Carl Safi

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Carl Safi is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Food Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carl Safi has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 7 papers in Food Science and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Carl Safi's work include Algal biology and biofuel production (18 papers), Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (4 papers) and Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (4 papers). Carl Safi is often cited by papers focused on Algal biology and biofuel production (18 papers), Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (4 papers) and Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (4 papers). Carl Safi collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, France and Italy. Carl Safi's co-authors include Pierre-Yves Pontalier, Carlos Vaca‐García, Othmane Merah, Giuseppe Olivieri, Alina-Violeta Ursu, Céline Laroche, Antonino Pollio, Lolke Sijtsma, Antonio Marzocchella and Imma Gifuni and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Bioresource Technology and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Carl Safi

26 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Morphology, composition, production, processing and applications of Chlorella vulgaris: A review

2014 766 citations Carl Safi, Othmane Merah et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Carl Safi Netherlands	15	1.8k	486	476	339	231	27	2.2k
Cynthia Victoria González–López Spain	24	2.1k 1.2×	456 0.9×	440 0.9×	240 0.7×	409 1.8×	45	2.6k
Helena M. Amaro Portugal	19	1.8k 1.0×	420 0.9×	613 1.3×	396 1.2×	239 1.0×	34	2.3k
Patrick J. McGinn Canada	27	1.8k 1.0×	460 0.9×	684 1.4×	334 1.0×	220 1.0×	53	2.5k
A. Catarina Guedes Portugal	21	2.0k 1.1×	398 0.8×	735 1.5×	496 1.5×	306 1.3×	49	2.7k
João Carlos Monteiro de Carvalho Brazil	32	2.3k 1.3×	474 1.0×	672 1.4×	378 1.1×	471 2.0×	126	3.2k
Onkar Nath Tiwari India	26	1.1k 0.6×	478 1.0×	468 1.0×	110 0.3×	158 0.7×	72	2.1k
Muhammad Imran Khan Pakistan	13	1.1k 0.6×	468 1.0×	482 1.0×	158 0.5×	134 0.6×	44	1.9k
Sara P. Cuéllar‐Bermúdez Mexico	19	1.1k 0.6×	307 0.6×	350 0.7×	162 0.5×	146 0.6×	29	1.5k
Arsène Isambert France	10	2.7k 1.5×	700 1.4×	675 1.4×	462 1.4×	470 2.0×	15	3.2k
Maurycy Daroch China	24	1.3k 0.7×	436 0.9×	944 2.0×	371 1.1×	212 0.9×	71	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Carl Safi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carl Safi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carl Safi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carl Safi 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 Carl Safi. Carl Safi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Boboescu, Iulian Zoltán, et al.. (2025). Microalgae as a Source for Stereolithography (SLA) 3D Printing Resin. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 7(11). 6974–6981. 1 indexed citations

Debs, Espérance, L.A.M. van den Broek, Hiba N. Rajha, et al.. (2024). Intensification of extraction process through IVDV pretreatment from Eryngium creticum leaves and stems: Maximizing yields and assessing biological activities. Heliyon. 10(6). e27431–e27431. 2 indexed citations

Rajha, Hiba N., Ali Chokr, Carl Safi, et al.. (2023). Chemical Composition and Biological Activities of Centranthus longiflorus Stems Extracts Recovered Using Ired-Irrad®, an Innovative Infrared Technology, Compared to Water Bath and Ultrasound. Life. 13(6). 1288–1288. 3 indexed citations

Rajha, Hiba N., L.A.M. van den Broek, Carl Safi, et al.. (2022). Multi-Step Biomass Fractionation of Grape Seeds from Pomace, a Zero-Waste Approach. Plants. 11(21). 2831–2831. 13 indexed citations

Safi, Carl, et al.. (2022). Valorisation of proteins from palm kernel meal. Bioresource Technology Reports. 18. 101050–101050. 6 indexed citations

Safi, Carl, Antonino Pollio, & Giuseppe Olivieri. (2021). Neochloris oleoabundans from nature to industry: a comprehensive review. Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology. 20(4). 943–958. 7 indexed citations

Bustamante, M.A., Marco Michelozzi, Anna Barra Caracciolo, et al.. (2020). Effects of Soil Fertilization on Terpenoids and Other Carbon-Based Secondary Metabolites in Rosmarinus officinalis Plants: A Comparative Study. Plants. 9(7). 830–830. 40 indexed citations

Ligtvoet, Andreas, Lolke Sijtsma, L.A.M. van den Broek, et al.. (2019). Blue Bioeconomy Forum : Highlights: Summary of the roadmap and a selection of viable and innovative projects. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 1 indexed citations

Safi, Carl, et al.. (2019). Effect of growth conditions on the efficiency of cell disruption of Neochloris oleoabundans. Bioresource Technology. 300. 122699–122699. 8 indexed citations

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Montero, Lídia, Yolanda Diñeiro, Carlos Almeida, et al.. (2018). Pressurized Liquid Extraction of Pigments from Chlamydomonas sp. and Chemical Characterization by HPLC–MS/MS. Journal of Analysis and Testing. 2(2). 149–157. 9 indexed citations

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Gifuni, Imma, Antonino Pollio, Carl Safi, Antonio Marzocchella, & Giuseppe Olivieri. (2018). Current Bottlenecks and Challenges of the Microalgal Biorefinery. Trends in biotechnology. 37(3). 242–252. 180 indexed citations

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García, Edgar Suárez, Judith van Leeuwen, Carl Safi, et al.. (2018). Selective and energy efficient extraction of functional proteins from microalgae for food applications. Bioresource Technology. 268. 197–203. 80 indexed citations

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Safi, Carl, et al.. (2017). Energy consumption and water-soluble protein release by cell wall disruption of Nannochloropsis gaditana. Bioresource Technology. 239. 204–210. 86 indexed citations

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Postma, P.R., Edgar Suárez García, Carl Safi, et al.. (2016). Energy efficient bead milling of microalgae: Effect of bead size on disintegration and release of proteins and carbohydrates. Bioresource Technology. 224. 670–679. 132 indexed citations

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Safi, Carl, Giuseppe Olivieri, Raquel Pires Campos, et al.. (2016). Biorefinery of microalgal soluble proteins by sequential processing and membrane filtration. Bioresource Technology. 225. 151–158. 79 indexed citations

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Safi, Carl, et al.. (2014). Morphology, composition, production, processing and applications of Chlorella vulgaris: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 35. 265–278. 766 indexed citations breakdown →

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Safi, Carl, et al.. (2014). Morphology, composition, production, processing and applications of Chlorella vulgaris: A review. Open Archive Toulouse Archive Ouverte (University of Toulouse). 1 indexed citations

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Safi, Carl, Zhe Liu, Benjamin Yap, et al.. (2014). A two-stage ultrafiltration process for separating multiple components of Tetraselmis suecica after cell disruption. Journal of Applied Phycology. 26(6). 2379–2387. 43 indexed citations

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Safi, Carl, et al.. (2013). Release of hydro-soluble microalgal proteins using mechanical and chemical treatments. Algal Research. 3. 55–60. 68 indexed citations

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Safi, Carl, et al.. (2012). Evaluation of the protein quality of Porphyridium cruentum. Journal of Applied Phycology. 25(2). 497–501. 30 indexed citations

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