Kourosh Behzadian

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Kourosh Behzadian is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Ocean Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kourosh Behzadian has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Water Science and Technology, 31 papers in Ocean Engineering and 30 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kourosh Behzadian's work include Water resources management and optimization (27 papers), Water Systems and Optimization (22 papers) and Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (20 papers). Kourosh Behzadian is often cited by papers focused on Water resources management and optimization (27 papers), Water Systems and Optimization (22 papers) and Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (20 papers). Kourosh Behzadian collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Iran and Czechia. Kourosh Behzadian's co-authors include Zoran Kapelan, Farzad Piadeh, Abdollah Ardeshir, Mohammad Gheibi, Mohsen Ahmadi, Luiza C. Campos, Amir M. Alani, Raziyeh Farmani, Dragan Savić and David Butler and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Kourosh Behzadian

96 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A critical review for the impact of anaerobic digestion on the sustainable development goals

2023 90 citations Farzad Piadeh, Kourosh Behzadian et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kourosh Behzadian United Kingdom	25	555	521	470	389	360	104	2.0k
Stewart Burn Australia	31	424 0.8×	730 1.4×	732 1.6×	346 0.9×	307 0.9×	84	2.6k
Emily Zechman Berglund United States	23	339 0.6×	554 1.1×	556 1.2×	581 1.5×	315 0.9×	87	1.7k
Rafid Alkhaddar United Kingdom	26	415 0.7×	920 1.8×	261 0.6×	239 0.6×	224 0.6×	72	2.2k
Banafsheh Zahraie Iran	25	391 0.7×	851 1.6×	377 0.8×	684 1.8×	554 1.5×	89	2.0k
Upaka Rathnayake Sri Lanka	28	866 1.6×	854 1.6×	391 0.8×	174 0.4×	903 2.5×	222	2.9k
Salah L. Zubaidi Iraq	23	458 0.8×	797 1.5×	164 0.3×	268 0.7×	225 0.6×	72	1.9k
Gyan Chhipi‐Shrestha Canada	23	311 0.6×	331 0.6×	123 0.3×	172 0.4×	186 0.5×	58	1.5k
Yulei Xie China	27	631 1.1×	905 1.7×	149 0.3×	432 1.1×	342 0.9×	135	2.5k
Manoj K. Jha United States	28	186 0.3×	620 1.2×	664 1.4×	205 0.5×	304 0.8×	171	3.0k
Abbas Roozbahani Iran	25	404 0.7×	498 1.0×	411 0.9×	506 1.3×	337 0.9×	67	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Kourosh Behzadian

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kourosh Behzadian

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Nong, Xizhi, et al.. (2025). Modelling of basin-scale nutrient loading variations under the synergistic influences of climate change and socioeconomic development. Journal of Hydrology. 652. 132673–132673.

Saidi, Mohammad Said, et al.. (2025). Efficient COVID-19 detection using data mining algorithms: a comparison of basic and hybrid approaches. Soft Computing. 29(3). 1437–1451.

Córdoba‐Pachón, José‐Rodrigo, Alberto Paucar‐Caceres, Angela Bywater, et al.. (2025). A critical systems thinking methodology to explore circularity of food waste in a university campus. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 77(1). 370–389.

Piadeh, Farzad, et al.. (2024). Urban water infrastructure: A critical review on climate change impacts and adaptation strategies. Urban Climate. 58. 102132–102132. 19 indexed citations

Gheibi, Mohammad, et al.. (2024). Dynamic Modelling, Simulation, and Sensitive Analysis of Lead Removal in a Fixed-Bed Adsorption Column using Waste-Based Materials. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 1368(1). 12009–12009.

Gheibi, Mohammad, et al.. (2024). An intelligent decision support system for groundwater supply management and electromechanical infrastructure controls. Heliyon. 10(3). e25036–e25036. 9 indexed citations

Noman, Muhammad Tayyab, Stanisław Wacławek, Mohammad Gheibi, et al.. (2024). Aging behaviour assessment of cellulosic fibres in alkaline media: A green technology approach in construction materials. Journal of Building Engineering. 92. 109685–109685. 3 indexed citations

Moezzi, Reza, et al.. (2024). Phase change materials (PCM) as a passive system in the opaque building envelope: A simulation-based analysis. Journal of Energy Storage. 101. 113625–113625. 21 indexed citations

Eftekhari, Mohammad, et al.. (2024). Modelling and optimising the performance of graphene oxide-Cu2SnS3-polyaniline nanocomposite as an adsorbent for mercury ion removal. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(26). 38196–38216. 4 indexed citations

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Noman, Muhammad Tayyab, et al.. (2024). Preparation of Green Sustainable Cement Paste Mixture Based on Inorganic Additives: An Experimental and Modelling Approach. Buildings. 14(7). 1922–1922. 1 indexed citations

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Behzadian, Kourosh, Anwar Musah, Albert Chen, et al.. (2024). Analysis of environmental factors influencing endemic cholera risks in sub-Saharan Africa. The Science of The Total Environment. 926. 171896–171896. 8 indexed citations

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Leo, C.P., et al.. (2023). A short review of CO2 responsive polymeric adsorbents and membranes for water quality control. AIP conference proceedings. 1 indexed citations

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Gheibi, Mohammad, et al.. (2023). A new integrated agent-based framework for designing building emergency evacuation: A BIM approach. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 93. 103753–103753. 13 indexed citations

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Asghari, Fatemeh, Farzad Piadeh, Hossein Yousefi, et al.. (2023). Resilience Assessment in Urban Water Infrastructure: A Critical Review of Approaches, Strategies and Applications. Preprints.org. 8 indexed citations

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Piadeh, Farzad, Kourosh Behzadian, Albert Chen, et al.. (2023). Enhancing urban flood forecasting in drainage systems using dynamic ensemble-based data mining. Water Research. 247. 120791–120791. 14 indexed citations

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Piadeh, Farzad, Kourosh Behzadian, & Amir M. Alani. (2022). A critical review of real-time modelling of flood forecasting in urban drainage systems. Journal of Hydrology. 607. 127476–127476. 98 indexed citations

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Behzadian, Kourosh, et al.. (2018). Water-Energy-Pollutant Nexus Assessment of Water Reuse Strategies in Urban Water Systems using Metabolism Based Approach. UWL Repository (University of West London). 2 indexed citations

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Soleymani, Meysam, Kourosh Behzadian, & Abdollah Ardeshir. (2015). EVALUATION OF STRATEGIES FOR MODIFYING URBAN STORM WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM USING RISK-BASED CRITERIA. Journal of Water and Wastewater; Ab va Fazilab ( in persian ). 26(6100). 16–29. 3 indexed citations

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Ardeshir, Abdollah, et al.. (2014). OPTIMAL SITE LOCATION FOR BOOSTER STATIONS OF CHLORINE INJECTION WITH NON-LINEAR DECAY RATE IN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 25(694). 77–87. 1 indexed citations

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Behzadian, Kourosh, Zoran Kapelan, G. Venkatesh, Helge Brattebø, & Sveinung Sægrov. (2014). WaterMet<sup>2</sup>: a tool for integrated analysis of sustainability-based performance of urban water systems. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(1). 63–72. 19 indexed citations

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