Rahel Hamad

637 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 461 citations indexed

About

Rahel Hamad is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Rahel Hamad has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 461 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 4 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Rahel Hamad's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (5 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (4 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (4 papers). Rahel Hamad is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (5 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (4 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (4 papers). Rahel Hamad collaborates with scholars based in Iraq, United Kingdom and United States. Rahel Hamad's co-authors include Kamal Kolo, Heiko Balzter, Yaseen T. Mustafa, Azad Rasul, James R. Bailey and Peyman Aspoukeh and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Sustainability and Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

In The Last Decade

Rahel Hamad

14 papers receiving 448 citations

Hit Papers

Predicting Land Use/Land Cover Changes Using a CA-Markov ... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Predicting Land Use/Land Cover Changes Using a CA-Markov Model under Two Different Scenarios
    2018 291 citations Rahel Hamad, Heiko Balzter et al. Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rahel Hamad Iraq 9 354 173 88 72 64 16 461
C. Munyati South Africa 12 225 0.6× 243 1.4× 60 0.7× 102 1.4× 72 1.1× 28 447
Qiang Bie China 12 235 0.7× 143 0.8× 91 1.0× 74 1.0× 56 0.9× 27 385
Raquib Ahmed Bangladesh 7 327 0.9× 114 0.7× 90 1.0× 106 1.5× 68 1.1× 10 426
Jizong Jiao China 13 333 0.9× 148 0.9× 91 1.0× 80 1.1× 63 1.0× 22 451
A. Soffianian Iran 12 263 0.7× 178 1.0× 70 0.8× 132 1.8× 40 0.6× 34 454
Lakshmi N. Kantakumar India 9 427 1.2× 128 0.7× 126 1.4× 110 1.5× 35 0.5× 10 553
Yuewei Duan China 8 393 1.1× 122 0.7× 96 1.1× 100 1.4× 65 1.0× 8 544
Sk. Mustak India 9 522 1.5× 270 1.6× 124 1.4× 162 2.3× 75 1.2× 13 650
Changqiao Hong China 10 354 1.0× 174 1.0× 94 1.1× 126 1.8× 52 0.8× 11 496
Lisha Tang China 5 354 1.0× 102 0.6× 65 0.7× 76 1.1× 41 0.6× 10 472

Countries citing papers authored by Rahel Hamad

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rahel Hamad

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rahel Hamad

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

All Works

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Hamad, Rahel, et al.. (2023). Mapping Flood Vulnerability by Applying EBF And AHP Methods, in the Iraqi Mountain Region. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(1). 1–10.
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Hamad, Rahel, et al.. (2022). Meteorological drought in semi-arid regions: A case study of Iran. Journal of Arid Land. 14(11). 1212–1233. 13 indexed citations
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Hamad, Rahel. (2022). Erbil Basin Groundwater Recharge Potential Zone Determination Using Fuzzy-Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in North Iraq. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 22(3). 175–190. 3 indexed citations
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Rasul, Azad, et al.. (2022). A Review of Methods used to Monitor and Predict Droughts. Preprints.org. 3 indexed citations
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Kolo, Kamal, et al.. (2021). Time Series Modelling and Simulating the Lockdown Scenarios of COVID-19 in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 15(3). 370–381. 1 indexed citations
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Hamad, Rahel, et al.. (2021). Impact of forest trees on the soil reflectance and their relation of soil oxides in Sherawa village, Erbil government- Iraq. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21(1). 8–19.
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Hamad, Rahel. (2020). An Assessment of Artificial Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines and Decision Trees for Land Cover Classification Using Sentinel-2A Data. Applied ecology and environmental sciences. 8(6). 459–464. 13 indexed citations
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Hamad, Rahel. (2019). A remote sensing and GIS-based analysis of urban sprawl in Soran District, Iraqi Kurdistan. SN Applied Sciences. 2(1). 26 indexed citations
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Hamad, Rahel, Heiko Balzter, & Kamal Kolo. (2018). Assessment of heavy metal release into the soil after mine clearing in Halgurd-Sakran National Park, Kurdistan, Iraq. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26(2). 1517–1536. 21 indexed citations
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Hamad, Rahel, Kamal Kolo, & Heiko Balzter. (2018). Post-War Land Cover Changes and Fragmentation in Halgurd Sakran National Park (HSNP), Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Land. 7(1). 38–38. 15 indexed citations
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Hamad, Rahel, Heiko Balzter, & Kamal Kolo. (2018). Predicting Land Use/Land Cover Changes Using a CA-Markov Model under Two Different Scenarios. Sustainability. 10(10). 3421–3421. 291 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hamad, Rahel, Kamal Kolo, & Heiko Balzter. (2018). Land Cover Changes Induced by Demining Operations in Halgurd-Sakran National Park in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Sustainability. 10(7). 2422–2422. 20 indexed citations
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