Hussain Al–Ekabi

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Hussain Al–Ekabi is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hussain Al–Ekabi has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Organic Chemistry, 7 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hussain Al–Ekabi's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (4 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (4 papers) and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (4 papers). Hussain Al–Ekabi is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (4 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (4 papers) and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (4 papers). Hussain Al–Ekabi collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Iraq and Canada. Hussain Al–Ekabi's co-authors include David F. Ollis, Nick Serpone, P. de Mayo, Claudio Minero, R. Barton Draper, Marye Anne Fox, Ezio Pelizzetti, Silvia E. Braslavsky, Kurt Schaffner and Richard G. Weiss and has published in prestigious journals such as Langmuir, The Journal of Physical Chemistry and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Hussain Al–Ekabi

21 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Photocatalytic purification and treatment of water and air 1988 2026 2000 2013 1993 1988 250 500 750 1000
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. Photocatalytic purification and treatment of water and air
    1993 1.2k citations David F. Ollis, Hussain Al–Ekabi profile →
  2. Kinetics studies in heterogeneous photocatalysis. I. Photocatalytic degradation of chlorinated phenols in aerated aqueous solutions over titania supported on a glass matrix
    1988 557 citations Hussain Al–Ekabi, Nick Serpone The Journal of Physical Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hussain Al–Ekabi Germany 10 1.8k 903 578 214 177 22 2.2k
Jaromı́r Jirkovský Czechia 27 1.2k 0.7× 809 0.9× 432 0.7× 339 1.6× 163 0.9× 50 2.0k
R.I. Bickley United Kingdom 18 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 223 0.4× 269 1.3× 132 0.7× 36 2.0k
R. Davies United Kingdom 8 1.3k 0.7× 779 0.9× 302 0.5× 209 1.0× 106 0.6× 19 1.5k
Enrico Borgarello Italy 24 2.4k 1.4× 1.8k 2.0× 377 0.7× 656 3.1× 163 0.9× 38 3.3k
András Dombi Hungary 29 1.9k 1.1× 1.3k 1.4× 696 1.2× 331 1.5× 207 1.2× 93 2.9k
Jianjun He China 19 1.7k 1.0× 1.5k 1.7× 426 0.7× 570 2.7× 139 0.8× 32 2.8k
Hiroyuki Hidaka Japan 22 1.0k 0.6× 772 0.9× 287 0.5× 209 1.0× 141 0.8× 89 2.3k
Ignazio Renato Bellobono Italy 20 897 0.5× 706 0.8× 264 0.5× 224 1.0× 313 1.8× 108 1.7k
Jean-Marc Chovelon France 28 905 0.5× 569 0.6× 630 1.1× 350 1.6× 124 0.7× 42 1.9k
Yiming Xu China 19 1.3k 0.8× 923 1.0× 384 0.7× 370 1.7× 146 0.8× 40 1.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hussain Al–Ekabi

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Al–Ekabi, Hussain, et al.. (2014). Advanced technology for water purification by heterogeneous photocatalysis. International Journal of Environment and Pollution. 6 indexed citations
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Ollis, David F. & Hussain Al–Ekabi. (1993). Photocatalytic purification and treatment of water and air : proceedings of the 1st International Conference on TiO[2] Photocatalytic Purification and Treatment of Water and Air, London, Ontario, Canada, 8-13 November, 1992. Elsevier eBooks. 41 indexed citations
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Ollis, David F. & Hussain Al–Ekabi. (1993). Photocatalytic purification and treatment of water and air. 1162 indexed citations breakdown →
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Al–Ekabi, Hussain, et al.. (1993). TiO2 advanced photo-oxidation technology: Effect of electron acceptors. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 5 indexed citations
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Al–Ekabi, Hussain, et al.. (1989). Carbon tetrabromide as an electron acceptor in heterogeneous photocatalysis. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 67(6). 1061–1064. 9 indexed citations
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Al–Ekabi, Hussain, Hiroki Kawata, & P. de Mayo. (1988). Photoinduced electron transfer to a carbenium ion. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 53(7). 1471–1474. 10 indexed citations
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Al–Ekabi, Hussain & Nick Serpone. (1988). Kinetics studies in heterogeneous photocatalysis. I. Photocatalytic degradation of chlorinated phenols in aerated aqueous solutions over titania supported on a glass matrix. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 92(20). 5726–5731. 557 indexed citations breakdown →
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Al–Ekabi, Hussain & P. de Mayo. (1987). Surface photochemistry. The cadmium sulfide mediated reactions of 1,1-di-p-anisylethylene. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 52(21). 4756–4759. 11 indexed citations
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Al–Ekabi, Hussain & P. de Mayo. (1986). Surface photochemistry. Tetrahedron. 42(22). 6277–6284. 28 indexed citations
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Al–Ekabi, Hussain & P. de Mayo. (1985). Surface photochemistry: cadmium sulfide photoinduced cis-trans isomerization of olefins. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 89(26). 5815–5821. 48 indexed citations
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Braslavsky, Silvia E., Hussain Al–Ekabi, Christian Pétrier, & Kurt Schaffner. (1985). PHYTOCHROME MODELS, PART 9. CONFORMATION SELECTIVITY OF THE PHOTOCYCLIZATION OF THE BILIVERDIN IX γ and IX δ DIMETHYL ESTERS*. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 41(3). 237–246. 7 indexed citations
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Al–Ekabi, Hussain & P. de Mayo. (1984). Surface photochemistry: photocatalysed olefin cis–trans equilibrium mediated by CdS. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 1231–1232. 8 indexed citations
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Al–Ekabi, Hussain, et al.. (1984). Photochemical and mass spectrometric transformation of gibberellenic acid to 9-epiallogibberic acid. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 62(10). 1996–1998. 9 indexed citations
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Braslavsky, Silvia E., et al.. (1983). Photoprocesses in biliverdin dimethyl ester in ethanol studied by laser-induced optoacoustic spectroscopy (lioas). Tetrahedron. 39(11). 1909–1913. 37 indexed citations
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Al–Ekabi, Hussain, et al.. (1981). Photorearrangement and photocleavage of gibberellenic acid. Journal of Photochemistry. 17(1). 93–93. 1 indexed citations
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Al–Ekabi, Hussain, et al.. (1981). Competition between singlet state photoreduction and triplet state photodimerization of dimethyl 3-dehydrogibberellenate. Tetrahedron. 37(6). 1199–1203. 1 indexed citations
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