Hazim Awbi

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
100 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Hazim Awbi is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Hazim Awbi has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Building and Construction, 59 papers in Environmental Engineering and 42 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Hazim Awbi's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (63 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (44 papers) and Infection Control and Ventilation (42 papers). Hazim Awbi is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (63 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (44 papers) and Infection Control and Ventilation (42 papers). Hazim Awbi collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Portugal and China. Hazim Awbi's co-authors include Taghi Karimipanah, A.P. Hatton, Fatiha Bourbia, Derek Clements‐Croome, Michael J. Williams, Norhayati Mahyuddin, Kai Sirén, Youngjun Cho, Guangyu Cao and Runming Yao and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Hazim Awbi

94 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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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.

Ventilation rates in schools and pupils’ performance

2011 424 citations Hazim Awbi et al. Building and Environment profile →
A review of the performance of different ventilation and airflow distribution systems in buildings

2014 393 citations Hazim Awbi, Runming Yao et al. Building and Environment profile →
Indoor air quality and health in schools: A critical review for developing the roadmap for the future school environment

2022 196 citations Sasan Sadrizadeh, Hazim Awbi et al. Journal of Building Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hazim Awbi United Kingdom	33	2.7k	2.6k	1.5k	965	692	100	4.4k
Chandra Sekhar Singapore	38	2.7k 1.0×	1.9k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	898 0.9×	587 0.8×	149	4.7k
Naiping Gao China	37	1.4k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	606 0.6×	491 0.7×	129	3.7k
Shinsuke Kato Japan	36	1.6k 0.6×	2.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	795 0.8×	310 0.4×	258	4.2k
Mats Sandberg Sweden	40	2.3k 0.8×	4.1k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	852 0.9×	469 0.7×	162	5.6k
Arsen Krikor Melikov Denmark	51	4.9k 1.8×	3.5k 1.4×	5.0k 3.3×	1.6k 1.6×	675 1.0×	253	7.9k
Risto Kosonen Finland	35	2.9k 1.1×	1.8k 0.7×	934 0.6×	580 0.6×	778 1.1×	248	4.4k
Jarek Kurnitski Estonia	38	3.5k 1.3×	1.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	693 0.7×	739 1.1×	260	5.4k
Kamel Ghali Lebanon	36	2.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	575 0.6×	1.3k 1.8×	205	4.5k
Nesreen Ghaddar Lebanon	38	2.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	589 0.6×	1.7k 2.4×	245	5.5k
David Cheong Singapore	33	1.9k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	835 0.9×	258 0.4×	85	3.5k

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Yuan, Feng, Runming Yao, Sasan Sadrizadeh, et al.. (2024). The influence of activity patterns and relative humidity on particle resuspension in classrooms. The Science of The Total Environment. 946. 173898–173898. 2 indexed citations

Feng, Yuan, Runming Yao, Wei Yu, et al.. (2023). Dynamic characteristics of particulate matter resuspension due to human activities in indoor environments: A comprehensive review. Journal of Building Engineering. 79. 107914–107914. 13 indexed citations

Conceição, Eusébio, et al.. (2023). The Application of UAVs in the Evaluation of Thermal Comfort Levels in Buildings Equipped with Internal Greenhouses. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(3). 1080–1114.

Conceição, Eusébio, et al.. (2023). Application of Semi-Circular Double-Skin Facades in Auditoriums in Winter Conditions. Inventions. 8(2). 60–60. 3 indexed citations

Luo, Zhiwen, et al.. (2022). Safe CO2 threshold limits for indoor long-range airborne transmission control of COVID-19. Building and Environment. 234. 109967–109967. 11 indexed citations

Conceição, Eusébio, et al.. (2021). Development of a Double Skin Facade System Applied in a Virtual Occupied Chamber. Inventions. 6(1). 17–17. 2 indexed citations

Conceição, Eusébio & Hazim Awbi. (2021). Evaluation of Integral Effect of Thermal Comfort, Air Quality and Draught Risk for Desks Equipped with Personalized Ventilation Systems. Energies. 14(11). 3235–3235. 12 indexed citations

Yu, Wei, Lexiang Wang, Qingqin Wang, et al.. (2019). Design selection and evaluation method of PM2.5 filters for fresh air systems. Journal of Building Engineering. 27. 100977–100977. 19 indexed citations

Awbi, Hazim. (2017). Ventilation for Good Indoor Air Quality and Energy Efficiency. Energy Procedia. 112. 277–286. 75 indexed citations

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Arghand, Taha, et al.. (2015). An experimental investigation of the flow and comfort parameters for under-floor, confluent jets and mixing ventilation systems in an open-plan office. Building and Environment. 92. 48–60. 45 indexed citations

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Mahyuddin, Norhayati, Hazim Awbi, & Emmanuel Essah. (2014). Computational fluid dynamics modelling of the air movement in an environmental test chamber with a respiring manikin. Journal of Building Performance Simulation. 8(5). 359–374. 20 indexed citations

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Mahyuddin, Norhayati, et al.. (2008). Investigating carbon dioxide in high occupancy buildings with particular application to classrooms. CentAUR (University of Reading). 7 indexed citations

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Turner, William J.N. & Hazim Awbi. (2007). Hybrid ventilation for cooling application. CentAUR (University of Reading). 78(22). e131–3.

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Bourbia, Fatiha & Hazim Awbi. (2003). Building cluster and shading in urban canyon for hot dry climate. Renewable Energy. 29(2). 291–301. 92 indexed citations

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Elmualim, Abbas & Hazim Awbi. (2003). Post occupancy evaluation of a building employing windcatchers for summer ventilation. Facilities. 21(13/14). 323–332. 12 indexed citations

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Cho, Youngjun & Hazim Awbi. (2002). Effect of heat source location in a room on the ventilation performance. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 6 indexed citations

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Awbi, Hazim. (2002). Environmental Science in Building, 5th Edition. Building and Environment. 37(10). 1013–1013. 5 indexed citations

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Elmualim, Abbas & Hazim Awbi. (2002). Wind Tunnel and CFD Investigation of the Performance of “Windcatcher” Ventilation Systems. International Journal of Ventilation. 1(1). 53–64. 69 indexed citations

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Awbi, Hazim, et al.. (2001). Towards an integrated set of design tools based on a common data format for building and services design. Automation in Construction. 10(4). 459–476. 11 indexed citations

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Awbi, Hazim & Guohui Gan. (1994). Predicting air flow and thermal comfort in offices. ASHRAE journal. 36(2). 17–21. 27 indexed citations

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