Nilay Shah

36.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
395 papers, 26.0k citations indexed

About

Nilay Shah is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nilay Shah has authored 395 papers receiving a total of 26.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 95 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 83 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nilay Shah's work include Process Optimization and Integration (86 papers), Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (52 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (51 papers). Nilay Shah is often cited by papers focused on Process Optimization and Integration (86 papers), Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (52 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (51 papers). Nilay Shah collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Nilay Shah's co-authors include Saraswati Sukumar, Lazaros G. Papageorgiou, Niall Mac Dowell, Iain Staffell, Constantinos C. Pantelides, Paul E. Dodds, Paul Ekins, Anthony Velazquez Abad, Paul Balcombe and Daniel Scamman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Nilay Shah

383 papers receiving 25.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Long non-coding RNA HOTAIR reprograms chromatin state to promote cancer metastasis

2010 4.2k citations Rajnish A. Gupta, Nilay Shah et al. profile →
The role of hydrogen and fuel cells in the global energy system

2018 2.9k citations Nilay Shah et al. profile →
An overview of CO2 capture technologies

2010 1.4k citations Nilay Shah et al. profile →
The Hox genes and their roles in oncogenesis

2010 638 citations Nilay Shah, Saraswati Sukumar profile →
A Techno-economic analysis and systematic review of carbon capture and storage (CCS) applied to the iron and steel, cement, oil refining and pulp and paper industries, as well as other high purity sources

2017 406 citations Niall Mac Dowell, Nilay Shah et al. profile →
A new radiation solution method for incorporation in general combustion prediction procedures

1981 405 citations Nilay Shah et al. profile →
Progress and Perspectives in Photo‐ and Electrochemical‐Oxidation of Biomass for Sustainable Chemicals and Hydrogen Production

2021 342 citations Nilay Shah et al. profile →
Perspective on the hydrogen economy as a pathway to reach net-zero CO₂emissions in Europe

2022 269 citations Nilay Shah et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nilay Shah United Kingdom	72	5.4k	5.4k	4.3k	4.1k	3.9k	395	26.0k
Huiling Chen China	97	3.8k 0.7×	5.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.3×	653 0.2×	3.4k 0.9×	822	40.8k
Xiaonan Wang China	67	4.2k 0.8×	2.9k 0.5×	1.8k 0.4×	388 0.1×	2.8k 0.7×	466	17.2k
Jae Wook Lee South Korea	83	3.8k 0.7×	6.7k 1.2×	2.4k 0.6×	373 0.1×	4.2k 1.1×	1.5k	34.2k
Xiaoping Zhang China	70	4.8k 0.9×	8.0k 1.5×	642 0.1×	432 0.1×	1.4k 0.4×	1.1k	25.7k
Jinyue Yan Sweden	83	1.4k 0.3×	6.3k 1.2×	10.0k 2.3×	108 0.0×	5.9k 1.5×	658	28.1k
Guohua Chen China	102	2.1k 0.4×	12.7k 2.3×	3.9k 0.9×	370 0.1×	6.5k 1.7×	993	41.5k
Muhammad Bilal China	100	9.6k 1.8×	6.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.3×	256 0.1×	9.6k 2.5×	1.1k	41.9k
Yu Liu China	95	3.1k 0.6×	2.4k 0.4×	2.5k 0.6×	182 0.0×	7.4k 1.9×	856	37.3k
Zhifeng Liu China	74	1.9k 0.4×	4.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.3×	318 0.1×	3.2k 0.8×	566	20.3k
Yi‐Ting Wang China	66	4.9k 0.9×	2.6k 0.5×	365 0.1×	1.1k 0.3×	1.8k 0.5×	862	18.8k

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Acha, Salvador, et al.. (2025). Lifetime financial analysis of a model predictive control retrofit for integrated PV-battery systems in commercial buildings. Energy and Buildings. 332. 115459–115459. 8 indexed citations

Leonzio, Grazia & Nilay Shah. (2025). C2 and C+ compound production from carbon dioxide: supply chain design and optimization. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 205. 109476–109476.

Delpisheh, Mostafa, et al.. (2025). Advancing the hydrogen economy: Economic, technological, and policy perspectives for a sustainable energy transition. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 226. 116238–116238.

Leonzio, Grazia, et al.. (2024). A sustainability analysis for a circular power-to-liquid process for diesel production. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 51. 657–669. 1 indexed citations

Shah, Nilay, et al.. (2024). Hierarchical planning-scheduling-control — Optimality surrogates and derivative-free optimization. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 188. 108726–108726. 3 indexed citations

Ibrahim, Dauda Sh., Zoltán Kis, Maria M. Papathanasiou, et al.. (2024). Strategic Planning of a Joint SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Vaccination Campaign in the UK. Vaccines. 12(2). 158–158. 2 indexed citations

Shah, Nilay, et al.. (2023). Uncertainty quantification for gene delivery methods: A roadmap for pDNA manufacturing from phase I clinical trials to commercialization. Biotechnology Journal. 19(1). e2300103–e2300103. 3 indexed citations

Kis, Zoltán, et al.. (2022). Quality by Design for enabling RNA platform production processes. Trends in biotechnology. 40(10). 1213–1228. 84 indexed citations

Mazur, Christoph, Alexandre Strapasson, Tim Cockerill, et al.. (2021). Halving Global CO2 Emissions by 2050: Technologies and Costs. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 4 indexed citations

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Feng, Bowen, et al.. (2020). Planning of Food-Energy-Water-Waste (FEW2) nexus for sustainable development. 2(1). 24 indexed citations

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Khor, Cheng Seong, et al.. (2020). A model-based optimization study on greywater reuse as an alternative urban water resource. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 22. 186–194. 20 indexed citations

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Papathanasiou, Maria M., Baris Burnak, Justin Katz, Nilay Shah, & Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos. (2019). Control of a dual mode separation process via multi-parametric Model Predictive Control. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 52(1). 988–993. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dongda, Ehecatl Antonio del Rio‐Chanona, & Nilay Shah. (2018). Life cycle assessments for biomass derived sustainable biopolymer & energy co-generation. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 15. 109–118. 8 indexed citations

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Fairweather, Michael, et al.. (2016). Cost and performance of some carbon capture technology options for producing different quality CO2 product streams. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 4 indexed citations

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Shah, Nilay, Jianjun Wang, Garrett T. Graham, et al.. (2014). PBX1 Is a Favorable Prognostic Biomarker as It Modulates 13- cis Retinoic Acid–Mediated Differentiation in Neuroblastoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(16). 4400–4412. 20 indexed citations

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Shah, Nilay, Kideok Jin, Sunju Park, et al.. (2013). HOXB13 Mediates Tamoxifen Resistance and Invasiveness in Human Breast Cancer by Suppressing ERα and Inducing IL-6 Expression. Cancer Research. 73(17). 5449–5458. 76 indexed citations

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Shah, Nilay, et al.. (2013). Comparative study of time-based and activity-based production scheduling. University of Bedfordshire Repository (University of Bedfordshire).

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AlHajaj, Ahmed & Nilay Shah. (2012). Design and Analysis of CO2 Capture, Transport, and Storage Networks. 2 indexed citations

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Hosseini, Seyed Ali & Nilay Shah. (2011). Multi-scale process and supply chain modelling: from lignocellulosic feedstock to process and products. Interface Focus. 1(2). 255–262. 18 indexed citations

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Shah, Nilay, et al.. (2000). Modelling and Optimisation for Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemical Process Development. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations

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