N. Amar

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

N. Amar is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, N. Amar has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Water Science and Technology, 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in N. Amar's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (14 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (9 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (7 papers). N. Amar is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (14 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (9 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (7 papers). N. Amar collaborates with scholars based in Tunisia, France and India. N. Amar's co-authors include Birgitta Bergman, Jay Shankar Singh, Arun Kumar, D. P. Singh, Ulla Rasmussen, Jérôme Harmand, Amine Charfi, P. Rowell, W. D. P. Stewart and André Deratani and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Research, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

N. Amar

33 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Cyanobacteria: A Precious Bio-resource in Agriculture, Ec... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300 400
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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. Cyanobacteria: A Precious Bio-resource in Agriculture, Ecosystem, and Environmental Sustainability
    2016 407 citations Jay Shankar Singh, Arun Kumar et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
N. Amar Tunisia 15 385 385 368 285 265 33 1.3k
Francesco G. Gentili Sweden 27 215 0.6× 892 2.3× 161 0.4× 527 1.8× 153 0.6× 50 2.0k
Sara B. Pereira Portugal 17 82 0.2× 466 1.2× 444 1.2× 173 0.6× 321 1.2× 23 1.4k
Hongxiang Zhang China 19 379 1.0× 415 1.1× 183 0.5× 143 0.5× 128 0.5× 66 1.6k
Guo-Hua Dao China 21 262 0.7× 841 2.2× 122 0.3× 203 0.7× 159 0.6× 40 1.6k
Ashish Bhatnagar India 20 156 0.4× 1.5k 4.0× 160 0.4× 528 1.9× 272 1.0× 34 2.2k
Ming Su China 20 238 0.6× 128 0.3× 114 0.3× 159 0.6× 186 0.7× 57 1.4k
Věra Merhautová Czechia 17 145 0.4× 126 0.3× 242 0.7× 182 0.6× 114 0.4× 20 1.9k
Yongjun Zhao China 25 86 0.2× 1.0k 2.7× 166 0.5× 302 1.1× 177 0.7× 62 1.7k
Ernesto Micheletti Italy 8 128 0.3× 367 1.0× 409 1.1× 93 0.3× 165 0.6× 8 1.1k
Zheng Zheng China 19 467 1.2× 96 0.2× 102 0.3× 134 0.5× 84 0.3× 64 1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of N. Amar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of N. Amar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of N. Amar 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 N. Amar. N. Amar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Amar, N., et al.. (2024). Adaptive Optimal Control of Membrane Processes to Minimize Fouling. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1340–1345. 2 indexed citations
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Rapaport, Alain, et al.. (2023). Optimal control of backwash scheduling for pumping energy saving: Application to the treatment of urban wastewater. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 56. 104378–104378. 8 indexed citations
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Mishra, Arti, D. N. Tiwari, & N. Amar. (2019). Cyanobacteria : from basic science to applications. Academic Press eBooks. 61 indexed citations
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Amar, N., et al.. (2018). Physical Backwash Optimization in Membrane Filtration Processes: Seawater Ultrafiltration Case. 4(2). 63–68. 9 indexed citations
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Rapaport, Alain, et al.. (2017). Optimal control of a membrane filtration system. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 7 indexed citations
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Charfi, Amine, Boumédiène Benyahia, Muhammad Aslam, et al.. (2017). A modelling approach to study the fouling of an anaerobic membrane bioreactor for industrial wastewater treatment. Bioresource Technology. 245(Pt A). 207–215. 53 indexed citations
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Syiem, Mayashree B., et al.. (2017). Zn2+ sequestration by Nostoc muscorum: study of thermodynamics, equilibrium isotherms, and biosorption parameters for the metal. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 189(7). 314–314. 17 indexed citations
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Singh, Jay Shankar, Arun Kumar, N. Amar, & D. P. Singh. (2016). Cyanobacteria: A Precious Bio-resource in Agriculture, Ecosystem, and Environmental Sustainability. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 529–529. 407 indexed citations breakdown →
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Charfi, Amine, Ying Yang, Jérôme Harmand, et al.. (2014). Soluble microbial products and suspended solids influence in membrane fouling dynamics and interest of punctual relaxation and/or backwashing. Journal of Membrane Science. 475. 156–166. 32 indexed citations
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Charfi, Amine, N. Amar, & Jérôme Harmand. (2012). Analysis of fouling mechanisms in anaerobic membrane bioreactors. Water Research. 46(8). 2637–2650. 143 indexed citations
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Amar, N., et al.. (2011). Les cyclodextrines a large cycle : synthèse, purification et applications. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 14(10). 967–971. 4 indexed citations
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Amar, N., et al.. (2011). Fractionation of homologous CD6 to CD60 cyclodextrin mixture by ultrafiltration and nanofiltration. Journal of Membrane Science. 374(1-2). 129–137. 13 indexed citations
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Palmeri, John, N. Amar, Hind Saidani-Scott, & André Deratani. (2009). Process modeling of brackish and seawater nanofiltration. Desalination and Water Treatment. 9(1-3). 263–271. 4 indexed citations
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Amar, N., Hind Saidani-Scott, André Deratani, & John Palmeri. (2007). Effect of Temperature on the Transport of Water and Neutral Solutes across Nanofiltration Membranes. Langmuir. 23(6). 2937–2952. 77 indexed citations
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Amar, N., et al.. (1989). Glycolate metabolism in cyanobacteria. Physiologia Plantarum. 75(2). 144–150. 7 indexed citations
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Amar, N. & Birgitta Bergman. (1986). Modification of NOâ3metabolism in heterocysts of the N2-fixing cyanobacteriumAnabaena7120 (ATCC27893). FEMS Microbiology Letters. 36(2-3). 133–137. 3 indexed citations
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Amar, N., P. Rowell, & W. D. P. Stewart. (1983). Mycobiont‐cyanobiont interactions during dark nitrogen fixation by the lichen Peltigera aphthosa. Physiologia Plantarum. 57(2). 285–290. 9 indexed citations

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