Hamidreza Najafi

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Hamidreza Najafi is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Hamidreza Najafi has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 14 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 13 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Hamidreza Najafi's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (13 papers), Numerical methods in inverse problems (10 papers) and Heat Transfer and Optimization (10 papers). Hamidreza Najafi is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (13 papers), Numerical methods in inverse problems (10 papers) and Heat Transfer and Optimization (10 papers). Hamidreza Najafi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and Italy. Hamidreza Najafi's co-authors include Keith A. Woodbury, Behzad Najafi, Pooya Hoseinpoori, James V. Beck, Mohadeseh Seyednezhad, Filippo de Monte, T.V. Nguyen, N.R. Keltner, Akshay Bhargava and Mohamed Oussama Damen and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer and IEEE Transactions on Communications.

In The Last Decade

Hamidreza Najafi

55 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hamidreza Najafi United States	16	598	342	257	238	221	59	1.4k
Alain Degiovanni France	21	362 0.6×	324 0.9×	321 1.2×	402 1.7×	277 1.3×	124	1.7k
Denis Maillet France	24	869 1.5×	388 1.1×	289 1.1×	591 2.5×	247 1.1×	98	2.2k
Filippo de Monte Italy	21	535 0.9×	225 0.7×	114 0.4×	221 0.9×	84 0.4×	82	1.3k
Sreekant Narumanchi United States	22	1.1k 1.8×	825 2.4×	159 0.6×	448 1.9×	343 1.6×	106	2.3k
Marcelo J. Colaço Brazil	18	356 0.6×	189 0.6×	194 0.8×	346 1.5×	118 0.5×	109	1.3k
Adrienne S. Lavine United States	22	1.0k 1.7×	222 0.6×	87 0.3×	317 1.3×	109 0.5×	74	1.5k
Cho Lik Chan United States	22	863 1.4×	203 0.6×	111 0.4×	667 2.8×	45 0.2×	64	1.6k
Yasong Sun China	23	380 0.6×	61 0.2×	177 0.7×	580 2.4×	447 2.0×	78	1.4k
Masanori Monde Japan	26	1.2k 2.1×	357 1.0×	573 2.2×	721 3.0×	47 0.2×	148	2.0k
L. L. Vasiliev Belarus	18	1.8k 3.0×	233 0.7×	251 1.0×	449 1.9×	61 0.3×	98	2.2k

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Woodbury, Keith A., Filippo de Monte, & Hamidreza Najafi. (2025). Correcting temperature measurement Bias in experimental data. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 164. 108775–108775. 1 indexed citations

Najafi, Hamidreza, et al.. (2023). A Novel Approach for Solving Inverse Heat Conduction Problems Using Genetic Algorithm. 1 indexed citations

Najafi, Hamidreza, et al.. (2023). A Novel Approach for Optimizing Building Energy Models Using Machine Learning Algorithms. Energies. 16(3). 1033–1033. 16 indexed citations

Woodbury, Keith A., Hamidreza Najafi, Filippo de Monte, & James V. Beck. (2023). Inverse Heat Conduction. 28 indexed citations

Najafi, Hamidreza, et al.. (2023). Energy Forecasting in Buildings Using Deep Neural Networks. 4(3). 2 indexed citations

Shariatinasab, Reza, et al.. (2023). Analysis of Electrical Characteristics of Composite Insulators with the Presence of Optimum Layer of ZnO Microvaristors. International Journal of Energy Research. 2023. 1–10. 1 indexed citations

Najafi, Hamidreza, et al.. (2021). A Comparative Study of the Influence of Different Wake Models on Wind Farm Layout Optimization. 1 indexed citations

Najafi, Hamidreza, et al.. (2020). Energy Efficiency Improvement in K-12 Schools: A Case Study in Florida. 2(1). 4 indexed citations

Najafi, Hamidreza, et al.. (2020). Application of Artificial Neural Network As a Near-Real Time Technique for Solving Non-Linear Inverse Heat Conduction Problems in a One-Dimensional Medium With Moving Boundary. 3 indexed citations

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Najafi, Hamidreza, et al.. (2020). A Machine Learning Based Approach for Energy Consumption Forecasting in K-12 Schools. 2 indexed citations

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Vahedipour‐Dahraie, Mostafa, Homa Rashidizadeh‐Kermani, & Hamidreza Najafi. (2019). Optimal Energy and Reserve Scheduling of an Islanded Microgrid Considering Responsive Loads and Security. 48(4). 1853–1866. 2 indexed citations

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Najafi, Hamidreza, et al.. (2019). A Near Real-Time Solution Approach for Surface Heat Flux Estimation in One Dimensional Inverse Heat Conduction Problems With Moving Boundary. 4 indexed citations

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Bhargava, Akshay & Hamidreza Najafi. (2016). Photovoltaic-Thermoelectric Systems for Building Cooling Applications: A Preliminary Study. 6 indexed citations

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Najafi, Hamidreza & Keith A. Woodbury. (2015). Online heat flux estimation using artificial neural network as a digital filter approach. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 91. 808–817. 44 indexed citations

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Najafi, Hamidreza, Mohamed Oussama Damen, & Are Hjørungnes. (2013). Asynchronous Compute-and-Forward. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 61(7). 2704–2712. 7 indexed citations

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Najafi, Hamidreza & Keith A. Woodbury. (2013). Optimization of a cooling system based on Peltier effect for photovoltaic cells. Solar Energy. 91. 152–160. 158 indexed citations

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Najafi, Hamidreza & Keith A. Woodbury. (2013). Modeling and Analysis of a Combined Photovoltaic-Thermoelectric Power Generation System. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 135(3). 59 indexed citations

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Najafi, Hamidreza, et al.. (2012). Dynamic Modeling of Autonomous Wind-Diesel system with Fixed-Speed Wind Turbine. International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE). 1(2). 47–64. 1 indexed citations

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Aghaebrahimi, M. R., et al.. (2012). Introducing well-being analysis for wind-diesel islanded grid. International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems. 23(8). 1490–1503. 4 indexed citations

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Najafi, Behzad, et al.. (2011). Computational fluid dynamics investigation and multi-objective optimization of an engine air-cooling system using genetic algorithm. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 225(6). 1389–1398. 27 indexed citations

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