Farad Sagala

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 955 citations indexed

About

Farad Sagala is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Analytical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Farad Sagala has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 955 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Ocean Engineering, 13 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 9 papers in Analytical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Farad Sagala's work include Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (14 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (13 papers) and Petroleum Processing and Analysis (9 papers). Farad Sagala is often cited by papers focused on Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (14 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (13 papers) and Petroleum Processing and Analysis (9 papers). Farad Sagala collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Uganda and Malaysia. Farad Sagala's co-authors include Allan Katende, Issham Ismail, Nashaat N. Nassar, Afif Hethnawi, Ariffin Samsuri, Gerardo Vitale, Ahmad Kamal Idris, Tatiana Montoya, Nurudeen Yekeen and Ahmed Al‐Yaseri and has published in prestigious journals such as Fuel, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research and Advances in Colloid and Interface Science.

In The Last Decade

Farad Sagala

21 papers receiving 942 citations

Hit Papers

A critical review of low salinity water flooding: Mechani... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200 250
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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. A critical review of low salinity water flooding: Mechanism, laboratory and field application
    2019 266 citations Allan Katende, Farad Sagala Journal of Molecular Liquids profile →

Peers

Farad Sagala
Ali Piroozian Malaysia
Mojtaba P. Shahri United States
Omid Mohammadzadeh Canada
Xiaosen Shang China
Zhengsong Qiu China
Jihua Cai China
Mohammed Bataweel United States
Bisweswar Ghosh United States
Saheed Olawale Olayiwola United States
Ali Piroozian Malaysia
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Fields of papers citing papers by Farad Sagala

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Farad Sagala

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

All Works

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Yıldız, Emel, Joshua Wanyama, John Baptist Kirabira, et al.. (2025). Green synthesis of zero-valent iron nanoparticles from cape gooseberry (physalis peruviana l.) Biomass for oil spill remediation. Environmental Challenges. 19. 101146–101146.
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Sagala, Farad, et al.. (2024). Surface-modified silica nanoparticles for enhanced oil recovery in sandstone cores. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 413. 125815–125815. 13 indexed citations
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Hethnawi, Afif, et al.. (2024). Effective inhibition of crystal growth during wax deposition using CTAB‐grafted faujasite nanoparticles. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 102(6). 2106–2121.
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Sagala, Farad, et al.. (2023). Role of surfactants, polymers, nanoparticles, and its combination in inhibition of wax deposition and precipitation: A review. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 315. 102904–102904. 32 indexed citations
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Hethnawi, Afif, et al.. (2023). Green synthesis of novel titanomagnetite nanoparticles for oil spill cleanup. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 664. 131191–131191. 7 indexed citations
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Abdullah, Norfazliana, et al.. (2023). A review study of metal oxide nanoparticles utilization in wettability alteration mechanism. AIP conference proceedings. 2950. 50004–50004. 1 indexed citations
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Hethnawi, Afif, et al.. (2022). Influence of CTAB-Grafted Faujasite Nanoparticles on the Dynamic Interfacial Tension of Oil/Water Systems. Energy & Fuels. 36(11). 5666–5680. 11 indexed citations
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Sagala, Farad, Afif Hethnawi, & Nashaat N. Nassar. (2020). Integrating Silicate-Based Nanoparticles with Low-Salinity Water Flooding for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Sandstone Reservoirs. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 59(37). 16225–16239. 20 indexed citations
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Sagala, Farad, Tatiana Montoya, Afif Hethnawi, Gerardo Vitale, & Nashaat N. Nassar. (2019). Nanopyroxene-Based Nanofluids for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Sandstone Cores at Reservoir Temperature. Energy & Fuels. 33(2). 877–890. 48 indexed citations
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Katende, Allan & Farad Sagala. (2019). A critical review of low salinity water flooding: Mechanism, laboratory and field application. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 278. 627–649. 266 indexed citations breakdown →
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Katende, Allan, et al.. (2019). Improving the performance of oil based mud and water based mud in a high temperature hole using nanosilica nanoparticles. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 577. 645–673. 131 indexed citations
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Katende, Allan, et al.. (2019). The effect of drill–pipe rotation on improving hole cleaning using polypropylene beads in water-based mud at different hole angles. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology. 10(3). 1253–1262. 45 indexed citations
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Katende, Allan, et al.. (2018). A comprehensive investigation on the performance of durian rind as a lost circulation material in water based drilling mud. Petroleum. 5(3). 285–294. 50 indexed citations
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Katende, Allan, et al.. (2018). Improving hole cleaning using low density polyethylene beads at different mud circulation rates in different hole angles. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 61. 333–343. 65 indexed citations
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Sagala, Farad, et al.. (2016). Effect of wettability on oil recovery and breakthrough time for immiscible gas flooding. Petroleum Science and Technology. 34(20). 1705–1711. 9 indexed citations

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