Mohamed Lachheb

723 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 588 citations indexed

About

Mohamed Lachheb is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Mohamed Lachheb has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 588 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 10 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 4 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Mohamed Lachheb's work include Phase Change Materials Research (12 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (10 papers) and Adsorption and Cooling Systems (9 papers). Mohamed Lachheb is often cited by papers focused on Phase Change Materials Research (12 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (10 papers) and Adsorption and Cooling Systems (9 papers). Mohamed Lachheb collaborates with scholars based in Tunisia, France and Qatar. Mohamed Lachheb's co-authors include Mustapha Karkri, Sassi Ben Nasrallah, Fethi Albouchi, Zohir Younsi, Hassane Naji, Igor Krupa, Salwa Bouadila, Mariam Al Ali Al‐Maadeed, Patrik Sobolčiak and Magali Fois and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy Conversion and Management, Energy and Buildings and Composites Part B Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Mohamed Lachheb

16 papers receiving 575 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.

  1. Enhancing building energy efficiency and thermal performance with PCM-Integrated brick walls: A comprehensive review
    2024 60 citations Mohamed Lachheb, Zohir Younsi et al. Building and Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mohamed Lachheb Tunisia 13 505 268 132 54 51 16 588
C. Amaral Portugal 10 418 0.8× 210 0.8× 149 1.1× 41 0.8× 75 1.5× 11 509
Khaireldin Faraj Lebanon 9 714 1.4× 375 1.4× 229 1.7× 78 1.4× 58 1.1× 13 851
Milan Ostrý Czechia 10 785 1.6× 450 1.7× 213 1.6× 40 0.7× 68 1.3× 29 868
Eric Kozubal United States 11 631 1.2× 293 1.1× 227 1.7× 60 1.1× 17 0.3× 19 779
Teng Xiong China 12 347 0.7× 207 0.8× 67 0.5× 77 1.4× 65 1.3× 27 518
Thomas Haussmann Germany 9 763 1.5× 373 1.4× 203 1.5× 94 1.7× 67 1.3× 13 858
Rongda Ye China 9 463 0.9× 250 0.9× 104 0.8× 44 0.8× 27 0.5× 11 500
Farah Souayfane France 7 880 1.7× 507 1.9× 357 2.7× 52 1.0× 40 0.8× 9 1.0k
Wanchun Sun China 14 474 0.9× 246 0.9× 93 0.7× 44 0.8× 20 0.4× 17 564
Erlin Meng China 10 386 0.8× 207 0.8× 223 1.7× 34 0.6× 16 0.3× 31 521

Countries citing papers authored by Mohamed Lachheb

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mohamed Lachheb

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Lachheb, Mohamed, et al.. (2024). Enhancing building energy efficiency and thermal performance with PCM-Integrated brick walls: A comprehensive review. Building and Environment. 256. 111476–111476. 60 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lachheb, Mohamed, Zohir Younsi, Hassane Naji, Mustapha Karkri, & Sassi Ben Nasrallah. (2016). Thermal behavior of a hybrid PCM/plaster: A numerical and experimental investigation. Applied Thermal Engineering. 111. 49–59. 93 indexed citations
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Younsi, Zohir, Hassane Naji, & Mohamed Lachheb. (2016). Numerical investigation of transient thermal behavior of a wall incorporating a phase change material via a hybrid scheme. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 78. 200–206. 15 indexed citations
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Lachheb, Mohamed, et al.. (2016). Estimation of thermophysical properties of lightweight mortars made of wood shavings and expanded polystyrene beads using a hybrid algorithm. Energy and Buildings. 118. 133–141. 14 indexed citations
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Lachheb, Mohamed, et al.. (2016). Thermal properties improvement of Lithium nitrate/Graphite composite phase change materials. Applied Thermal Engineering. 102. 922–931. 39 indexed citations
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Lachheb, Mohamed, Mustapha Karkri, & Sassi Ben Nasrallah. (2015). Development and thermal characterization of an innovative gypsum-based composite incorporating phase change material as building energy storage system. Energy and Buildings. 107. 93–102. 21 indexed citations
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Karkri, Mustapha, Mohamed Lachheb, D. C. Gossard, Sassi Ben Nasrallah, & Mariam Al Ali Al‐Maadeed. (2015). Improvement of thermal conductivity of paraffin by adding expanded graphite. Journal of Composite Materials. 50(19). 2589–2601. 23 indexed citations
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Albouchi, Fethi, et al.. (2014). Investigation of a graphite/paraffin phase change composite. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 88. 128–135. 56 indexed citations
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Karkri, Mustapha, Mohamed Lachheb, Zuzana Nógellová, et al.. (2014). Thermal properties of phase-change materials based on high-density polyethylene filled with micro-encapsulated paraffin wax for thermal energy storage. Energy and Buildings. 88. 144–152. 66 indexed citations
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Lachheb, Mohamed, et al.. (2014). Thermophysical properties estimation of paraffin/graphite composite phase change material using an inverse method. Energy Conversion and Management. 82. 229–237. 57 indexed citations
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Karkri, Mustapha, Mohamed Lachheb, Fethi Albouchi, Sassi Ben Nasrallah, & Igor Krupa. (2014). Thermal properties of smart microencapsulated paraffin/plaster composites for the thermal regulation of buildings. Energy and Buildings. 88. 183–192. 57 indexed citations
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Lachheb, Mohamed, et al.. (2014). Thermal properties measurement and heat storage analysis of paraffin/graphite composite phase change material. Composites Part B Engineering. 66. 518–525. 60 indexed citations
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Lachheb, Mohamed, et al.. (2013). THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT OF LiNO3/GRAPHITE COMPOSITE FOR ENERGY STORAGE. International Journal of Heat and Technology. 31(2). 9–16. 3 indexed citations
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Lachheb, Mohamed, et al.. (2013). Simultaneous estimation of the thermophysical properties of liquids and of the boundary conditions. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 68. 53–62. 6 indexed citations

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