Mohammed Benaafi

972 total citations
55 papers, 735 citations indexed

About

Mohammed Benaafi is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mohammed Benaafi has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 735 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Environmental Engineering, 16 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 15 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Mohammed Benaafi's work include Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (16 papers), Hydrological Forecasting Using AI (10 papers) and Groundwater and Watershed Analysis (10 papers). Mohammed Benaafi is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (16 papers), Hydrological Forecasting Using AI (10 papers) and Groundwater and Watershed Analysis (10 papers). Mohammed Benaafi collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, Cyprus and Nigeria. Mohammed Benaafi's co-authors include Sani I. Abba, Isam H. Aljundi, A. G. Usman, Jamilu Usman, Ahmed M. Al‐Areeq, Mohamed A. Yassin, Osman Abdullatif, Bassam Tawabini, Abdulaziz Al-Shaibani and Abdullah Bafaqeer and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Mohammed Benaafi

51 papers receiving 718 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mohammed Benaafi Saudi Arabia	18	267	262	156	92	88	55	735
Mohamed A. Yassin Saudi Arabia	17	243 0.9×	178 0.7×	97 0.6×	54 0.6×	69 0.8×	60	636
Anthony Ewusi Ghana	15	235 0.9×	209 0.8×	192 1.2×	74 0.8×	120 1.4×	40	674
Moncef Zaïri Tunisia	21	433 1.6×	285 1.1×	375 2.4×	81 0.9×	79 0.9×	51	1.1k
Heejun Suk South Korea	14	470 1.8×	311 1.2×	261 1.7×	76 0.8×	79 0.9×	55	804
Gwang‐Ok Bae South Korea	9	546 2.0×	327 1.2×	148 0.9×	59 0.6×	59 0.7×	16	755
Seong-Chun Jun South Korea	7	510 1.9×	302 1.2×	58 0.4×	70 0.8×	55 0.6×	21	701
Simin Jiang China	13	271 1.0×	309 1.2×	64 0.4×	97 1.1×	29 0.3×	52	989
Gyoo-Bum Kim South Korea	13	368 1.4×	334 1.3×	180 1.2×	72 0.8×	57 0.6×	83	641
Yongbo Zhang China	17	335 1.3×	162 0.6×	151 1.0×	145 1.6×	26 0.3×	66	1.1k
Ching‐Ping Liang Taiwan	22	521 2.0×	429 1.6×	244 1.6×	59 0.6×	69 0.8×	55	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mohammed Benaafi

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Rahman, Mahfuzur, et al.. (2025). Urban expansion and warming jointly amplify drought and surface heat island effects. Geocarto International. 40(1).

Benaafi, Mohammed, Bassam Tawabini, Shehzada Muhammad Sajid Jillani, Ali Mohammed Babalghaith, & Isam H. Aljundi. (2025). Tracking the trace element pollution and associated health risk in urban coastal groundwater, eastern Saudi Arabia. Ocean & Coastal Management. 262. 107591–107591. 3 indexed citations

Rahman, Mahfuzur, et al.. (2025). Groundwater science in the age of AI: emerging paradigms and challenges. Advances in Space Research. 77(4). 4184–4207.

Benaafi, Mohammed, et al.. (2025). Soft computing approaches for predicting boron contamination in arid sandstone groundwater. Earth Science Informatics. 18(2).

