Hassan Mahani

4.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
112 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Hassan Mahani is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Hassan Mahani has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Ocean Engineering, 62 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 52 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Hassan Mahani's work include Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (75 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (61 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (47 papers). Hassan Mahani is often cited by papers focused on Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (75 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (61 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (47 papers). Hassan Mahani collaborates with scholars based in Iran, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Hassan Mahani's co-authors include Steffen Berg, W.‐B. Bartels, Ramez A. Nasralla, Vahid Niasar, Shahab Ayatollahi, W. R. Rossen, S. Majid Hassanizadeh, Ali Fadili, Rafael Natal Lima de Menezes and Niels Brussee and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Water Resources Research and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Hassan Mahani

104 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. Insights into the Mechanism of Wettability Alteration by Low-Salinity Flooding (LSF) in Carbonates
    2015 454 citations Hassan Mahani, Steffen Berg et al. Energy & Fuels profile →
  2. Electrokinetics of Carbonate/Brine Interface in Low-Salinity Waterflooding: Effect of Brine Salinity, Composition, Rock Type, and pH on ?-Potential and a Surface-Complexation Model
    2016 304 citations Hassan Mahani, Steffen Berg et al. profile →
  3. Literature review of low salinity waterflooding from a length and time scale perspective
    2018 261 citations W.‐B. Bartels, Hassan Mahani et al. Fuel profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hassan Mahani Iran 30 3.3k 2.2k 2.1k 552 542 112 3.7k
Mojdeh Delshad United States 39 5.2k 1.6× 2.0k 0.9× 3.7k 1.7× 879 1.6× 1.2k 2.2× 270 5.9k
Matthew T. Balhoff United States 38 3.0k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 1.9k 0.9× 390 0.7× 953 1.8× 144 4.1k
Peyman Pourafshary Kazakhstan 33 2.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 1.7k 0.8× 613 1.1× 475 0.9× 202 3.3k
Birol Dindoruk United States 29 1.8k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 549 1.0× 696 1.3× 189 2.9k
Kristian Jessen United States 27 1.8k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 159 0.3× 1.0k 1.9× 133 2.7k
Long X. Nghiem Canada 27 1.6k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 900 0.4× 629 1.1× 503 0.9× 73 2.3k
Niels Brussee Netherlands 18 2.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 210 0.4× 443 0.8× 23 2.2k
Xiaohu Dong China 27 1.9k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 665 1.2× 272 0.5× 116 3.0k
S.M. Farouq Ali Canada 31 2.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 1.0k 1.8× 381 0.7× 245 3.5k
Mehran Sohrabi United Kingdom 29 2.7k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 363 0.7× 743 1.4× 165 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hassan Mahani

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hassan Mahani

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All Works

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Mahani, Hassan, et al.. (2025). Techno-economic feasibility of underground hydrogen storage in Iran: a path to sustainable energy integration. International Journal of Energy and Water Resources. 9(4). 1767–1778. 1 indexed citations
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Mahani, Hassan, et al.. (2025). Geo-storage of ammonia as an energy carrier: A review on the opportunities and challenges. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 252. 213906–213906.
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Mahani, Hassan, et al.. (2025). Salinity-dependent interfacial site density of oil acidic molecules with application to low-salinity waterflooding. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 429. 127528–127528.
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Mahani, Hassan, et al.. (2025). Pore-scale insights on mixed-wettability and its impact on underground hydrogen storage in aquifers. Advances in Water Resources. 204. 105044–105044. 1 indexed citations
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Zivar, Davood, et al.. (2024). The effect of gas solubility on the selection of cushion gas for underground hydrogen storage in aquifers. Journal of Energy Storage. 80. 110264–110264. 42 indexed citations
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Bahrami, Mehdi, et al.. (2023). Challenges in the simulation of underground hydrogen storage: A review of relative permeability and hysteresis in hydrogen-water system. Journal of Energy Storage. 73. 108886–108886. 57 indexed citations
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Mahani, Hassan, et al.. (2023). Geomechanical investigation of casing collapse using finite element modeling: The role of cement sheath integrity. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 233. 212579–212579. 8 indexed citations
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Mahani, Hassan, et al.. (2023). How does the presence of an oleic phase influence salt transport during polymer-enhanced low-salinity waterflooding?. Physics of Fluids. 35(11). 4 indexed citations
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Hajiabadi, Seyed Hasan, Pavel Bedrikovetsky, Sara Borazjani, & Hassan Mahani. (2021). Well Injectivity during CO2 Geosequestration: A Review of Hydro-Physical, Chemical, and Geomechanical Effects. Energy & Fuels. 35(11). 9240–9267. 56 indexed citations
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Mohammadi, Mehdi, et al.. (2021). Pore network-scale visualization of the effect of brine composition on sweep efficiency and speed of oil recovery from carbonates using a photolithography-based calcite microfluidic model. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 208. 109641–109641. 25 indexed citations
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Mahani, Hassan, et al.. (2020). Impact of Oil Polarity on the Mixing Time at the Pore Scale in Low Salinity Waterflooding. Energy & Fuels. 34(10). 12247–12259. 28 indexed citations
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Niasar, Vahid, et al.. (2019). Novel insights into pore-scale dynamics of wettability alteration during low salinity waterflooding. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 9257–9257. 83 indexed citations
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Karadimitriou, Nikolaos, Hassan Mahani, Holger Steeb, & Vahid Niasar. (2019). Nonmonotonic Effects of Salinity on Wettability Alteration and Two‐Phase Flow Dynamics in PDMS Micromodels. Water Resources Research. 55(11). 9826–9837. 17 indexed citations
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Nasralla, Ramez A., H.A. van der Linde, Fons Marcelis, et al.. (2016). Low Salinity Waterflooding for a Carbonate Reservoir Experimental Evaluation and Numerical Interpretation. 63 indexed citations
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Mahani, Hassan, et al.. (2015). Insights into the Mechanism of Wettability Alteration by Low-Salinity Flooding (LSF) in Carbonates. Energy & Fuels. 29(3). 1352–1367. 454 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sorop, T. G., Shehadeh Masalmeh, Bart M. J. M. Suijkerbuijk, et al.. (2015). Relative Permeability Measurements to Quantify the Low Salinity Flooding Effect at Field Scale. Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference. 44 indexed citations
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Nasralla, Ramez A., H.A. van der Linde, Niels Brussee, et al.. (2014). Demonstrating the Potential of Low-Salinity Waterflood to Improve Oil Recovery in Carbonate Reservoirs by Qualitative Coreflood. Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference. 62 indexed citations

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