Arash Malekian

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Arash Malekian is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Arash Malekian has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 33 papers in Environmental Engineering and 33 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Arash Malekian's work include Hydrology and Drought Analysis (31 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (25 papers) and Climate variability and models (20 papers). Arash Malekian is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Drought Analysis (31 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (25 papers) and Climate variability and models (20 papers). Arash Malekian collaborates with scholars based in Iran, China and United States. Arash Malekian's co-authors include Bahram Choubin, Ali Salajegheh, M Mohseni Saravi, Farzaneh Sajedi Hosseini, Ali Azarnivand, Biswajeet Pradhan, Omid Rahmati, Frédéric Coulon, Sabrina Cipullo and Sadat Feiznia and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Arash Malekian

96 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

  1. A novel machine learning-based approach for the risk assessment of nitrate groundwater contamination
    2018 282 citations Arash Malekian et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Arash Malekian Iran 27 1.4k 957 946 292 268 100 2.4k
Martina Zeleňáková Slovakia 26 850 0.6× 763 0.8× 761 0.8× 142 0.5× 185 0.7× 251 2.4k
Bethanna Jackson New Zealand 26 1.2k 0.9× 616 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 501 1.7× 386 1.4× 61 2.3k
Satiprasad Sahoo India 21 954 0.7× 852 0.9× 465 0.5× 190 0.7× 279 1.0× 63 1.7k
Yangwen Jia China 24 893 0.7× 535 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 257 0.9× 220 0.8× 96 1.8k
Gerrit Schoups Netherlands 28 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 1.7k 1.8× 220 0.8× 265 1.0× 59 3.0k
Duong Tran Anh Vietnam 30 1.1k 0.8× 792 0.8× 778 0.8× 189 0.6× 356 1.3× 87 2.3k
Xiaohu Wen China 32 1.2k 0.9× 1.3k 1.4× 1.4k 1.5× 155 0.5× 226 0.8× 72 3.1k
Ahmad Sharafati Iran 32 1.4k 1.0× 1.5k 1.5× 1.4k 1.5× 196 0.7× 437 1.6× 137 3.5k
Chesheng Zhan China 30 1.5k 1.1× 711 0.7× 1.5k 1.6× 163 0.6× 233 0.9× 87 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Arash Malekian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Arash Malekian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Arash Malekian

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Savari, Moslem, et al.. (2025). Factors influencing the use of treated wastewater for irrigation in the agricultural sector: Evidence from Iran. Cleaner Engineering and Technology. 24. 100901–100901. 16 indexed citations
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Sun, Weihao, Zhibin He, Dengke Ma, et al.. (2024). Response of soil carbon and nitrogen stocks to irrigation - A global meta-analysis. The Science of The Total Environment. 957. 177641–177641. 3 indexed citations
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Malekian, Arash, et al.. (2023). Developing management solutions for Alolak watershed in the Qazvin province using the DPSIR approach. 14(28). 148–162. 2 indexed citations
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Malekian, Arash, et al.. (2022). Variability and normality analysis of streamflow over a 51-year period (case study: western and northwestern Iran). Sustainable Water Resources Management. 8(6). 1 indexed citations
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Amiri, Bahman Jabbarian, et al.. (2019). Similarity Metrics-Based Uncertainty Analysis of River Water Quality Models. Water Resources Management. 33(6). 1927–1945. 12 indexed citations
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Ghorbani, Mehdi, et al.. (2019). Analysis the position of stakeholders toward to water governance in Taleghan watershed. 13(46). 62–73. 2 indexed citations
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Ahmadi, Hassan, et al.. (2018). Synoptic analysis of dust events and its relation with drought in Alborz and Qazvin provinces. 8(2). 59–68. 1 indexed citations
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Malekian, Arash, et al.. (2018). Preparation of The Quaternary Deposits and Bed Rock Jam Aquifer, Bushehr Province Conceptual Stratigraphy Modeling using GMS Model. 12(43). 22–29. 1 indexed citations
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Salajegheh, Ali, et al.. (2016). Evaluation and comparison of performance of SDSM and CLIMGEN models in simulation of climatic variables in Qazvin plain. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21(2). 155–164. 3 indexed citations
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Malekian, Arash, et al.. (2016). Challenges of Water Resource Management in Iran. 6(4). 123–128. 3 indexed citations
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Malekian, Arash, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of co-kriging different methods for rainfall estimation in arid region (Central Kavir basin in Iran). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 19(1). 1–9. 2 indexed citations
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Nohegar, Ahmad, et al.. (2013). Assessment of Severity of Droughts Using Geostatistics Method(Case Study: Southern Iran). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 18(1). 79–87. 7 indexed citations
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Malekian, Arash, et al.. (2012). Automated Methods for Estimating Baseflow from Streamflow Records in a Semi Arid Watershed. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17(2). 203–209. 5 indexed citations
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Azarnivand, H, et al.. (2012). Effect of salinity stress on germination of Matricaria comomilla and Thymus deanensis.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17(3). 305–307. 2 indexed citations
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Malekian, Arash, et al.. (2012). Optimal Planning for Water Resources Allocation (Case study: Hableh Roud Basin, Iran). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17(1). 1–8. 2 indexed citations
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Ehsani, Amir Houshang & Arash Malekian. (2011). LANDFORMS IDENTIFICATION USING NEURAL NETWORK-SELF ORGANIZING MAP AND SRTM DATA. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16(2). 111–122. 2 indexed citations
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Sarmadian, Fereydoon, Ali Keshavarzi, & Arash Malekian. (2010). Continuous mapping of topsoil calcium carbonate using geostatistical techniques in a semi-arid region. Australian Journal of Crop Science. 4(8). 603–608. 16 indexed citations
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Malekian, Arash, et al.. (2010). Study of effective ecological factors on distribution of vegetation types (Case study: Southern margin of Haj Aligholi Kavir, Damghan). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15(1). 1–4. 2 indexed citations
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Malekian, Arash, et al.. (2009). Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Drought Vulnerability using the Standardized Precipitation Index (Case study: Semnan Province, Iran). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14(2). 133–140. 5 indexed citations
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Malekian, Arash, et al.. (2009). Evaluation of the Efficiency of CROPWAT Model for Determining Plant Water Requirement in Arid Regions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14(2). 209–215. 3 indexed citations

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