Elsayed Mousa

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Elsayed Mousa is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Elsayed Mousa has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 13 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Elsayed Mousa's work include Iron and Steelmaking Processes (32 papers), Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (14 papers) and Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics (14 papers). Elsayed Mousa is often cited by papers focused on Iron and Steelmaking Processes (32 papers), Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (14 papers) and Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics (14 papers). Elsayed Mousa collaborates with scholars based in Egypt, Sweden and Italy. Elsayed Mousa's co-authors include Chuan Wang, Mikael Larsson, Johan Riesbeck, Guozhu Ye, Alexander Babich, Dieter Senk, Xianfeng Hu, A. A. El-Geassy, Elza Bontempi and Patrizia Frontera and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Elsayed Mousa

50 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Biomass applications in iron and steel industry: An overview of challenges and opportunities

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elsayed Mousa Egypt	20	1.1k	712	308	304	161	53	1.5k
Shuguang Zhu China	17	453 0.4×	554 0.8×	320 1.0×	346 1.1×	216 1.3×	50	1.2k
Zhiqiang Xu China	20	561 0.5×	352 0.5×	156 0.5×	374 1.2×	172 1.1×	68	1.3k
G. Akdogan South Africa	22	1.2k 1.1×	547 0.8×	355 1.2×	301 1.0×	178 1.1×	118	1.6k
Xiang Luo China	21	383 0.3×	487 0.7×	165 0.5×	249 0.8×	536 3.3×	39	1.4k
Tomáš Havlík Slovakia	23	1.6k 1.4×	795 1.1×	997 3.2×	504 1.7×	144 0.9×	46	1.9k
Tamer M. Ismail Egypt	26	367 0.3×	959 1.3×	172 0.6×	71 0.2×	196 1.2×	58	1.4k
Abid Farooq South Korea	20	631 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	155 0.5×	79 0.3×	322 2.0×	38	1.7k
Gwang Hoon Rhee South Korea	24	461 0.4×	639 0.9×	142 0.5×	147 0.5×	332 2.1×	59	1.5k
Muhammad Amin Pakistan	18	277 0.2×	347 0.5×	136 0.4×	294 1.0×	363 2.3×	51	1.3k
Guoquan Zhang China	27	1.2k 1.0×	808 1.1×	109 0.4×	107 0.4×	221 1.4×	61	1.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mousa, Elsayed, et al.. (2025). Enhancing network security based on 10G-EPON with the use of the Hill cipher algorithm. Journal of Optical Communications. 1 indexed citations

Predeanu, Georgeta, Bruno Valentim, Luminiţa Popescu, et al.. (2025). Characterization of the ash samples before and after thermal processing aiming phosphorus extraction and residues valorization. Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Brescia). 307. 104808–104808.

Fahimi, Ario, Mark S. Massa, Elsayed Mousa, et al.. (2025). Enhancing phosphorus recovery from poultry litter ash through microwave-assisted thermochemical treatment for improving its solubility. Journal of Environmental Management. 379. 124802–124802.

Cornelio, Antonella, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the sustainability of a pilot-scale spent lithium-ion battery recycling process. Separation and Purification Technology. 359. 130433–130433. 6 indexed citations

Mousa, Elsayed, et al.. (2024). Non-Isothermal Reduction Kinetics Model of Self-Reducing Iron Ore Pellets. ISIJ International. 64(10). 1503–1516. 1 indexed citations

Mousa, Elsayed, et al.. (2023). Developing Iron Ore Pellets Using Novel Binders for H2-Based Direct Reduction. Sustainability. 15(14). 11415–11415. 1 indexed citations

Mousa, Elsayed, et al.. (2023). Maximizing the Recycling of Iron Ore Pellets Fines Using Innovative Organic Binders. Materials. 16(10). 3888–3888. 3 indexed citations

Mousa, Elsayed, Xianfeng Hu, & Guozhu Ye. (2022). Effect of Graphite on the Recovery of Valuable Metals from Spent Li-Ion Batteries in Baths of Hot Metal and Steel. Recycling. 7(1). 5–5. 9 indexed citations

Fahimi, Ario, Alessandra Zanoletti, Antonella Cornelio, et al.. (2022). Sustainability Analysis of Processes to Recycle Discharged Lithium-Ion Batteries, Based on the ESCAPE Approach. Materials. 15(23). 8527–8527. 12 indexed citations

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Fahimi, Ario, Serena Ducoli, Stefania Federici, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of the sustainability of technologies to recycle spent lithium-ion batteries, based on embodied energy and carbon footprint. Journal of Cleaner Production. 338. 130493–130493. 57 indexed citations

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Mousa, Elsayed, Xianfeng Hu, Guozhu Ye, et al.. (2022). Characterization and Thermal Treatment of the Black Mass from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries. Sustainability. 15(1). 15–15. 29 indexed citations

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Paone, Emilia, Angela Malara, Guozhu Ye, et al.. (2022). Direct Reuse of Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries as an Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Reductive Upgrading of Biomass-Derived Furfural. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(7). 2275–2281. 27 indexed citations

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Ducoli, Serena, Ario Fahimi, Elsayed Mousa, et al.. (2022). ESCAPE approach for the sustainability evaluation of spent lithium-ion batteries recovery: Dataset of 33 available technologies. Data in Brief. 42. 108018–108018. 16 indexed citations

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Hu, Xianfeng, et al.. (2022). Complex gas formation during combined mechanical and thermal treatments of spent lithium-ion-battery cells. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 431. 128541–128541. 29 indexed citations

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Hu, Xianfeng, Elsayed Mousa, & Guozhu Ye. (2020). Recovery of Co, Ni, Mn, and Li from Li-ion batteries by smelting reduction - Part II: A pilot-scale demonstration. Journal of Power Sources. 483. 229089–229089. 67 indexed citations

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Hu, Xianfeng, Elsayed Mousa, Yang Tian, & Guozhu Ye. (2020). Recovery of Co, Ni, Mn, and Li from Li-ion batteries by smelting reduction - Part I: A laboratory-scale study. Journal of Power Sources. 483. 228936–228936. 90 indexed citations

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Mousa, Elsayed. (2013). Effect of basicity on wüstite sinter reducibility under simulated blast furnace conditions. Ironmaking & Steelmaking Processes Products and Applications. 41(6). 418–429. 13 indexed citations

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Mousa, Elsayed, Alexander Babich, & Dieter Senk. (2013). Enhancement of Iron Ore Sinter Reducibility through Coke Oven Gas Injection into the Modern Blast Furnace. ISIJ International. 53(8). 1372–1380. 25 indexed citations

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El-Geassy, A. A., et al.. (2012). Carbothermic reduction of Fe ₂ O ₃ /C compacts: comparative approach to kinetics and mechanism. Ironmaking & Steelmaking Processes Products and Applications. 40(7). 534–544. 36 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaoming, Yaru Cui, Elsayed Mousa, & Junxue Zhao. (2009). Recycling of Sludge Generated From Stainless Steel Pickling Process. Journal of Iron and Steel Research International. 16. 480–484. 5 indexed citations

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