Bafaqeer, Abdullah, Aniz Chennampilly Ummer, Mohammed Benaafi, et al.. (2024). Constructing type II heterojunction of 2D/1D Pg-C3N4/Ag3VO4 nanocomposite with high interfacial charge separation for boosting photocatalytic CO2 reduction under solar energy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1007. 176505–176505. 9 indexed citations

Benaafi, Mohammed, et al.. (2024). Experimental-based groundwater salinization from the carbonate aquifer of eastern Saudi Arabia: Insight into machine learning coupled with meta-heuristic algorithms. Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems. 249. 105135–105135. 4 indexed citations

BinMakhashen, Galal M. & Mohammed Benaafi. (2024). Predicting seawater intrusion in coastal areas using machine learning: A case study of arid coastal aquifers, Saudi Arabia. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 26. 101300–101300. 6 indexed citations

Hanafy, Sherif M. & Mohammed Benaafi. (2024). Investigating seawater intrusion and salinization using the integration of hydrochemical and geoelectrical techniques. Geophysics. 89(5). B329–B338. 2 indexed citations

Benaafi, Mohammed & Abdullah Bafaqeer. (2024). Comprehensive Review of Global Perspectives on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds: Occurrence, Fate, and Remediation in Groundwater Systems. Water. 16(11). 1583–1583. 14 indexed citations

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Abba, Sani I., Mohammed Benaafi, & Isam H. Aljundi. (2023). Intelligent process optimisation based on cutting-edge emotional learning for performance evaluation of NF/RO of seawater desalination plant. Desalination. 550. 116376–116376. 24 indexed citations

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Usman, Jamilu, Sani I. Abba, Niyi B. Ishola, et al.. (2023). Genetic neuro-computing model for insights on membrane performance in oily wastewater treatment: An integrated experimental approach. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 199. 33–48. 13 indexed citations

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Ghanim, Abdulnoor A. J., et al.. (2023). Mapping Groundwater Potential Zones in the Habawnah Basin of Southern Saudi Arabia: An AHP- and GIS-based Approach. Sustainability. 15(13). 10075–10075. 23 indexed citations

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Benaafi, Mohammed, Sani I. Abba, Bassam Tawabini, et al.. (2023). Integrated clustering analysis for delineating seawater intrusion and heavy metals in Arabian Gulf Coastal groundwater of Saudi Arabia. Heliyon. 9(9). e19784–e19784. 12 indexed citations

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Abba, Sani I., Johnbosco C. Egbueri, Mohammed Benaafi, et al.. (2023). Fluoride and nitrate enrichment in coastal aquifers of the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: The influencing factors, toxicity, and human health risks. Chemosphere. 336. 139083–139083. 49 indexed citations

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Benaafi, Mohammed, Sani I. Abba, & Isam H. Aljundi. (2023). Effects of Seawater Intrusion on the Groundwater Quality of Multi-Layered Aquifers in Eastern Saudi Arabia. Molecules. 28(7). 3173–3173. 13 indexed citations

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Benaafi, Mohammed, Mohamed A. Yassin, A. G. Usman, & Sani I. Abba. (2022). Neurocomputing Modelling of Hydrochemical and Physical Properties of Groundwater Coupled with Spatial Clustering, GIS, and Statistical Techniques. Sustainability. 14(4). 2250–2250. 29 indexed citations

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Al‐Areeq, Ahmed M., Sani I. Abba, Mohamed A. Yassin, et al.. (2022). Computational Machine Learning Approach for Flood Susceptibility Assessment Integrated with Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Remote Sensing. 14(21). 5515–5515. 42 indexed citations

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Tawabini, Bassam, et al.. (2022). Spatiotemporal Variability Assessment of Trace Metals Based on Subsurface Water Quality Impact Integrated with Artificial Intelligence-Based Modeling. Sustainability. 14(4). 2192–2192. 18 indexed citations

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Yassin, Mohamed A., Bassam Tawabini, Abdulaziz Al-Shaibani, et al.. (2022). Geochemical and Spatial Distribution of Topsoil HMs Coupled with Modeling of Cr Using Chemometrics Intelligent Techniques: Case Study from Dammam Area, Saudi Arabia. Molecules. 27(13). 4220–4220. 13 indexed citations

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Mahmoud, Mohamed, et al.. (2019). Effect of Drill Cuttings Mechanical Properties on Filter Cake Properties and Mud-Filtrate Invasion. 53rd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. 5 indexed citations

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