El‐Sayed Salama

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
148 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

El‐Sayed Salama is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, El‐Sayed Salama has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 43 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 40 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in El‐Sayed Salama's work include Algal biology and biofuel production (42 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (32 papers) and Biodiesel Production and Applications (22 papers). El‐Sayed Salama is often cited by papers focused on Algal biology and biofuel production (42 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (32 papers) and Biodiesel Production and Applications (22 papers). El‐Sayed Salama collaborates with scholars based in China, South Korea and Saudi Arabia. El‐Sayed Salama's co-authors include Byong‐Hun Jeon, Xiangkai Li, Mayur B. Kurade, Marwa M. El-Dalatony, Reda A.I. Abou-Shanab, Shouvik Saha, Booki Min, Soon Woong Chang, Muhammad Usman and Sanjay P. Govindwar and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Water Research and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

El‐Sayed Salama

134 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

Utilization of waste biomass of Poa pratensis for green synthesis of n-doped carbon dots and its application in detection of Mn2+ and Fe3+

2021 204 citations El‐Sayed Salama, Byong‐Hun Jeon et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
El‐Sayed Salama China	44	1.9k	1.5k	1.1k	1.0k	872	148	5.4k
Dillirani Nagarajan Taiwan	40	2.9k 1.5×	1.4k 0.9×	854 0.8×	498 0.5×	734 0.8×	81	5.1k
Hong‐Yu Ren China	38	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	695 0.6×	802 0.8×	656 0.8×	149	3.8k
Jun Zhu United States	28	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	445 0.4×	835 0.8×	795 0.9×	215	4.5k
Abd El‐Fatah Abomohra China	53	2.9k 1.5×	4.2k 2.7×	1.2k 1.1×	924 0.9×	662 0.8×	195	8.2k
Jun Cheng China	48	2.1k 1.1×	2.5k 1.6×	928 0.9×	2.1k 2.1×	514 0.6×	165	6.6k
Germán Buitrón Mexico	40	1.0k 0.5×	1.7k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.7×	1.4k 1.6×	218	5.1k
Cristina González‐Fernández Spain	49	2.8k 1.4×	2.5k 1.6×	1.5k 1.3×	1.8k 1.8×	815 0.9×	128	6.0k
İlgi Karapınar Türkiye	25	915 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	521 0.5×	1.4k 1.4×	606 0.7×	51	3.6k
Zhiyou Wen United States	51	2.9k 1.5×	3.2k 2.0×	2.7k 2.5×	618 0.6×	645 0.7×	123	7.5k
S. Kavitha India	45	1.2k 0.6×	2.3k 1.5×	552 0.5×	2.0k 2.0×	1.3k 1.5×	115	5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by El‐Sayed Salama

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of El‐Sayed Salama

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Thakur, Nandini, Monika Sharma, Adel I. Alalawy, et al.. (2025). Applications of plant and animal-based biochar: Insight into environmental remediation and biofuel production. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 71. 107278–107278. 1 indexed citations

Khan, Aman, Liang Peng, El‐Sayed Salama, et al.. (2025). Pediococcus acidilactici GR-5 alleviates hyperuricemia by degrading purine nucleosides and improving gut microbiota metabolism. npj Science of Food. 9(1). 183–183.

Li, Quanxin, Monika Sharma, Reda A.I. Abou-Shanab, et al.. (2025). Cutting-edge strategies for microplastic sampling, analysis, and remediation across different environments. Microchemical Journal. 212. 113520–113520. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yanyi, Zhenmin Ling, Zemin Wang, et al.. (2024). The combination of oxalic acid and uric acid degrading probiotic from traditional Chinese fermented food reduces calcium accumulation and prevents kidney stones formation in rats. Food Bioscience. 62. 105099–105099. 2 indexed citations

Basak, Bikram, Mayur B. Kurade, El‐Sayed Salama, et al.. (2024). Assessing ecotoxicity, removal efficiency, and molecular response of freshwater microalgae to bisphenol AP. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 154760–154760. 7 indexed citations

