Naif A. Darwish

8.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
70 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Naif A. Darwish is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Naif A. Darwish has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 31 papers in Water Science and Technology and 20 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Recurrent topics in Naif A. Darwish's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (27 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (20 papers) and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (20 papers). Naif A. Darwish is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (27 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (20 papers) and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (20 papers). Naif A. Darwish collaborates with scholars based in United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Jordan. Naif A. Darwish's co-authors include Nidal Hilal, Abdullah Alkhudhiri, Muhammad Qasim, Habis Al‐Zoubi, Noora Darwish, Abdul Wahab Mohammad, Mousa Abu-Arabi, Ghaleb A. Husseini, Nour AlSawaftah and Waad H. Abuwatfa and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Engineering Journal, Chemosphere and Journal of Membrane Science.

In The Last Decade

Naif A. Darwish

67 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

Membrane distillation: A comprehensive review

2011 2.1k citations Abdullah Alkhudhiri, Naif A. Darwish et al. Desalination profile →
Reverse osmosis desalination: A state-of-the-art review

2019 1.0k citations Muhammad Qasim, Noora Darwish et al. Desalination profile →
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 →
A Comprehensive Review on Membrane Fouling: Mathematical Modelling, Prediction, Diagnosis, and Mitigation

2021 223 citations Naif A. Darwish, Ghaleb A. Husseini et al. Water profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Naif A. Darwish United Arab Emirates	29	5.0k	3.9k	2.0k	1.3k	1.2k	70	6.4k
Francesca Macedonio Italy	37	4.9k 1.0×	3.7k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.5×	107	6.1k
David M. Warsinger United States	31	4.6k 0.9×	3.2k 0.8×	2.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	93	5.9k
Jack Gilron Israel	35	3.5k 0.7×	2.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	620 0.5×	77	4.2k
Kamalesh K. Sirkar United States	47	4.1k 0.8×	3.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	4.1k 3.5×	197	7.7k
Sangho Lee South Korea	40	4.3k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	584 0.5×	202	5.2k
Arne Verliefde Belgium	44	4.2k 0.8×	3.2k 0.8×	678 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	894 0.8×	150	5.4k
Ngai Yin Yip United States	38	6.5k 1.3×	6.0k 1.5×	2.2k 1.1×	2.6k 2.1×	1.1k 1.0×	63	8.2k
Ali Altaee Australia	44	3.3k 0.7×	2.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	668 0.6×	183	6.0k
Dianne E. Wiley Australia	42	3.0k 0.6×	3.5k 0.9×	950 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	2.6k 2.3×	131	6.2k
Lauren F. Greenlee United States	27	3.1k 0.6×	2.4k 0.6×	2.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	590 0.5×	92	6.8k

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Altalbawy, Farag M. A., et al.. (2025). Stromal reprogramming in solid tumors by nanoparticles: A review. Bioorganic Chemistry. 163. 108794–108794.

Husseini, Ghaleb A., et al.. (2023). Impact of Ionic Strength and Charge Density on Donnan Potential in the NaCl-Cation Exchange Membrane System. Water. 15(21). 3830–3830. 6 indexed citations

Al–Othman, Amani, Noora Darwish, Muhammad Qasim, et al.. (2019). Nuclear desalination: A state-of-the-art review. Desalination. 457. 39–61. 142 indexed citations

Qasim, Muhammad, et al.. (2019). Ultrasound-assisted forward osmosis desalination using inorganic draw solutes. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 61. 104810–104810. 20 indexed citations

Qasim, Muhammad, et al.. (2018). The use of ultrasound to mitigate membrane fouling in desalination and water treatment. Desalination. 443. 143–164. 137 indexed citations

Qasim, Muhammad, et al.. (2017). Forward osmosis desalination using ferric sulfate draw solute. Desalination. 423. 12–20. 37 indexed citations

Chebbi, Rachid, Muhammad Qasim, Naif A. Darwish, & Muhammad Tahir Ashraf. (2013). Optimization and Cost‐Oriented Comparison of Ammonia‐ and Propane‐Compression Refrigeration for the Recovery of Natural Gas Liquids. Energy Technology. 1(10). 573–580.

Alkhudhiri, Abdullah, Naif A. Darwish, & Nidal Hilal. (2012). Treatment of saline solutions using Air Gap Membrane Distillation: Experimental study. Desalination. 323. 2–7. 50 indexed citations

Darwish, Naif A., et al.. (2010). A Review of Colloidal Interactions in Mambrane Separation. 1(2). 144–159. 2 indexed citations

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Darwish, Naif A. & Nidal Hilal. (2010). A simple model for the prediction of CO2 solubility in H2O–NaCl system at geological sequestration conditions. Desalination. 260(1-3). 114–118. 28 indexed citations

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Darwish, Naif A., et al.. (2009). Study of Various Parameters in the Biosorption of Heavy Metals on Activated Sludge. World Applied Sciences Journal. 5(5). 72 indexed citations

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Hilal, Nidal, Habis Al‐Zoubi, Naif A. Darwish, & Abdul Wahab Mohammad. (2007). Performance of Nanofiltration Membranes in the Treatment of Synthetic and Real Seawater. Separation Science and Technology. 42(3). 493–515. 29 indexed citations

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Mohammad, Abdul Wahab, Nidal Hilal, Habis Al‐Zoubi, Naif A. Darwish, & Nora’aini Ali. (2007). Modelling the effects of nanofiltration membrane properties on system cost assessment for desalination applications. Desalination. 206(1-3). 215–225. 27 indexed citations

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Mohammad, Abdul Wahab, Nidal Hilal, Habis Al‐Zoubi, & Naif A. Darwish. (2006). Prediction of permeate fluxes and rejections of highly concentrated salts in nanofiltration membranes. Journal of Membrane Science. 289(1-2). 40–50. 104 indexed citations

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Darwish, Naif A., et al.. (2003). Feasibility of the direct generation of hydrogen for fuel-cell-powered vehicles by on-board steam reforming of naphtha. Fuel. 83(4-5). 409–417. 28 indexed citations

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Al‐Rub, Fahmi A. Abu, et al.. (2002). Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium of MTBE-Methanol, MTBE-Methanol-Calcium Chloride and MTBE-Methanol-Lithium Chloride Mixtures. Chemical Engineering & Technology. 25(7). 729–729. 5 indexed citations

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Darwish, Naif A., Khaled A. M. Gasem, & Robert L. Robinson. (1998). Solubility of Methane in Cyclohexane and in trans-Decalin at Temperatures from 323 to 423 K at Pressures to 9.6 MPa. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 43(2). 238–240. 15 indexed citations

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Darwish, Naif A. & Zaid Ahmed Al-Anber. (1997). Isobaric vapor-liquid equilibria of chloroform + ethanol and chloroform + ethanol + calcium chloride at 94.0 kPa. Fluid Phase Equilibria. 131(1-2). 259–267. 9 indexed citations

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Darwish, Naif A., et al.. (1997). Isobaric vapor-liquid equilibria of the system toluene + n-butanol at 94.0, 70.5, and 56.4 kPa. Fluid Phase Equilibria. 132(1-2). 215–223. 4 indexed citations

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Darwish, Naif A., et al.. (1992). Solubility of methane in hexane, decane, and dodecane at temperatures from 311 to 423 K and pressures to 10.4 MPa. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 37(4). 516–520. 58 indexed citations

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