Dawood Desai

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 905 citations indexed

About

Dawood Desai is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Dawood Desai has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 905 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 25 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Dawood Desai's work include Fatigue and fracture mechanics (14 papers), High Temperature Alloys and Creep (13 papers) and Erosion and Abrasive Machining (10 papers). Dawood Desai is often cited by papers focused on Fatigue and fracture mechanics (14 papers), High Temperature Alloys and Creep (13 papers) and Erosion and Abrasive Machining (10 papers). Dawood Desai collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Nigeria and France. Dawood Desai's co-authors include Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku, R. Dunne, Smith Salifu, J. Jayaramudu, Olugbenga Ogunbiyi, Schalk Kok, Daramy Vandi Von Kallon, Oluwafemi E. Ige, Omojola Awogbemi and P. Stephan Heyns and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Dawood Desai

74 papers receiving 870 citations

Hit Papers

Carbon emissions mitigation methods for cement industry u... 2024 2026 2025 2024 25 50 75
What are hit papers?

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. Carbon emissions mitigation methods for cement industry using a systems dynamics model
    2024 76 citations Oluwafemi E. Ige, Daramy Vandi Von Kallon et al. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dawood Desai South Africa 14 401 255 187 176 170 84 905
Ajitanshu Vedrtnam India 18 483 1.2× 223 0.9× 188 1.0× 134 0.8× 94 0.6× 71 1.1k
Bisma Parveez Malaysia 13 393 1.0× 199 0.8× 192 1.0× 174 1.0× 95 0.6× 27 906
Piyush P. Gohil India 14 439 1.1× 386 1.5× 211 1.1× 98 0.6× 103 0.6× 44 813
Muhammad Akhsin Muflikhun Indonesia 20 488 1.2× 276 1.1× 310 1.7× 307 1.7× 266 1.6× 136 1.2k
Justine Beauson Denmark 9 517 1.3× 203 0.8× 273 1.5× 67 0.4× 130 0.8× 21 996
L. Prabhu India 18 390 1.0× 629 2.5× 186 1.0× 169 1.0× 155 0.9× 57 966
Frederik Desplentere Belgium 14 329 0.8× 320 1.3× 229 1.2× 169 1.0× 285 1.7× 84 925
Hamdan Haji Ya Malaysia 18 649 1.6× 346 1.4× 359 1.9× 177 1.0× 100 0.6× 56 1.3k
Olanrewaju Seun Adesina Nigeria 17 551 1.4× 161 0.6× 174 0.9× 86 0.5× 96 0.6× 88 913

Countries citing papers authored by Dawood Desai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dawood Desai

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Awogbemi, Omojola & Dawood Desai. (2025). Progress in the conversion of biodiesel-derived crude glycerol into biofuels and other bioproducts. Bioresource Technology Reports. 30. 102106–102106. 4 indexed citations
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Onokwai, Anthony O., Udochukwu B. Akuru, & Dawood Desai. (2025). Mathematical Modelling and Optimisation of Operating Parameters for Enhanced Energy Generation in Gas Turbine Power Plant with Intercooler. Mathematics. 13(1). 174–174.
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Awogbemi, Omojola & Dawood Desai. (2025). Novel technologies for CO2 conversion to renewable fuels, chemicals, and value-added products. Discover Nano. 20(1). 29–29. 11 indexed citations
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Awogbemi, Omojola & Dawood Desai. (2025). Harnessing the potentials of bamboo as a sustainable feedstock for bioenergy production. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12. 100173–100173. 3 indexed citations
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Awogbemi, Omojola & Dawood Desai. (2025). Application of computational technologies for transesterification of waste cooking oil into biodiesel. Biomass and Bioenergy. 194. 107620–107620. 9 indexed citations
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Desai, Dawood, et al.. (2024). Prediction of fatigue life of geometrically deviated steam turbine blades under thermo-mechanical conditions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 3 indexed citations
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Dunne, R., Dawood Desai, & P. Stephan Heyns. (2024). Development of an empirical model for the prediction of the sound absorption coefficient for thin and low-density fibrous materials. Journal of Vibroengineering. 26(5). 1180–1199. 1 indexed citations
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Ige, Oluwafemi E., Daramy Vandi Von Kallon, & Dawood Desai. (2024). Carbon emissions mitigation methods for cement industry using a systems dynamics model. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 26(3). 579–597. 76 indexed citations breakdown →
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Desai, Dawood, et al.. (2024). Comparative investigation and optimization of cutting tools performance during milling machining of titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V) using response surface methodology. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 131(7-8). 3565–3577. 4 indexed citations
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Desai, Dawood, et al.. (2023). Comparative analysis of the cutting performances of SiAlON ceramic, cubic boron nitride and carbide cutting tools for titanium machining. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 128(9-10). 3775–3786. 7 indexed citations
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Desai, Dawood, et al.. (2023). Fatigue life prediction of mistuned steam turbine blades subjected to deviations in blade geometry. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 3 indexed citations
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Desai, Dawood, et al.. (2023). Transient Analysis of Thermal Bending and Vibration of Steam Turbine Rotor. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 84–96. 1 indexed citations
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Desai, Dawood, et al.. (2023). Fatigue life prediction of turbine blades with geometric imperfections made of stainless steel. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 172–180. 1 indexed citations
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Desai, Dawood, et al.. (2021). Coupled explicit-damping simulation of laser shock peening on x12Cr steam turbine blades. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1780(1). 12002–12002. 4 indexed citations
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Daramola, Oluyemi Ojo, et al.. (2020). Multiscale analysis and experimental validation of the effective elastic modulus of epoxy-dioctahedral phyllosilicate clay composite. Heliyon. 6(6). e04008–e04008. 16 indexed citations
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Ramatsetse, Boitumelo, et al.. (2013). Conceptual Design Framework For Developing A Reconfigurable Vibrating Screen For Small And Medium Mining Enterprises. 10 indexed citations

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