Malik Braik

3.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
48 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Malik Braik is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Malik Braik has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 12 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 9 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Malik Braik's work include Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (28 papers), Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (16 papers) and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (9 papers). Malik Braik is often cited by papers focused on Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (28 papers), Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (16 papers) and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (9 papers). Malik Braik collaborates with scholars based in Jordan, United Arab Emirates and Palestinian Territory. Malik Braik's co-authors include Abdelaziz I. Hammouri, Mohammed Azmi Al‐Betar, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Jaffar Atwan, Sulieman Bani‐Ahmad, Alaa Sheta, Dheeb Albashish, Iyad Abu Doush, Heba Al-Hiary and Aladdin Ayesh and has published in prestigious journals such as Expert Systems with Applications, Applied Soft Computing and Knowledge-Based Systems.

In The Last Decade

Malik Braik

44 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

White Shark Optimizer: A novel bio-inspired meta-heuristic algorithm for global optimization problems

2022 504 citations Malik Braik, Abdelaziz I. Hammouri et al. Knowledge-Based Systems profile →
Fast and Accurate Detection and Classification of Plant Diseases

2011 443 citations Malik Braik et al. profile →
Chameleon Swarm Algorithm: A bio-inspired optimizer for solving engineering design problems

2021 350 citations Malik Braik Expert Systems with Applications profile →
Elk herd optimizer: a novel nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm

2024 80 citations Mohammed Azmi Al‐Betar, Mohammed A. Awadallah et al. profile →
Tornado optimizer with Coriolis force: a novel bio-inspired meta-heuristic algorithm for solving engineering problems

2025 20 citations Malik Braik, Heba Al-Hiary et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Malik Braik Jordan	21	1.1k	648	366	365	351	48	2.4k
Malrey Lee South Korea	21	762 0.7×	225 0.3×	103 0.3×	874 2.4×	261 0.7×	108	2.6k
Pauline Ong Malaysia	21	529 0.5×	142 0.2×	130 0.4×	333 0.9×	127 0.4×	93	1.7k
Jayanta Kumar Basak India	21	597 0.6×	445 0.7×	171 0.5×	384 1.1×	72 0.2×	119	1.8k
Abdelouahab Moussaouı Algeria	16	385 0.4×	605 0.9×	273 0.7×	159 0.4×	157 0.4×	70	1.4k
Uday Pratap Singh India	19	254 0.2×	877 1.4×	393 1.1×	360 1.0×	72 0.2×	77	2.0k
Muhammad Awais Pakistan	24	311 0.3×	306 0.5×	152 0.4×	323 0.9×	74 0.2×	112	1.9k
Jaya Sil India	16	327 0.3×	338 0.5×	223 0.6×	270 0.7×	120 0.3×	101	1.1k
Lalit Kumar Awasthi India	19	779 0.7×	201 0.3×	60 0.2×	255 0.7×	247 0.7×	149	2.4k
Brijesh Verma Australia	29	1.3k 1.2×	203 0.3×	91 0.2×	1.4k 3.8×	77 0.2×	204	2.8k
Nizamettin Aydın Türkiye	24	386 0.4×	434 0.7×	69 0.2×	405 1.1×	81 0.2×	140	2.4k

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Braik, Malik, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Osama Dorgham, Heba Al-Hiary, & Mohammed Azmi Al‐Betar. (2024). Applications of dynamic feature selection based on augmented white shark optimizer for medical diagnosis. Expert Systems with Applications. 257. 124973–124973. 12 indexed citations

Hammouri, Abdelaziz I., et al.. (2024). A binary hybrid sine cosine white shark optimizer for feature selection. Cluster Computing. 27(6). 7825–7867. 8 indexed citations

Braik, Malik, et al.. (2024). Correction: Enhanced coati optimization algorithm using elite opposition-based learning and adaptive search mechanism for feature selection. International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics. 16(1). 395–395. 1 indexed citations

Braik, Malik, Alaa Sheta, Heba Al-Hiary, et al.. (2024). Predicting Surface Ozone Levels in Eastern Croatia: Leveraging Recurrent Fuzzy Neural Networks with Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 235(10). 4 indexed citations

