Hanafy Holail

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Hanafy Holail is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hanafy Holail has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Paleontology, 9 papers in Atmospheric Science and 7 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Hanafy Holail's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (15 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (6 papers). Hanafy Holail is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (15 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (6 papers). Hanafy Holail collaborates with scholars based in Egypt, Lebanon and Qatar. Hanafy Holail's co-authors include Ahmad Kabbani, Zakia A. Olama, Mohamed Rashed, Abdel-Kader M. Moghazi, Hassan H. Hammud, Hoda Yusef, Kyger C. Lohmann, I. Patrick Saoud, Joly Ghanawi and Ahmed K. Sadek and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Geology, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and Marine Geology.

In The Last Decade

Hanafy Holail

34 papers receiving 981 citations

Hit Papers

Heavy Metals Removal Using Activated Carbon, Silica and S... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
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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. Heavy Metals Removal Using Activated Carbon, Silica and Silica Activated Carbon Composite
    2014 449 citations Ahmad Kabbani, Hanafy Holail et al. Energy Procedia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hanafy Holail Egypt 11 467 151 144 127 124 35 1.0k
Mao‐Xu Zhu China 20 501 1.1× 113 0.7× 356 2.5× 178 1.4× 207 1.7× 56 1.6k
Chen-Feng You Taiwan 15 301 0.6× 110 0.7× 150 1.0× 150 1.2× 134 1.1× 23 762
Xiancong Tao China 11 345 0.7× 73 0.5× 111 0.8× 219 1.7× 56 0.5× 15 826
Mariano Mercurio Italy 24 209 0.4× 68 0.5× 134 0.9× 68 0.5× 67 0.5× 85 1.7k
Antônio Carlos Saraiva da Costa Brazil 22 213 0.5× 112 0.7× 123 0.9× 124 1.0× 36 0.3× 110 1.5k
V. V. Krupskaya Russia 20 123 0.3× 130 0.9× 317 2.2× 196 1.5× 108 0.9× 90 1.3k
Teruo Henmi Japan 19 255 0.5× 68 0.5× 239 1.7× 197 1.6× 41 0.3× 99 1.5k
Philip Larese‐Casanova United States 22 421 0.9× 537 3.6× 261 1.8× 61 0.5× 98 0.8× 38 1.9k
Zhong Zhang China 19 492 1.1× 221 1.5× 73 0.5× 142 1.1× 30 0.2× 48 1.1k
Soumya Das Canada 19 295 0.6× 284 1.9× 125 0.9× 59 0.5× 43 0.3× 34 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Hanafy Holail

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hanafy Holail

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hanafy Holail

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mohyaldinn, Mysara Eissa, Zakia A. Olama, & Hanafy Holail. (2015). Biodiversity of oleaginous microorganisms in the Lebanese environment. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 4(5). 5 indexed citations
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Yusef, Hoda, et al.. (2014). Antimicrobial and biocide resistance of bacteria in a Lebanese tertiary care hospital. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 2(4). 299–305. 2 indexed citations
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Kabbani, Ahmad, et al.. (2014). Heavy Metals Removal Using Activated Carbon, Silica and Silica Activated Carbon Composite. Energy Procedia. 50. 113–120. 449 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kabbani, Ahmad, et al.. (2014). Removal of Heavy Metals Using Nanostructured Graphite Oxide, Silica Nanoparticles and Silica/ Graphite Oxide Composite. Energy Procedia. 50. 130–138. 116 indexed citations
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Holail, Hanafy, et al.. (2014). WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF HASBANI RIVER IN SOUTH LEBANON: MICROBIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE ECOSYSTEM. 8 indexed citations
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Olama, Zakia A., et al.. (2013). Environmental studies on the microbial degradation of oil hydrocarbons and its application in Lebanese oil polluted coastal and marine ecosystem.. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 2(6). 1–18. 31 indexed citations
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Holail, Hanafy, et al.. (2013). The Antibacterial Activity of Graphite Oxide, Silver, Impregnated Graphite Oxide with Silver and GO-Coated Sand Nanoparticles against Waterborne Pathogenic E.coli BL21. 6 indexed citations
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Yusef, Hoda, et al.. (2013). Pigment production by Exiguobacterium aurantiacum FH, a novel Lebanese strain. 19 indexed citations
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Saoud, I. Patrick, et al.. (2011). Improving Water Use Efficiency in Semi-Arid Regions through Integrated Aquaculture/Agriculture. Journal of Applied Aquaculture. 23(3). 212–230. 19 indexed citations
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Holail, Hanafy, et al.. (2006). Diagenesis and geochemistry of the Aptian dolomite (cretaceous) in the Razzak Oil Field, western Desert, Egypt. Carbonates and Evaporites. 21(2). 176–187. 8 indexed citations
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Holail, Hanafy, et al.. (2006). Facies analysis and petrophysical properties of the lithologies of the north gas field, Qatar. Carbonates and Evaporites. 21(1). 40–50. 5 indexed citations
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Holail, Hanafy, et al.. (2004). Dolomitization of Middle Eocene carbonate rocks, Abu Roash area, Egypt. Carbonates and Evaporites. 19(2). 151–161. 5 indexed citations
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Holail, Hanafy. (1999). The isotopic composition and diagenetic history of pleistocene carbonates, North Qatar. Carbonates and Evaporites. 14(1). 41–55. 6 indexed citations
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Holail, Hanafy & Abdel-Kader M. Moghazi. (1998). Provenance, tectonic setting and geochemistry of greywackes and siltstones of the Late Precambrian Hammamat Group, Egypt. Sedimentary Geology. 116(3-4). 227–250. 75 indexed citations
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Holail, Hanafy, et al.. (1995). Mineralogical and geochemical compositions of modern bivalve shells from the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. GeoJournal. 35(4). 481–486. 2 indexed citations
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Holail, Hanafy. (1994). Diagenesis of the middle eocene "nummulite bank" of The giza pyramids plateau, Egypt: petrologic and18o/16o evidence. 2 indexed citations
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Holail, Hanafy, et al.. (1994). Mercury pollution in doha (Qatar) coastal environment. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 13(5). 725–735. 13 indexed citations
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Holail, Hanafy. (1993). Diagenetic trends of the Pleistocene calcareous ridges, Mersa Matruh area, Egypt. Chemical Geology. 106(3-4). 375–388. 6 indexed citations
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Holail, Hanafy. (1992). Coordinated petrography-isotopic-chemical investigation of meteoric calcite cement (Jurassic-Pleistocene), Egypt. Carbonates and Evaporites. 7(1). 48–55. 5 indexed citations
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Holail, Hanafy & Mohamed Rashed. (1992). Stable isotopic composition of carbonate-cemented recent beachrock along the Mediterranean and the Red Sea coasts of Egypt. Marine Geology. 106(1-2). 141–148. 61 indexed citations

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