Mehdi Bettahar

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Mehdi Bettahar is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mehdi Bettahar has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Environmental Engineering, 7 papers in Water Science and Technology and 6 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mehdi Bettahar's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (13 papers), Fecal contamination and water quality (7 papers) and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (6 papers). Mehdi Bettahar is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (13 papers), Fecal contamination and water quality (7 papers) and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (6 papers). Mehdi Bettahar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Mehdi Bettahar's co-authors include Scott A. Bradford, Jiřı́ Šimůnek, Scott R. Yates, Martinus Th. van Genuchten, Faisal Anwar, Gerhard Schäfer, M. Bavière and François Van Dorpe and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Water Resources Research and Journal of Environmental Quality.

In The Last Decade

Mehdi Bettahar

16 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Modeling Colloid Attachment, Straining, and Exclusion in Saturated Porous Media

2003 695 citations Scott A. Bradford, Jiřı́ Šimůnek et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Physical factors affecting the transport and fate of colloids in saturated porous media

2002 661 citations Scott A. Bradford, Scott R. Yates et al. Water Resources Research profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mehdi Bettahar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mehdi Bettahar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mehdi Bettahar based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Mehdi Bettahar. Mehdi Bettahar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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18 of 18 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Remedial Process Optimization and Ozone Sparging for Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Impacted Groundwater 2016 ·Remediation Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Mehdi Bettahar	11
2	Sustainable wind‐driven bioventing at a petroleum hydrocarbon–impacted site 2012 ·Remediation Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Mehdi Bettahar	4
3	Significance of straining in colloid deposition: Evidence and implications 2006 ·Water Resources Research ·Scott A. Bradford, Jiřı́ Šimůnek, Mehdi Bettahar, Martinus Th. van Genuchten, Scott R. Yates	248
4	Concentration dependent transport of colloids in saturated porous media 2005 ·Journal of Contaminant Hydrology ·Scott A. Bradford, Mehdi Bettahar	228
5	Incidence d'une technique de décontamination par tensioactifs sur la conductivité hydraulique d'un aquifère contrôlé pollué par du gazole 2005 ·Revue des sciences de l eau ·Mehdi Bettahar, (unknown), François Van Dorpe, M. Bavière	0
6	Straining, Attachment, and Detachment of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Saturated Porous Media 2005 ·Journal of Environmental Quality ·Scott A. Bradford, Mehdi Bettahar	145
7	Straining of colloids at textural interfaces 2005 ·Water Resources Research ·Scott A. Bradford, Jiřı́ Šimůnek, Mehdi Bettahar, (unknown), Martinus Th. van Genuchten, Scott R. Yates	131
8	Straining and Attachment of Colloids in Physically Heterogeneous Porous Media 2004 ·Vadose Zone Journal ·Scott A. Bradford, Mehdi Bettahar, Jiřı́ Šimůnek, Martinus Th. van Genuchten	222
9	Straining and Attachment of Colloids in Physically Heterogeneous Porous Media 2004 ·Vadose Zone Journal ·Scott A. Bradford, Mehdi Bettahar, Jiřı́ Šimůnek, Martinus Th. van Genuchten	40
10	Modeling Colloid Attachment, Straining, and Exclusion in Saturated Porous Media breakdown → 2003 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Scott A. Bradford, Jiřı́ Šimůnek, Mehdi Bettahar, Martinus Th. van Genuchten, Scott R. Yates	695
11	Physical factors affecting the transport and fate of colloids in saturated porous media breakdown → 2002 ·Water Resources Research ·Scott A. Bradford, Scott R. Yates, Mehdi Bettahar, Jiřı́ Šimůnek	661
12	Transport and Fate of Colloids in Physically Heterogeneous Porous Media 2001 ·AGUFM ·Scott A. Bradford, Mehdi Bettahar, Jiřı́ Šimůnek, Martinus Th. van Genuchten	1
13	Effect of the water–oil ratio on brine/surfactant/alcohol/oil systems optimized for soil remediation 2000 ·Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management ·(unknown), Mehdi Bettahar	9
14	Optimization of the Surfactant/Alcohol Formulations for the Remediation of Oily Contaminated Porous Media 2000 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown), Mehdi Bettahar, (unknown)	11
15	EFFECT OF ALCOHOL AND OIL TYPE ON MINIMUM INTERFACIAL TENSIONS AND PHASE BEHAVIOR OF THE BRINE/SURFACTANT/ALCOHOL/OIL SYSTEMS 2000 ·Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshu ·(unknown), Mehdi Bettahar, (unknown)	0
16	A method for determining air–water interfacial area in variably saturated porous media 2000 ·Journal of Contaminant Hydrology ·Faisal Anwar, Mehdi Bettahar, (unknown)	80
17	Surfactant Enhanced In Situ Remediation of LNAPL Contaminated Aquifers: Large Scale Studies on a Controlled Experimental Site 1999 ·Transport in Porous Media ·Mehdi Bettahar, (unknown), Gerhard Schäfer, François Van Dorpe	28
18	An Optimized Surfactant Formulation for the Remediation of Diesel Oil Polluted Sandy Aquifers 1999 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Mehdi Bettahar, Gerhard Schäfer, M. Bavière	26

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