021). Preparation and application of α-Fe2O3@TiO2@SO3H for photocatalytic degradation and COD reduction of woodchips industry wastewater. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(40). 56449–56472. 5 indexed citations

Azimi, Seyyedeh Cobra, Farhad Shirini, & Alireza Pendashteh. (2020). Advanced oxidation process as a green technology for dyes removal from wastewater: A review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15 indexed citations

Pendashteh, Alireza, et al.. (2020). Removing Iron, Manganese and Ammonium Ions from Water Using Greensand in Fluidized Bed Process. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 39. 101714–101714. 24 indexed citations

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Souraki, Behrooz Abbasi, et al.. (2020). Advanced numerical kinetic model for predicting COD removal and optimisation of pulp and paper wastewater treatment by Fenton process. International Journal of Environmental & Analytical Chemistry. 102(12). 2729–2752. 10 indexed citations

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Fard, Moein Besharati, Seyed Ahmad Mirbagheri, & Alireza Pendashteh. (2020). Removal of TCOD and phosphate from slaughterhouse wastewater using Fenton as a post-treatment of an UASB reactor. Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering. 18(2). 413–422. 22 indexed citations

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Souraki, Behrooz Abbasi, et al.. (2020). Application of isolated halophilic microorganisms suspended and immobilized on walnut shell as biocarrier for treatment of oilfield produced water. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 400. 123197–123197. 44 indexed citations

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Fard, Moein Besharati, et al.. (2019). Biological treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater: kinetic modeling and prediction of effluent. Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering. 17(2). 731–741. 20 indexed citations

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Pendashteh, Alireza, Naz Chaibakhsh, & A. Fakhru’l‐Razi. (2018). Biological treatment of high salinity produced water by microbial consortia in a batch stirred tank reactor: Modelling and kinetics study. Chemical Engineering Communications. 205(3). 387–401. 22 indexed citations

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Taghavi, Kamran, et al.. (2017). Combined Fenton-like oxidation and aerobic MBBR biological processes for treatment of the wastewater of detergent industries. Desalination and Water Treatment. 77. 206–214. 4 indexed citations

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Taghavi, Kamran, et al.. (2016). Optimized Removal of Sodium Dodecylbenzenesulfonate by Fenton-Like Oxidation Using Response Surface Methodology. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Souraki, Behrooz Abbasi, et al.. (2016). Efficiency evaluation of the membrane/AOPs for paper mill wastewater treatment. Environmental Technology. 38(9). 1127–1138. 25 indexed citations

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Pendashteh, Alireza, A. Fakhru’l‐Razi, Naz Chaibakhsh, et al.. (2011). Modeling of membrane bioreactor treating hypersaline oily wastewater by artificial neural network. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 192(2). 568–575. 86 indexed citations

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Pendashteh, Alireza, A. Fakhru’l‐Razi, S.S. Madaeni, et al.. (2010). Membrane foulants characterization in a membrane bioreactor (MBR) treating hypersaline oily wastewater. Chemical Engineering Journal. 168(1). 140–150. 105 indexed citations

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Fakhru’l‐Razi, A., Alireza Pendashteh, Luqman Chuah Abdullah, et al.. (2009). Review of technologies for oil and gas produced water treatment. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 170(2-3). 530–551. 1765 indexed citations breakdown →

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