Naïm Ouaïni

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Naïm Ouaïni is a scholar working on Food Science, Materials Chemistry and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Naïm Ouaïni has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Food Science, 20 papers in Materials Chemistry and 16 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Naïm Ouaïni's work include Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (16 papers), Hydrogen Storage and Materials (13 papers) and Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (12 papers). Naïm Ouaïni is often cited by papers focused on Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (16 papers), Hydrogen Storage and Materials (13 papers) and Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (12 papers). Naïm Ouaïni collaborates with scholars based in Lebanon, France and Germany. Naïm Ouaïni's co-authors include Marc El Beyrouthy, Didier Stien, Désirée El Azzi, Youssef El Rayess, Véronique Éparvier, Samir F. Matar, Douglas N. Rutledge, Hélène Greige‐Gerges, Jacques Magdalou and Amine Kassouf and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Chemical Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Naïm Ouaïni

77 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

A comprehensive review of water quality indices (WQIs): history, models, attempts and perspectives

2023 203 citations Naïm Ouaïni, Youssef El Rayess et al. Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Naïm Ouaïni Lebanon	21	325	305	225	206	170	80	1.3k
Rosa M Peña Spain	27	169 0.5×	413 1.4×	130 0.6×	176 0.9×	321 1.9×	44	1.9k
Carlos Herrero Spain	31	252 0.8×	655 2.1×	145 0.6×	270 1.3×	397 2.3×	91	2.6k
Zacariah L. Hildenbrand United States	21	133 0.4×	109 0.4×	101 0.4×	269 1.3×	154 0.9×	52	1.4k
Santosh Kumar Dubey India	26	358 1.1×	97 0.3×	260 1.2×	324 1.6×	201 1.2×	85	2.0k
Ana Rita A. Nogueira Brazil	32	286 0.9×	492 1.6×	203 0.9×	207 1.0×	423 2.5×	185	3.4k
Valerian Ciobotă Germany	21	110 0.3×	184 0.6×	50 0.2×	128 0.6×	194 1.1×	33	1.2k
Alexander Prange Germany	19	341 1.0×	106 0.3×	45 0.2×	220 1.1×	234 1.4×	49	1.2k
Mukul Sharma Saudi Arabia	15	101 0.3×	120 0.4×	350 1.6×	107 0.5×	198 1.2×	50	1.2k
Fırat Aydın Türkiye	19	304 0.9×	105 0.3×	155 0.7×	118 0.6×	199 1.2×	67	1.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ouaïni, Naïm, et al.. (2025). Diluted Acid Hydrolysate of Olive Stones: Overliming and Biomass Fermentation. Fermentation. 11(2). 100–100. 1 indexed citations

Roux, Camille, Naïm Ouaïni, Marc El Beyrouthy, et al.. (2025). Genetic profiling of a hidden grapevine germplasm from the ancient terraces of Hadchit village, North Lebanon. Acta Horticulturae. 191–198.

Chalak, Lamis, Catherine Roux, Valérie Laucou, et al.. (2024). Exploring the genetic diversity of Lebanon’s underexploited grapevine resources. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 72(4). 4321–4343.

Ouaïni, Naïm, et al.. (2023). A comprehensive review of water quality indices (WQIs): history, models, attempts and perspectives. Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology. 22(2). 349–395. 203 indexed citations breakdown →

Probst, Jean‐Luc, et al.. (2023). Geochemical signature of the bed sediments at the outlet of the Ibrahim River (Lebanon): temporal variation. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 195(4). 509–509.

Pfaffl, Michael W., et al.. (2020). Water and sediment microbiota diversity in response to temporal variation at the outlet of the Ibrahim River (Lebanon). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 192(3). 201–201. 7 indexed citations

Beyrouthy, Marc El, et al.. (2019). Hirtellina lobelii DC. essential oil, its constituents, its combination with antimicrobial drugs and its mode of action. Fitoterapia. 133. 130–136. 14 indexed citations

Manouchehri, Nastaran, Stéphane Besançon, O. El Samad, et al.. (2019). Bioaccessibility of lead in Dittrichia viscosa plants and risk assessment of human exposure around a fertilizer industry in Lebanon. Journal of Environmental Management. 250. 109537–109537. 16 indexed citations

Legube, Bernard, et al.. (2018). Characterization of spatial and temporal patterns in surface water quality: a case study of four major Lebanese rivers. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 190(8). 485–485. 25 indexed citations

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Stien, Didier, et al.. (2016). Report on the Medicinal Use of Eleven Lamiaceae Species in Lebanon and Rationalization of Their Antimicrobial Potential by Examination of the Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Their Essential Oils. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2016(1). 2547169–2547169. 88 indexed citations

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Stien, Didier, et al.. (2016). Essential Oils Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Six Conifers Harvested in Lebanon. Chemistry & Biodiversity. 14(2). 20 indexed citations

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Ouaïni, Naïm, et al.. (2014). Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oil of Juniperus excelsa M.Bieb. Growing Wild in Lebanon. Chemistry & Biodiversity. 11(5). 825–830. 25 indexed citations

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Darwish, Talal, et al.. (2011). Mobility of selected trace elements in Mediterranean red soil amended with phosphogypsum: experimental study. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 184(7). 4397–4412. 19 indexed citations

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Lartiges, Bruno, et al.. (2011). Effects of fertilizer industry emissions on local soil contamination: a case study of a phosphate plant on the east Mediterranean coast. Environmental Technology. 33(8). 873–885. 33 indexed citations

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Chébib, Hanna, et al.. (2010). Chemical composition of olive cakes resulting from various mills in Lebanon. AGROCHIMICA. 54(6). 321–330. 6 indexed citations

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Jraij, Alia, et al.. (2009). Interaction of cucurbitacins with human serum albumin: Thermodynamic characteristics and influence on the binding of site specific ligands. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 95(3). 189–195. 23 indexed citations

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Samrani, Antoine El, et al.. (2009). Disruption of biofilms from sewage pipes under physical and chemical conditioning. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 21(1). 120–126. 9 indexed citations

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Yassine, Omar, Pierre Morin, Louis Renaud, et al.. (2008). Electrophoresis PDMS/glass chips with continuous on-chip derivatization and analysis of amino acids using naphthalene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde as fluorogenic agent. Analytica Chimica Acta. 609(2). 215–222. 23 indexed citations

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Greige‐Gerges, Hélène, et al.. (2007). Cucurbitacins from Ecballium elaterium juice increase the binding of bilirubin and ibuprofen to albumin in human plasma. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 169(1). 53–62. 51 indexed citations

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Hleihel, Walid, et al.. (2006). Adenosine affects the release of Ca²⁺ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum via A_2A receptors in ferret skinned cardiac fibres. Experimental Physiology. 91(4). 681–691. 4 indexed citations

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