Ashkan Zolfaghari

1.1k total citations
27 papers, 923 citations indexed

About

Ashkan Zolfaghari is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ashkan Zolfaghari has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 923 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 15 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 12 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ashkan Zolfaghari's work include Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (18 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (15 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (8 papers). Ashkan Zolfaghari is often cited by papers focused on Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (18 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (15 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (8 papers). Ashkan Zolfaghari collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Iran and United States. Ashkan Zolfaghari's co-authors include Hassan Dehghanpour, Mingxiang Xu, Doug Bearinger, Mojtaba Binazadeh, Daniel S. Alessi, Joel Gehman, Greg G. Goss, Ebrahim Ghanbari, Ali Habibi and D. M. Allen and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Chemical Communications and Journal of Membrane Science.

In The Last Decade

Ashkan Zolfaghari

26 papers receiving 909 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ashkan Zolfaghari Canada 14 584 548 436 308 147 27 923
Frank Male United States 15 511 0.9× 571 1.0× 540 1.2× 263 0.9× 149 1.0× 37 932
Timothy B. Fischer United States 13 582 1.0× 250 0.5× 322 0.7× 157 0.5× 109 0.7× 22 854
Qingchun Yu China 18 712 1.2× 372 0.7× 450 1.0× 147 0.5× 312 2.1× 54 981
Yugang Cheng China 17 629 1.1× 324 0.6× 536 1.2× 79 0.3× 162 1.1× 32 966
Robin Petrusak United States 10 395 0.7× 269 0.5× 268 0.6× 141 0.5× 321 2.2× 20 623
Hongjian Zhu China 20 967 1.7× 341 0.6× 635 1.5× 186 0.6× 48 0.3× 54 1.1k
Lu Jin United States 19 726 1.2× 711 1.3× 941 2.2× 111 0.4× 374 2.5× 87 1.4k
Zengmin Lun China 22 850 1.5× 395 0.7× 825 1.9× 132 0.4× 269 1.8× 73 1.3k
John A. Harju United States 18 715 1.2× 676 1.2× 846 1.9× 109 0.4× 548 3.7× 66 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ashkan Zolfaghari

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ashkan Zolfaghari

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zolfaghari, Ashkan, et al.. (2025). Lithium extraction using zirconium oxide coated lithium manganese oxide ion-exchange adsorbents. Chemical Communications. 61(59). 11013–11016.
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Zolfaghari, Ashkan, Joel Gehman, Andrew J. Kondash, et al.. (2024). Wastewater production footprint of conventional and unconventional oil and gas wells in North America. Nature Water. 2(8). 749–757. 3 indexed citations
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Yuan, Xiangzhou, Jie Li, Juin Yau Lim, et al.. (2023). Machine Learning for Heavy Metal Removal from Water: Recent Advances and Challenges. ACS ES&T Water. 4(3). 820–836. 25 indexed citations
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Zolfaghari, Ashkan, Joel Gehman, & Daniel S. Alessi. (2022). Cost analysis of wastewater production from conventional and unconventional oil and gas wells. Fuel. 323. 124222–124222. 10 indexed citations
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Zhong, Cheng, Ashkan Zolfaghari, Deyi Hou, et al.. (2021). Comparison of the Hydraulic Fracturing Water Cycle in China and North America: A Critical Review. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(11). 7167–7185. 81 indexed citations
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Xu, Mingxiang, Mojtaba Binazadeh, Ashkan Zolfaghari, & Hassan Dehghanpour. (2018). Effects of Dissolved Oxygen on Water Imbibition in Gas Shales. Energy & Fuels. 32(4). 4695–4704. 28 indexed citations
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Yassin, Mahmood Reza, et al.. (2018). An Experimental Study of Nonequilibrium Carbon Dioxide/Oil Interactions. SPE Journal. 23(5). 1768–1783. 21 indexed citations
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Zolfaghari, Ashkan, et al.. (2018). Gas-liquid membrane contactors: Modeling study of non-uniform membrane wetting. Journal of Membrane Science. 555. 463–472. 11 indexed citations
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Zolfaghari, Ashkan, et al.. (2018). Gas-liquid membrane contactors: Effects of polymer concentration and solvent type on pore size distribution. Journal of Membrane Science. 563. 813–819. 9 indexed citations
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Zolfaghari, Ashkan, et al.. (2017). Water sorption behaviour of gas shales: I. Role of clays. International Journal of Coal Geology. 179. 130–138. 127 indexed citations
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Zolfaghari, Ashkan, Hassan Dehghanpour, & Mingxiang Xu. (2017). Water sorption behaviour of gas shales: II. Pore size distribution. International Journal of Coal Geology. 179. 187–195. 114 indexed citations
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Alessi, Daniel S., et al.. (2017). Comparative analysis of hydraulic fracturing wastewater practices in unconventional shale development: Water sourcing, treatment and disposal practices. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques. 42(2). 105–121. 78 indexed citations
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Yassin, Mahmood Reza, et al.. (2017). An Experimental Study of Non-Equilibrium CO2-Oil Interactions. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 3 indexed citations
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Zolfaghari, Ashkan, et al.. (2016). Laboratory and field analysis of flowback water from gas shales. 14. 113–127. 95 indexed citations
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Zolfaghari, Ashkan, et al.. (2016). Complementary Surveillance Microseismic and Flowback Data Analysis: An Approach to Evaluate Complex Fracture Networks. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 14 indexed citations
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Zolfaghari, Ashkan, et al.. (2015). Flowback Chemical Analysis: An Interplay of Shale-Water Interactions. 9 indexed citations
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Zolfaghari, Ashkan & Hassan Dehghanpour. (2015). A Comparative Study of Pore Size Distribution in Gas Shales. 13 indexed citations
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Zolfaghari, Ashkan, et al.. (2015). Chemical Analysis of Flowback Water and Downhole Gas Shale Samples. 8 indexed citations
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Zolfaghari, Ashkan & Hassan Dehghanpour. (2015). Pore Size Distribution from Water Adsorption Isotherm. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 16 indexed citations
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