Rafik Belarbi

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
159 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Rafik Belarbi is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafik Belarbi has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Building and Construction, 69 papers in Environmental Engineering and 37 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rafik Belarbi's work include Hygrothermal properties of building materials (80 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (63 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (55 papers). Rafik Belarbi is often cited by papers focused on Hygrothermal properties of building materials (80 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (63 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (55 papers). Rafik Belarbi collaborates with scholars based in France, Algeria and United Arab Emirates. Rafik Belarbi's co-authors include Salah-Eddine Ouldboukhitine, Rabah Djedjig, Issa Jaffal, Kamilia Abahri, Emmanuel Bozonnet, Menghao Qin, Rafat Siddique, Abdelkrim Trabelsi, Farès Bennai and Ferhat Benmahiddine and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Rafik Belarbi

153 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

A comprehensive study of the impact of green roofs on building energy performance

2011 394 citations Salah-Eddine Ouldboukhitine, Rafik Belarbi et al. profile →

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M. Glória Gomes Portugal

Juan José del Coz Díaz Spain

Hua Ge Canada

Andrea Nicolini Italy

Targo Kalamees Estonia

Liu Yang China

Karolos J. Kontoleon Greece

Costanzo Di Perna Italy

Antonio Gagliano Italy

Dengjia Wang China

M. Glória Gomes Portugal

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Countries citing papers authored by Rafik Belarbi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rafik Belarbi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafik Belarbi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rafik Belarbi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rafik Belarbi 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 Rafik Belarbi. Rafik Belarbi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Benmahiddine, Ferhat, et al.. (2024). Hygrothermal characterization of cement mortar composites incorporating micronized miscanthus fibers. Case Studies in Construction Materials. 21. e04004–e04004. 4 indexed citations

Berger, Julien, et al.. (2024). Shape optimization of the energy efficiency of building retrofitted facade. Solar Energy. 271. 112437–112437. 3 indexed citations

Ouldboukhitine, Salah-Eddine, et al.. (2024). A comparative study of energy performance of Green, White, and gravel roofs in a temperate climate through In-Situ measurement and dynamic simulation. Energy and Buildings. 320. 114630–114630. 7 indexed citations

Sawadogo, M, Alexandre Godin, Marie Duquesne, Rafik Belarbi, & Ameur El Amine Hamami. (2024). An inverse method for the estimation of the vapor and liquid diffusivity coefficient of conventional and phase change material based hemp concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 422. 135804–135804. 1 indexed citations

Belarbi, Rafik, et al.. (2024). Design Optimization of Energy-Efficient Residential Buildings in Morocco. Buildings. 14(12). 3915–3915.

Hosseinpoor, Masoud, et al.. (2023). Multiscale investigation of self-consolidating earthen materials using a novel concrete-equivalent mortar approach. Construction and Building Materials. 370. 130700–130700. 16 indexed citations

Sawadogo, M, et al.. (2023). Investigation of eco-friendly and economic shape-stabilized composites for building walls and thermal comfort. Building and Environment. 231. 110026–110026. 15 indexed citations

Sawadogo, M, Ferhat Benmahiddine, Alexandre Godin, et al.. (2023). Development and hygrothermal performance analysis of a novel eco-friendly insulating wall under various climatic conditions. Building and Environment. 245. 110841–110841. 7 indexed citations

Berger, Julien, et al.. (2023). Experimental assessment of the similarity law for a one-dimensional coupled heat and water vapor diffusion in hemp concrete. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 209. 124122–124122. 2 indexed citations

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Belarbi, Rafik, et al.. (2023). Proper Generalized Decomposition using Taylor expansion for non-linear diffusion equations. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation. 208. 71–94. 5 indexed citations

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Berger, Julien, et al.. (2023). Estimation of soils thermophysical characteristics in a nonlinear inverse heat transfer problem. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 218. 124727–124727. 9 indexed citations

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Hosseinpoor, Masoud, et al.. (2023). New insight on rheology of self-consolidating earth concrete (SCEC). Powder Technology. 424. 118561–118561. 14 indexed citations

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Belarbi, Rafik, et al.. (2023). A review on recent research on bio-based building materials and their applications. Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 12(2). 117–139. 49 indexed citations

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Hamami, Ameur El Amine, et al.. (2023). The Thermal and Mechanical Behaviour of Wood-PLA Composites Processed by Additive Manufacturing for Building Insulation. Polymers. 15(14). 3056–3056. 17 indexed citations

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Poullain, Philippe, et al.. (2022). Assessment of the natural variability of cob buildings hygric and thermal properties at material scale: Influence of plants add-ons. Construction and Building Materials. 342. 127922–127922. 9 indexed citations

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Bennai, Farès, et al.. (2021). Experimental and numerical highlighting of water vapor sorption hysteresis in the coupled heat and moisture transfers. Journal of Building Engineering. 40. 102321–102321. 20 indexed citations

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Trabelsi, Abdelkrim, et al.. (2021). Experimental and numerical modelling of hygrothermal transfer: Application on building energy performance. Energy and Buildings. 254. 111633–111633. 10 indexed citations

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Kenai, Saïd, et al.. (2020). Thermo-mechanical and physical properties of waste granular cork composite with slag cement. Construction and Building Materials. 272. 121923–121923. 20 indexed citations

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Figgis, Benjamin, Armelle Nouviaire, Wubulikasimu Yiming, et al.. (2017). Investigation of factors affecting condensation on soiled PV modules. Solar Energy. 159. 488–500. 103 indexed citations

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Zemmouri, Noureddine, et al.. (2016). A CFD MODEL FOR SIMULATING URBAN FLOW IN COMPLEX MORPHOLOGICAL STREET NETWORK. DergiPark (Istanbul University). 4 indexed citations

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