Furqan Tahir

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Furqan Tahir is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Furqan Tahir has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 15 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Furqan Tahir's work include Advanced Control Systems Optimization (12 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (10 papers) and Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (9 papers). Furqan Tahir is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Control Systems Optimization (12 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (10 papers) and Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (9 papers). Furqan Tahir collaborates with scholars based in Qatar, United Kingdom and Pakistan. Furqan Tahir's co-authors include Sami G. Al‐Ghamdi, Sikandar Abdul Qadir, Luluwah Al‐Fagih, Muammer Koç‬, Abdelnasser Mabrouk, Imad M. Jaimoukha, Ahmer A.B. Baloch, Mohamed Alhaj, Tareq Al‐Ansari and Gordon McKay and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Furqan Tahir

84 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Incentives and strategies for financing the renewable energy transition: A review

2021 316 citations Furqan Tahir et al. Energy Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Furqan Tahir Qatar	24	320	304	292	241	201	88	1.8k
Naim Hamdia Afgan Portugal	23	387 1.2×	345 1.1×	286 1.0×	125 0.5×	219 1.1×	77	2.0k
Dexin Wang China	30	609 1.9×	365 1.2×	445 1.5×	165 0.7×	95 0.5×	145	2.5k
Domenico Curto Italy	23	162 0.5×	330 1.1×	167 0.6×	160 0.7×	100 0.5×	89	2.1k
Mohammad Noori Sepehr Iran	22	238 0.7×	230 0.8×	120 0.4×	82 0.3×	119 0.6×	47	1.7k
Ofélia de Queiroz Fernandes Araújo Brazil	30	892 2.8×	627 2.1×	194 0.7×	168 0.7×	126 0.6×	130	2.5k
Ennio Carnevale Italy	23	441 1.4×	185 0.6×	189 0.6×	68 0.3×	159 0.8×	62	1.8k
S.O.T. Ogaji United Kingdom	22	222 0.7×	99 0.3×	217 0.7×	307 1.3×	67 0.3×	50	1.7k
Ahmad Hajinezhad Iran	22	434 1.4×	319 1.0×	238 0.8×	91 0.4×	44 0.2×	83	1.4k
Omar Farrok Bangladesh	20	272 0.8×	296 1.0×	181 0.6×	218 0.9×	110 0.5×	74	1.7k
Selçuk Bilgen Türkiye	17	291 0.9×	466 1.5×	267 0.9×	80 0.3×	51 0.3×	39	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Furqan Tahir

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Saleem, Junaid, Zubair Khalid Baig Moghal, Furqan Tahir, et al.. (2025). Life cycle assessment of high value activated carbon production based on mass and functional performance metrics. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 32797–32797.

Nurdiawati, Anissa, Furqan Tahir, Ilman Nuran Zaini, & Sami G. Al‐Ghamdi. (2025). Prospective environmental and economic assessment of green steel production in the Middle East. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 219. 108277–108277. 4 indexed citations

Tahir, Furqan, Hassan Mohamed, Sini Skariah, et al.. (2025). Mapping climate change interaction with human health through DPSIR framework: Qatar perspective. Heliyon. 11(3). e42455–e42455. 1 indexed citations

Saleem, Junaid, Zubair Khalid Baig Moghal, Furqan Tahir, Tareq Al‐Ansari, & Gordon McKay. (2024). Assessing environmental impacts of various solvent-dissolution routes for the pelletization of mixed plastic waste. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 37. 103903–103903. 3 indexed citations

Saleem, Junaid, Furqan Tahir, Zubair Khalid Baig Moghal, & Gordon McKay. (2024). Environmental impacts of activated carbon flakes from Palm fiber and polyolefin wastes using life cycle assessment. Materials Today Proceedings. 7 indexed citations

Saleem, Junaid, Zubair Khalid Baig Moghal, Furqan Tahir, Tareq Al‐Ansari, & Gordon McKay. (2024). Environmental and economic assessment of mixed plastic waste pelletization in the Gulf Cooperation Council region. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 480. 136349–136349. 2 indexed citations

Tahir, Furqan, et al.. (2023). The role of environmental impact assessment in the sustainable artificial island development: A Qatar's Island case study. Cleaner Environmental Systems. 9. 100111–100111. 4 indexed citations

Tahir, Furqan, et al.. (2023). Oxy-methane combustion characteristics in a vertical porous plate reactor. Energy Reports. 9. 2900–2910. 3 indexed citations

Tahir, Furqan, et al.. (2023). Current and emerging technologies for carbon accounting in urban landscapes: Advantages and limitations. Ecological Indicators. 154. 110603–110603. 9 indexed citations

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Imteyaz, Binash, et al.. (2023). Integrated oxy-combustion power generation with carbon capture and humidification–dehumidification desalination cycle. Desalination and Water Treatment. 309. 126–132. 1 indexed citations

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Tahir, Furqan & Sami G. Al‐Ghamdi. (2022). Climatic change impacts on the energy requirements for the built environment sector. Energy Reports. 9. 670–676. 29 indexed citations

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Tahir, Furqan, et al.. (2022). Sewage wastewater: A potential energy source for boosting power generation in the Khartoum state of Sudan. Energy Reports. 8. 384–389. 7 indexed citations

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Tahir, Furqan & Guney Guven Yapici. (2021). Effect of aging on the mechanical behavior of aluminum-steel composites processed by accumulative roll bonding. Materials Today Proceedings. 47. 2401–2404.

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Tahir, Furqan, et al.. (2021). Life-Cycle Assessment of Polypropylene Production in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Region. Polymers. 13(21). 3793–3793. 45 indexed citations

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Tahir, Furqan, Abdelnasser Mabrouk, & Muammer Koç‬. (2019). Impact of surface tension and viscosity on falling film thickness in multi-effect desalination (MED) horizontal tube evaporator. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 150. 106235–106235. 40 indexed citations

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Tahir, Furqan. (2018). Transient Analysis of Air Bubble Rise in Stagnant Water Column Using CFD. 2018. 3 indexed citations

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Sha’aban, Yusuf A., et al.. (2018). Control Improvement Using MPC: A Case Study of pH Control for Brine Dechlorination. IEEE Access. 6. 13418–13428. 18 indexed citations

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Ali, Haider, et al.. (2018). Analysis of steam reforming of methane integrated with solar central receiver system. 3 indexed citations

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Tahir, Furqan & David Lovett. (2017). Hot melt extrusion technology for continuous manufacturing. 22(6). 36–39. 1 indexed citations

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Habib, Mohamed A., Furqan Tahir, Medhat A. Nemitallah, Wael H. Ahmed, & Hassan M. Badr. (2015). Experimental and numerical analysis of oxy-fuel combustion in a porous plate reactor. International Journal of Energy Research. 39(9). 1229–1240. 13 indexed citations

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