Behrooz Ruhani

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Behrooz Ruhani is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Behrooz Ruhani has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 9 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 8 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Behrooz Ruhani's work include Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer (8 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (6 papers) and Heat Transfer Mechanisms (4 papers). Behrooz Ruhani is often cited by papers focused on Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer (8 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (6 papers) and Heat Transfer Mechanisms (4 papers). Behrooz Ruhani collaborates with scholars based in Iran, Iraq and United States. Behrooz Ruhani's co-authors include Davood Toghraie, Masoud Afrand, Pouya Barnoon, Maboud Hekmatifar, Omid Ali Akbari, Farzad Pourfattah, Sara Rostami, Navid Nasajpour Esfahani, Arash Karimipour and Wei He and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Engineering Journal, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Behrooz Ruhani

18 papers receiving 1.3k 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. Effects of temperature and nanoparticles concentration on rheological behavior of Fe 3 O 4 –Ag/EG hybrid nanofluid: An experimental study
    2016 330 citations Masoud Afrand, Davood Toghraie et al. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Behrooz Ruhani Iran 15 902 805 278 247 182 18 1.3k
Hadi Rostamian Iran 12 1.3k 1.4× 1.0k 1.3× 285 1.0× 251 1.0× 224 1.2× 14 1.5k
Kourosh Javaherdeh Iran 20 695 0.8× 877 1.1× 254 0.9× 300 1.2× 177 1.0× 74 1.3k
Asˈad Alizadeh Iraq 22 700 0.8× 725 0.9× 289 1.0× 225 0.9× 163 0.9× 105 1.4k
Hamza Babar Pakistan 16 1.3k 1.4× 1.2k 1.5× 567 2.0× 357 1.4× 233 1.3× 26 1.9k
Pouya Barnoon Iran 23 1.3k 1.5× 1.2k 1.4× 380 1.4× 652 2.6× 235 1.3× 33 1.8k
Leonor Hernández Spain 19 507 0.6× 525 0.7× 315 1.1× 146 0.6× 114 0.6× 58 1.0k
Farzad Pourfattah Iran 23 1.6k 1.8× 1.7k 2.1× 334 1.2× 623 2.5× 182 1.0× 42 2.3k
Mohammad Alhuyi Nazari Iran 16 1.2k 1.3× 1.1k 1.4× 597 2.1× 276 1.1× 412 2.3× 25 1.9k
Muhammad Usman Sajid Qatar 17 1.5k 1.7× 1.4k 1.7× 619 2.2× 454 1.8× 212 1.2× 24 2.1k
Sanjeeva Witharana United Kingdom 12 621 0.7× 637 0.8× 314 1.1× 143 0.6× 124 0.7× 43 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Behrooz Ruhani

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Behrooz Ruhani

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Behrooz Ruhani. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Behrooz Ruhani based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Behrooz Ruhani. Behrooz Ruhani is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Chen, Lin, Mohammadreza Baghoolizadeh, Ali Basem, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive review of a building-integrated photovoltaic system (BIPV). International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 159. 108056–108056. 45 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhongwei, Mohammed Al‐Bahrani, Behrooz Ruhani, et al.. (2023). Optimized ANFIS models based on grid partitioning, subtractive clustering, and fuzzy C-means to precise prediction of thermophysical properties of hybrid nanofluids. Chemical Engineering Journal. 471. 144362–144362. 48 indexed citations
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Ruhani, Behrooz, et al.. (2023). Hydrogen production via renewable-based energy system: Thermoeconomic assessment and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) optimization approach. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 52. 505–519. 13 indexed citations
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Niknejadi, Mohammadreza, et al.. (2023). Numerical simulation of the thermal-hydraulic performance of solar collector equipped with vector generators filled with two-phase hybrid nanofluid Cu-TiO2/ H2O. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements. 151. 670–685. 28 indexed citations
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Ruhani, Behrooz, et al.. (2022). Influence of Thin Film Deposition on AFM Cantilever Tips in Adhesion and Young’s Modulus of MEMS Surfaces. Materials. 15(6). 2102–2102. 10 indexed citations
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Ruhani, Behrooz, et al.. (2022). Comprehensive Techno-Economic Analysis of a Multi-Feedstock Biorefinery Plant in Oil-Rich Country: A Case Study of Iran. Sustainability. 14(2). 1017–1017. 32 indexed citations
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Ruhani, Behrooz, Azher M. Abed, Nima Sina, et al.. (2022). Statistical modeling and investigation of thermal characteristics of a new nanofluid containing cerium oxide powder. Heliyon. 8(11). e11373–e11373. 70 indexed citations
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Wang, Yaping, Behrooz Ruhani, Mohammad Ali Fazilati, et al.. (2021). Experimental analysis of hollow fiber membrane dehumidifier system with SiO2/CaCl2 aqueous desiccant solution. Energy Reports. 7. 2821–2835. 25 indexed citations
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He, Wei, Behrooz Ruhani, Davood Toghraie, et al.. (2020). Using of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to predict the thermal conductivity of Zinc Oxide–Silver (50%–50%)/Water hybrid Newtonian nanofluid. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 116. 104645–104645. 122 indexed citations
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Kalbasi, Rasool, Behrooz Ruhani, & Sara Rostami. (2019). Energetic analysis of an air handling unit combined with enthalpy air-to-air heat exchanger. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 139(4). 2881–2890. 49 indexed citations
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Ruhani, Behrooz, et al.. (2019). Statistical investigation for developing a new model for rheological behavior of ZnO–Ag (50%–50%)/Water hybrid Newtonian nanofluid using experimental data. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 525. 741–751. 168 indexed citations
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Bagherzadeh, Seyed Amin, et al.. (2019). Compression ratio energy and exergy analysis of a developed Brayton-based power cycle employing CAES and ORC. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 139(4). 2781–2790. 29 indexed citations
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Ruhani, Behrooz, Pouya Barnoon, & Davood Toghraie. (2019). Statistical investigation for developing a new model for rheological behavior of Silica–ethylene glycol/Water hybrid Newtonian nanofluid using experimental data. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 525. 616–627. 142 indexed citations
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Toghraie, Davood, et al.. (2017). Numerical investigation of flow and heat transfer characteristics in smooth, sinusoidal and zigzag-shaped microchannel with and without nanofluid. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 131(2). 1757–1766. 135 indexed citations
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Afrand, Masoud, Davood Toghraie, & Behrooz Ruhani. (2016). Effects of temperature and nanoparticles concentration on rheological behavior of Fe 3 O 4 –Ag/EG hybrid nanofluid: An experimental study. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 77. 38–44. 330 indexed citations breakdown →

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