Al‐Betar, Mohammed Azmi, et al.. (2024). Augmented electric eel foraging optimization algorithm for feature selection with high-dimensional biological and medical diagnosis. Neural Computing and Applications. 36(35). 22171–22221. 5 indexed citations

Hammouri, Abdelaziz I., et al.. (2024). Improved Dwarf Mongoose Optimization Algorithm for Feature Selection: Application in Software Fault Prediction Datasets. Journal of Bionic Engineering. 21(4). 2000–2033. 2 indexed citations

Braik, Malik, et al.. (2023). Optimization of K-means clustering method using hybrid capuchin search algorithm. The Journal of Supercomputing. 80(2). 1728–1787. 11 indexed citations

Khurma, Ruba Abu, et al.. (2023). An augmented Snake Optimizer for diseases and COVID-19 diagnosis. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 84. 104718–104718. 37 indexed citations

Sheta, Alaa, Malik Braik, Heba Al-Hiary, & Seyedali Mirjalili. (2023). Improved versions of crow search algorithm for solving global numerical optimization problems. Applied Intelligence. 53(22). 26840–26884. 10 indexed citations

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Sheta, Alaa, Thaer Thaher, Salim Surani, et al.. (2023). Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Feature Selection, Classification Methods, and Data Grouping Based Age, Sex, and Race. Diagnostics. 13(14). 2417–2417. 4 indexed citations

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Khurma, Ruba Abu, Esraa Alhenawi, Malik Braik, et al.. (2023). A bio-medical snake optimizer system driven by logarithmic surviving global search for optimizing feature selection and its application for disorder recognition. Journal of Computational Design and Engineering. 10(6). 2361–2383. 3 indexed citations

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Braik, Malik. (2023). Modified chameleon swarm algorithm for brightness and contrast enhancement of satellite images. Multimedia Tools and Applications. 83(9). 26819–26870. 14 indexed citations

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Braik, Malik, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Mohammed Azmi Al‐Betar, & Abdelaziz I. Hammouri. (2023). A hybrid capuchin search algorithm with gradient search algorithm for economic dispatch problem. Soft Computing. 27(22). 16809–16841. 7 indexed citations

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Braik, Malik, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Mohammed Azmi Al‐Betar, Abdelaziz I. Hammouri, & Omar A. Alzubi. (2023). Cognitively Enhanced Versions of Capuchin Search Algorithm for Feature Selection in Medical Diagnosis: a COVID-19 Case Study. Cognitive Computation. 15(6). 1884–1921. 22 indexed citations

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Braik, Malik, et al.. (2023). Metaheuristic methods to identify parameters and orders of fractional-order chaotic systems. Expert Systems with Applications. 228. 120426–120426. 6 indexed citations

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Braik, Malik, Abdelaziz I. Hammouri, Jaffar Atwan, Mohammed Azmi Al‐Betar, & Mohammed A. Awadallah. (2022). White Shark Optimizer: A novel bio-inspired meta-heuristic algorithm for global optimization problems. Knowledge-Based Systems. 243. 108457–108457. 504 indexed citations breakdown →

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Awadallah, Mohammed A., Mohammed Azmi Al‐Betar, Malik Braik, et al.. (2022). An enhanced binary Rat Swarm Optimizer based on local-best concepts of PSO and collaborative crossover operators for feature selection. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 147. 105675–105675. 59 indexed citations

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Sheta, Alaa, et al.. (2021). Optimization of PID Controller to Stabilize Quadcopter Movements Using Meta-Heuristic Search Algorithms. Applied Sciences. 11(14). 6492–6492. 24 indexed citations

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Al-Hiary, Heba, et al.. (2012). An Implemented Approach for Potentially Breast Cancer Detection Using Extracted Features and Artificial Neural Networks. Computing and Informatics / Computers and Artificial Intelligence. 31(1). 225–244. 5 indexed citations

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Braik, Malik, Alaa Sheta, & Aladdin Ayesh. (2007). Image enhancement using particle swarm optimization. DMU Open Research Archive (De Montfort University). 696–701. 61 indexed citations

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