P. Sharafi

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

P. Sharafi is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, P. Sharafi has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 35 papers in Building and Construction and 10 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in P. Sharafi's work include BIM and Construction Integration (25 papers), Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis (21 papers) and Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials (13 papers). P. Sharafi is often cited by papers focused on BIM and Construction Integration (25 papers), Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis (21 papers) and Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials (13 papers). P. Sharafi collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Iran and Finland. P. Sharafi's co-authors include Bijan Samali, Hamid Reza Ronagh, Mina Mortazavi, Bertrand Teodosio, Mehrdad Arashpour, Shanaka Kristombu Baduge, Sadeep Thilakarathna, Jude Shalitha Perera, Priyan Mendis and Kamyar Kildashti and has published in prestigious journals such as Construction and Building Materials, Automation in Construction and Materials.

In The Last Decade

P. Sharafi

70 papers receiving 1.9k 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. Artificial intelligence and smart vision for building and construction 4.0: Machine and deep learning methods and applications
    2022 520 citations P. Sharafi et al. Automation in Construction profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
P. Sharafi Australia 22 1.1k 1.0k 207 175 168 71 2.0k
Shanaka Kristombu Baduge Australia 17 765 0.7× 680 0.7× 84 0.4× 64 0.4× 107 0.6× 40 1.4k
Caitlin Mueller United States 19 336 0.3× 820 0.8× 293 1.4× 24 0.1× 136 0.8× 78 1.3k
Hamad Almujibah Saudi Arabia 20 364 0.3× 510 0.5× 151 0.7× 171 1.0× 93 0.6× 121 1.2k
Weizhuo Lu Sweden 19 179 0.2× 631 0.6× 148 0.7× 188 1.1× 114 0.7× 63 1.2k
Ming Lu Canada 25 614 0.5× 1.5k 1.5× 163 0.8× 910 5.2× 579 3.4× 179 2.6k
Sadeep Thilakarathna Australia 8 468 0.4× 403 0.4× 54 0.3× 59 0.3× 91 0.5× 15 951
Jonathan A. Wright United Kingdom 19 154 0.1× 1.1k 1.1× 318 1.5× 66 0.4× 67 0.4× 59 2.0k
Xianfei Yin China 13 401 0.4× 549 0.5× 103 0.5× 184 1.1× 182 1.1× 36 1.0k
Saeed Talebi Iran 16 147 0.1× 306 0.3× 220 1.1× 151 0.9× 125 0.7× 99 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by P. Sharafi

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Fields of papers citing papers by P. Sharafi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. Sharafi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of P. Sharafi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of P. Sharafi based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with P. Sharafi. P. Sharafi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sharafi, P., et al.. (2025). Façade systems for industrialised prefabricated prefinished modular construction. Automation in Construction. 176. 106269–106269. 2 indexed citations
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Sharafi, P., et al.. (2025). Novel rocking interconnection for superior prefabricated prefinished modular building system. Engineering Structures. 343. 120934–120934. 1 indexed citations
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Rashidi, Maria, et al.. (2025). Advancements in vibration-based energy harvesting systems for bridges: A literature and systematic review. Results in Engineering. 26. 104622–104622. 7 indexed citations
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Perera, Srinath, et al.. (2025). A PESTEL Analysis of Problems Associated with the Adoption of Offsite Construction: A Systematic Literature Review. Buildings. 15(13). 2146–2146. 2 indexed citations
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Sharafi, P., et al.. (2024). Blast response and protection level of concrete composite wall panels made with recycled tyre fibres in a cement matrix. Construction and Building Materials. 451. 138866–138866. 2 indexed citations
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Sharafi, P., et al.. (2024). Robustness of Corner-Supported Modular Steel Buildings with Core Walls. Buildings. 14(1). 235–235. 5 indexed citations
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Sharafi, P., et al.. (2024). Rocking interconnection for moment resisting modular buildings: Experimental and numerical investigation. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 224. 109139–109139. 6 indexed citations
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Sharafi, P., et al.. (2023). Classification system for inter-modular connections in non-sway corner-supported steel modular buildings. Structures. 49. 807–825. 6 indexed citations
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Kildashti, Kamyar, et al.. (2022). Quantification of seismic performance factors for modular corner-supported steel bracing system. Structures. 45. 257–274. 8 indexed citations
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Usefi, Nima, P. Sharafi, Mina Mortazavi, Hamid Reza Ronagh, & Bijan Samali. (2020). Structural performance and sustainability assessment of hybrid-cold formed modular steel frame. Journal of Building Engineering. 34. 101895–101895. 26 indexed citations
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Alembagheri, Mohammad, et al.. (2020). Collapse capacity of modular steel buildings subject to module loss scenarios: The role of inter-module connections. Engineering Structures. 210. 110373–110373. 81 indexed citations
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Sharafi, P., et al.. (2020). Punching behaviour of foam filled modular sandwich panels with high-density polyethylene skins. Journal of Building Engineering. 33. 101634–101634. 10 indexed citations
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Sharafi, P., et al.. (2018). Flexural and shear performance of an innovative foam-filled sandwich panel with 3-D high density polyethylene skins. Engineering Solid Mechanics. 113–128. 8 indexed citations
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Sharafi, P., et al.. (2017). THIN WALLED STEEL SECTIONS’ FREE SHAPE OPTIMIZATION USING CHARGED SYSTEM SEARCH ALGORITHM. Iran University of Science & Technology. 7(4). 515–526. 3 indexed citations
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Sharafi, P., et al.. (2017). FORM FINDING FOR RECTILINEAR ORTHOGONAL BUILDINGS THROUGH CHARGED SYSTEM SEARCH ALGORITHM. Iran University of Science & Technology. 7(1). 129–142. 4 indexed citations
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Sharafi, P., Mina Mortazavi, Bijan Samali, & Hamid Reza Ronagh. (2017). Interlocking system for enhancing the integrity of multi-storey modular buildings. Automation in Construction. 85. 263–272. 129 indexed citations
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Uz, Mehmet E. & P. Sharafi. (2016). INVESTIGATION OF THE OPTIMAL SEMI-ACTIVE CONTROL STRATEGIES OF ADJACENT BUILDINGS CONNECTED WITH MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL DAMPERS. Iran University of Science & Technology. 6(4). 523–546. 9 indexed citations
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Sharafi, P., Lip H. Teh, & Muhammad N.S. Hadi. (2014). Shape optimization of thin-walled steel sections using graph theory and ACO algorithm. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 101. 331–341. 40 indexed citations
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Hadi, Muhammad N.S., P. Sharafi, & Lip H. Teh. (2012). A new formulation for the geometric layout optimisation of flat slab floor systems. Research Online (University of Wollongong). 122. 1 indexed citations
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Kaveh, A. & P. Sharafi. (2007). A simple ant algorithm for profile optimization of sparse matrices. Asian Journal of Civil Engineering. 9(1). 35–46. 16 indexed citations

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