Muhammad Arif

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
158 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Muhammad Arif is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Arif has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Ocean Engineering, 80 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 65 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Arif's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (73 papers), Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (71 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (60 papers). Muhammad Arif is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (73 papers), Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (71 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (60 papers). Muhammad Arif collaborates with scholars based in United Arab Emirates, Australia and Saudi Arabia. Muhammad Arif's co-authors include Stefan Iglauer, Ahmed Barifcani, Maxim Lebedev, Mohamed Mahmoud, Yihuai Zhang, Sarmad Al‐Anssari, Alireza Keshavarz, Arshad Raza, Sidqi A. Abu-Khamsin and Mohammed Al Kobaisi and has published in prestigious journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Arif

139 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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 holistic overview of underground hydrogen storage: Influencing factors, current understanding, and outlook

2022 224 citations Arshad Raza, Muhammad Arif et al. Fuel profile →
Hydrogen storage potential of coals as a function of pressure, temperature, and rank

2022 105 citations Muhammad Arif, Alireza Keshavarz et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Muhammad Arif United Arab Emirates	37	2.6k	2.2k	2.1k	1.8k	1.1k	158	4.5k
Quan Xie Australia	41	3.1k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	2.5k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	819 0.7×	125	4.7k
Ahmed Al‐Yaseri Saudi Arabia	46	3.3k 1.3×	3.6k 1.6×	2.9k 1.4×	2.7k 1.4×	2.0k 1.8×	168	6.2k
Martin A. Fernø Norway	37	2.6k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	681 0.6×	125	3.6k
Ahmed Barifcani Australia	50	4.7k 1.8×	3.5k 1.6×	3.1k 1.5×	2.7k 1.5×	1.5k 1.4×	159	7.0k
Ali Saeedi Australia	40	3.7k 1.4×	1.4k 0.7×	3.0k 1.4×	2.2k 1.2×	402 0.4×	151	5.1k
Mohammad Sarmadivaleh Australia	52	4.8k 1.8×	3.8k 1.7×	3.6k 1.7×	3.5k 1.9×	1.6k 1.4×	178	7.6k
Samuel Krevor United Kingdom	39	3.2k 1.2×	3.7k 1.7×	1.7k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	741 0.7×	126	5.5k
Aliakbar Hassanpouryouzband United Kingdom	32	1.0k 0.4×	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	2.3k 2.1×	77	4.5k
Daoyong Yang Canada	40	4.0k 1.5×	1.3k 0.6×	2.5k 1.2×	2.4k 1.3×	337 0.3×	275	5.6k
Mohammad Piri United States	44	5.0k 1.9×	2.0k 0.9×	3.7k 1.7×	2.7k 1.5×	355 0.3×	218	6.9k

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Isah, Abubakar, et al.. (2025). Surface wettability of quartz and calcite: Impact of cleavage, exposure time, and scale of measurement. Petroleum Research. 10(4). 738–748.

Zhang, Haiyang & Muhammad Arif. (2024). Reply to Discussion: “Haiyang Zhang and Muhammad Arif. Residual trapping capacity of subsurface systems for geological storage of CO2: Measurement techniques, meta-analysis of influencing factors, and future outlook. Earth-Science Reviews (2024): 104764.”. Earth-Science Reviews. 257. 104907–104907. 10 indexed citations

Arif, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). An Experimental Investigation of Surface Chemistry of Rocks in the Presence of Surfactants.

Liang, Zhikai, Zhenxue Jiang, Xianglu Tang, et al.. (2024). Experimental investigation of kerogen structure and heterogeneity during pyrolysis. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 242. 213222–213222. 8 indexed citations

Jauhiainen, J., et al.. (2024). Kuopio tomography challenge 2023 – electrical impedance tomography competition and open dataset. 2(2). 93–118. 2 indexed citations

Li, Yajun, Qian Sang, Houjian Gong, et al.. (2024). Quantification of seepage characteristics in shale oil reservoirs: A triple medium model-driven approach. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 242. 213225–213225. 1 indexed citations

Kumar, Ravi Shankar, A.S.K. Sinha, Tushar Sharma, & Muhammad Arif. (2023). Nanocomposite of binary colloids in effective CO2 utilization in porous media for enhanced oil production and wettability alteration. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(5). 110442–110442. 6 indexed citations

Ali, Mujahid, Muhammad Arif, Rossen Sedev, et al.. (2023). Underground hydrogen storage: The microbiotic influence on rock wettability. Journal of Energy Storage. 72. 108405–108405. 28 indexed citations

Raza, Arshad, Mohamed Mahmoud, Muhammad Arif, & Saad Alafnan. (2023). Underground hydrogen storage prospects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Fuel. 357. 129665–129665. 36 indexed citations

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Isah, Abubakar, et al.. (2023). Influence of surface cleaning on the wettability of calcite/oil/brine systems. Fuel. 351. 128908–128908. 10 indexed citations

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Arif, Muhammad, Mujahid Ali, Yawar Abbas, et al.. (2023). Impact of carbonate mineral heterogeneity on wettability alteration potential of surfactants. Fuel. 342. 127819–127819. 41 indexed citations

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Isah, Abubakar, Mohamed Mahmoud, Muhammad Arif, Murtada Saleh Aljawad, & Muhammad Shahzad Kamal. (2023). Influence of Surface Cleaning on the Wettability of Quartz/Oil/Brine Systems. Energy & Fuels. 37(17). 12744–12761. 6 indexed citations

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Raza, Arshad, Mohamed Mahmoud, Mobeen Murtaza, et al.. (2023). Experimental Investigation of Mafic Rocks for Carbon Mineralization Prospect. Energy & Fuels. 37(8). 5976–5985. 13 indexed citations

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Ali, Mujahid, et al.. (2023). Effect of Organic Acids on CO₂ Trapping in Carbonate Geological Formations: Pore-Scale Observations Using NMR. Energy & Fuels. 37(4). 2983–2992. 13 indexed citations

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Arif, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). Role of novel additives (reservoir rock and activated carbon) in bio-oil synthesis from LRC microwave pyrolysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 49. 203–216. 9 indexed citations

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Isah, Abubakar, et al.. (2023). Multiscale Wettability Characterization of Anhydrite-Rich Carbonate Rocks: Insights into Zeta Potential, Flotation, and Contact Angle Measurements. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering. 26(3). 592–610. 12 indexed citations

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Mohammed, Isah, Dhafer Al Shehri, Mohamed Mahmoud, et al.. (2022). Effect of Native Reservoir State and Oilfield Operations on Clay Mineral Surface Chemistry. Molecules. 27(5). 1739–1739. 13 indexed citations

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Mohammed, Isah, Abubakar Isah, Dhafer Al Shehri, et al.. (2022). Effect of Sulfate-Based Scales on Calcite Mineral Surface Chemistry: Insights from Zeta-Potential Experiments and Their Implications on Wettability. ACS Omega. 7(32). 28571–28587. 15 indexed citations

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Arif, Muhammad, Sidqi A. Abu-Khamsin, & Stefan Iglauer. (2019). Wettability of rock/CO2/brine and rock/oil/CO2-enriched-brine systems:Critical parametric analysis and future outlook. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 268. 91–113. 203 indexed citations

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Arif, Muhammad, et al.. (2015). Analisa Potensi Bahaya dengan Menggunakan Metode Job Safety Analysis (JSA) pada Proses Coal Chain di Pertambangan Batubara X Tahun 2014. 3(3). 14528. 1 indexed citations

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