Mousa Abu-Arabi

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Mousa Abu-Arabi is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mousa Abu-Arabi has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 11 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 9 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Mousa Abu-Arabi's work include Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (14 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (9 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (6 papers). Mousa Abu-Arabi is often cited by papers focused on Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (14 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (9 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (6 papers). Mousa Abu-Arabi collaborates with scholars based in Jordan, Oman and Kuwait. Mousa Abu-Arabi's co-authors include Yousef H. Zurigat, Habis Al‐Zoubi, Nidal Hilal, Naif A. Darwish, Sabah A. Abdul‐Wahab, Hilal Al‐Hinai, A. Tamimi, S.A. Al-Hiddabi, Mamdouh Allawzi and Noreddine Ghaffour and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Chemical Engineering Journal and Energy Conversion and Management.

In The Last Decade

Mousa Abu-Arabi

29 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

A comprehensive review of nanofiltration membranes:Treatment, pretreatment, modelling, and atomic force microscopy

2004 581 citations Nidal Hilal, Habis Al‐Zoubi et al. Desalination profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mousa Abu-Arabi Jordan	15	885	771	582	539	154	30	1.7k
Farshad Farshchi Tabrizi Iran	21	384 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	288 0.5×	572 1.1×	251 1.6×	52	1.8k
Elbager M.A. Edreis China	18	317 0.4×	745 1.0×	610 1.0×	359 0.7×	176 1.1×	21	1.4k
Hasan Mousa Jordan	17	386 0.4×	929 1.2×	154 0.3×	472 0.9×	139 0.9×	48	1.2k
Tijani Bounahmidi Morocco	21	242 0.3×	274 0.4×	398 0.7×	300 0.6×	49 0.3×	81	1.2k
Bachir Bouchekima Algeria	15	428 0.5×	472 0.6×	121 0.2×	199 0.4×	78 0.5×	36	1.0k
Antônio Eduardo Clark Peres Brazil	28	2.0k 2.3×	467 0.6×	1.1k 2.0×	1.4k 2.6×	28 0.2×	118	2.5k
Lilian Malaeb Lebanon	17	855 1.0×	573 0.7×	487 0.8×	147 0.3×	108 0.7×	18	1.5k
Qiongfen Yu China	25	257 0.3×	391 0.5×	226 0.4×	871 1.6×	23 0.1×	58	1.6k
Yu Jie Lim Singapore	17	856 1.0×	271 0.4×	651 1.1×	284 0.5×	58 0.4×	27	1.2k
Ahmad Azari Iran	14	631 0.7×	151 0.2×	440 0.8×	451 0.8×	16 0.1×	41	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mousa Abu-Arabi

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Abdelhamid, Hani Nasser, Walid Sharmoukh, F. El‐Taib Heakal, et al.. (2025). Nitrogen-doped strontium titanate (SrTiO3) perovskites for water treatment. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 589. 122957–122957.

Abu-Arabi, Mousa, et al.. (2023). Greywater treatment using vertical subsurface flow constructed wetland system. Journal of Engineering Research. 11(3). 7–12. 2 indexed citations

Mousa, Hasan, Ala’a H. Al‐Muhtaseb, & Mousa Abu-Arabi. (2015). Improving the productivity of a falling film solar desalination unit. Desalination and Water Treatment. 57(21). 9602–9608. 5 indexed citations

Abu-Arabi, Mousa, et al.. (2012). Chloride removal from Eshidiya phosphate mining wastewater. Desalination and Water Treatment. 51(7-9). 1634–1640. 12 indexed citations

Ghaffour, Noreddine, et al.. (2011). Technology development and application of solar energy in desalination: MEDRC contribution. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 15(9). 4410–4415. 59 indexed citations

Malkawi, Abdallah I. Husein, et al.. (2010). The Red- to Dead Sea conveyance system; bridging the water shortage and prospects for desalination. 1–7. 1 indexed citations

Abu-Arabi, Mousa, et al.. (2009). Solar desalination unit with falling film. Desalination and Water Treatment. 3(1-3). 58–63. 10 indexed citations

Hilal, Nidal, Mohammed Al‐Abri, Hilal Al‐Hinai, & Mousa Abu-Arabi. (2008). Characterization and retention of NF membranes using PEG, HS and polyelectrolytes. Desalination. 221(1-3). 284–293. 61 indexed citations

Abu-Arabi, Mousa, et al.. (2007). Adsorption of Phenol from Aqueous Solutions on Jojoba Nuts Residue. Chemical Engineering & Technology. 30(4). 493–500. 5 indexed citations

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Abu-Arabi, Mousa, Sabah A. Abdul‐Wahab, & Mattheus F. A. Goosen. (2006). Study of Desiccant Regeneration in a Structured Packed Tower. Separation Science and Technology. 41(8). 1679–1695. 5 indexed citations

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Allawzi, Mamdouh, et al.. (2005). Parametric study on the batch leaching process of Jojoba oil. European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology. 107(7-8). 469–475. 6 indexed citations

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Abdul‐Wahab, Sabah A., Mousa Abu-Arabi, & Yousef H. Zurigat. (2003). Effect of structured packing density on performance of air dehumidifier. Energy Conversion and Management. 45(15-16). 2539–2552. 26 indexed citations

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Abu-Arabi, Mousa, et al.. (2003). Review of MEDRC R&D projects. Desalination. 156(1-3). 1–20. 14 indexed citations

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Zurigat, Yousef H., Mousa Abu-Arabi, & Sabah A. Abdul‐Wahab. (2003). Air dehumidification by triethylene glycol desiccant in a packed column. Energy Conversion and Management. 45(1). 141–155. 97 indexed citations

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Abu-Arabi, Mousa, et al.. (2002). Modeling and performance analysis of a solar desalination unit with double-glass cover cooling. Desalination. 143(2). 173–182. 128 indexed citations

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Abu-Arabi, Mousa, et al.. (2001). Solubility and Diffusivity of CO₂ in Triethanolamine Solutions. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 46(5). 1125–1129. 19 indexed citations

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Zurigat, Yousef H. & Mousa Abu-Arabi. (2001). Modeling and performance analysis of a solar desalination unit with double-glass cover cooling. Desalination. 138(1-3). 145–145. 93 indexed citations

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Abu-Arabi, Mousa, et al.. (2001). Physical Solubility and Diffusivity of CO₂ in Aqueous Diethanolamine Solutions. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 46(3). 516–521. 16 indexed citations

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Abu-Arabi, Mousa & Shaheen A. Al‐Muhtaseb. (2000). Modelling and prediction of the solubility of acid gases in diethanolamine solutions. High Temperatures-High Pressures. 32(3). 261–270. 3 indexed citations

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Allawzi, Mamdouh, Mousa Abu-Arabi, Habis Al‐Zoubi, & A. Tamimi. (1998). Physicochemical characteristics and thermal stability of Jordanian jojoba oil. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society. 75(1). 57–62. 38 indexed citations

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