Nima Hajinajaf

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 790 citations indexed

About

Nima Hajinajaf is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nima Hajinajaf has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 790 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nima Hajinajaf's work include Algal biology and biofuel production (9 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (3 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (3 papers). Nima Hajinajaf is often cited by papers focused on Algal biology and biofuel production (9 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (3 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (3 papers). Nima Hajinajaf collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and New Zealand. Nima Hajinajaf's co-authors include Alireza Fallahi, Hashem Asgharnejad, Omid Tavakoli, Fariba Rezvani, Brendan T. Higgins, Abbas Mehrabadi, Ahmad Fayyazbakhsh, Michelle L. Bell, Marek Koutný and Xueyi Mei and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioresource Technology, Journal of Cleaner Production and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Nima Hajinajaf

19 papers receiving 779 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.

  1. Interactions of microalgae-bacteria consortia for nutrient removal from wastewater: A review
    2021 277 citations Alireza Fallahi, Fariba Rezvani et al. Chemosphere profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nima Hajinajaf United States 11 352 166 119 118 115 20 790
Weizhong Jiang China 14 192 0.5× 141 0.8× 88 0.7× 132 1.1× 69 0.6× 35 686
Alireza Fallahi Iran 9 286 0.8× 199 1.2× 117 1.0× 40 0.3× 102 0.9× 11 588
Elena Barbera Italy 21 504 1.4× 203 1.2× 78 0.7× 65 0.6× 110 1.0× 59 915
Har Mohan Singh India 14 317 0.9× 144 0.9× 79 0.7× 52 0.4× 64 0.6× 33 645
Joanna Kazimierowicz Poland 21 469 1.3× 300 1.8× 148 1.2× 55 0.5× 157 1.4× 80 1.1k
Santosh Santosh India 9 179 0.5× 312 1.9× 124 1.0× 91 0.8× 126 1.1× 61 1.1k
Faiz Ahmad Ansari South Africa 18 827 2.3× 276 1.7× 138 1.2× 68 0.6× 147 1.3× 29 1.2k
Yunchul Cho South Korea 13 210 0.6× 227 1.4× 180 1.5× 93 0.8× 123 1.1× 32 754
Yubo Wang China 17 271 0.8× 173 1.0× 164 1.4× 135 1.1× 57 0.5× 66 1.0k
Sebastian Schwede Sweden 17 385 1.1× 359 2.2× 202 1.7× 54 0.5× 219 1.9× 38 1.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nima Hajinajaf

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All Works

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Fayyazbakhsh, Ahmad, Nima Hajinajaf, Hamed Bakhtiari, et al.. (2025). Eco-friendly additives for biodegradable polyesters: Recent progress in performance optimization and environmental impact reduction. Sustainable materials and technologies. 44. e01395–e01395. 3 indexed citations
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Hajinajaf, Nima, et al.. (2024). Genome-Scale Metabolic Model Reconstruction and Investigation into the Fluxome of the Fast-Growing Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 11901. ACS Synthetic Biology. 13(10). 3281–3294. 1 indexed citations
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Hajinajaf, Nima, et al.. (2024). RuBisCO activity assays: a simplified biochemical redox approach for in vitro quantification and an RNA sensor approach for in vivo monitoring. Microbial Cell Factories. 23(1). 83–83. 2 indexed citations
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Hajinajaf, Nima, Alireza Fallahi, Everett Eustance, et al.. (2024). Managing carbon dioxide mass transfer in photobioreactors for enhancing microalgal biomass productivity. Algal Research. 80. 103506–103506. 15 indexed citations
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Hajinajaf, Nima, et al.. (2024). Boosting plant oil yields: the role of genetic engineering in industrial applications. Biofuel Research Journal. 11(2). 2105–2145. 7 indexed citations
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Hajinajaf, Nima, et al.. (2023). Synergistic co‐utilization of biomass‐derived sugars enhances aromatic amino acid production by engineered Escherichia coli. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 121(2). 784–794. 1 indexed citations
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Rabbani, Yahya, Nima Hajinajaf, & Mojtaba Shariaty-Niassar. (2023). The effect of microparticles/nanoparticles surface modification on the magnetorheological fluid properties: A review. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. 34(15). 1715–1738. 7 indexed citations
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Fayyazbakhsh, Ahmad, Michelle L. Bell, Xingbao Zhu, et al.. (2022). Engine emissions with air pollutants and greenhouse gases and their control technologies. Journal of Cleaner Production. 376. 134260–134260. 138 indexed citations
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Hajinajaf, Nima, Alireza Fallahi, Yahya Rabbani, Omid Tavakoli, & Mohammad‐Hossein Sarrafzadeh. (2022). Integrated CO2 Capture and Nutrient Removal by Microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and Optimization Using Neural Network and Support Vector Regression. Waste and Biomass Valorization. 13(12). 4749–4770. 25 indexed citations
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Hajinajaf, Nima, et al.. (2022). One cell-two wells bio-refinery: Demonstrating cyanobacterial chassis for co-production of heterologous and natural hydrocarbons. Bioresource Technology. 363. 127921–127921. 5 indexed citations
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Hajinajaf, Nima, Yahya Rabbani, Abbas Mehrabadi, & Omid Tavakoli. (2022). Experimental and modeling assessment of large-scale cultivation of microalgae Nannochloropsis sp. PTCC 6016 to reach high efficiency lipid extraction. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 19(6). 5511–5528. 18 indexed citations
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Fallahi, Alireza, et al.. (2021). Interactions of microalgae-bacteria consortia for nutrient removal from wastewater: A review. Chemosphere. 272. 129878–129878. 277 indexed citations breakdown →
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Asgharnejad, Hashem, et al.. (2021). Comprehensive review of water management and wastewater treatment in food processing industries in the framework of water‐food‐environment nexus. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 20(5). 4779–4815. 80 indexed citations
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Fallahi, Alireza, Nima Hajinajaf, Omid Tavakoli, & Abbas Mehrabadi. (2021). Effects of simultaneous CO2 addition and biomass recycling on growth characteristics of microalgal mixed culture. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. 96(12). 3398–3407. 8 indexed citations
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Yegani, Reza, et al.. (2020). Use of graphene substrates for wastewater treatment of textile industries. Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials. 3(2). 187–193. 50 indexed citations
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Fallahi, Alireza, Nima Hajinajaf, Omid Tavakoli, & Mohammad‐Hossein Sarrafzadeh. (2020). Cultivation of Mixed Microalgae Using Municipal Wastewater: Biomass Productivity, Nutrient Removal, and Biochemical Content.. PubMed. 18(4). e2586–e2586. 36 indexed citations
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Hajinajaf, Nima, Abbas Mehrabadi, & Omid Tavakoli. (2020). Practical strategies to improve harvestable biomass energy yield in microalgal culture: A review. Biomass and Bioenergy. 145. 105941–105941. 65 indexed citations
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Rabbani, Yahya, Nima Hajinajaf, & Omid Tavakoli. (2018). An experimental study on stability and rheological properties of magnetorheological fluid using iron nanoparticle core–shell structured by cellulose. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 135(3). 1687–1697. 25 indexed citations

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