Naoko Ellis

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
129 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Naoko Ellis is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Naoko Ellis has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 60 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 36 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Naoko Ellis's work include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (33 papers), Granular flow and fluidized beds (31 papers) and Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (25 papers). Naoko Ellis is often cited by papers focused on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (33 papers), Granular flow and fluidized beds (31 papers) and Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (25 papers). Naoko Ellis collaborates with scholars based in Canada, South Korea and China. Naoko Ellis's co-authors include John R. Grace, Amir Mehdi Dehkhoda, Jidon Janaun, Xiaotao Bi, Fariborz Taghipour, Badr A. Mohamed, Xiaoxiang Jiang, Hsiaotao T. Bi, Mohammad S. Masnadi and Előd Gyenge and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Naoko Ellis

123 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Experimental and computational study of gas–solid fluidized bed hydrodynamics

2005 405 citations Naoko Ellis et al. Chemical Engineering Science profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Naoko Ellis	4.0k	2.3k	1.7k	726	640	129	6.5k
Franco Berruti	3.9k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	2.5k 1.5×	784 1.1×	598 0.9×	245	8.4k
Piero Salatino	5.2k 1.3×	3.4k 1.4×	1.8k 1.1×	930 1.3×	1.1k 1.8×	330	7.8k
Xiaotao Bi	7.3k 1.8×	3.2k 1.4×	2.1k 1.3×	682 0.9×	1.9k 3.0×	345	13.5k
Wolter Prins	5.3k 1.3×	1.7k 0.7×	871 0.5×	281 0.4×	603 0.9×	134	7.3k
Weigang Lin	3.3k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	635 0.9×	865 1.4×	191	5.3k
C. Jim Lim	5.6k 1.4×	3.5k 1.5×	3.0k 1.8×	948 1.3×	1.4k 2.2×	233	9.4k
Peter Arendt Jensen	8.7k 2.2×	4.0k 1.7×	1.6k 0.9×	544 0.7×	1.8k 2.8×	198	11.3k
Vishnu Pareek	2.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	597 0.8×	1.3k 2.1×	172	5.8k
Baosheng Jin	4.0k 1.0×	2.7k 1.1×	2.6k 1.5×	1.1k 1.6×	1.1k 1.8×	304	7.8k
M.V. Gil	3.4k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	492 0.3×	243 0.3×	1.2k 1.9×	102	5.5k

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Krupa, Joel, et al.. (2025). Financing clean technologies within Canada's Indigenous communities: Perspectives on sustainable energy transition from practitioners and academics. Energy. 322. 134930–134930. 2 indexed citations

Polgár, A., et al.. (2025). Heat, smoke, and urban health: cooling and cleaner air centres as a tool for adaptation in a Canadian urban region. Cities & Health. 9(5). 828–843.

Lee, Yaerim, et al.. (2025). Thermodynamic and kinetic analysis of autothermal syngas-generating limestone calcination process for ammonia synthesis. Fuel. 398. 135505–135505. 1 indexed citations

Ellis, Naoko, et al.. (2024). Systems beings: Educating for a complex world. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 56(7). 683–695. 2 indexed citations

Ellis, Naoko, et al.. (2024). Cultivating educational adaptability through collaborative transdisciplinary learning spaces. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 5 indexed citations

Fu, Zhijie, Jing He, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2024). Hot syngas cleanup for pilot two-stage fluidized bed steam-oxygen biomass gasification plant. Bioresource Technology. 418. 131876–131876. 6 indexed citations

Evans, Greg J., et al.. (2024). Shaping futures: A dialogue on chemical engineering education. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 102(5). 1688–1704. 3 indexed citations

Ellis, Naoko, et al.. (2024). First-Year Engineering Students’ Experiences and Perceptions Viewed Through the Lens of Transdisciplinary Knowledge and Threshold Concepts. 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings.

Ellis, Naoko, et al.. (2023). Energy literacy: A review in education. The Journal of Environmental Education. 55(3). 191–202.

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Kim, Jun Young, et al.. (2022). Thermodynamic modelling of hydrogen production in sorbent‐enhanced biochar‐direct chemical looping process. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 101(1). 121–136. 12 indexed citations

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Mohamed, Badr A., Naoko Ellis, Changsoo Kim, Xiaotao Bi, & Wei‐Hsin Chen. (2021). Engineered biochars from catalytic microwave pyrolysis for reducing heavy metals phytotoxicity and increasing plant growth. Chemosphere. 271. 129808–129808. 46 indexed citations

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Mohamed, Badr A., Naoko Ellis, Chang Soo Kim, & Xiaotao Bi. (2020). Synergistic Effects of Catalyst Mixtures on Biomass Catalytic Pyrolysis. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 8. 615134–615134. 25 indexed citations

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Li, Hui, et al.. (2020). Application of Fe-biochar composites for selenium (Se+6) removal from aqueous solution and effect of the presence of competing anions under environmentally relevant conditions. Journal of Environmental Management. 277. 111472–111472. 29 indexed citations

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Wu, Zhiqiang, Zhiguo Zhang, Changqing Guo, et al.. (2019). Tar elimination from biomass gasification syngas with bauxite residue derived catalysts and gasification char. Applied Energy. 258. 114088–114088. 96 indexed citations

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Xu, Yupeng, Tingwen Li, Liqiang Lu, et al.. (2018). Numerical and experimental comparison of tracer particle and averaging techniques for particle velocities in a fluidized bed. Chemical Engineering Science. 195. 356–366. 17 indexed citations

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Mohamed, Badr A., Chang Soo Kim, Naoko Ellis, & Xiaotao Bi. (2015). Microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis of switchgrass for improving bio-oil and biochar properties. Bioresource Technology. 201. 121–132. 162 indexed citations

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Rahaman, Md. Saifur, et al.. (2013). Modeling phosphorus removal and recovery from anaerobic digester supernatant through struvite crystallization in a fluidized bed reactor. Water Research. 51. 1–10. 107 indexed citations

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Mahecha‐Botero, Andrés, et al.. (2010). Independent research as a teaching tool in graduate chemical reaction engineering. Case study: Modelling isomerization of unsaturated fatty acids with catalyst deactivation. Education for Chemical Engineers. 6(1). e1–e9. 7 indexed citations

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West, Alan C., Duško Pošarac, & Naoko Ellis. (2008). Assessment of four biodiesel production processes using HYSYS.Plant. Bioresource Technology. 99(14). 6587–6601. 295 indexed citations

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Pošarac, Duško, et al.. (2007). Simulation, Case Studies and Optimization of a Biodiesel Process with a Solid Acid Catalyst. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering. 5(1). 19 indexed citations

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