Zhou, Tuoyu, Aman Khan, Tianxiang Hu, et al.. (2024). A probiotic Limosilactobacillus fermentum GR-3 mitigates colitis-associated tumorigenesis in mice via modulating gut microbiome. npj Science of Food. 8(1). 61–61. 11 indexed citations

Alalawy, Adel I., et al.. (2024). Enhancing bioelectricity generation in seaweed-derived microbial fuel cells using modified anodes with Fe2O3@AuNPs/PANI nanocomposites. Biomass and Bioenergy. 182. 107104–107104. 11 indexed citations

Khan, Aman, Huawen Han, Weilin Jin, et al.. (2023). A gluten degrading probiotic Bacillus subtilis LZU-GM relieve adverse effect of gluten additive food and balances gut microbiota in mice. Food Research International. 170. 112960–112960. 11 indexed citations

Sharma, Monika, Lihong Zhang, Xiaohong Xing, et al.. (2023). Bimolecular transitions and lipid synthesis in marine microalgae for environmental and human health application. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(5). 110398–110398. 10 indexed citations

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Ji, Jing, Liang Peng, Tianpeng Gao, et al.. (2023). Microplastics enhanced the toxic effects of sulfamethoxazole on aerobic granular sludge and enriched antibiotic resistance genes. Chemical Engineering Journal. 464. 142783–142783. 27 indexed citations

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Qi, Tao, et al.. (2023). Investigation of the oral microbiome of children associated with dental caries: A systematic study. Archives of Oral Biology. 154. 105776–105776. 5 indexed citations

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Koutb, Mostafa, Elhagag Ahmed Hassan, Hussein H. Abulreesh, et al.. (2023). Endophytic fungus Neopestalotiopsis clavispora AUMC15969: biosynthesis and characterization of exopolysaccharides and biodiesel production. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 14(19). 24539–24549. 2 indexed citations

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Sharma, Monika, Mohammed Jalalah, Saeed A. Alsareii, et al.. (2023). Microalgal cycling in the cathode of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) induced oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and electricity: A biocatalytic process for clean energy. Chemical Engineering Journal. 479. 147431–147431. 18 indexed citations

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Thakur, Nandini, Monika Sharma, Hisham Alghamdi, et al.. (2023). A recent trend in anaerobic digestion (AD): Enhancement of microbiome and digestibility of feedstocks via abiotic stress factors for biomethanation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 472. 145047–145047. 10 indexed citations

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Salama, El‐Sayed, Hyun‐Seog Roh, Subhabrata Dev, et al.. (2019). Algae as a green technology for heavy metals removal from various wastewater. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 35(5). 75–75. 154 indexed citations

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Salama, El‐Sayed, Shouvik Saha, Mayur B. Kurade, et al.. (2018). Recent trends in anaerobic co-digestion: Fat, oil, and grease (FOG) for enhanced biomethanation. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science. 70. 22–42. 150 indexed citations

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El-Dalatony, Marwa M., El‐Sayed Salama, Mayur B. Kurade, et al.. (2018). Whole conversion of microalgal biomass into biofuels through successive high-throughput fermentation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 360. 797–805. 65 indexed citations

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Saha, Shouvik, Mayur B. Kurade, El‐Sayed Salama, et al.. (2018). Improvement of acidogenic fermentation using an acclimatized microbiome. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 43(49). 22126–22134. 29 indexed citations

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Kurade, Mayur B., Shouvik Saha, El‐Sayed Salama, et al.. (2018). Acetoclastic methanogenesis led by Methanosarcina in anaerobic co-digestion of fats, oil and grease for enhanced production of methane. Bioresource Technology. 272. 351–359. 237 indexed citations

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Ji, Min-Kyu, Akhil N. Kabra, El‐Sayed Salama, et al.. (2014). Effect of mine wastewater on nutrient removal and lipid production by a green microalga Micratinium reisseri from concentrated municipal wastewater. Bioresource Technology. 157. 84–90. 44 indexed citations

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